Allow me to be the first to say this FARKE OUT

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Just saying - Farkes done a great job considering Leeds do owe £190 million in transfer instalments on player purchases, £73.6 million of which is due before year end June 2024. This perhaps highlights the difficult circumstances under which Leeds operated during the summer !

Leeds United's 2022/23 accounts were released on Wednesday evening in which the Whites reported a £33.7 million loss after player sales.

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co....vealed-4587025

Yep easy to forget - also not sure who else who that may have been available would have been better.

87 points after 42 games is impressive in any league and the win percentage is about 62% of games played in the league which is incredible.

What ever the gripes and grumbles (and I have set out some of mine) by any traditional performance metric Farke has been v good.

It’s now down to a mini league - don’t think it is about desire (they all want success) as much as who can hold their nerve.

[Ozwhites]

Fair enough, I am only half the miserable chunt now that i was on Tuesday night.
Of course I would have taken where we are now in May, but knowing that it could be even better, and having been in a position of automatic promotion at least 3 times, we have managed to fk it up, and I find that hard to take.
No threat from corners or free kicks. Tippy tappy triangles back to the keeper. No seemingly sense of urgency or desire considering that other results have left things on a plate for us. Let's just wait and walk the ball in. And don't start me on subs. With all of that, the buck stops at 1 man.
I'll still celebrate and say what a great manager he is though whenever beat Southampton for promotion with the last kick of the game. 😄😄

Fair shout with all that Billy. Except for one point in my view. The buck stops at 1 man. It does with subs and possession tactics....but "sense of urgency or desire" has to belong to the players...surely? 😮

[Billyni]

Fair shout with all that Billy. Except for one point in my view. The buck stops at 1 man. It does with subs and possession tactics....but "sense of urgency or desire" has to belong to the players...surely? 😮

Are they being taught possession and patience above all else though. That's all well and good when you're a couple of goals up, but when you're chasing the game for a result, it tears my fkin hair out.

[Rev72]

The side that ripped Ipswich a new arsehole 4-0 at Elland Road , that is the side I want to see for the last 4 games.

That is all.

[WTF11]

The side that ripped Ipswich a new arsehole 4-0 at Elland Road , that is the side I want to see for the last 4 games.

That is all.

What he said, x2

[Ozwhites]

Are they being taught possession and patience above all else though. That's all well and good when you're a couple of goals up, but when you're chasing the game for a result, it tears my fkin hair out.

I'm hearing you pal. The possession around and around does my head in too! Especially when we desperately need to score. Was more talking about the desire and effort of the players with so much on the line. The buzz around them from a few weeks ago seems to have disappeared to a huge degree. 🤔

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

I don’t mind possession so long as we do something with it and attack rather than play safe passes and hoping the other side bites.

There is a reason fly fishing isn’t a huge spectator sport and aimless risk free possession based tactics seem a little like that.

[spaldy]

Solid post. Easy to forget. He’s really the coach of the year given the situation he inherited.

Just wish he wasn’t so fixated on Bamford. It’s really hard to understand when we’ve never even given Joffy a run or Joseph a start. He gets one start and scores 2 against Chelsea at Stamford bridge.

Always thought that management was dictating some shots under radz. Never think it about this group

[BelfastAndy]

Just saying - Farkes done a great job considering Leeds do owe £190 million in transfer instalments on player purchases, £73.6 million of which is due before year end June 2024. This perhaps highlights the difficult circumstances under which Leeds operated during the summer !

Leeds United's 2022/23 accounts were released on Wednesday evening in which the Whites reported a £33.7 million loss after player sales.

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co....vealed-4587025

Are we at risk of points deduction next season?

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Are we at risk of points deduction next season?

Nope not unless we have an unbelievably reckless summer transfer. For all Orta was a little ‘out there’ the loan releases and relegation reduction in salary clauses were with hindsight amongst the most sensible things he did (even though it didn’t seem so at the time).