Leeds banter 10

01 Apr 2026 07:39:13
{Ed's Note - Shappy has posted a new article entitled, United's Manager Choice: Upgrade or Trust Carrick?

01 Apr 2026 06:24:12
30 mill for Struik. Start the car.

01 Apr 2026 07:40:14
That's the starting price. You can only use the keys to unlock the car at that point! 😄

01 Apr 2026 11:04:37
April 1st, come early, Auzzy. 🤣

01 Apr 2026 13:28:15
Can't understand all those who want to sell him. I'd turn down all but any astronomical offers. If it happened, we then have to find a satisfactory replacement, and past experience should tell us that potential targets often turn out not as good as we hope.

He's not out of contract til summer 27, so I'd seek out his reaction to a possible contract extension and keep our powder dry for now.

01 Apr 2026 13:53:39
Amps. Bijol. Bourn Justin. That's enough, JR. Maybe bench one of our younguns. That's 5 replacements. I'd take 10 for Struijk.

01 Apr 2026 15:55:18
Not wise to sell one of your best players.
Agree with JR, unless he wants to leave, we should hold on to him at all costs.

Think it's mainly Aus who's got something against him, don't understand why either?

01 Apr 2026 17:18:01
I totally agree too, JR!

01 Apr 2026 17:23:19
Lads, you do realise what day today is?

01 Apr 2026 19:18:22
Amps ain't a CB, Aus, neither is Justin. Both are well capable of standing in there if the need arises, but Struijk is better at CB than either of them. Amps is better as a holding midfielder, and Justin as a RWB.

Struijk is a big presence at corners and set pieces, and a capable penalty taker when the need arises, so let's try to get him on an extended contract ASAP. Bournauw is nowhere near as good, so for me, he can go if he wants.

01 Apr 2026 21:34:55
Yes, Chris, fella, but it was originally reported yesterday.

01 Apr 2026 22:27:16
JH on his way back to Leeds it's a bad penny can't get rid of the man, still paying the man who disrespected Leeds dislike, and disloyal Leeds can't have long left surely someone would buy it sent the man to lower league action.

02 Apr 2026 01:03:47
JH still contracted to Leeds United til June 2028. He'll likely go on loan again somewhere, but we'll still have to stump up the bulk of his £3.5M pa contract. May have to do likewise with Max Wober, whose contract runs til June 2027. 😒

02 Apr 2026 05:16:43
Nothing we can do with these useless parasites. They were given huge contract deals to counter PSR by Radz and Victor Orta. Sadly we can only wind the clock down with Harrison, problem with him is that he is so ineffective as a footballer that it looks like literally nobody wants him and he of course is going to continue to take his wages whether he is loaned out or not.

02 Apr 2026 16:50:22
Still believe it's an AFD dud, Brighty.
Not a hope. 50 pence head won't get a transfer if that's the costing.

Who says some online journo can't just take zee urine.
Normally how it happens on that day, ain't it.

02 Apr 2026 17:15:13
Ain't gonna argue on that, Chris! They all take the wazz, and talk cack!

02 Apr 2026 18:38:48
OP .Jack Harrison was signing for Leicester City for a whopping £20 million plus in January 2023, but specifically Marathe and the 49ers then (probably) unwisely pulled the plug on the deal.

So, not all Radz and Uncle Victor's fault with the JH situation.

far from it.

I still think Jack was a good player (2018 to 2023) , but lack of confidence issues, being played out of his best position and defo loss of pace have led to a severe lack of form. It happens.

{Ed025's Note - i only really seen him when he was at his worst Baz, when he was at Everton he could not even cross a road never mind a ball, scored one goal i think and his forte was running..mainly down blind alleys mate, terrible player, in fact one of the worst i have ever seen..

02 Apr 2026 18:57:18
Hi Ed025 yep his performances, goals and assists at Everton under Dycheball definitely fell off a cliff in comparison to his Leeds United playing era.

Marcelo Bielsa definitely got the best out of Jack in performances plenty of goals and assists.

The thing is Jack is getting a bit long in the tooth 30 this year and has definitely lost pace and sadly now way past his best.

{Ed025's Note - yeah Baz we were all full of hope when he came to us mate, but could not wait to get rid of him at the end, for £100k a week we were expecting a lot better but thats not his fault of course, he did try hard and i wish him all the best..

