Exclusive: Angus Kinnear Interview 

Great interview guys. Respect to Angus for coming on and fielding the difficult questions, didn’t try to hide or shirk responsibility. MOT 👍

Marsche didn't keep us up, Raphinia did!

That a CEO goes on a non club podcast is amazing! Great job!

Respect to him for doing this every year

The biggest thing that comes across here is that Angus genuinely seems to care about the club, the fans and the team. He didn’t have to do this, could easily have done an official club podcast where he got softer questions, but this is as close to facing the fans directly as he could’ve gotten. Even if he doesn’t stay too long, and is simply remaining to help transition the 49ers into the club, I think he understands the mistakes, and the errors, and will try his hardest to atone for any he’s made himself.

Spurs fan, but watched out of curiosity.. massive respect to Angus for fronting up like this. Really insightful and interesting interview

Kudos to him for actually coming through with the interview and not just pretending he couldn't make it.

Excellent guys , spot on questioning , fair play to Angus , a bit uncomfortable at times but battled through it honestly in my opinion , Great insight ...its items like these that stands out The Square Ball as No 1

Angus was more open and honest than I thought he would be or needed to be. It’s obvious we were hamstrung by Andrea’s lack of huge wealth, but I still give him credit. He tried, stayed too long, but as Angus said, it’s his business and it gets emotional (just look at us fans) We’re in good hands, slow and steady, but I think they’ll make the team on of the big 8 again.

Great video guys. Fair play to Angus for coming on and hopefully he's now working with a better team especially on the recruitment side!

Impressive chat from the TSB team so kudos to you both and to those who may have helped shape the approach taken. Really beneficial chat with all the changes behind the scenes, and great to hear what Angus had to say. He came across very well and magnanimous, and clearly he has impressed the ownership. It is a tough job, and kudos to him for showing up, and not hiding.

Kudos to Angus for coming on the show

Fair play to Angus for coming on the show again, he was very honest. Fair play to Dan and Michael too, they were as strong with questions and subjects as they could have been. 💙💛

Great stuff guys and massive respect to Angus for his transparency. Running a football club is not easy and it's impossible to control the outcome of every decision that you make. He knows that the club made mistakes and now they can learn from them.

Very impressed with that as an interview. Some good, searching questions and to be fair to Angus Kinnear, he answered them as fully as possible without trying to push blame elsewhere or breaching confidentiality. Well done all.

Fair play Angus, not many (if any) CEO's would be prepared to be interviewed for 1hr 45 on our last few years! Thanks Dan/Michael

Not even watched it yet - but fair play to him for coming in....updated comment to come after :)) Just watched : thought he was as straight forward as he could be - no real surprise revelations. I think we all knew what was going on and he admitted they should have got rid of marsch sooner and that Grazia losing the dressing room at Bournemouth - really good job by the TSB lads in pressing him - well worth a listen - favorite parts : Dan straight in with the Levi’s contract law quip and “we can have a healthy debate about me being a twat but I’m not a Tory ‘ I’m glad Farke is here and I’m glad orta has gone … MOT!

Fair play to Angus! Gotta love his quote though just after an hour in that "Willy had a wobble" 😂😂

Having watched the whole interview I think Angus came across as honest and with the right intentions for the club going forward. He didn't try to hide from the mistakes made which led to relegation last season. I thought his rationale for some of his programme notes was interesting and valid; I'd never thought of the angle that yes - as a senior figure within the club - he did / does have a responsibility to 'big up' his players / employees on occasion...I think everyone would rather work for a boss who publicly supports and encourages them (whatever line of work they are in). Great interview and well worth a watch.

Absolutley love these annual Kinnear interviews, very insightful. Fair play to Angus for doing them. Keep up the good work TSB

Great interview, lads. Really good to hear Angus’ views on the whole calamitous season - respect for turning up to answer questions: shit got real at the 1 hour point 😅

Great work by the TSB .Thank you guys

Firm but fair interview. Fair play to Angus for coming on and fronting this.

