Leeds banter 6

19 Apr 2026 10:42:02
I’ve got sympathy for the Leicester fans but not the club. Looks very much like they will be relegated to League 1.
Their cheating cost us promotion and three star players from our club.
They deserve everything that's coming their way.

Still on the Championship, what’s the betting that Fat Frank will jump ship from Cov and take a higher profile coaching job?
I feel like I want to give him credit for getting Coventry promoted but let’s not forget Mark Robbins did all the hard work with that club, Frank just licked the cream and swallowed the cherry.

19 Apr 2026 11:03:14
Great point, OP, on Mark Robbins, who did remarkably well in the most trying environment.

As for Leicester, I'm proposing the phrase..

"What goes around, comes around" is shortened to "Leicester City".

19 Apr 2026 11:41:52
Defo no sympathy for Leicester City, the club.

Quite a number of their "better" players seemed to have thrown in the towel, hardly tried, wanting out.

19 Apr 2026 11:51:38
It may just be a poor environment there right now, Justin had shown promise, but that and injuries meant he was viewed as a 'meh' backup signing. Look at him now.

If they were to go down, we could do a lot worse than taking a look at Fatawu. I get that he had a very big injury, but he's had a decent season in a bad team (9 league goals) .

If we could snag him for a similar price to what we paid for Justin, then it would feel like money well spent. Maybe offer them Harrison in exchange (haha that won't happen) .

19 Apr 2026 12:50:38
Ealing, I like the offering of Harrison plus cash for Fatawu, but sadly they probably wouldn't want him, and you're right, it wouldn't happen.

19 Apr 2026 14:05:12
Yep, L1 Leicester signing £90,000 a week Jack Harrison .. bound to happen.

19 Apr 2026 14:53:23
Yes, and he still wouldn't be worth a fraction of that salary.

19 Apr 2026 19:01:07
Harrison the perfect example of a coach making a player perform way above his ability. Bielsa has done this with so many players.
What's happened to the cockney oracle, Bermo? Banned again no doubt?

18 Apr 2026 21:57:05
One last post and I’ll leave you lads alone.
How good has Darlow been since he came into the side?
So solid with some exceptional saves.

And if James Justin had played more than half of the season he would be my player of the season as he’s literally been unbelievable and should be in the England squad.

18 Apr 2026 22:49:43
100 Corky re Darlow and Justin.

And how good was that Pabloesque assist by Brendan Aaranson for Okafor's goal. It surprised even me in its quality.

18 Apr 2026 22:50:28
Player of the season imo is DCL.

18 Apr 2026 23:26:50
The assist was great, but the deflection made it.

19 Apr 2026 00:08:11
Aaronson's ball for Okafor was sublime. As Baz said, Pabloesque.
Okafor did become a bit flicky after his goal. I think a bit gassed out after Monday, but it was good to see Gnonto come on and play well and put the ball through for the pen.


After the two early goals, we didn't let the tempo of the game drop, and a better team could have punished us. But all good.
And, could I just clear up, did we sign James Justin from Leicester or was it Hugo Sanchez?

19 Apr 2026 04:20:29
Chuckle chuckle, Baz. Nice try.

19 Apr 2026 10:25:41
Not a great game or performance, but it is still a 3 - 0 win. So, a potential banana skin overcome and job done.

19 Apr 2026 11:43:33
Nah, Aus.

Genuinely, most sincerely, DCL has been Leeds United's best and most important player this season.

AiMO.

19 Apr 2026 11:57:44
Think DCL has been very very good, but my vote for player of the season would see Gabby just edge him out.

1. Gudmundsson
2. DCL
3. Ampadu
4. Rodon
5. Justin/Bogle shared.

Beyond that, though, so many players have gone through patches of form at exactly the right time to this point of the season. When one player is a little off/inj etc, someone steps up. BA had an incredible period around xmas.

Stach was incredible between New Year and the injury. Okafor has been very important, obviously, recently. Darlow has proven very competent. Nmecha has been critical in holding the line when DCL was adjusting to a new team and scoring two critically late goals against Everton and Fulham (without those we'd be 4 points worse off) . Tanaka has had his moments too, with limited gametime.

19 Apr 2026 12:14:55
Gabby player of Seez.
Edwards must have felt the same also yesterday.

The majority of what they did came down their left, and was kept far away from him, and hence his impact was minimal, but that's ok as he has plenty of credit in the bank. 🤣

19 Apr 2026 13:13:01
Gabby has zero goals and zero assists. Can a player win Player of the Year with those stats?
100% he can, as he's been very, very good, and has created numerous chances which haven't been taken.

Gabby
DCL
Justin
Stach.

19 Apr 2026 13:15:20
U got Justin Okafor below dcl Ealing. Shame on you. I mean we all know Baz is a fruitloop but please. Be sensible.

19 Apr 2026 14:08:20
Gabi reminds me a tad of Ian Harte.. good going forward, but not great defensively.

We look vulnerable, and have conceded quite a lot of goals from his side of the pitch.

He is defo not player of seez.

19 Apr 2026 14:13:46
Aus, be sensible.

Justin was bench warming first half of season.

