The Super(ish) Leeds United Thread

[Rufus T Firefly]

The EPL is about money.
Total value of West Ham players is £400m.
Total value of Nottingham Forest players is £640 million.
Total value of Leeds is £316.

Changing manager won't fix this. It's time in January to get the chequebook out. Parrott is avaiable at the right price.

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You're right - changing the manager will not address the issue of the underlying quality, which is ultimately the primary issue. Leeds are not in a position to invest heavily, given Financial Fair Play (or whatever the term is now). So they are going to have to think on their feet in terms of outgoings and incomings in January.

However, as the team continues to spiral, and the supporters see (what they perceive to be) the same mistakes / misjudgements being made, the atmosphere is going to turn nasty and the mob will grow increasingly loud. A point will come where the owners will essentially need to consider their options - even where those options offer little hope - and make a change in the hope of rescuing the season. The only realistic change is the manager.   

[Rufus T Firefly]

Matt Hughes of The Guardian is reporting that Farke needs a positive result from tonight's match against Chelsea or Saturday's match against Liverpool if he hopes to save his job.

The nature of the article - relying on a range of unnamed sources from within the Club - would suggest that plans are already being made for a change.

[Rufus T Firefly]

One of THE great nights at Elland Road, as Chelsea were swept aside in a thoroughly deserved victory. You will always have a chance with guts, heart and determination, and those characteristics were on display in abundance last night, and was reflected in excellent performances across the pitch. It illustrated as well how much the players are playing for the manager, who is (was) clearly under pressure.

As a mate of mine said, Farke appears to have stumbled on a system that works and is suited to our players and has now produced back to back performances that gives real hope going forward. Liverpool at the weekend though is another acid test, but at least it can be approached with some optimism.

MOT. 

[Milltown Row2]

One of THE great nights at Elland Road, as Chelsea were swept aside in a thoroughly deserved victory. You will always have a chance with guts, heart and determination, and those characteristics were on display in abundance last night, and was reflected in excellent performances across the pitch. It illustrated as well how much the players are playing for the manager, who is (was) clearly under pressure.

As a mate of mine said, Farke appears to have stumbled on a system that works and is suited to our players and has now produced back to back performances that gives real hope going forward. Liverpool at the weekend though is another acid test, but at least it can be approached with some optimism.

MOT. 

Mate of mine was at the game last night. Flip he had a great night.. some videos coming through lol

[SaffronSports]

Great night but last time we pumped Chelsea at Elland Road we went down so need to build on it too. 352 seems to work quite well. I'm a massive Tanaka fan. Proper duracell bunny leading the press and then DCL and Nmecha are everything the modern centre half hates. It gives us a fighting chance. I'd still bite your hand off for a 17th place finish.

[johnnycool]

Great night but last time we pumped Chelsea at Elland Road we went down so need to build on it too. 352 seems to work quite well. I'm a massive Tanaka fan. Proper duracell bunny leading the press and then DCL and Nmecha are everything the modern centre half hates. It gives us a fighting chance. I'd still bite your hand off for a 17th place finish.

Image playing with 2 up top being a new thing.

Mike Bassett would be proud

[Rufus T Firefly]

Mate of mine was at the game last night. Flip he had a great night.. some videos coming through lol

Brilliant!! Great rendition of I predict A Riot at the end.

Great night but last time we pumped Chelsea at Elland Road we went down so need to build on it too. 352 seems to work quite well. I'm a massive Tanaka fan. Proper duracell bunny leading the press and then DCL and Nmecha are everything the modern centre half hates. It gives us a fighting chance. I'd still bite your hand off for a 17th place finish.

Agree with all of that and the 3-0 at home to Chelsea three years ago resonated with me too. 3-5-2 definitely seems to be the way to go, and yet we'd only be one or two injuries away from that being seriously impaired. The need to strengthen in January is still paramount.