Quality interview. Well done TSB and Angus 👏

Really interesting interview with an intelligent and honest CEO. I hope past mistakes have been learned from and aren’t repeated but it’s good to hear Angus take personal responsibility for some of the decisions that didn’t work out.

Well done Adam and the TSB. I thoroughly enjoyed this exposition of recent events and recent seasons. Adam could have ducked this one but he deserves a huge amount of credit for standing up and being counted. If I were his employer I would be extremely grateful for his work and professionalism. I hope the clear out of the rats and snakes puts us into a much stronger position and we can all be proud of our great club once again. MOT!

Insightful. Some of the greatest lessons in life are a product of failure. The response so far this season has been encouraging. Honest responses and respectful of our magnificent club. MOT!

One omission lads: you did not ask Angus if Nick Hammond will be retained for a permanent job. That is a very relevant and current question of great interest.

Good chat. Dan you did a great job because I'm sure that there were some points that you may have had to have held back a little. Fair play to Angus for doing the interview, and it has been done at the correct time. He was careful and measured as you'd expect, and he was placed in sufficient discomfort, I'd say. I'd love someone to watch this back (not me) and count how many times he says "ya know" Fair to say at this stage that none of the players that left due to clauses will be welcomed back. The players that did stay are deserving of our respect.

Thank you for appearing on The Square Ball podcast again, Mr Kinnear. Not many top clubs have a CEO willing to do this when things have been plain sailing, never mind when they have gone the way the last two seasons have for Leeds United. A brilliant presentation from the best in the business, thank you TSB!

Just gone through the comments, and I didn't spot one which wasn't positive about Kinnear, which considering the last two years, is a MASSIVE testament to his responses, and the great interviewing from the TSB gents. Good work all... MOT.

Best bit: Master Kinnear “Dad, why don’t you just sign a left back!?” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

The words "Jesse Marsch" And "Sucess" should never appear in the same sentence.

Great interview....thank you to Angus for coming on and being open, honest and transparent. No excuses, no side stepping...deserved to stay on as CEO and gives me hope we are on the right track to getting back to the PL.

For anyone who hasn’t seen, Radrizzani is complaining about Angus on twitter because of this interview, clearly he’s been back on the Pinot and just can’t let it go

Strong questions from the team and some good answers from Angus. Thanks for this.

Can Angus play left back??

'with all due respect to Bournemouth, it's depressing to lose players to Bournemouth' 🤣

Fantastic interview Lads, some great questions and points raised to Angus, who I have to say addressed everything you asked and did a good job of putting across the position the club were in last season and this season. We don't for the most part understand how football operates internally and frankly how turbulent it can be so having some insight to that is always great. Respect to both you guys at the Square ball and Angus for coming out and doing it MOT 👏

Fair play to Angus for having the bollocks to put himself in the firing line here.

Really interesting interview and fair play to him he didn’t hide his feelings for about the conduct of Adams and Sini

Absolutely fascinating the whole thing. Well done TSB for continually getting him in (fair play for him showing up!) and solid questioning, very thorough, fair, professional approach to representing the fan base…🙌

Good interview, an unexpected Thursday night treat, thanks.

After 10 minutes in. I started drinking every time someone said pragmatic. Wankered by 50 minutes in

Great video, very interesting and enlightening to hear from the 'inside'. Kudos to Angus for doing these interviews and answering difficult questions with apparent honesty and love for the club.

58:40 ‘you’d like to think the majority of the players at least retain their transfer fee’. In the context of if the club is relegated surely you have to account for the fact that in those circumstances the majority of players are unlikely to retain their transfer value because if they had performed at that level we wouldn’t have been relegated in the first place. In what possible scenario do we get relegated but the majority of the players have played well enough to still be valued at what we paid for them?

Class from Angus, very sincere i thought. Loved the 'twat? But not ever a Tory' . Never going to directly throw Orta under the bus , but body language said a lot. His & the clubs intentions for the season look very positive. A little patience will pay off.