02 Apr 2026 19:12:55
Yep fair dos Ed025 👍

02 Apr 2026 22:33:56
When there was talk of JH heading to Leicester for £20M, I suggested we should offer them a price reduction and take Harvey Barnes in PX - now that would have been a great deal.

02 Apr 2026 23:01:58
Well, Baz, if that was true about Leicester, which I highly suspect it wasn't, then they would have bought a totally dud footballer.
The Championship was his best level, just, but, unfortunately for us right now, probably no Championship club wants him.

Ironically, he couldn't run fast enough to leave Elland Rd to escape the Championship to join Everton in the Premiership, where he thought he was a better footballer than he really was, now only to arrive at the point where nobody is interested in him.


Sorry, but I have little to no sympathy for him while he winds down his big fat contract while he sits out his football career at the expense of Leeds Utd.
I think he'll be forgotten quickly.

02 Apr 2026 23:29:38
Three things, OP.

1)
Of course it was 100% true, fella.

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers, in interviews with Sky Sports and the Beeb, was quoted as confirming that Jack Harrison was having a medical with Leicester on transfer deadline day Jan 2023, when Leeds United owners called off the transfer.

2) You can't erase the facts of his impressive stats: goals, assists, and performances for a sustained, prolonged 5 to 6 years, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.



3) Rather than sensibly cash in on JH. JH's contract is entirely on your beloved most recent previous joint owners and also our current Leeds owners, OP. hmmmm.

03 Apr 2026 01:05:25
Spot on Baz, tho I never knew it was Radz and co that had called it off. At the time I was glad we'd kept him, but events since have shown I was wrong.

03 Apr 2026 06:57:03
Well for me despite your love of JH and your very clear despise of our current owners who for me have the best intentions and interests in our club since I can't remember when because it's been that long.
I'll stick with my opinions and you can wallow in your own miserable ones, while not forgetting we are still in the Premiership League and in the quarterfinals of the FA cup.
The future looks bright for Leeds United from where I'm standing and I'm so so glad I'm not standing where you are constantly moaning about everything Leeds United today and only lamenting about the long gone past.

Happy days Baz, something you are very unfamiliar with, concerning our club.

03 Apr 2026 12:08:03
Hi OP, I usually try not to get involved in spats with other Banterers, but can I suggest you actually read what others say before firing off critical responses. Baz did not say he loved JH, but merely made some factually correct statements about his good past performances, which he can no longer replicate, and about his abortive transfer to Leicester, which I too remember very clearly.

We all want the best for LUFC, but have differing opinions on past performances and future plans, and that's what this forum is about. Can I suggest you develop a slightly thicker skin and not view every contrary opinion as a personal att
ack.

03 Apr 2026 12:22:26
Spot on posts, Ben!

Very, very well said. 👏

Soooo true. 👍

03 Apr 2026 12:30:22
* I meant Spot on, JR, very well said.

03 Apr 2026 12:32:17
With respect, JR, my post is my differing opinion, which there is very little of on this banter site.
By the way, I do have a very thick skin. I had to in the past when receiving a huge amount of unsavory banter from Baz and his sidekick, prior to you joining this site perhaps.



This is a football banter site with strong, emotional football opinions, not a love-in for a knitting class.
No offense to you, enjoy your day.

03 Apr 2026 12:55:53
Ben? 😀

03 Apr 2026 12:57:15
JR, hell will freeze over before that happens. 🥶🥶🥶

03 Apr 2026 13:06:31
Hi JR, yeah. I meant you, of course, and amended it in a post after.

(Should be said, though, that with regards to Ben, like you, he is also a thoroughly excellent, thoughtful, unbiased and logical 👌 poster.)

03 Apr 2026 13:14:36
OP, I respect your opinions even if I disagree with some of them, and the same goes for Baz. Can I suggest that you just stick to the subject (s) and steer clear of the ad hominem statements and giving your opinions of others' motives.

03 Apr 2026 13:27:58
As usual, Baz, lots of lovely, friendly comments for anyone agreeing with your posts.
So funny. 🤣
Senior moment, JR, Ben? It's an easy mix up.
😂😂😂
Thanks for making my day, fellas. You too, ice cold Whiteman. 🥶
🎶 Marching without you.
Have a great day, gents.

