Leeds Banter 3

11 Oct 2026 07:39:21
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10 Oct 2026 23:26:02
Thought we were great, it's hard to go 1 up and then get beat but much improvement on last season and I'm happy and think we will have a great season
They just have much better quality on their bench and unfortunately we probably scored too early and jolted them into action
We are still building and think we on right trajectory, bring on them.

11 Oct 2026 06:58:49
Saying something that we are disappointed with not getting more from the game. Def improvement on last season so heading in the right direction. having said that Arsenal were poor. I can safely predict they won't be winning the title this season. And most likeiy nor will city. Over to spanking Devon now. Perfect timing.

11 Oct 2026 07:27:57
Melbourne, 100% agree against the best in the league we held them played some excellent football we are moving in the right direction, they sat back didn't know what to expect from us we scored then they had to push forward and they did in style one touch football quickly and caught us out.3 points lost but a great training session.

We need to put it behind us and move on to the next 4 game's.

11 Oct 2026 11:16:46
League table shows how we've improved, half of our games have been against top 4 teams!

11 Oct 2026 13:18:35
Canada 100% agree, top half of the table that's where DF wanted us to be and we are.

11 Oct 2026 13:36:03
9 points from 6 games.two of them away to Brighton and Gooners.

a good start by Farkey and team. keep going.

11 Oct 2026 13:44:48
If we are in the top ten after the Spurs game, I will be pleased.

10 Oct 2026 18:30:19
Nowt to do with the result, but Tierney was a rubbish ref as per usual. Hope we don't get him too many times this season.

10 Oct 2026 23:13:06
JR, he absolutely was, what was it, 4 bookings for us plus Farke and none for them. The Tanaka one was ridiculous. Regarding the game, we were excellent for over an hour, should have been two up, but the strength on their bench proved a bit too much. Two big things that affected the result for me, Trafford should have saved the first goal and in the first half in the build up to Gudmondsson's effort, DCL was fouled just before the shot.

But, overall a fine performance which if we mirror throughout the season we will be fine.

11 Oct 2026 01:12:21
I don't think Trafford was much at fault for their 1st goal, it was quite clearly a miskick from Calafiori, Trafford was going down to cover the expected shot, but instead it was scuffed into the ground and looped up over him. Any fault lay more with the defenders who didn't cut out either the original cross or the return header.

We were arguably the better side in the 1st half, and whist their strength in depth told in the end, 2:1 today compared with 5:0 last year shows how much we've improved.

11 Oct 2026 13:39:47
The appalling ref Tierney defo hindered Leeds with dishing out numerous harsh yellows.feel for Farke.

11 Oct 2026 13:44:08
Sorry but Jimmy Trafford gave off Hologram Meslier vibes for the 1st goal that went thru his hands.

It wasnt a howler but many good gks would save that

He got 5/10 and 6 / 10 across the board of player ratings. we needed him to be a difference maker vs Gooners and he simply wasnt.

11 Oct 2026 14:29:56
Agree. He coulda done better with fist goal. But. We shoulda been 3 - 4 up by then. Swings and roundabouts. It's a learning curve. To heavy bench turnaround def says our bench is moderate. Have to beat the Weaker 20 teams. The only way. And buy a decent am and striker in Jan.

12 Oct 2026 12:45:22
Baz we all make mistakes but Meslier made a lot more as did his replacement. James will soon be the number one for England and remember how good he was for Burnley the whole season I would have paid that amount then.

We all know we need a striker one step at a time. I guess that a few will almost certainly go next season because of game time age not being the first choice etc so changes will be made then you my get your wish.

12 Oct 2026 13:08:19
Fair points Whitey. thankfully Traffords no Mes but on his recent performances he has much to improve.many other clubs fans Everton, Gooners dont rate him ( highly)

10 Oct 2026 17:49:18
While losing after going one up would be frustrating - we were playing the gunners. We tire after about 60 mins, when their bench was deployed. Our bench on the other hand leaves a lot to be desired and we can't complete with a bench as deep as theirs.

IMHO we stifled them in midfield for 60 minutes, Rice was not in the game until after that. Our player of the game should be AO - he is growing into that forward thinking midfielder and he was hustling

So a huge improvement over last year and something that should keep us out of the relegation zone, as long as we can maintain this level of performance.

MOT.

10 Oct 2026 19:03:50
Good post CA.
I agree AO was excellent and I don't get why Farke always subs him half way through second half. When he and Okafor come off, which they always do, we lose momentum instantly.
Plenty of positives today. DCL was giving their CBs a tough time and Stach was back to his best, well nearly.


Trafford not great today I thought. Could definitely have saved the first and was in no man's land outside his box later. I expect better from a keeper for what he cost.

10 Oct 2026 19:20:42
What Corkey said.

10 Oct 2026 23:43:26
I'll admit pre-season I was thinking Tanaka was suffering the world cup hangover, Longstaff was making the starting place his to lose and that a rumoured £20m bid from Everton or Man U would have been welcome. I liked him but i hated the times he'd be robbed about 40 yards from our own goal.

He's so much better now. Credit to Farke. He was fantastic until the yellow, and after that merely quite good. Its a long season and Longstaff will be needed at times, But they should be thinking about a Tanaka renewal.

Great performance tough result. A first sub-par moment for Trafford. He made a decent save from Odegaard and a very good one from Saka at the end. But should have saved the Calafiori goal.

Manchester United are there for the taking, and they have a tough CL away game beforehand too.

