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FROZEN FC Written by: Rob Conlon If, like me, you spent your weekend avoiding football while your heart rate was settling after Friday night, you might have missed Leeds Under-23s’ 1-0 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. What remains of Frozen FC is apparently still allowed to run an U23s team. At recent academy fixtures Chelsea have given away food and drink to fans as government sanctions have blocked sales of concessions. Chelsea’s takeover is yet to be completed, so there’s still time for the government to ban them from playing Liquidator as a team of kids destined to be farmed out to the Eredivisie are walking onto the pitch. The game itself has been football’s equivalent to the question about whether a tree makes a sound if nobody is there to hear it. The full ninety is yet to have been posted on either LUTV or Chelsea’s websites. Leeds Live and the Yorkshire Evening Post have let reports and reaction slip down their pages while fans are still trying to piece ...

Leeds United's injury problems and the absence of international players may present opportunities for the Under 23s to get to know Jesse Marsch's philosophy a lot better over the next two weeks. By Graham Smyth Andrew Taylor, who has taken charge of the Under 23s since Mark Jackson's elevation to an interim first team coaching role, hopes the international break will benefit the club's youngsters in the long term. Marsch arrived on February 28, a day after Marcelo Bielsa was sacked by the club's ownership due to the poor run of results and the club's precarious position in the Premier League. He has involved a number of the Under 23s in his squad and attended the Elland Road clash with Manchester United last Tuesday to cast an eye over Taylor's side. Speaking in his press conference before the Wolves game Marsch named several who had caught his eye and admitted he would have used Joe Gelhardt in the game had it not been for the teenager's slight ...