03 Apr 2026 13:57:44
No, JR, you cannot suggest what you would prefer me to post. I don't think you respect my posts, as you seem to believe that I am only interested in making personal attacks on other posters.
I mainly post opinions of football on this banter forum.

To one or two other posters, there's a bit more banter, because they are happy, or so it seems, to do the same.
I'm not going to suggest what you should post on here, so, if you don't like my posts, you can always bypass them. It shouldn't be that difficult.

03 Apr 2026 16:48:31
As you wish, OP. As I said earlier, I respect your opinions, as I do everyone's. If I agree with you in future, I'll be sure to say so, just as I might if I disagree, and I promise to do so without hazarding guesses at your motivation for saying what you think. Sincerely, all the best, MOT.

04 Apr 2026 00:29:35
No worries JR,
I have been accused before of being just plain argumentative on this forum before, but I can assure you and others that I post what I believe in, and if I disagree with a post I will say so and give my reasons why.
It's been mentioned many times on here that it's healthy for this banter forum to have differing opinions.


I don't always like to follow the general opinions of the majority of fans, but that sadly does irritate some posters on here for some reason?
At the end of the day, we are only giving our opinions and it really doesn't matter who is right or wrong.
Except for Baz, of course. 😉

31 Mar 2026 18:11:09
I have to say, maybe I am in the minority on this, but this weekend, we are in one of the oldest and most revered football competitions. How amazing would it be to be in the hat along side the likes of Arsenal, Citeh, Chelsea or Liverpool.

We would pick up so many neutrals as the underdog. Leeds would be a team held up as what can be achieved. Leeds Leeds Leeds.

31 Mar 2026 18:21:58
Can't argue with that Vid. :)

31 Mar 2026 18:41:20
Leeds United getting to a Wembley FA Cup semi-final would be an absolute first for the club and for all Leeds United fans!

Older fans, such as myself, have been fortunate to have seen a fair few Leeds United FA Cup semis in the 1960s, 1970s, and even 1980s, but those ties were not held at Wembley.



Bring it on, I say!

Let's beat dem Hammers and then I would absolutely love Leeds United to be drawn and beat Chelski in semis at Wembley!

31 Mar 2026 18:57:52
We can't nil nil draw our way to the FA Cup final, so no goals, no final, plus we have an incompetent coach.
Nothing to look forward to.
Forget it.

31 Mar 2026 19:14:48
Nil nil then win on penalties OP.
Sorted!

01 Apr 2026 12:55:40
OP, please can you add a profile pic of Eeyore? Your outlook reminds me of him so much!

01 Apr 2026 18:19:02
Alf, I was trying to lead Baz into a false sense of security, confuse him a little with a deadly pessimistic post.
His negative, constantly moaning head just thought it was a normal post though!

We'll beat Wet Spam this weekend, going for Calvert-Lewin goal to seal our victory.

01 Apr 2026 18:32:02
The Eeyore profile pic would be apt, Alf.

01 Apr 2026 21:31:28
FA Cup takes second place for me. Making sure we stay in this league is our top priority. Don't give much away at the weekend, hit them in the league, get 3 points is what we should be looking at. And, before the two, just in, it's my opinion.

02 Apr 2026 15:29:23
We are in the FA Cup every week, no point winning it then getting relegated. Sort the cake out first, you can have the icing later.

03 Apr 2026 07:08:29
Yes Baz, potentially the FA Cup semi-final and Wembley, all possible with the incompetent Daniel Farke and our useless current owners who don't care about the club.
How is that even possible?
So hypocritical, and it is so predictable coming from you.



Bring it on, I say!

Some on here would say it's only down to luck and, despite our coach and current owners, that we progress in the Premiership and reach a semi-final of the FA Cup.
Interesting thought processes.

03 Apr 2026 13:17:03
In the FA Cup this season we've beaten lower league teams and three Championship sides so far. Hopefully we can beat a current EPL side, West Ham, in the quarters.

31 Mar 2026 14:13:20.
Looks like Spuds have brought in Rdz. Should we be worried?

31 Mar 2026 15:03:59
Concerned, yep.

But, I would have been even more worried if Dyche had come in for the 7 games.. Spuds need to stop shipping goals, and he would have probably improved them on that.

31 Mar 2026 15:36:25
Don't think it matters who they bring in, 7 games is no timescale to wave a wand. It's more about the players, who is fit, who is up for a scrap, where are their leaders.

