Leeds Banter 4

12 Apr 2026 16:12:51
Thank you Sunderland and Villa. What a horrible git Brian Brobbey is. Wish we had him. Great find along with a few others.

12 Apr 2026 16:58:12
It was well known that Brobbey was available towards the end of the transfer window. They made a move, we didn't. Qed.

12 Apr 2026 16:58:34
Absolutely Class.

Free hit against Man U tomorrow. A point might prove to be massive if we can get it.

12 Apr 2026 21:41:42
Brobbey cost £20m, and I'm not sure we had the money in the bank to buy him.

12 Apr 2026 16:05:37
Thanks be to Farke, nice 1 Mack'ems.

12 Apr 2026 13:59:20
If florists and spuds both - which I think they will - then the DoorDash we are in is infinitely worse and we must become favorite of the 4 left to drop. Or am I just being pessimistic?

12 Apr 2026 15:16:38
On current form, it's us & Spurs on poorest. If they get a result today, we are officially in a pickle, which, by the way, I always felt we would slide down this far.

Next Saturday is colossal for us.

12 Apr 2026 15:36:33
On the flip side, Spuds lose, we win tomorrow and next Saturday, happy days.

12 Apr 2026 16:01:19
That would be massive six points, Davey!

Let's hope your footie predictions are far more accurate than your Masters golf prediction.

12 Apr 2026 16:14:15
Lol, Baz, you minx. 😘 Sitting at 4 under and I have him to finish top 10, so hoping for a dazzling last round.

12 Apr 2026 16:21:47
Look on the bright side, Vid. McIlroy is sharing the lead on -11.

12 Apr 2026 16:43:10
Well, should have an idea how it's gonna go after the first JR, Brooks has bogied it every day so far. 😆😅

12 Apr 2026 17:04:31
I was hoping for Rose, and at -8 he's still in with a shout.

12 Apr 2026 17:13:24
Rose is playing great, JR. If you look, each day there are some really low scores. Someone is gonna hit around 65. Who is the question, lol?

12 Apr 2026 17:39:14
Lowry hopefully Vid, have a couple of sheckles on him.

12 Apr 2026 20:52:10
Sorry lads, but golf betting is the biggest mugs game of all sports.
100-150 odd runners, the market is purely in the bookies favour.
I had a nifty on Koepka!

12 Apr 2026 10:07:35
A Spuds win today puts them above us on goal difference, and whilst I remain delighted to have won our FA Cup game, many warned of the potential risk in key players being injured.

Nuno didn’t risk either Cree or Mavropannas and they were instrumental in their thrashing of Wolves.

Sam Byram (a fantastic servant) hasn’t had a kick as yet this season and now it begs the question in terms of our squad size and quality, will we be found wanting with our current level of injuries.



Have previously stated I believe we have the best togetherness and fight of all the relegation threatened teams, however, I also believe our salvation will come down to how Daniel performs from here on in.

And for myself, I consider we have a coach that is plagued by self doubt.

I still have Spuds (just) favourite for the drop but momentum is huge at this time of the year and we need Sunderland to do us a huge favour today.

12 Apr 2026 12:00:00
Any favours will be greatly accepted, Class, but if we can't get 7 - 9 points from the remaining games, we cannot complain. It's in our hands.

12 Apr 2026 12:21:12
I just cannot see Spurs going down, I think we will drop into the 3rd spot soon enough. Not scoring is a massive nous around our necks.

Here's hoping I am totally wrong.

12 Apr 2026 12:43:18
Agree all the above. It's gonna be bloody close. And we can't score for s***. I'm very nervous. Think spam will be safe. Sunderland need to put a nail in Spuds' coffin. Can't really see Spuds going down, but they need to win games like we need to score.

And neither of us are doing a good job at the moment. Forget Devon and focus 100% on our home games. And yes, Class. I don't give a flying flan about FA Cup.

