Leeds banter 4

08 Jan 2026 08:10:30
A brilliant match to watch, with many positives, but I do find myself agitated regularly by Farke's failure to utilise fresh legs as the game goes on. Having great subs is of limited use, if you put them on in the 95th minute when some of your players on the pitch have been looking for a defibrillator for half an hour.

08 Jan 2026 13:22:55
He brought on attacking players with shaky defensive abilities and asked us to sit back. A bit silly.

{Ed025's Note - i happen to like the fact he brought players on to go and win the game Mo. there has been moaning about his negativity but he went for it and cannot be held responsible for individual errors mate..imo..

08 Jan 2026 14:32:08
He did what everyone want him to but we couldn’t hold out great game, BA works his socks off give 100% nice to see get two.

08 Jan 2026 15:03:31
I don't feel there's any point looking for fault and / or blame from last night. We rattled a very extensively built side, and almost got the better of them at around that is very difficult to get a result from. The atmosphere was phenomenal, as was the match as a spectacle, between two traditional, and historically fanatical clubs, and will go down as a classic! The PL hasn't had many of those in recent time in my view, and we contributed more than our fair share to it, and we're very unlucky to not take at least a point.


Now I've calmed down from the disappointment last night, I'm just pleased to have been able to watch it!

08 Jan 2026 17:00:32
Ed I agree with the attacking changes, he did right with a limited bench.

What I don't understand is asking attacking players to defend against a great attacking team, rather than attacking a weak defence.

Farke made a mistake tonight, but it doesn't make the current run of form any more spectacular. We went toe to toe with a team whose three subs cost more than our starting 11.

Nothing to moan about, just saying it wasn't all on Perri.

{Ed025's Note - yeah Mo DF tried to win the game and if it came off it would have been brilliant, it was just a bit of bad luck and a referee who wanted to play on until the Barcodes scored mate, times are good though..

08 Jan 2026 07:45:21
The morning after the night before!

Gutted, under no circumstances should we have lost that game.

Farke again, in game management was awful.

Perri is utterly rubbish, just a bigger slower Meslier.

Newcastle were battering us down our left so Farke brings on Okafor to play on that side, wrong choice.

So many bad choices from Farke tonight.

We have to
Get Trafford on loan
Get Disasi on loan
Get another LWB ( Gaby needs help)
Get a striker ( it’s too big of a drop off when DCL goes off and we are 1 injury away from a disaster)

08 Jan 2026 10:29:43
Agree totally.

08 Jan 2026 12:05:47
Well Dave, I guess it's easy to apportion blame! Seems DF has been under the microscope and pressure since he took the call about the job, which let's face it is one of the toughest managerial jobs in football. He has proved his worth recently and yes mistakes will be made, but with 17 massive games coming up let's be United, support not bash DF and not book Perri a seat next to Mes.

It's a team game, they stand or fall together and unity and mental strength are vital in these coming games.

08 Jan 2026 13:15:35
Agree with Vid Dave

At what point is it not Danny's fault or let's say Gnontos half arsed attempt to clear the ball which led to their 4th goal

Or the failure to track the corner flag ball that led to another barcodes goal . Or Baracus jumping inside box with arms flapping like Simple Simon

Can't blame Farke for those poor individual errors

Little Caveat however Brendan's best game imo in a Leeds shirt

He played very well.

08 Jan 2026 13:38:58
We push Newcastle all the way and caused them havoc, only to lose the game by an extraordinary amount of time added on, and the blame is on Farke and his players?
Sounds like there’s massive expectations with our team of Championship quality players.

08 Jan 2026 14:33:55
OP can’t do right can he 🤷🏻‍♂️.

08 Jan 2026 15:04:58
For once, I agree with you Whiteman.

08 Jan 2026 16:27:43
Fella’s I’m not totally apportioning blame on Farke, he was bad last night but he has credit for the recent run.
But that doesn’t make him safe from criticism.
I agree that individual errors cost us dear last night.

For me Gnonto should be sold, he’s hardly used and barely has any impact when he does play.

Tanaka should have been on earlier.

My main point is, it’s absolutely vital we get bodies in asap to help the squad and ultimately help Daniel, we are carrying too much dead wood as we are all aware.

I don’t care about the summer budget, we need to primarily make sure we are in this division first, if that means spending £30-40m now or 2/ 3 loans then get on with it.

Farke giving it, it’s too busy now until after the Derby game to make transfers?
Utter rubbish, Underwood and co don’t deal with the squad on a daily basis, they don’t run training sessions etc, it’s their job to get the recruitment done.

I am very worried on how the manor of last nights collapse may effect the team in the next few games.

