Leeds banter 10

10 Nov 2025 17:31:55
I wonder if Eddie Howe might be available soon?

10 Nov 2025 18:49:06
Lol, I doubt it Bright and I very much doubt he would want to come to us anyway. The only positive I can find at the moment is that surely after last weekend DF and the players will be forced to have a good look in the mirror and at least attempt to turn the tide.

But if BA starts against Villa we will know DF is hankering for a holiday.

10 Nov 2025 19:55:41
DF has gone back Germany. He will be back on Friday according to the internets.

I've resigned to the fact that he will be here until summer and we will be relegated.

10 Nov 2025 20:44:48
If he’s here until the summer that surely would mean we have stayed up?

11 Nov 2025 00:10:34
Sorry, Corkey, it means we will be going down with him.

Some fans want to be relegated with Farke because they see him as the best chance to return. Even though his success rate with Leeds is 50%.

11 Nov 2025 07:25:21
I very much doubt any fan wants us to be relegated, irrespective of who's in the box seat!
What is it with all the crazy nonsense, outlandish, pie in the sky, unreal posts in here right now!
If someone has said "if we were to be relegated, then why not with Farke so he can bring us back up", ok, crazy, but some logic.


On the other hand "I want us to be relegated, and at least farke will bring us up". that's garbage talk, and not a single Leeds fan is saying it.

11 Nov 2025 15:45:18
There no way that the club will hold onto Farke if we are falling away in the relegation zone.
The club will take on another coach so the thought of Farke continuing with us in the Championship if relegated is just not going to happen in any shape or form.

Bar a bizarre complete turnaround of our form and tactics, Farke I imagine will be sacked in the coming weeks. Our concern will be will be what half head would be mad enough to take the job on.
Oh there will be candidates but none of them will stir the slightest bit of hope in any Leeds fan.
As I’ve mentioned before, only something completely out of the blue might give a little twist of fate and surprise all of us.
But i wouldn’t be holding your breath.

{Ed025's Note - Leeds are still a bid draw imo OP and i think will attract managers of a high calibre mate, with FFP it wont be easy to just buy yourself out of trouble so it will be a difficult job for whoever takes over but yes it can be done, you proved against the likes of Everton that with fight, endeavour and organisation that results can be achieved but it will take everyone pulling in the same direction to stave off relegation, it may also take a change of manager who has been there and done it and as much as i feel sorry for DF the owners will pull the plug if things dont improve, you have a really tough run of games coming up though and cannot afford to drop like a stone so you have a massive few weeks coming up that will determine your season i feel..come on Leeds..

11 Nov 2025 17:44:12
Ed, that depends on what you mean by high calibre? It’s a very muddy ground to try and work out what kind of manager and tactics to use to survive the first season up for a promoted team to the Premiership.

You’ve got certain managers who seem to have what it takes or a knack for that type of job and they are not available currently.
If there are any higher profile managers out there available, they might not want the likely prospect to collect a relegation tag on his CV and perhaps has never managed a team in a relegation battle in the Premiership.
Definitely there will be candidates but I feel it will be one whose got nothing to lose or one that is willing to risk his flagging reputation to become a hero.

I still believe we have a chance besides all the weight stacked against us that there is a possibility to stay up, but everything has to align perfectly and seamlessly and as you put it all the players singing from the same hymn sheet and has the same emotion and work rate as our CB Joe Rodon does.
Nothing is impossible, but they have to dig a lot deeper than they think they are doing right now.

Football does from time to time deliver surprise stories, it could be us but then again it might not be us.
As far as I’m concerned there are no titles or relegations sorted after 10 games into the season.

{Ed025's Note - i personally thought Sean Dyche would have been the sort of appointment that would work OP (but obviously that ship has sailed), but someone of that ilk who can get the best out of players without spending a fortune, it wont be very pretty of course but sometimes needs must mate..

10 Nov 2025 10:52:55
For me the over riding factor in this campaign to stay in the Premiership is the quality of the players we have in our squad are simply not good enough to keep us up.