12 Apr 2026 16:05:16
Sunderland 1, Spuds 0.
Who says they can't go down?

12 Apr 2026 17:17:46
Romeo injured now too!

12 Apr 2026 22:25:28
I do, and we have a lot of tough games incoming, JR, coupled with the fact we've gone so long without scoring in league games.

I just can't understand how some of us can just glide over our tough games with a but but but approach, but then when our fellow strugglers have the same type of games it's "ah, they're in trouble because they're playing such & such in the run-in."

We are knee deep in it currently.

13 Apr 2026 07:00:56
Very true, Chris.

12 Apr 2026 08:47:21
A question and I don’t think any fan would know the answer to it because we are Leeds fans. Do Man United fans today look at the rivalry with the same intensity as we do?
Or do they consider their own derby with City or even for that matter Liverpool more important and with perhaps more venom?

Being a one-club City, we don’t have a real natural rival.

12 Apr 2026 08:59:33
I think they see us as scum but will not be worried about the game. Beating pool or city far more important than beating us.

12 Apr 2026 09:15:07
More fool them, I think, if they imagine this game as a definite three pointer. I see this game as quite a tricky game for Man Utd, one they could lose if we catch them cold with this long break.



We must deal with our chances first time. There's been far too many missed goal opportunities this season. If we can do that tomorrow, then we might have a chance of overturning them.
Slabhead is suspended also.

12 Apr 2026 10:32:37
My late father, gawd bless him, followed the dark side, and he used to say beating Liverpool, then Citeh, was order of importance for them, that we didn't really figure, as we were never strong enough to be an issue or concern.

Jermaine's wonderful goal aside, don't think O can argue against that view.

12 Apr 2026 12:01:47
Older fans who watched in the 60s and 70s, yes, but not so much later generations.

12 Apr 2026 12:23:34
Let's be honest here.
The only rivalry nowadays is between fans.

When have we ever really bothered them in the last 20 years? Please don't say Beckford's goal. 🤣

12 Apr 2026 12:45:06
Agree again, Class. Nail on head, mate.

12 Apr 2026 16:15:42
Rivalries are seen differently from each side. Local media here in West Yorkshire keep saying Bradford and Huddersfield are our great rivals, but from a Leeds perspective they're not and never have been. For each of them, I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of seasons we've been in the same division, so we can't be rivals with teams we never play.

I guess that's why most MU fans don't see us as rivals, as we've spent most of the last 22 years in the Championship.

12 Apr 2026 08:39:57
Being realistic, we get anything for tomorrow's game will be a bonus. Our under fire manager has more experience, but their team has more quality, and unfortunately the injuries picked up in a needless FA Cup match will not help. But Lady Luck may be on our side. All to play for, nothing to lose.

12 Apr 2026 09:01:38
A free hit for Farke to go at it. But no 5-0 please. Tanaka to play. Gnonto up front instead of Calv. Give em some unexpected problems to solve.

12 Apr 2026 09:04:47
Needless FA Cup match, White? Far from it, I would say!

12 Apr 2026 12:02:34
Willy scored twice the last time we were there.

12 Apr 2026 14:53:04
LUFC, I would much prefer to have our players in league games, not lose them in cup games, but it was a great game anyway. And it's only my opinion, like some would like to replace Farke, some wouldn't.
How about we replace him with a woman manager, as they seem to be moving in on the game more now.

11 Apr 2026 23:58:07
When we look back on the season I think the Sunderland loss is one of the most difficult to stomach and will hopefully not prove to be the catastrophic one that leads to our demise.

12 Apr 2026 00:59:53
Yep, that game; defeat with a needlessly defensive team line up sucked big time. Not beating, at the time, an understrength, out of form Sunderland at home.

Can't help wishing Sheffield United had won the playoffs, not Sunderland.



As Sheffield Utd would have very likely, imo, joined Burnley and Wolves in going down on around 20 to 25 points, with therefore no relegation battle angst for Leeds United players, owners and fans.

12 Apr 2026 09:00:43
I don't believe one game defines your season. There are thirty games to play, and it's how you perform in all these games that will determine the club's fate at the end of the season.

