Leeds banter 8

28 Sep 2025 03:10:29
Very enjoyable game.
Best team I've seen this year including gunners and pool.
They played really well.
We dug in. Created plenty of chances and were tad unlucky to not get three points.
Since arsenals poor tactical display we have got tactics bang on. Need to show that grit away from home too.
Pluses.
Bogle. Beast of a player.
Darlow apart from poor wall played well.
Sorry but ba was everywhere. Dosent offer much in the penalty area but a nuisance to opposition.
Longstaff getting better and better each week.
Okafor ditto.
Not so positive.
Struik. Needs a rest.
Dom. Needs to convert more chances. Reminding me of bam atm. Needs 10 to score one. Works hard but.
Loved amps and okafor revving the crowd up.
Loved rodons goal celebration huddle. Pure team before self there.
Can't remember a game I've enjoyed more for a long while.
Worth noting we haven't achieved the 10 by October so could still be in the mix.
Think we might get 6 from next 2 games though. Doubt spurs will be better than Bournemouth. Stats show we should have won but we were under the cosh for long periods.
Give me that every week and I'm a happy chap.
Still think piroe before Namecheck.
Well done all.

28 Sep 2025 08:04:30
Aroanson is woeful, Danny tried to convince fans of the opposite yesterday, when he hooked him to try get fans to applaud him, as Baracus had made a run and held ball up with a tidy pass

That was more or less his 2-3 contributions in that entire game
The rest wasn't good enough and hasn't been since we started.

28 Sep 2025 10:54:36
Arronson is improving and does some things well, the overhead volley that nearly led to a goal would have been class.

His biggest issues is not passing the ball. You can see DCL screaming for it and Brenda can't think quick enough.

TBF to him, he shouldn't be on the wing, so I applaud his willingness to try and fit there and give it his best.

I would like to see okafor on the right and Harrison on the left (or the other way around) . I think Harrison has some goals in him.

28 Sep 2025 11:37:49
I thought Aaronson played ok yesterday and is improving.

28 Sep 2025 13:28:46
Harrison scored one goal I believe for Everton in the whole season. A good championship player but no where near Premiership quality. He hasn’t improved from Bielsa period and can’t see him improving under Farke.

28 Sep 2025 14:23:04
No one scored for that Everton side OP.

Harrison has 24 goals and 17 assists for us in the EPL, so no mug.

28 Sep 2025 14:31:24
So opti It was a Farke error bringing him on?

28 Sep 2025 16:18:42
It’s possible Farke had no say in the matter, as for Harrisson, until he starts to make some assists and goals then my opinion of him will not change. This is not a personal hatred towards him because he left the club it’s just from what I see of him and I see no end product coming from him.
He’s got a formation in a squad that suits him and although it’s early days I agree but so far there’s nothing to suggest he’s going to improve.
We will see but I’m not holding my breath.

28 Sep 2025 07:39:21
{Ed's Note - Tusole has posted a new article entitled, Chelsea FC No Longer Has A Trophy Winning Policy?

27 Sep 2025 20:06:21
Sunderland showing us how it's done by grinding out wins. A long way to go but they were one of the teams I was hoping to be above and avoid relegation.
Today and against Fulham is a minimum of 3 points dropped after playing so well until the last 15 minutes.
Is Farke showing too much respect to these teams and not showing enough faith in our lads?

27 Sep 2025 21:01:33
Corkster, please don't keep holding up Sunderland as the marker against which we are measured. Honestly, forget em, it's early. Fulham was unfortunate, today again unfortunate, but it's the players switching off Not DF. We bought 10 players in, we tweaked our style, it takes time. But ask yourself, considering our opening fixtures, would you be happy with 2 wins 2 draws 2 defeats? Absolutely!

27 Sep 2025 21:21:32
Totally agree with the points we’ve gained question.
But we have still definitely dropped 3 points this season. Have to take your opportunities when they come. This is big boy football we are in.

27 Sep 2025 21:52:12
Understand your frustration Corkster and yes we could have more points than we have. But we could also have less. Think we need to look at the performances, Arsenal apart, very solid. Football is transient, not always best team wins, not always tactics work, so many variables, form, luck, confidence etc, but we have a great team ethos. But is that not the addiction? The belonging, the agony and ecstacy, the uncertainty, the ride?

27 Sep 2025 22:16:55
In football luck can sway both ways, over a season i believe it generally evens itself out, absolutely not concerned about conceding last minute goals against Fulham and today with Bournemouth.
Farke has got this team going in the right direction and we are improving with every game. We not only matched Bournemouth who are no mugs in this league under Iraola, but we bettered them over the 90 mins.