I do believe Farke will be sacked sooner than later which does now have the air of inevitability about it, certainly with the fans and media all seemingly pointing towards it.

The 49er’s may give him his last chance saloon with the Villa game at Elland rd or they may not wait and do it over the International break.
For Farke he may fall on his feet with the vacant Middlesbrough job but for us I fear what ever coach you take and there won’t be many on offer, our fate is very likely sealed in relegation.

Due to the 49er’s recent Gerrard interest for Rangers, I can see him as their first choice coach to take over and I can see Gerrard gleefully accepting this position.
My problem with this appointment is that there will be a huge media circus around Gerrard himself and this will have a negative outcome on our very slim chances of survival.

All the names I’ve seen on this forum are very unlikely candidates as the experienced coach/ manager will not want a very likely relegation blot on their CV. Also the likelihood of being a Championship coach next season will not be appealing either.

In my opinion there is one coach i would make a claim for and that would be Kieran McKenna.
Unlikely to get promotion this season with Ipswich he might want the opportunity again to try his luck at keeping a team up in the Premiership. He will have last seasons experience to go by and he is a young talented coach.
He’ll have a slightly better squad than he had with Ipswich last season and if he has the desire to take it on then there maybe the tiniest of opportunities that we might scrape a survival if other teams like West Ham and Wolves continue their poor start. Although I do feel both of those teams have better players than us and have more chance of avoiding relegation.
Of course there would be a compensation fee that maybe problematic with PSR looming and above all the perhaps far better proposition of going to Celtic maybe a more lucrative option for him.


There’s no hiding of where we are and to think some top coach is going to wing his way to our club and save us from the inevitability is no less than a dream, especially with the quality of players at his disposal.

I will continue this season in hope of a miracle but I’m already adjusting my thoughts to spending next season back into the Championship with a coach that will have no idea of how to get us out of it this time.
Onwards and Downwards.

10 Nov 2025 11:31:11
Excellent post again OP!

10 Nov 2025 11:44:40
Recruitment has been woeful OP, how or why did they believe Lewin was right fit is really mind boggling, also it's really worrying that 9'ers felt it was a great window

We are playing woeful football now and our poor recruitment is totally exposed.

10 Nov 2025 12:01:36
I think a change should give a bounce. Let’s not kid ourselves. This squad will struggle to stay up. Possibly only 40% prem quality.
The transfer window as many said at the time was poor or pathetic. They should k ow that and take some of the blame. Farke is useless. Not one prem standard quality.

So get rid.
One year plus bonuses to new manager. Why not. One city team.
Not sure owners know one year contracts exist though. Happy to throw 3 at dic.
Anyway. It’s Leeds right.
At least Bielsa loved Leeds, players and fans. The rest just money grabbers.

10 Nov 2025 13:11:52
I disagree with the sentiment that we don't have the quality to stay up. Strongly disagree. We are not worse than Burnley, forest, wolves, west ham and Fulham.

Were playing players out of position, with no game plan, stopped from pushing forward, not allowed to play quick football and keep playing out from the back.
The quality has drained out of our team with the demoralising effect that the above has caused.

Terrible tactics terrible subs, clueless management, no game plan.

Ask yourself this; how would this team perform under Bielsa? The same, worse or better?
If it's better, then the issue isn't our quality, is it?

10 Nov 2025 13:12:40
The big question for me, why are the players playing so obviously different to the first 6 games.
We looked extremely positive until the loss to Spurs and since then become toothless, half hearted
Yesterday, Brighton and Burnley were abysmal attempts, is it a coaching or player issue
Whatever the answer, a new injection of motivation and mindset is desperately needed.

10 Nov 2025 14:45:33
More like the teams we played against where we appeared to do well were having a slow start to the season. Where we now and the relegation zone is where our realistic position throughout this season will be.
I think the hope of any old coach will do so long as it isn’t Farke is just a false ideal that everything will be okay and that we’ll start working our way back up the league.

I think they genuinely tried to bring in one or two quality players in the summer, but sadly we couldn’t pay over the odds to secure those deals. I feel there’s no one to blame in my mind, just a fact of how difficult it is now for newly promoted teams in the Premiership.
It will be a huge task to avoid relegation in my opinion.