We are 3 results or an injury away from the relegation zone I might remind.

08 Jan 2026 17:01:24
Well Dave, let's put a bit of deep heat on that ache. Don't think you can call it a collapse, the players gave everything they could, lady luck frowned. Transfers are sophisticated things, they have to be right and cannot be instant otherwise all would do it and it would work every time. A big part if success is the spirit of the players. Compare ours to maybe Wet Spam, total opposites and spirit and teamwork gets results.

DF stipulated he wanted to be manager not coach when he arrived so has a say in all transfers and does work with the squad every day. Trust him, what is the alternative? Given the chance Wolves, Burnley and Wet Spam would swap with us in an instant and we are making teams take notice, all teams, they know we are not an easy ride now. Continuity is key and right now we are in a good place.

08 Jan 2026 17:17:52
There was no "collapse" last night.
Those guys fought tooth and nail for absolutely everything, against a more expensive, more talented and more experienced side, that should be in Europe again, and probably the CL with what they have at their disposal.
In my opinion, last night just cannot be viewed thro negative specs at all.

09 Jan 2026 06:13:07
Don't forget we hit the cross bar and sailed a few goals across an open net which went unconverted. A few shots close to the keeper as well.

We played well. Subs were dodgy but we did well.

08 Jan 2026 07:39:18
{Ed's Note - Joyfull has posted a new article entitled, The Championship Drop and What It Means for West Ham United

08 Jan 2026 04:33:11
Well well well. Lots of positives.
In fact in my opinion that was the best we have played this season.
From the offset our formation, tactics and performance were spot on brilliant. Well done Mr Farke and team ( ish ) .
So many stand out performances, good energy, good passing. We are def improving week by week and look a mid table team if not for luck.
However, as some have referred to below. It is obvious to most and 90 min player ratings where our weak link is. Good opportunity to drop him for Darlow sat and keep him in.

Struik to for bourn and keep him in.
Still finding it had keeping a lead and not for the first time this season. That needs sorting.
Strange subs and about 10 min too late.
Very disappointed all in all because that performance deserved at least a point.
Well done lads. Ba lad. Good on yer. You’ve showed some fight over last season and a bit and deserve the form you are in.
To derby. Chance as I say to rest and drop a few. Not bothered about this. Let’s focus 100% on league.

08 Jan 2026 09:00:39
Thought you would enjoy that Aus 😁 As for blame, well, stuff happens but it wasn't just Perri, the defence were all over the place at times, for their winner Barnes had 4 players around him and still got a great shot off. Breathless stuff and a match that will go down in prem history for entertainment, but I think DFs demeanour at the end said a lot, we kinda got caught up in the moment and lost our composure a bit, playing basketball rather than slowing it down.

Just hope the lads aren't too despondant after being on the wrong side of a thriller. Much to like, lessons to learn and on to an FA cup run hopefully!

07 Jan 2026 23:52:33
No way was that a 16th vs 6th game.

07 Jan 2026 23:50:49
Match of the Season? (so far)

07 Jan 2026 23:23:13
Leeds become only the second team in premier league history to go ahead three times and lose.

The only other team who have done that is. drumroll. Leeds United.

Did we build our club on top of an Indian burial ground that had been cursed by gypsy witches smashes mirrors on black cats?

{Ed025's Note - love it Mo..

08 Jan 2026 10:30:35
Lol Mo! Only us, eh?

07 Jan 2026 23:20:22
Gutted for BA. Scores against Man U and it's a draw. Scores twice against Newcastle (never done it in the prem) and we lose.

That loss was on Farke. We've had a good run, we didn't expect to win at SJP but the manner in which we lost was on Farke.

And Perrisier, who is honklingly bad.

07 Jan 2026 23:19:54
Lots to be positive about and we look good for t5he rest of the season. Two observations, The goal keeper is unreliable. He can pull off world class saves one minute and the next he is punching instead of catching, weak wrists and poor positioning, . He cost us tonight. On a more ongoing theme. If we go ahead we don't know whether to stick or twist and end up doing neither. We play well until we score and, except on very occasions we stop what we we doing and bring teams on who probably hadn't been doing much until then.

We then panic a bit and start pushing forward but this time leaving gaps at the back. I've lost count of the teams we've done that with. Aston Villa, Tottenham, Newcastle Man U and in many ways Man City as well. We pushed them back and scored two. Immediately the mind set changed and back they came. If we find the secret of holding on to what we've got by continuing to be solid, but positive going forward, we could do very well.

07 Jan 2026 22:44:33
Gutted for the team, worked their butts off today.
On the negative side tho, i'm ready for Darlow to be in team.