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www.mightyleeds.co.uk - the definitive history of Leeds Uniteddave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comBlogger8613125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-58376220164150239122024-03-17T19:24:00.007+00:002024-03-17T19:24:48.998+00:00Daniel Farke given food for thought, Archie Gray's remarkable week and Leeds United winners and losers — YEP 17/3/24Leeds United cruised to a 2-0 victory at Elland Road on
Sunday afternoon to hit the Championship summit
By Will Jackson
Leeds United moved to the top of the Championship table on
Sunday as they eased to a 2-0 win over Millwall at Elland Road. The Whites were
comfortable throughout the contest and goals from Wilfried Gnonto and Dan James
were enough to seal all three points and lift them above dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-1014172391229199132024-03-17T19:22:00.003+00:002024-03-17T19:22:16.685+00:00Daniel Farke's message to Leeds United and first injury assessment of key duo after 'priceless' Millwall win — YEP 17/3/24Daniel Farke has told Leeds United to enjoy their newly-won
top of the table status after a 2-0 victory over Millwall saw them leapfrog
Leicester City.
By Graham Smyth
The Foxes went top of the Championship on September 20 and
built up a huge lead over the Whites. But 12 wins and a draw from 13 games
since the turn of the year have allowed Leeds to reel in the leaders, who were
finally toppled dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-9633264182947333372024-03-17T17:50:00.002+00:002024-03-17T17:50:42.849+00:00Daniel Farke's Leeds United hit Championship summit with dominant victory over Millwall — YEP 17/3/24Leeds United are the new league leaders in the Championship
after their 2-0 win over Millwall
By Will Jackson
Leeds United moved to the top of the Championship table as
they beat Millwall 2-0 at Elland Road on Sunday afternoon. With Leicester City
taking a break from the league to focus on the FA Cup this weekend, Leeds had
the chance to knock the Foxes off their perch and they duly delivered.
dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-16725652857968542242024-03-17T17:47:00.002+00:002024-03-17T17:47:28.802+00:00Leeds United 2 Millwall 0: Whites go top of the Championship - but only after building the tension — Yorkshire Post 17/3/24It took nearly 80 minutes of domination before Elland Road
could finally sing the song it has been yearning to all season.
By Stuart Rayner
“We're Leeds United, we're top of the league!" they
sang for the first time since Marcelo Bielsa brought them into the Premier
League as the latest man in the home dugout, Daniel Farke, punched the air with
delight.
The goalscorer, Dan James, sucked his dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-4556967333090020002024-03-16T07:19:00.007+00:002024-03-16T07:19:37.900+00:00Leeds United vs Millwall: Daniel Farke reveals early team news and injury latest in pre-match press conference — YEP 15/3/24Leeds United boss Daniel Farke sits down with the media this
afternoon ahead of the Whites' Championship fixture against Millwall.
By Joe Donnohue
Leeds maintained their unbeaten league record in 2024 last
Friday night as Sheffield Wednesday were seen off at Hillsborough by two goals
to nil. The United players were given time off following their eleventh win in
12 Championship games and dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-80237159280590232562024-03-14T07:13:00.002+00:002024-03-14T07:13:15.521+00:00Leeds are confident they have no PSR issues like Leicester’s — only focus is promotion — The Athletic 14/3/24By Phil Hay
It is hard enough tempting Daniel Farke to talk
hypothetically about promotion, so the chances of Leeds United’s manager wading
in on Leicester City’s finances are virtually nil. In the spirit of controlling
the controllable, the subject of profit and sustainability rules (PSR) at the
King Power Stadium will rank as someone else’s business.
To sum this up briefly, Leicester are dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-65480268746363450702024-03-14T06:50:00.006+00:002024-03-14T06:50:30.170+00:00Leeds United at risk of future spending breach amid Premier League rule change and £11m concern — YEP 13/3/24Proposed Premier League rule changes could negatively impact
Leeds United.
By Kyle Newbould
Leeds United could be at risk of breaching Premier League
spending rules if they are promoted, following a meeting among the top-flight's
20 member clubs on Monday.
Premier League clubs met in London at the start of the week
to explore a change to the current profitability and sustainability rules (PSR)dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-6358153191048576932024-03-13T06:36:00.002+00:002024-03-13T06:36:19.031+00:00Farke’s decision to keep Firpo at Leeds has made sense – but what does his future hold? — The Athletic 12/3/24By Nancy Froston and Phil Hay
Junior Firpo to Leeds United has not been the most natural
fit.
The 27-year-old left-back divides opinion and has never
quite found the form generated by the excitement of a €15million (£12.8m;
$16.4m) transfer from Barcelona in 2021.