Cruel finish yes but very happy with the performance today and especially with Farke’s overall decisions and tactics.
Couldn’t give a flying f@@k about Sunderland, they have zero bearing on our club, maybe they survive this season or maybe they don’t it really doesn’t matter either way. Why would it?

27 Sep 2025 22:27:08
Totally agree the performances have been very good and that’s why I’m frustrated.
Need to make hay when the sun shines and we’ve not done that. We will go through spells with injuries n not playing well so bagging the points now while things are rosie is a missed opportunity.

27 Sep 2025 23:43:47
Sunderland showing us how it’s dine by not having a huge prs bill. As proven by fact we have 250 million
Debt poor old genius farke has to cover.

So Sunderland secret to success. don’t hire Belisa. That’s just facts but for some reason Leeds fans won’t have it. The 250 deficit we had before farke joined appeently is farke fault? Would make me laugh if I wasn’t in tears of frustration.

28 Sep 2025 04:06:48
That is one very boring post bermo.

28 Sep 2025 11:38:31
But it’s spot on ain’t it aus, your posts are boring. As least mine have facts and a touch of logic.

28 Sep 2025 12:02:48
And factually incorrect, just a simple review of Transfermarkt here

Clearly shows every Leeds United window including players in and out.

But hey never let facts get in the way of your chosen narrative.

28 Sep 2025 13:06:15
Bermo spouting utter bollox again! God knows where he gets his stats from?

28 Sep 2025 13:10:17
Class leeds bloke (robbie Elliot? ) told leeds journalist

‘When we (49ners) had a debt of over 250 million’ when we took over, we (farke) has done well to balance the books and still achieve (record breaking) promotion, but sins of the past have affected our latest window

Now these are facts given by the clubs senior staff to professional journalists… but don’t worry class you say it’s all lies… so I’ll trust you over them and companies house!

But like mes wasn’t in championship team of the year, leeds fans have some huge blind spots and flaws with logic.

{Ed001's Note - but you said it was Bielsa's fault when he didn't control the money, so no logic, plus no sense as you have no idea how that debt was accrued or who it was owed to for what. You clearly have no understanding of football finances, just a massive chip on your shoulder.}

28 Sep 2025 16:24:18
Ed it is true Belisa was not in charge for f the finances but he did have huge say in players picked and was responsible for team becoming a joke. Despit le the money being spent (hence he was back with lot of money and time)

Now farke getting hard time despite having far worse fininaces to deal with due to ‘sins of the past’

So my logic is why love Belisa and hate in farke when pound for pound farke doing a far better job? It’s just factually illogical

No chip on my shoulder just a huge dollop of disbelief and frustration

No need for the personal and direct attack on me, that’s not the nature of this forum!

Oh from an Ed as well lol!

{Ed001's Note - if you say so.}

28 Sep 2025 16:49:11
Great response, no apology for the personal direct and uncalled for attack and when i post logic and point I get that response?

When I am directing i demand a certain kind of ethic, decency and professionalism from my staff. As an Ed I expect the same to be honest.

Slightly dissapointed from what is a good site.

{Ed001's Note - right of course. Give it a rest.}

28 Sep 2025 18:50:49
Berm the “sins of the past” are Leeds United under the previous ownership giving out crazy contracts, over paying for average players and the majority of those players we signed still owing big money to the clubs we bought them from. Radz also bought the ground back at over 20 million.
So yes the PSR situation wasn’t great this season but that’s not on Bielsa as he had nothing to do with the finances.

28 Sep 2025 18:57:26
Think it's time to put this one to bed folks. Views on the Messiah and DF are well advertised and have been aired many times, Bermos views are deeply entrenched and no amount of ping pong is going to change that, it just causes friction and animosity when it comes up.

So I would suggest give a dog a nice chew and Bury that old bone, after all ALAW and our beloved club is bigger than everything 😁.

28 Sep 2025 21:12:28
Well said vid

Very happy to bury it like a bone but at the same time I’m not going to ignore bating either I’m just that type of dog.

27 Sep 2025 19:26:08
Great play by the lads.
Great support by the fans.
All let down by Farke's man management.

From 75th minutes I was screaming to put subs on. DCL, Brenda and longstaff were knackered.
He brought Harrison on who injected life into the attack and made no more attacking changes, then decided to sit deep which has cost us before.

But does he bring on defenders and stack out the back line or bulk the midfield? Nope. Let's take off arranson at 88 minutes and replace him with. Tanaka.

This man doesn't help himself. Three times he has set up that way, twice it failed and only once did it succeed because wolves were rubbish but they had very good chances on target.

