02 Nov 2025 09:04:51
Firstly, they won’t sack Farke yet. They will pull the trigger after this next wave of awful fixtures, why put a new manager in with City, Chelsea and Liverpool coming up?
Wrong starting line up, wrong formation and completely wrong tactics today, that lands solely on Farke.
He is inept tactically, we need a coach who can assess the players he has and come up with a formation and tactical plan that suits what he’s working with.
Forget his favourites and pick the best 11 to start each game on an individual assessed basis.
Round pegs in round holes.
Why not go with a 5-2-1-2 formation
Perri
Bogle (wing back)
Rodon
Bijol
Struijk
Gaby ( wing back)
Ampadu ( dbl pivot)
Stach ( dbl pivot)
Tanaka/ longstaff (atm)
DCL ( in a 2 man attack)
Okafor/ Piroe (up top with DCL)
02 Nov 2025 11:25:34
I would hire a new manager now. Give him two weeks international break to meet the players and train.
The next run of games are tough, so a block of losses can be wrote off, giving the new manager a few run of fixtures to learn the strengths and weaknesses of a match day squad.
Then he can go into the January window with a shopping list of requirements.
Waiting any longer means we have a Marsch situation and we will be relegated.
02 Nov 2025 12:00:35
Bloody hell mot you know how to use a hammer. Why wait. It’s coming. We ALL know it. Get it done.
02 Nov 2025 13:39:48
Exactly Aus, why delay the inevitable. The sword of damages hangs, just let it drop and move on.
We gave him a chance, it didn't work out. Not everyone can be world class. No shame in it.
But, if he stays and we get relegated, any positives to take away from the promotion are nullified and he becomes a manager who wasted three seasons (maybe more! ) of leeds' time.
02 Nov 2025 14:18:47
Who would you choose to replace him MOT?
Not a trick question just doesn’t seem that many candidates out there just now, and unless we can unearth our very own Glasner or Iraola, we need better than what we have as a minimum.
Got burned with Jesse previously.
02 Nov 2025 17:26:03
Opening sentence 100% spot on, Dave.
02 Nov 2025 17:54:14
Yep I’ll go with that first line as well Dave, well said ?.
02 Nov 2025 20:53:13
They can replace Farke with a marionette of Ted Bundy and they'll do a better job.
Chuck some names in the hat, pull one out, off you go.
Seriously though I would find the meanest, nastiest, most orrible can't there is and hire him.
{Ed025's Note - sorry Mo im busy.. :)
03 Nov 2025 01:51:57
MOT, our January shopping list of requirements only needs to have one entry "a striker who can put the ball in the net consistently".
I'd like to see us try a completely new formation, forget 4,2 3,1 and go for a good old 4,2,4 or 4,4,2
GK Perri
Backs Bogle, Rodon, Bijol, Gaby
Midfield 2 from Ampadu, Stach, Tanaka, Longstaff
Forwards DJ, DCL, Okafor, Willy
. or DJ, DCL, Piroe, Okafor.
02 Nov 2025 23:03:34
That's a shame Ed, I had a chant and everything
Ed, ed, 25
Here's will help us survive
Ed, ed, 25
He will keep our dreams alive!
{Ed025's Note - love it Mo..
03 Nov 2025 09:09:59
JR, not sure how a new striker in January, which we can’t afford anyhow unless we sell, will be able to do any better than DCL, he gets very little quality service to be effective. The likes of Harrison and Aaronson are unable to provide that. Okafor and Bogle are ok but not consistent enough.
03 Nov 2025 16:44:37
4-4-2 with okafor and DCL
Or
3-5-2 with GG and Bogle pushed up.
03 Nov 2025 21:00:57
OP you're right, we prob can't afford a new striker unless we sell, so that's what we should do. Right now we have 4 CBs one of whom has never played so sell one of those (say Struijk) also 5 DM/ CMs so lose one there too (say Gruev) .
Then find a buyer for Meslier, and that might release enough funds. Finally what I have in mind is a goalscorer to play with DCL not instead of him in a 4:4:2 or 4:2:4 formation. Farke's preferred 4:2:3:1 doesn't suit the strikers we have now.