10 Nov 2025 14:53:11
Mindset and psychology.

10 Nov 2025 16:37:43
Never thought about McKenna OP - interesting shout and one that might just work.

I have a feeling that the 49ers' will wait until the next four matches are out of the way then have a look. Unfortunately by then, we could find ourselves firmly in the relegation zone!

10 Nov 2025 16:58:52
With a goal difference resembling a cricket score 😢😢.

10 Nov 2025 17:48:15
Man city will be brutal. I wonder if Halaand will skip the match or not go all out against us?

10 Nov 2025 17:57:45
At least he won't celebrate when he scores - small consolation: (.

10 Nov 2025 18:56:14
Not a bad shout OP on McKenna, not sure if I fancy him but certainly did well with Ipswich in the championship and from what I remember seemed to go at it in the premier league but lack of quality showed.

10 Nov 2025 18:29:23
Don’t think it will really matter if a new coach starts tomorrow or in four games time it won’t in my estimation make any difference at all, there are no easy games in this league.
We will often be the whipping boys in away games this season.

Get used to it, with or without Farke it won’t make any difference.
I still retain what I believe that with the players we’ve got, home games are the only games we can hope for any points.

11 Nov 2025 07:27:40
Totally agree again OP. Realistically embracing the challenge this season always represented.

11 Nov 2025 09:31:15
Without Farke we not have lost to Burnley or forest.

11 Nov 2025 17:58:38
You don’t know that Mot and they were both away games. We have won two and draw two at home, Spurs game could of easily been a draw and Bournemouth was within a minute of being a deserved victory.


It will be very interesting to see how we perform against Villa, if Farke can deliver results at home, he may be able to hang on to his job for longer than most of us expect.

11 Nov 2025 18:28:42
Given we haven’t beaten Forest with the last 6 managers we have had in the EPL, I don’t think that’s much of a claim MOT.

I think it’s hard to see who would replace Farke if he was sacked. We still have the same team, no money, so who is going to risk their reputation. McKenna would be absolute no for me. He was hardly a resounding success in the EPL despite spending a fortune. He seems a bit of a busted flush in the EFL this season.

We need to wise up, play to our meagre strengths and stop trying to be something we’re not. More effort, swap a few out, and grind out results. A change of attitude is likely to be successful than a change of manager imo (for this side of Christmas anyhow) .

11 Nov 2025 21:01:06
Your all for getting Farke is the best in championship management just look at Norwich for me it’s two late to change now.

10 Nov 2025 10:02:43
Another poor performance yesterday. No real fight no quality going forward. Again with farkes teams no real tactics of attacking just keep the ball and see what happens. Bogle who was one of our best last is struggling. Whether it is that he has not got a proper winger in front of him or he is just finding the extra quality of defenders in the prem a bit too much but he is not a threat or he hasn't been.
Bijol is not a real upgrade on struijk. He is not a left sided cb his distribution and passing on his left is poor. And I think forest let him have the ball over rodon. Which is mad because rodon is not the best with ball at his feet.


In midfield we just gave them time to put the ball where they wanted. We needed pressure on the ball. But it never came and the subs were too late again. Stach again was out of his depth. Longstaff looked like he did not know what he was meant to be doing. And amps was chasing around after their forwards and attacking mids.
Forest had a game plan we didn't. They had a manager who changed the course of the game. We didn't. We had players that seemed not up for it. They did.
Where to now with a very tough run ahead. Our good start is fizzling away. Do we have the players or the tactics to deal with it?

10 Nov 2025 12:02:57
I think whole team didn’t know their roles. Utter trash from woe to go.

10 Nov 2025 08:34:50
Unfortunately Farke has poor form when working in the premiership. Add that to incomplete summer transfer operations and you get to where we are now. The players we brought in apart from the bargain basement strikers weren't that bad but we are woefully short on, primarily goal scorers and commanding/ creative midfielders, and given that level of under investment we were an accident waiting to happen.

