Younger fans feel differently about this and tend to want more. But if you are 30+ and were there through the Champ/League 1 days… with all the shit we endured, what Farke is doing with stability is so important and refreshing. For now. Keep it simple and keep us safe! #LUFC
Daniel Farke has pointed to spending scope while acknowledging Leeds United's recent inefficent finishing
"We're not in the category of Brighton"
He is staunch he will not sacrifice defensive stability for attacking risk at this stage in #lufc's journey
leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds…
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Raphinha was a RW his whole career at Rennes, Sporting & Leeds and done well there which is why he earned a move to Barça after his stellar performances with Leeds.
Barça randomly spawned the best right winger in the world & Nico Williams decided to ruin his career and sign a 10 year contract at Bilbao so Raphinha gets converted to a LW for the 24/25 and drops 56 G/A in 57 club appearances & was undoubtedly the best LW in the world.
25/26 he was injured a lot, but still got 21 goals and 7 assists in 2200 minutes which is insane from LW.
This season! Barça lost Lewandowski and Ferran Torres whilst also missing out on Jullian Alvarez so had no choice, but to play Raphinha as a 9 & he’s producing some of the most insane numbers you’ll every see every 3 days.
What an incredible footballer he should be an example for any aspiring pro.
Feels very much like a panic buy. Clearly wasn’t our first choice this window. How sure are we that he’s better than Gnonto? Hope I’m wrong. #LUFC
One of the absolute best I’ve ever come across. Congratulations on 150 games mate @8M_Smith7 and here’s to many more points ⚽️👊🏻
On Saturday 22nd August, Mike Smith managed his 150th game in charge of FC St Helens! 👏🏼
In that time, Mike has:
Won the Division One North 🏆
Won the Champions Cup 🏆
Won promotion to the Premier Division 📈
Pulled off our highest EVER league finish 🤩
Now, the gaffer is in his fourth season with the Stripes, and we can’t thank him enough for all he does on and off match-day and look forward to what the future holds.
Not a lot of people see what goes on away from the footie, but Mouse has done a ridiculous amount for the lads, the staff, the club, everyone, in his own time.
A top bloke, and a top manager. ❤️
#UpTheStripes | #BetterTogether
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Looking to carry on from last week’s result again against @westlancsleague opposition
@Turton_FC
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📣FRIENDLY WANTED
due to cancellation, our Ressies are after an away friendly next Saturday 27th
Happy to share costs of a 4G if needed
@LancsFriendlies @BOLTONFMSPORT @P_M_1986 @pwgray
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin has outscored:
- Hugo Ekitike
- Benjamin Sesko
- Ollie Watkins
- Mo Salah
- Bryan Mbeumo
- Cole Palmer
- Bukayo Saka
- Anthony Gordon
- Jarrod Bowen
- Raul Jimenez
In the Premier League this season, and Leeds signed him on a free transfer 😳
Warnock
McCarthy
Pearson
Bruce
Farke
Hughton
Bielsa
Pulis
Wilder
Dyche
Parker
All a better Championship manager than Lampard. He’s done a good job don’t get me wrong but bloody hell 😂
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Leeds United can take pride in their season. Leaving Wembley disappointed and frustrated actually shows what they have achieved this season. They under-performed compared to some of their more vibrant, assertive form on that seven-game unbeaten run. Leeds lost (deservedly) to a newly-motivated Chelsea side whose starting XI cost £551m. Leeds’ starting XI cost £103m. It's not a level playing field for starters.
Leeds went out with a whimper, too meek in the first half, but have over-achieved this season. Plenty of reasons for positivity. Close to confirming they’re staying up, against gloomy pre-season predictions of many rivals. Six points clear of the drop zone with four games remaining and Burnley at home on Friday. Showing a togetherness in the team and between players and supporters that others covet. Generating atmospheres in stadia that few can match.
Guided by a likeable head coach in Daniel Farke who made the right decision when the pressure was on most, changing the tactics and mood (Etihad, Nov 29). Good players like Gudmundsson and Ampadu stepping up, Calvert-Lewin getting back in England contention, Stach class.