A manager, whoever he is, will take time to instill his philosophy and ideas. Their enemy is time. The Forest game was huge. Lose the next game, it's 6 left, etc. Tick tock.

31 Mar 2026 16:02:22
No timescale, yes, but they don't need to win a whole lot of games to be safe.
Don't think we can pour scorn on our fellow bottom feeders, as we are all in a pickle.

Regardless of Zerbi needing time, we need goals, and that's a serious problem also.



It's going to wire, probably even last day.
I have never bought "we will win enough home games" narrative, so if we lose another 1-2 we could very well move into 3rd spot to drop.

Squeaky bum time for sure.

31 Mar 2026 16:27:23
Was just commenting on Spuds, Chris, our situation is equally perilous unless we can start scoring, as you rightly point out, and get some points in the bag. If I was pouring scorn I would have pointed out Spuds approached RDZ after he left Marseille in February; he turned them down. They approached him after the Liverpool game; he turned them down again.

Now he accepts? They must have, in the words of Don Corleone, made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Smacks of desperation. What others do is up to them, what Leeds do is another matter, but we have continuity and the squad to finish the job, in my opinion, of course.

31 Mar 2026 16:36:57
We may not have the quality in our team, but we have bags of fight in all our players.
Are all the Spurs players up for a fight?

31 Mar 2026 16:51:21
I think fight is certainly part of it, and in recent games Spuds look like they have just given up and are resigned to their fate. The immediate challenge for RDZ will be to make the players care again and want, really want, to fight for the team and themselves.

No doubt many think they will just be sold, and that might impact their desire for a scrap, but who knows?

31 Mar 2026 17:21:52
There's not just the fight but also the massive spotlight on them, with their new manager.
Nerves and pressure will be at their maximum, not just the players but their fans as well. If they go a goal down in any of their final games, the tension will be ramped up to its limits and beyond.
Rather be us than them.

31 Mar 2026 17:24:46
My coaching pal at Brighton confirmed Rdz certainly is not missed at Brighton, known to be very petulant and sulks if he doesn't get his own way, nobody doubted his talent and tactical nous, but nobody missed the mood swings.

Agree with Baz.

(Ouch!) I would be more worried had Arry or Dyche gone in there with only 7 games left.

I'm more worried about our own drop off in form, especially in terms of goals. We need a bit more bravery from our coach, draws won't cut it.

31 Mar 2026 17:57:12
Good man, Class. Makes sense.

01 Apr 2026 08:40:08
I doubt very much Sean Dyche would have got anything out that Spurs team of inflated egos.
He had the best squad of quality players at Forest and failed.
Dyche gets a better tune out of lower quality scrapers.
I wished they had chosen him because 100% they would've gone down.

31 Mar 2026 13:44:21
So who would we all play in the FA Cup game?

First team?

Reserve team?

Don't care as long as we don't get any injuries?

31 Mar 2026 14:12:22
Said all the way through. We ain't gonna win it. Who cares. Throw the reserve team at it. Focus on prem.

31 Mar 2026 14:33:52
Noooooo, Aus, lol. Whoever we play, we should just go for it from the off, aint no point being coy. Make em av it, and if we die by the sword, so be it, but please dont fall on our sword and go out without a whimper.

Winning is a great tonic, and if we can progress, get a bit of confidence and then gain some points in the league before the semis, its a different story. But yes, I would agree, rest some players, give Willy, Piroe, Ao etc game time.

31 Mar 2026 14:40:16
How's that work for Gunners, Vid? They can play their u21 and trash us. And when has Farke gone for it? Be real, mate. I'd rather reserve the starters.

31 Mar 2026 15:06:12
What Davey said, re intent and purpose.

I wanna see Farke send out a team to go for it; the club, fans and team need a lift.

31 Mar 2026 15:28:31
Lol Aus, you cannot compare us to Gooners, it's silly. If you read the last part of my post, I am agreeing with not playing regular starters for the Spam game. But our squad has ability in it, and what a great lift it would be for everyone if we reached the semi finals!