But this season, he is fulfilling a specific role for Daniel
Farke in a situation that has been about efficiency and pragmatism, asdave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-14512686771176815992024-03-11T22:37:00.002+00:002024-03-11T22:37:30.571+00:00Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Leeds United: Long story — Square Ball 11/3/24GERRIT LAUNCHED
Written by: Moxcowhite • Daniel Chapman
That first half though. Oof, forget about it. Wipe it from
the memory, move on, from most of it, anyway. Illan Meslier: great save. After
Huddersfield scored from a set-piece the other week, here came more trouble
from a corner, a scramble in the goal mouth, une bousculade dans la bouche du
but. And here was Spider Boy, processing the dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-42343423320392852232024-03-11T07:25:00.002+00:002024-03-11T07:25:45.566+00:00Is Leeds manager Daniel Farke actually a bit underrated? — The Athletic 9/3/24By Phil Hay
It was either bravado or total confidence, and Leeds United
were invited to find out which.
Everyone else in the process to find the club’s manager last
summer had adopted the conventional route of presenting to the panel. One of
the presentations ran to almost 100 visual slides, swamping Leeds’ board with
details about tactics, ethos, squad building, the rest. Clubs have come to
dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-73749362960372839632024-03-11T07:20:00.002+00:002024-03-11T07:20:41.704+00:00Djed Spence: ‘I didn’t really have a relationship with Antonio Conte at Spurs’ — The Athletic 8/3/24Tom Burrows
Now at his fifth club in less than two years, Djed Spence’s
career is at something of a crossroads following a series of setbacks.
After the dream of promotion to the Premier League with
Nottingham Forest, his dream move to Antonio Conte’s Tottenham Hotspur quickly
turned sour, before a stop-start loan spell at Leeds United was cut short by
the Championship club.
Yet Spence, now dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-28822729843004745632024-03-11T07:13:00.002+00:002024-03-11T07:13:54.312+00:00Nick Hammond: Leeds’ quiet man – with a master transfer plan — The Athletic 8/3/24Phil Hay and Nancy Froston
It is January 2012 and Reading have a gentle bout of
promotion fever.
They are sixth in the Championship but form has found them
in the last few weeks of 2011. Their manager, Brian McDermott, thinks they can
do better than the play-offs. He asks his director of football, Nick Hammond,
for one big signing to up the ante: Jason Roberts from Blackburn Rovers.
Roberts, adave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-49332037931375200422024-03-10T07:35:00.000+00:002024-03-10T07:35:00.754+00:00Leeds United sub hijinks, mascot gift, Rutter's pause and off-camera Sheffield Wednesday moments — YEP 9/3/24Leeds United head into a nine-day break with a winning
feeling thanks to their 2-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday.
By Graham Smyth
The Whites struggled, initially, but eventually assumed a
comfortable position with what Daniel Farke saw as a mature performance on the
road from his men. Here's the YEP take.
Good day
Ethan Ampadu.
The skipper was dominant and mopped up so much that at least
dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-38018726500106972282024-03-10T07:29:00.002+00:002024-03-10T07:29:22.695+00:00Leeds United’s £7m Wednesday destroyer shows up transfer time bomb - Graham Smyth's Verdict — YEP 9/3/24The last time Leeds United came to Hillsborough, with an
Under 23s side, the big name on the team sheet turned out to be a transfer time
bomb.
By Graham Smyth
Jean-Kevin Augustin, brought in to help the promotion bid,
gave a sign of what was to come by limping off in his first taste of Whites
action against the young Owls and went on to star more prominently in a
transfer-related court case dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-12035317128221404682024-03-10T07:23:00.000+00:002024-03-10T07:23:02.259+00:00Daniel Farke praises Leeds United maturity and world-class goal — Yorkshire Post 8/3/24Daniel Farke hailed Leeds United's maturity and praised
Patrick Bamford for the "world-class" goal that led them to victory
at Sheffield Wednesday.
By Stuart Rayner
The Whites won 2-0 with a real striker's finish from Bamford
in time added to first-half stoppage time, before Willy Gnonto secured victory
with a composed second-half finish.
But before it got to that point, Leeds had done a good dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-91340082876173606582024-03-10T07:19:00.007+00:002024-03-10T07:19:45.855+00:00Sheffield Wednesday 0 Leeds United 2: Whites continue astounding run in big Yorkshire derby win — YEP 8/3/24Leeds United extended their unbeaten run in the Championship
to 12 matches on Friday night as the Whites saw off Sheffield Wednesday by two
goals to nil at Hillsborough.
By Joe Donnohue
Daniel Farke's side recorded their eleventh win in 12 games
in their most recent outing, defeating Danny Rohl's resurgent Owls in a
hard-fought match on a difficult pitch under the lights.
Leeds arrived at dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-8947409758588915752024-03-10T07:17:00.002+00:002024-03-10T07:17:07.331+00:00Sheffield Wednesday 0 Leeds United 2: Old-fashioned No 9 values make the difference in derby of tight margins — Yorkshire Post 8/3/24Proper centre-forwards might be going out of fashion but
they will always be able to win you games of football.