Farke out before this German Greasy meatball-in-a-long-coat sets up the same and is Martin'd by every manager in the PL.

27 Sep 2025 19:33:02
Bored.

27 Sep 2025 19:36:08
Give your head a wobble!

27 Sep 2025 19:55:52
The changes were clearly intended to be like for like, as it was that shape, and style of play that had us largely dominating the game against a side that has done extremely well to date, including their undeserved loss to Liverpool.
Keep twisting and turning things on their heads to fit the rhetoric tho, and ignore the fact that we did dominate, we were the better side, and played some excellent football.

27 Sep 2025 20:16:51
Mo, sorry pal you're comment is soooo, annoying. I was there, and it was to do with tactics, it'll was luck on their part and fate. Give it a rest pal.

27 Sep 2025 21:24:36
Hope you had a great day Dougie, away at a mates 60th so cannot comment on the game but happy with a point against in form Bournemouth.

27 Sep 2025 23:05:14
Harsh very harsh Mo.

28 Sep 2025 01:19:03
Bright, the changes were stupid. He swapped one attacker then took the foot off the gas.

Dougie, I wasn't there, but I could arronson, DCL and longstaff blowing out their arse.
I could see their attacking subs walk into our half, like has happened for the past two matches.

All respect to the lads who worked hard. We played great again today.
We look like a proper prem team.

People need to make their mind up, either every point counts in the prem because the league is tight or every point doesn't count and we don't need to worry.

That said, we're still finishing in the top 10.

28 Sep 2025 13:36:02
Very un gentlemanly to call our coach a German greasy meat ball in a long coat. Very distasteful in my grown up opinion.

28 Sep 2025 15:18:42
The changes were stupid?
OK, you obviously know better. What should he have done then, oh wise one? I take it you have zero coaching experience, by the way?
The changes were made to prevent the foot off gas scenario. i. e. like for like. The players did as previously, and sat back to try and defend the lead in the dying mins. And then defended a free kick poorly!
Is there a reason you can't accept those facts?

28 Sep 2025 16:22:30
It’s also very sad that there appears to be a lot of others who agree with you Mot.
Also very unimpressive!

28 Sep 2025 17:25:08
I might be wrong OP, but methinks there's a bit of Integrity / Baz overhitting the thumbs up button for the same posts / own posts going on at the moment.?

28 Sep 2025 19:50:00
You know what Bright me also, a bit of tampering from the dark side maybe 🤔
Seems to be an unusual amount, very suspect indeed.

28 Sep 2025 20:04:06
Farke has very poor tactics to see a game out with a result, but we’ll still finish this season in the top ten?!

27 Sep 2025 18:16:58
You just knew it would end in tears,
Fairly naive to do it, it didn't work and for. obvious reasons

Proud of. my. tewm nonetheless, controlled long periods of that game, against a very in form team

Lesson for today Danny
You won't get away with that in this league, just go ask Pep 🤣

Well done lads.

27 Sep 2025 19:23:59
Very true Chris, but i guess early lessons learned will forearm us for the future and there were plenty of positives to take from today against a very decent team.

27 Sep 2025 19:33:47
End with a draw that we all would of took, could have the manager on your avatar and we’d of lost 7-2.

27 Sep 2025 19:35:04
Vid, we should have learned the lesson at Fulham, but didn't and did the same at wolves. We didn't learn then and set up the same today. Let's hope we've learned today.

3 points dropped that we deserved based on the performance. We would have been top 4.

27 Sep 2025 20:40:49
Well MoT, I guess that's fair comment but I would have to disagree. It's not that simple. We are talking about a guy who has delivered on every front so far. We are six games in. DF has evolved and transformed us every season so far. To criticise for decisions that are finite is a tad harsh IMO. rubbish happens. But look how he has got us set up and playing. 23 games unbeaten at ER, with 18 wins. Teams now know they are in for a game when they take us on, players are growing and performing. It's not instant, but I love everything about the DF era. It's easy to knock, harder to appreciate, but my word we are making an impact. Its evolving. This has always been the Leeds ethos, we are Leeds, we play, we entertain and we give all. Sure there will be disappointments, but there will be joy too. I repeat, 6 games in, 8 points and much to like 😁.

27 Sep 2025 22:22:26
I think it was you Chris that agreed with me that today’s game was likely to be a draw. A draw it was so there should be no complaints.

How would you have felt if it was us that scored the equalizer in the last minute?

28 Sep 2025 08:10:21
Think you may be misunderstanding my post OP, delighted with performance and effort shown, obviously to concede at end was hard and not what we all wanted, but as I said really happy overall but it was wrong decision to sit back and leave them come at us

I actually said it to my younger brother when I seen it begin

This won't end well🤣.