12 Apr 2026 12:04:06
Agree OP, it is over the season, but that performance against Sunderland stank the place out.

12 Apr 2026 12:17:21
As OP says, it is the sum of your performances over 38 games that is all. You can point to games such as Sunderland, plus the away matches at Burnley and Brighton, and even games where we have not capitalised on dominance. But it is futile.

It is how we react that's important. Fear of relegation creates a need to apportion blame, such as injuries in the cup. But, if you are gonna fear what has not yet happened, it's pretty pointless taking part in any competition or even getting out of bed. 🙃

12 Apr 2026 18:52:31
Like it's pointless to have an opinion. 🤦‍♂️

12 Apr 2026 22:53:47
It's called football banter or debate Whiteman, something I'm afraid that you are completely and utterly devoid of.🤦‍♂️

11 Apr 2026 14:17:20
Hammers made big inroads in the goal difference column last night. A drubbing tomorrow and our difference will be similar to theirs.

11 Apr 2026 16:51:54
I wouldn't focus too much on W.Ham Cork, they've got plenty of fight in them to steer clear of relegation.
It's Spurs that my eyes are on. I don't think they've got that fight in them, and they are the ones who could capitulate and drop.


Lose again to Sunderland tomorrow, and I really can't see where they find their way out of this mess they are in.

11 Apr 2026 20:47:20
Everybody going on about Spurs, but the biggest fear is us going unnoticed down by the back door. Leeds United fail more than succeed.

11 Apr 2026 21:17:23
I hope you're right OP. 🤞

11 Apr 2026 22:24:40
Hopefully not Gelderd.

11 Apr 2026 10:09:58
The last time we won a league game against Man Utd at Old Trafford was 1891, sorry 1981, about time that very long period ended.

11 Apr 2026 10:36:34
We can only hope. Although, unusually for me, I can only see nil point.

11 Apr 2026 11:43:05
Not a league game, I know, but Jermaine Beckford scoring at Old Trashyard in 2010 lives long in the memory. 😂🤣😂

11 Apr 2026 12:29:23
Wee 5 foot 4 Brian Flynn scored that Leeds United goal in a somewhat fortuitous 1 nil victory.

And lowly 3rd tier Leeds United beating Man U 1 nil away in FA Cup 16 years ago is defo one of my favourite games ever, as it was sooooo unexpected as well as being sooooo sweet.

Fergie's miffed face throughout the match was a picture. 📸

11 Apr 2026 12:47:04
Anything would be a bonus on Monday, if the players are all up for it, which they should be, you never know.

11 Apr 2026 13:59:58
Farke going to play for the win Monday night.

11 Apr 2026 14:14:14
I hope so, I really do. The lineup will be a big indication.

11 Apr 2026 14:38:01
Right, Baz. My abiding memory is "Marching on together" echoing round a nearly empty Old Trashyard at full time.

11 Apr 2026 20:52:21
Farke has said that it's pointless going there to shut up shop, and we will approach the game in a positive manner. I hope this means we will be both very physical and very attack-minded!
If we are, then like OP says, anything can happen.

11 Apr 2026 20:52:33
Before Flynn Sniffer got the winner in 78, it wasn't till 79, when Connor scored, that we turned up in our thousands. Biggest attendance at OT that season in the League.

11 Apr 2026 22:28:02
I don't recall Sniffer Clarke getting a winner vs Man U away or home for that matter in 1978, Gelderd. We won away at Man U in the early 1970s.

12 Apr 2026 02:05:00
The records show us winning 1:0 at OT on 1/3/78, and the goal was indeed scored by Alan Ckarke.

12 Apr 2026 02:41:00
Yep JR, forgot about this. Had to look it up on the web just now to recall it.

Pretty good attacking line-up, away win putting us into 6th.

Fabulous magician Tony Currie as attacking mf.

Twin strikers, Sniffer Clarke (available from injury) , with 20 goals in the season, and Ray Hankin.

And mercurial Arthur Graham on the left wing.

12 Apr 2026 02:45:23
Ray Hankin 20 goals.