By Stuart Rayner
There was little to choose between relegation-threatened
Sheffield Wednesday and promotion-chasing Leeds United on a nippy night at
Hillsborough until the visiting No 9, Patrick Bamford, showed a moment of quick
thinking and anticipation which all the best exponents dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-67314333815996066742024-03-10T07:09:00.007+00:002024-03-10T07:09:48.104+00:00Djed Spence hits back as he opens up on Leeds United accusations and Elland Road struggles — YEP 8/3/24Djed Spence saw his loan with Leeds United from Tottenham
Hotspur terminated in January
By Will Jackson
Former Leeds United loanee Djed Spence insists talk of his
unprofessionalism at Elland Road has been 'blown out of proportion'. Spence
joined the Whites last summer on a loan deal until the end of the current
campaign in the hope of rediscovering some momentum in his career after
struggling dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-32925496767679742992024-03-10T07:04:00.002+00:002024-03-10T07:04:26.785+00:00DANIEL FARKE NAMED SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER OF THE MONTH — Leedsunited.com 8/3/24Boss rewarded for a second month running!
Leeds United manager Daniel Farke has been awarded the Sky
Bet Championship 'Manager of the Month' for a second consecutive month, after
the fine form from his side throughout February!
The Whites secured wins against Bristol City, Rotherham
United, Swansea City, Plymouth Argyle and Leicester City, scoring 13 goals in
that time and conceding just once.dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-46243599502562600832024-03-08T05:33:00.002+00:002024-03-08T05:33:23.895+00:00Ilia Gruev on why Leeds United cannot go full throttle throughout gruelling run of games — Yorkshire Post 7/3/24 Ilia Gruev says it is impossible for Leeds United to play at
full throttle in a punishing stage of the Championship race.
By Stuart Rayner
That much was clear from a performance which at times looked
tired against Stoke City on Tuesday.
Leeds ran hot for a spell of about 20 first-half minutes,
during which a cool finish by Dan James brought his 11th goal of the season,
nine at Elland Road, anddave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-40509446224301814642024-03-06T20:59:00.004+00:002024-03-06T20:59:47.737+00:00Connor Roberts gives Leeds options in the Championship promotion race — The Athletic 6/3/24By Nancy Froston
There is something to be said for the professional
performance, the slightly gritty edge to a win in a promotion race.
They are rarely the games to leave fans feeling misty-eyed,
but those wins are just as important as the rest and they can often be useful
for spotting the finer details in a team’s makeup.
Tuesday night’s hard-fought win over relegation-threatened
Stoke City dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-59908657929462344982024-03-06T20:54:00.002+00:002024-03-06T20:54:17.339+00:00Leeds’ winning run ends at Huddersfield with just two shots on target and not a lot of football — The Athletic 3/3/24By Phil Hay
Ten minutes of injury time at the end of the first half,
when 10 hours would have been about right. Ball in play for 22 minutes of that
half and a West Yorkshire derby crowd reduced to guessing where the first red
card would land.
Football? After a fashion, but not quite as God intended it.
A red card duly landed at the feet of Jonathan Hogg,
Huddersfield Town’s enforcer and dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-8216524799795942912024-03-06T20:51:00.002+00:002024-03-06T20:51:11.571+00:00Joseph and Gray make points against Chelsea as Leeds show they could compete in Premier League — The Athletic 29/2/24By Nancy Froston
The kids are alright — better than alright, in fact, if
those kids happen to be Mateo Joseph and Archie Gray.
As a test of their Premier League credentials, if Leeds
United fulfil their ambition of winning promotion this season, Chelsea away in
the FA Cup is a good chance to turn up and show what you are about. Both did
that and more as Daniel Farke’s side fell foul of a cruel,dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-81629229355137010282024-03-06T20:45:00.002+00:002024-03-06T20:45:53.302+00:00The 49ers’ Elland Road puzzle: How to make a ground bigger without losing its soul — The Athletic 28/2/24Phil Hay
In the carnage of Elland Road on Friday night, the noise
from the stadium carried almost three miles away.
Over on the edge of Middleton Park, south of Leeds towards
the M62 motorway, Maciek Goldyn, an 18-year-old mathematics student, was
rushing home. He was on a night out for a friend’s birthday but had forgotten
his ID and nipped back to get it.
When he reached his front door, he dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144507.post-67593715059141976052024-03-06T20:37:00.005+00:002024-03-06T20:37:48.987+00:00Leeds United man's in-game talk show, late arrival, predictable madness and off-camera moments — YEP 6/3/24Leeds United have put together a sensational run of
Championship form in 2024 but the international break cannot come soon enough
for some of the tired, battered and bruised legs in Daniel Farke’s squad.
By Graham Smyth
Fatigue was evident in some of the movement from Leeds in
the second half against Stoke City and no wonder, given the fixture list they
have been dealt of late. But having to dave27http://www.blogger.com/profile/12910704755039408336noreply@blogger.com