28 Sep 2025 16:41:17
Chris we are all gutted and disappointed not to win that game, especially to concede in the last minute but that’s football, it happens to other clubs as well.
Over the season I dare say we will score in stoppage time to win a game that perhaps we didn’t really deserve. But on those occasions i'm sure we won’t be complaining that the coach got his tactics wrong.
It’s just bad luck the way I see it and good luck when it goes for us.
We can’t win every game this season, even when we deserve to, that’s football and there is an element of luck involved.

And don’t forget, they were chasing the game and with their quality they were not going to let us dictate the game towards the end. Having said that we soaked up the pressure and defended well.

The positive thing for us is that we are improving with every game. We mustn’t lose sight of that when complaining about our "German" greasy meat ball coach in his black coat!

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27 Sep 2025 19:58:08
That was supposed to be for before the game, and some light humour from Stach's Insta. New ones every game. Humorous pre match, less so after the heartbreaking, undeserved ending.

27 Sep 2025 18:02:43
was really proud of the way they played and controlled the game, except for the last 15 mins, when we just invited them to play. One point instead of 3, think that one goes on the manager.

27 Sep 2025 18:28:37
100% agreed CA.
DCL 🙈. Three big chances missed.
We can’t keep throwing away points especially after playing so well. Have to stop sitting back towards the end of matches and see the game out professionally.
Strange subs I thought.

27 Sep 2025 20:01:34
Surely tho, had it not been for the manager, we wouldn't have even been ahead in the game? His team, his tactics, his team mentality and togetherness fostered by him, led by him, coached by him!
We gave away a very soft free kick and the wall was awful, and then defended atrociously at the death! Simple. The subs didn't lose us the win, nor did DF.

27 Sep 2025 20:36:19
Surely you realise Farke is known for poor substitutions? Last season exactly the same.
It’s like he can’t read a game or react to how it’s playing out. He is never proactive only reactive.

27 Sep 2025 22:27:13
Yet with Farke’s apparent poor substitutions we strangely enough won a very difficult league in the Championship!
So many expert armchair coaches on here.

28 Sep 2025 14:31:45
Corkey, for actual fact, last season, Leeds acquired more points from substitutes than any other team. I guess now you will applaud Farke for his superior substitutions rather than peddle the silly narrative that has no basis at all.

28 Sep 2025 15:26:18
Hmmm. Piroe as a sub last season?
It's just another lazy "content creator" pigeon hole, that's been latched onto by a small sector of supporters to have something to moan about when the team are playing well. Yes, he's made mistakes in the past, but its not every single effin game!
Was JH a poor sub yesterday? Did everyone want BA taken off at that time? Would most ordinarily accept Ao as a capable sub to bring on? As a gaffer, would you not try to run down mins by making another sub in injury time? Is a striker the least disruptive change to make in injury time when winning?

27 Sep 2025 17:38:14
Boys done us proud today, brilliant performance. Bet we're not last on MOTD 😁.

28 Sep 2025 11:04:11
Don't give up the day job to become a betting tipster. 😒.

27 Sep 2025 17:07:59
Working so could only check in very occasionally - looked at the score in the 91st minute and thought here we go:)

Wish I hadn't bothered to check back in!

Never mind, would have taken a point (even at home) against Bournemouth, and will take the same against Spurs next weekend too.

We are feeling our way back into the top flight and we are doing a pretty decent job of it - long may it continue.

MOT guys:)

27 Sep 2025 18:01:50
I'd take two points from Bournemouth and Tottenham.

27 Sep 2025 18:37:08
Deserved to win that game played well 2nd half but typical leeds sat back. injury time again!

27 Sep 2025 16:59:38
Should have been 3 points today.
Losing 2 points is definitely on Farke today. A senseless substitution while defending a set piece is ridiculous. 91st minute just leave DCL on he’s doing a great job up top.
Would have taken a point before and especially at 0-1 but that feels like a defeat.

27 Sep 2025 17:20:00
Farke's fault. Of course you'd say that! I'm guessing the superb performance up until that point is nowt to do with him though?

27 Sep 2025 17:51:00
I’d say farkes fault we got the point in the first place against a great manger and good team.

We stopped them going second… think about that for a minute

Farke out!

27 Sep 2025 18:16:36
Agreed with bright not really on farke the player that scored was left un marked. Dcl wouldn't have been marking him. I'd have brought lucas on earlier as dcl was slowing. But Bournemouth are a very dangerous team and for 90 mins we kept them quiet. So I'm disappointed that we didn't get the win but I'm not disappointed with today's performance.