Excellent watch and fair play to Angus facing some awkward questions. Thought he answered everything with a straight bat. Takes some balls to face the music so respect to Angus. And great questions from the lads👏👏👏 Keep up the brilliant work guys! MOT 💙💛🤍

Fair play to him for doing the interview with regards the season we had, took some blows but took them on the chin, moving forward its left me feeling positive for the next few years at least .

Well played guys, firm without going too far and credit to him for coming on after last season.

The Square Ball has no rivals..... It exists in and has created its own space.....

I admire the leadership of attending this interview. However, thinking March’s first season was a success is delusional. The regression was clear for all to see. We stayed up in spite of Marsch, not because of Marsch. Keeping him was the key mistake.

always look forward to this interview every year. Well done Lads, time fly by listening to it to be fair.

Really appreciate this interview, bravo to all 3 of you

I agree with him. One toxic fan against a player, creates two toxic fans, against two players. The toxic fans grow, they target players and it damages the squad. The toxic fans are a disgrace, its became a social media problem that other clubs fuel also.

This was excellent. A very good interview from Dan and Michael, and a very honest and clear explanation from Angus. Tyler Adams has done himself no favours now it is clear what his behaviour was like after Leeds had really cared for him. I hope one day we are told what happened in the Palace game. But all in all, feel much more secure, informed and confident, so fair play to Angus here.

This was class! Thank you so much fellas AND Angus for this...

Great Interview! respect to all 3 of you. gonna be a good season! Lets go!

Well done for getting him on guys and asking the difficult questions, and kudos to him for doing it. Some interesting points in there we didn't know which shed some light on why seemingly crazy decisions were made. Ive always felt Angus has the best interests of the club at heart and hope this is the start of a new trajectory for the club. Daniel Farke hit the nail on the head when he said we need to get back to what we lost when Bielsa left. The club, board, Management and fans all as one. MOT

Great, balanced interview IMO. Well done to all. Think we needed that.

Incredible interview asking lots of deep routed questions too which we've all been begging to get answers on. Very impressed with the questions and Angus' responses! One criticism was wouldn't of minded hearing a question about why we actually didn't sign a left back or if we wanted Hamer and that didnt work why didn't we go for another CAM? Potentially the missing piece this year if it doesn't work out.

I commend Angus’s honesty

Astonishingly good interview. Kinnear was surprisingly frank and revealing, without actually throwing too many culprits under the bus, other than Sinisterra, though clearly he thought that Orta was given too much freedom and really screwed up with some of the transfers. It is interesting though, that apparently Marcelo Bielsa wanted Aaronson, who turned out to be one of the most disastrous transfers, though perhaps not as disastrous for the club as Marsch, Kristensen and Firpo. Also interesting that he was surprised that so many of the players whose transfer value declined over the season wanted out after relegation rather than stay and fight for promotion. Also interesting that he thinks that Sinisterra is still potentially worth more in the transfer market than what Leeds paid for him. My overall impression though was that the club is in competent hands and that a return to the premiership within 3 years is very possible.

What a great interview! Very honest. I feel the club is finally in a steady footing. Great manager and some great players in. We will be a lot bette off in the long term. Only blot is the left back situation which beggars belief.

Great interview and I look forward to seeing all the ideas in place in the future 👌🏻

Like he says consistency in the boardroom and on the pitch is what gets results. Love the fact he’s not a Tory and his little lad gives him shit for not buying a left back , we March on together 💙💛💙💛

Like Angus or not.. he's the only one with the balls to stand up and be a man

This was the best Square Ball podcast ever. Great questions from Dan and Michael and what Angus gave in return was both educational and illuminating.

Great interview square ball and as everyone is saying fair play to him for coming on the show !