A fully fit Stach would have helped against Wembley (arrived at the break). An earlier tweak to 3-4-2-1 to combat Chelsea’s control and give DCL some support might have helped (Farke did go to a back-four at half-time but Chelsea closed down the game, including time-wasting and tactical time-outs).
Leeds can still take pride in reaching the semi-final of the Cup, taking 34,000 to Wembley, and could easily have sold out the stadium on their own. That river of white and yellow flowing from all parts towards football's HQ confirmed the size of the club and the passion it stirs. Need to strengthen further in the summer, keep key players, and continue building. A bad day at Wembley, a missed opportunity, a sense of dismay, cannot slow Leeds United's revival. #LUFC
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Four defeats in 24 games since this, and only one of them by more than one goal. A phenomenal run. #lufc
🚨⚪️ 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 | The future of Leeds manager Daniel Farke is at risk. If he loses the next two home matches against Chelsea and Liverpool, senior figures at the club expect him to be SACKED, reports @guardian. 👋❌
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Daniel Farke has etched his name into Leeds United history forever
Beating them at their ground for the first time in 45 years
First FA Cup semi final in 39 years
100 point promotion winning champions
Regardless what happens from here, he will always have that #lufc
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Leeds United supporters have come together to share messages for Marcelo Bielsa.
A collection of voices reflecting his impact at the club.
The document has been shared with Uruguayan football.
A few of those messages below. 👇
Every. Single. Word.
Gracias Marcelo. You gave us something we had never had, and will never have again. I hope you know how loved you are here. Vamos Leeds Carajo 🤍⚽️
#LUFC
Marcelo,
When you came to manage Leeds United, the false dawns and false starts had become the norm. The brief moments of joy were exceptional respites during the decade-and-a-half away from the top-tier of English football - 'the banter years'.
The club had been unloved and uncared for by many managers and owners on the spiral down the football pyramid.
That is why - when you brought a seemingly inexhaustible amount of competence and passion - it was a revolution.
No one know what to expect before that first game of the season. And like before every first game of every new season, we all held our collective breath.
So when Mateusz Klich stabbed home that shot against Stoke on that sunny day in August 2018 - the Elland Road roar that preceded was an exclamation of disbelief as much as joy.
What followed was the best football any of us might ever see our team play in our lifetimes.
What many of us would give to go back and live it all again.
And how did you do it? Because you care.
You care passionately about every small detail, every small moment - because you know that even the tinniest component of a football club, is part of the foundation of the whole.
So you adjusted the position of electric sockets on the walls of Thorp Arch; a dirty boot print in the hall never happened again; and the players picked up rubbish for an hour, because their integrity and understanding of what the fans have to do pay to watch them, was as important to you, as their physical strength.
You watched a season's worth of games for every one of our opponents, studying them meticulously until you knew every strength, every weakness, and what tactical changes they would make depending on the game state.
You cared. You cared so much that your passion almost has its own gravity; it draws people in - and makes them care too.
You turned a mid-table Championship squad into a mid-table Premier League side - no one else could have done that.
But more than that - you turned #LUFC - one of the most hated teams in the UK - into what some pundits at the time called "everyone's second team" - by virtue of the most unbelievably exciting brand of football.
Every press conference was a philosophical lecture. You lambasted modern football, football authorities, the press, agents and everything else that makes a mockery of the beauty of this game.
But you always praised the fans, you always praised your players and you never, ever took credit.
And while others jumped at the opportunity to lap up the applause for the fruits of your labour, you never puffed proud. Embarrassed, you even had to be goaded into lifting the Championship trophy.
You have left every single manager that followed in your wake an impossible task. Your shadow lingers still.
You will be loved forever in this city in West Yorkshire of which your face and words adorn murals 10ft tall.
And we'll never forget how your lessons of hard work, love and passion and belief and hope, transformed our club.
Even when the entire establishment tried to prise you off that pedestal they had so begrudgingly put you on - during the spy gate scandal - you simply dismantled the narrative with a tactical masterclass we will never the see the like of again.
And you did it all in the most disarming way, while turning sport into art, and uplifting this community.
You have personally changed the trajectory of my life, and those of countless others I know. Thank you does not feel enough for the appreciation and gratitude we all feel. But it will have to do.
Vamos Bielsa, Vamos Leeds Carajo! We will never forget what you did for us!
Gracias Marcelo!