01 Apr 2026 14:57:31
Strongest team, no game then for eight days.

30 Mar 2026 07:16:24
Shoulda signed a striker in January.

30 Mar 2026 09:50:32
Shoulda coulda woulda.

30 Mar 2026 10:02:13
Shoulda always played AO and Willy in preference to BA, Gruev and DJ, but, hey, time will tell if those decisions were wrong or.. lucky.

30 Mar 2026 12:01:21
Oh Class, that word lucky is a bit unfair on Farke if he does keep us up.
I fear for him on that one, that if the mission is accomplished, there will be a section of Leeds fans that will give Farke and his coaching staff zero credit for doing the extremely difficult task of keeping us up in our first season back, and, unfairly in my opinion, slap a lucky tag on his back.



Surely Leeds fans won't go that low?

30 Mar 2026 12:05:52
Time has already told us, Class.
If we stay up, it doesn't take away or excuse wrong decisions.

30 Mar 2026 12:39:49
Not necessarily lucky, but I think Farke has underperformed. Staying up is the bare minimum expectation and performance metric, so yes, well done, but could do better, and I think a more competent manager would have seen us safe already.

30 Mar 2026 13:55:07
Stats show, and I know a lot of you blokes like stats, that over the entire Premiership existence, I believe there is only approximately a one in three chance of staying up in the first season, and over three seasons, newly promoted teams have a 60% chance of returning to the Championship.

Why fans, and that is especially a number of Leeds fans, believe it is pretty much a given that we should stay up is, in my mind, quite incredible.

In fact, to some it should be quite easy to steer well clear of relegation!

Shall we just give underachieving Farke a slightly over average lucky label or a fully lucky label?

Nothing ever surprises me in football.

30 Mar 2026 14:25:39
Alf, with a more competent coach, as you call it, perhaps we are virtually down already, like Wolves and Burnley.
Competent coaches are overrated, didn't you know.

30 Mar 2026 07:39:15
{Ed's Note - Davey Sulls has posted a new article entitled, My Liverpool Summer Plan: Coach Change and Four Signings

29 Mar 2026 22:09:28
44 days the same as Clough still not sure which was the worst decision, hiring Cloughy of firing him 😁😁.

29 Mar 2026 22:28:11
Hiring Clough (esp without Peter Taylor) was worst.

30 Mar 2026 15:08:17
After his well-known insults directed at Revie's team, he should have never got near the job. Johnny Giles was the man to take over.

30 Mar 2026 18:11:30
Definitely, Feath.

Clough may well have worked another couple of years down the line (as Baz said, needed Peter Taylor with him) .

29 Mar 2026 16:01:48
Bad news Spurs have sacked their manager. It always happens before we play a team. 🤦‍♂️

29 Mar 2026 17:29:20
We play them in May, don't we?

29 Mar 2026 17:41:32
That could be a very important game if they get someone who can gel the team, as we have failed to win games.

29 Mar 2026 17:49:08
Sean Dyche is 2/1 fave for Spuds job. If he takes on job, Spuds will stay up imo.

29 Mar 2026 18:16:54
Ugh.very disappointing news. he was doing a great job for Leeds, Florist and West Ham EPL survival hopes

30 Mar 2026 06:29:14
Stats show that changing your coach this late in the season nearly every time does not prevent relegation. We’ve had the same experience.
Hiring and firing coaches several times in a season is disastrous for a club. It’s simply not the answer to a club spiraling down, and I don’t understand why that is not obvious?

30 Mar 2026 07:14:28
So no club changing manager in March has stayed up after being in bottom 5. You quote stats but don't give them or examples. Hope you are right though, Opti. That's obvious.

30 Mar 2026 07:36:55
Didn't say no club, Aus.
It's very hard to find stats for a club one point out of the relegation zone, and changing its manager in virtually April.
I checked some time ago for clubs changing their managers at different points of the season, and being actually in the relegation zone.
This late in the season, the odds are very small.



If I was given a million pound bet on whether W.Ham or Spurs would survive, I'd be putting that bet on W.Ham every time.
Spurs are going down in my estimation. Their turmoil is not solely on the wrong coach; their problems lie deep within their club.
As far as I'm concerned, it will take nothing less than a miracle to keep them up.

30 Mar 2026 08:40:01
Agree, Opti, and I hope, and everyone I speak to, hope Spuds go down. 🙏🙏

30 Mar 2026 14:08:20
I'd pocket the million quid and not place a bet, the odds are too close on any of the 4 teams involved.