Give this man some credit for coming on here and talking and been honest

When the Leeds board sacked Bielsa all the questions were all wrong. Results had been awful and fans were asking why is Bielsa doing this and that? Bielsa hadn't changed, but the board hadn't listened to him and acted on his advice. It is quite obvious now that the problem was the board, the owners and directors and not Bielsa. The board acted shamelessly in sacking him when they were entirely at fault. Hang your head Angus, you were there on the board. Et tu, Brute?

At minute 30.. Doesn't he realise Bielsa made Ben White and KP 40-50 million pound players.

Respect, great piece of work

Really good interview topics covered were exactly what was needed to known by us Leeds fans feeling go for the rest off the season after that MOT

What happened in the dressing room against palace when the whole thing turned to shit

Great stuff. Informative and feel better about things going forward now 💪

Listened on audio, can't praise the interview well done to all 3 of you! Got these annual interviews down to a tee now.

Agree with most of the comments. PLUS - we know having a 7 year old son who’s grown up around Leeds and is a fan = a long term commitment to LUFC (that young man is likely to be a Leeds fan forever AND his Dad knows it)

Really enjoyed listening to this, you asked him some good tough questions but fair play to Angus, answered all of them

Fantastic interview, fair play to Angus & TSB boys, direct hard hitting questions and no dodging the bullets by Angus. To be honest I fell out of love with football and Leeds United over the past two seasons, after following Leeds for 53 years. Maybe ive started healing my broken heart.

Great interview and fair play to Angus in fronting up. Definitely see him in a different light now.

Great stuff guys... questions were direct and honest and respect to Angus for his honesty answering.. especially around transfers.. its not the club its the player.. and fair play get rid.. I thought that we needed to get through the transfer window.. to let Daniel and the squad crack on with the season.... MOT

Brilliant interview guys thank you

Wanted him gone, but gotta respect coming out and facing the questions.

Wow, super interview. Thank you guys, and big thank you yo Angus

I thought you lot did a good job, regarding the questions. My one criticism is how did you not ask about half time at crystal palace?

Excellent interview. Great questions and didn't leave a stone unturned without being overly aggresive.

Brilliant interview, very clear why certain decisions were made, whether right or wrong he gave us good insight into why. Feels good to get some answers.

You can't tell me Bielsa and all his planning and preparation says we need a new squad without addressing the situation in previous transfer windows

Very good interview. Questions were pitched just right.

Really enjoyed the interview, great job guys, and I actually like Angus Kinnear tbf, hopefully now we can concentrate on the season ahead.

Brilliant interview guys. Great questions. Fair play to Angus.

Great interview. Well done guys.

Great interview. And hats off to you Angus for putting yourself out there. Bold prediction at the end.

Great interview and credit to Angus. He knew what was coming and didn't have to be shot at but conducted himself very well. No tiptoeing around the frustrations of the fans. Just brilliant interviewing by the cast of TSB. I think Angus needed a glass of water as definitely a lot of dry mouth noises coming from him. Don't mind someone fronting up in the face of adversity. Great insight into what has gone on. Thank you chaps for the compelling podcast 👍

Bielsa wanted to replace the whole squad...what a fucking legend. We should have gone as big to replace the key areas as possible for him. It was disgusting that we went into the season with Cooper still at the back...klich...mckinstry on the bench. Bielsa should have walked tbh. Instead we did next to nothing then didn't back him in January.

Fair play Angus, very good insight 👏.

Thanks team, difficult interview to conduct and you did so very well. Respect to Angus for fronting up

Respect to Kinnear for coming on and overall was as open and honest as he could be regarding everything and didn't shy away from owning the mistakes. It's very easy and cynical as fans to question the loan release clause but ultimately the long term safety, under the previous owner would have been in jeopardy, which none of us want. I do think too much power was given to Orta post bielsa which hopefully has been rectified now with the new structure. Overall I think Angus has sincerity and dignity and does want us to succeed, yes he has made mistakes but he is the only one who's here to try make amends so let's see where we are in 12-18 months.

Do the Honourable thing! Resign!!