11 Oct 2026 10:29:16
Credit to Farke? I don't get that Ealing.

11 Oct 2026 11:11:29
Don't agree that Trafford was at fault for the Calafiori goal Ealing, the shot was clearly miss hit, and deceived him by bouncing up over him rather than coming flat as he anticipated and prepared for. Defence should have stopped the ball coming to Calafiori for the shot anyhow, but one of their few mistakes.

Correct that MU are there for the taking tho, especially after a tough visit to Madrid before they visit ER.

11 Oct 2026 13:38:13
CORKEY it's what you could say he's damed if he don't and damed if he dose this site would be full of post as before it he didn't bring fresh legs on could have worked and nearly did at the end.
We had them in the first half didn't make it happen next time mate. And we had a long break that goodness that's over.

12 Oct 2026 09:35:13
All good JR, i still think he was definitely at fault for purely shot stopping - he got a big piece of it. I think Baz summed it up correctly - being 'at fault' isn't in the same league of it being a howler, but i expected him - and im sure he expected - to do better with it. Was it good defending on that one too? No, Gudmundsson got caught under the ball at the far post and we couldn't win the second ball either. Do that around the six yard box and you get punished, even by a mishit.

Jimmy's still a very sound keeper in my book.

10 Oct 2026 17:23:08
Didn't get the Birthday result but looked good for an hour. Then Arsenal refreshed with real class. Great improvement from same fixture last year. Team played well generally although Madueke was given too much room down their left all day. Their 2nd goal was class. We all know we lack creativity in midfield. DCL got little or no service again.

What a bunch of moaners in the Arsenal season ticket area even as Champions. Didn't cheer up and back their team until after 1st goal. We're building and it's slower than we'd all like but it looks solid. Should be a much better season. Hopefully we can continue to improve the squad in the next few windows.

10 Oct 2026 23:16:41
They are an awful fanbase OAS, you never hear them till they get in front. Remember Highbury the library.

11 Oct 2026 14:11:22
LUFC. 100%right they are 💩didn't sing until they got a goal. Are excellent away fans showing them up.👏👏.

10 Oct 2026 16:44:48
A great effort, shame we couldn't manage something. Strange that Arsenal players who were injured for their countries were now recovered. The ones who played all games were able to be freshened on the bench, suspect that made the difference.

10 Oct 2026 16:59:24
Said it before, they do that all the time.

10 Oct 2026 14:46:25
Disappointed to pretty much boss the game and fall apart for 20 min. My 87 yr old gooner dad recovering from hernia op watched with me. Said we should have won. No decent striker and finishers the reason. Threw 3 points away. Very annoyed after such first half dominance.

10 Oct 2026 15:02:43
The gulf was highlghted by the two benches Aus.

10 Oct 2026 15:23:07
Bettter than last seez but yet another defeat to Arsenal in this millennium.

Said it all summer window that Leeds needed more goals in team but we blow all our wedge of 85 million on a goodish gk and albeit good cd

Apart from the Newcastle match we have scored just 4 goals in 5 EPL matches and goalscoring is an issue.

10 Oct 2026 15:28:19
Agree Leodis, there bench can can make that difference over 90 mins and sadly thats what evolved.
Still very proud of our boys they put up a excellent fight.

10 Oct 2026 15:39:16
Someone did say on here a couple of weeks ago that we would see how far we've come when we play Arsenal.

Well now we know - a real step forward. Hugely disappointed to lose but this is a club which is going in the right direction.

10 Oct 2026 15:47:59
Baz if our keep wasn't changed from last season the score would have been more we are building as new squad starting with James look at how much arsenal team cost. I believe we did very well took the lead it's never going to be easy playing the best team in the league but we made it hard for them get them at home we may beat them.

And James made some great saves.

10 Oct 2026 16:05:15
Whitey. yep the Gooners squad cost a lot but they really arent that great

and not anywhere near the great Arsenal invincibles of 2004
.teams will beat Gooners this seez like Brighton easily did 3 nil in previous game.

10 Oct 2026 19:06:16
Correct Baz. They have a great squad not so much the team.

10 Oct 2026 21:39:45
If we had that squad and saying that you would he hung out to dry on here 🤦‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️.

09 Oct 2026
New image uploaded to the
Leeds Player Sightings page entitled, I’m not one for nostalgia but did dig out this old program from me yoof, hope we can repeat the same scoreline this weekend.

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09 Oct 2026 20:56:36
Happily Leeds United often beat Arsenal in the 1970s including this match 2 1.

09 Oct 2026 22:48:36
A match that featured goals from Allan Clarke and also a very rare event, one from Norman Hunter!

09 Oct 2026 23:01:34
Indeed JR

And Gooners goal was scored by Brian Kidd (former LUFC coach in the DOL era )

09 Oct 2026 23:44:46
I am hoping for a big improvement on last season's performances against the Gooners tomorrow. If we get one who knows? I don't think anyone is really expecting us to win there, but to get a point would be excellent. Fingers crossed.

10 Oct 2026 00:38:46
But then again, nobody expected them to lose 3:0 away at Brighton last time out, the same Brighton who only managed a 1:1 draw against us. 🤞.

10 Oct 2026 10:57:10
Honestly feel that any outcome is possible today! Even a win! Big games required from everyone!

08 Oct 2026 16:03:18
Going to Emirates on Sat. Bro is season ticket holder and invites me along. Last year was a humiliation. All his mates wanted me to come to every game after 5:0. 😢. Will be interesting to see how much we've improved since then. I'd settle for a narrow loss but have a feeling it might be a 1972 repeat and we sneak it.

09 Oct 2026 22:49:25
Not excepting much from this game, as we normally play like crap after one of the breaks. But expecting a decent game and an improvement from last years two embarrassments - a point would be amazing and 3 would be out of this world.