Football often fails to follow the script and at Leeds United the narrative contrived to deny Marcelo Bielsa of the culmination he deserved at Elland Road.
Chief executive Angus Kinnear has penned his first set of programme notes since the day Manchester United rocked up in West Yorkshire for their 4-2 win.
His column was conspicuous by its absence from the programme which accompanied what proved to be Bielsa’s final match in charge against Tottenham Hotspur last month.