Difficult to be too critical of Farke as whenever he has arrived in the Premiership he has never really had a board to back him with the investment needed. However, even that might be laid at his door for not being assertive enough. Is our poor displays due to poor coaching or simply lack of quality. Both?

10 Nov 2025 08:53:27
100 mill Hess. That’s pretty good backing mate. Ok owners or whoever messed up the choice of recruitment.
But make no mistake. Farke is useless. No excuses. Simple fact.

10 Nov 2025 08:53:44
Stop with this "he wasn't backed" malarkey.

He got his defensive and midfield options, all he didn't get is his RW and CF.

Yet we are -10 gd.

We don't get -10 gd with no attackers. Farke has failed with a team 2/ 3rds of his own making.
A lack of attacking options doesn't mean playing arronson every week.
Or bringing on harrison.
Or like for like subs
Or poor in game management.

He has failed. End of.

10 Nov 2025 09:29:43
If the 49ers are as toothless as DF and his team, I doubt we'll be welcoming a new manager with coaches at the Villa game.
However, I'm not always right.

10 Nov 2025 10:36:05
I've made my feelings clear about Farke for a long time and the chickens are coming home to roost.

If we play villa with Farke as our manager, we are relegated.

10 Nov 2025 11:07:21
He must go today. No pondering. No see who we can get. Anything better than nothing. We got 0 out of next 5 with dickhead. Nothing to lose. When I wake up tomorrow. I want him gone.

10 Nov 2025 11:34:15
"Farke is useless". hmm.
Just a tad over the top in that assessment!?

10 Nov 2025 12:37:56
Useless in prem league. My apologies. So useless to us right now. And forever. Go.

10 Nov 2025 06:53:57
Those die hard through thick and thin fans that have wasted their hard earned cash over last two games need to be applauded and refunded. I'm lucky. It's just in bed and tv switch. Poor bastards that paid for that dross.
It's a money game. Owners have no shame.

10 Nov 2025 11:37:08
You pay to follow your team, not get a bloody return on investment for God's sake! That's the way it's always been, and that's the whole point of watching, and being there.

10 Nov 2025 12:41:09
Utter bollocks bright. Rosie glasses.
You pay for fight. Aggression. Motivation. Giving all. Doing your best.
How many fans left thinking all the boxes ticked.
None mate.

10 Nov 2025 17:17:38
Totally bollocks too Aus! You pay for a fecking ticket, and possibly a program.

Then there are things you would like to see from your team while you're there! I've never counted the money I've spent home and away from the early 80's, but never once was there a question over the cost of me bloody ticket!
Huge disappointments, anger, frustration, and too many black eyes and split lips etc thro the dodgy times, but it was never the drivel you're spouting about wasted money!

10 Nov 2025 05:16:52
Toothless display and deserved nothing, they so much more up for it and the better team.
I am now on board with time to sack FARKE, he out of his depth.
Feel part of blame has to go with recruitment team, brought in so many defensive players, can understand BJ, JJ and GUD, but why spend on Bornauw, wasn't needed.
Also think we needed MF but only one of stach and longstaff now have too many, should've sold Gruev, Harrison and sold MEZ, I guess no one wanted them, but some cash there
WE HAVE SAID FOR SEASONS THAT WE NEED A CMF AND STRIKER, but still waiting
DCL works hard but one goal, maybe if system DF plays may help him, too isolated
Playing BA every game is frightening, he is just not good enough, can't keep the ball or stand up, time for James to start.


Time for change, not sure who, maybe Poch but he may want to do World Cup thing
Give a new guy Nov and Dec to get to know squad and we desperately need a couple players in come JAN transfer window.
Looking precarious now.

10 Nov 2025 05:48:00
Time for change way ago.
If he isn’t sacked today I’m speechless. Turned a great champ team into prem fodder. Absolute embarrassment.
Owners deal in my sleep transfer inability partly to blame but. Hopefully they learn quickly they ain’t as smart as they think they are.

Morons.
I’d rather Paddington bear on the sideline. And the players better buck their ideas up too. Earn your ****ing wages .
Gruev better than stach. Sell him instead.
Complete and utter 100% shambles.
This miserable git is not happy at all.