And Okafor had no goals or assists for around an 18 game stretch.. yes, he has been excellent in recent matches.


Only Ampadu and possibly Rodon rival DCL for player of seez in Baz Book.

19 Apr 2026 17:16:35
Baz, he was definitely getting caught out at the start of the season, defensively, but has improved as the season progressed.

Aus, without DCL, I don't believe we'd have as many points. He is pivotal to our attacking play. Nmecha and Piroe can't do the lone striker role with the same effect. Eleven goals, not too shabby for a team near the bottom, either?

19 Apr 2026 17:39:15
Completely agree, Corky, 100 💯, re DCL being pivotal to our attacking play.

I take your point somewhat that Gabi has improved defensively as season progresses, but for me he defo isn't player of seez.

20 Apr 2026 06:49:27
No, you got it all wrong. Player of the season is, wait for it — BA. 😄😄 He has worked so hard, takes opposing players away, leaving gaps for others to move freely, scoring and assisting, an all-round player who never stops.

20 Apr 2026 10:36:23
Player of the season? A very hard choice to make.
IMO ive only got a shortlist of Gabby, Bogle, Justin, Rodon, DCL.
Followed by Stach, Amps, Darlow.
Although the rest have had some great games, I really cant decide yet.


So I'm gonna give it to the scorer of the winning goal who wins us the FA Cup. Fingers crossed, or it keeps us safe officially.
Just my opinion, guys.

18 Apr 2026 21:49:27
I am absolutely delighted for Farke and loved his after match interview.
I like the guy I really do.
I really hope he proves me wrong and becomes a successful Leeds United manager.

18 Apr 2026 22:53:47
Good post, Corky.
I'll give Farke his dues. He is 120 % uber committed to the Leeds United cause. Kudos.

19 Apr 2026 10:26:37
He deserves to carry on next season for me.

18 Apr 2026 21:37:42
Agent Rutter, thank you, your mission is accomplished.

18 Apr 2026 20:34:57
The Wolves left back is definitely a player we should be looking at for our EPL season next year as back up for Gabby. He would fit in perfectly for the way we play.
Obviously at the right price.

18 Apr 2026 23:49:47
Oh my Christ.
Corky.

That's exactly what we said today.
He's quality.

Baracus was poor again today.
But ...

8 others were also.

Justin & Darlow exceptions.

18 Apr 2026 20:29:13.
As it stands we need 3 more wins or 2 wins and 2 draws.
That’s the pessimist in me!
I’m actually hoping for a minimum of 8 points from last 5 matches, and a cup final to look forward to.

18 Apr 2026 21:57:48
Wow, Cork, that is slightly pessimistic. That would easily make it the most points ever in the history of the Premiership, and I'm pretty certain the old Div 1 needed to avoid relegation.
Mind you, it could still be a tight finish, but from us I see a very good work ethic to get this job done.
It's still Spurs for me to go down.

18 Apr 2026 22:12:53
15 points to play for, let's keep winning.
Couldn't watch the match today. I'm laid up in Pinderfields Hospital & signal was proper poor!
Up The Whites Down The Pints 🤍💙💛 or in my case drips!
Even got some stick from a doctor, she's a Forest fan, your shirt is shocking. I said, oh, I went to the game when we beat u 3.1.

19 Apr 2026 08:13:24
Get well soon pal, results like yesterday can only help your recovery.

19 Apr 2026 09:10:26
Cheers, Class. It did, & Wakey Trinity winning as well.

19 Apr 2026 10:27:39
Get well soon pal.

19 Apr 2026 13:06:10
Thanks, Feath!

19 Apr 2026 17:24:01
All the best, Adrenalin!

19 Apr 2026 17:42:13
I hope you're back on your feet soon, mate!

20 Apr 2026 11:11:46
Cheers Bright & Corkey. 💙💛🤍

18 Apr 2026 20:04:37
Great win under presure. Agent Rutter gets in on it. Come on ause waiting for the negatives.

18 Apr 2026 19:31:45
Agent Rutter 👏🏻.

18 Apr 2026 19:43:20
Beat me to it, Class! MOT.

18 Apr 2026 20:18:56
Did he do the salute?

18 Apr 2026 21:30:28
I did it for him. 😀🇮🇨 MOT.

18 Apr 2026 14:15:21
Omg. How poor and boring is this Brentford game. Jeez. Worst game I've seen.

18 Apr 2026 15:51:24
It was truly dreadful. Unlike first half at Elland Road! 😀

18 Apr 2026 17:38:40
3 nil, lurve it.

Huge back to back wins.. great week.

Can't wait for Chelsea next Sunday at Wembley.

18 Apr 2026 17:54:32
Absolutely Baz, bring it on.

Having said that, I'm keeping an eye on Spurs this evening and Hammers/Forest tomorrow.

Just want the pretenders of North London down into the Championship!

18 Apr 2026 18:00:26
Happy days, Baz. Bring it on. The future is bright, the future is White. This is the beginning of something that is gonna fry our brains. Bring on Chelsea. UTWDTP.

18 Apr 2026 20:19:45
My guts are saying we can do it!