10 Nov 2025 06:26:40
So many similarities to the season JM took us down it's frightening. 49ers watched that car crash as minority owners, they must act to stop a full blown repeat.

10 Nov 2025 06:37:34
It pains me to see your posts vid mate. You’ve always been a bit doolally in my eyes but that’s just you. To see you despondent is a shame. Hopefully we get what we want and you can return to cuckoo land lol.

10 Nov 2025 03:12:19
Perri. 4. Left out to dry mostly.
Bogle 5. Tried but shadow of the man first few games.
Rodon 6. A positive.
Bij 3. Need another cb. Not struik.
Gabby. 6. Another positive but well worth subbing for a winger. Not.
Amps. 2 Said before. Not a prem mf. Put him next to Rodon.


Long. 3 poor.
Stach 3 poor too.
Oka. 6. Tries.
Arron 3. Also tries with less affect.
Namecheck. 5 an upgrade on dcl but not prem quality either.
Farke. 0. As i and a few others have been saying. Way past his sell by date. Now 99% agree. Let's get it done.

10 Nov 2025 00:50:45
Let's not worry about who. Just do it. Let my ex mother in law have a go. I don't care. I just want him gone and now. It can't get worse.

10 Nov 2025 11:39:54
Do you need me to list some of our previous managers just to remind you about how bad it can get? You may need to take of your shoes and socks, and go get some dirt on your feet, just to bring you back to earth.

10 Nov 2025 12:42:22
No bright. I don’t care about before. Just now. You live in the past if you want

10 Nov 2025 17:20:43
Stop being an arrogant prick Aus. It's about context! It has been worse, and it can therefore be much, much worse again. That's what my reply was about, and you bloody well know it!

09 Nov 2025 19:30:54
Where do I start?
So so negative away from home, scared football.
Gnonto even though fit not even on the bench.
No subs until 75th minute.
Aaronson still starting!
Striker so isolated.
Ampadu despite being poor for a number of games will never be dropped.
Longstaff has two decent games and got player of the month yer has been abysmal in other games won't be dropped either.
Tanaka our best technical player on the bench again.

Time for brendan rogers?

09 Nov 2025 23:05:51
I hope not! Corkey.

10 Nov 2025 00:48:58
There is not one good thing about that. The last two games have been the worst for decades. Speechless. Every player has turned into non league ability. Don’t get it.

10 Nov 2025 11:42:23
Jebus Aus! Get a grip Man! Your pulling out some real extremist pearlers at the moment!
Last 2 have been cack, yeah. but jebus man!

10 Nov 2025 12:43:25
Name two worst performances bright.

10 Nov 2025 17:25:07
No mate. No chance. you do the leg work, because i can't be arsed wasting my time proving something to you while you're on a permanent roll of outlandish, OTT bollocks statements.
No one is happy about things as they are, but there needs to be a slight reality check from you in Particular.

09 Nov 2025 19:22:35
Today showed he will not change, and to hear Farke’s press conference in which he said he thought the timings of his subs was still correct as the counter attack plan was working.

Erin Terzic or Knutsen out of the current runners for me.

10 Nov 2025 01:37:30
I"ve not joined the "Farke out" movement til now because none of the suggested replacements filled me with any enthusiasm. So that's a no to Rogers, Pereira, Gerrard, Lampard and especially NO to Mourinho. Terzic looks interesting after his history at Dortmund, but one wonders why no-one has appointed him in the 18 months since he left them.

Pochetino I do like, but would he leave USMNT to come to us? That's our problem, sacking Farke could be be a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire.

10 Nov 2025 06:39:36
This isn't just a frying pan JR, this is an M&S frying pan. With no handle. Made out of chocolate.

10 Nov 2025 09:03:40
Thanks Vid the M&S analogy was bloody funny! And factually correct to boot!

10 Nov 2025 11:44:54
Chocolate teapots I've heard of, but a chocolate M&S frying pan is new to me. Like it tho 😀.