Things have changed immeasurably at Elland Road since Daniel Farke took over at the beginning of pre-season.
Though the German would almost certainly have been aware of the contractual situations of his players and that, because of relegation to the Championship, some would have invariably needed to be moved on, it’s unlikely that he would’ve expected such an exodus as has occurred to this point – and there’s still two weeks left of the transfer window.
So far, per transfermarkt, Weston McKennie returned to Juventus after his loan expired, Adam Forshaw has left, and Marc Roca, Rasmus Kristensen, Brendan Aaronson, Joel Robles, Tyler Roberts, Max Wober, Robin Koch and Rodrigo have all been loaned or sold.
Ethan Ampadu has come in along with Karl Darlow as the only paid transfers thus far, whilst Sam Byram has joined Leeds on a free and Joe Rodon is on loan from Tottenham.
Such upheaval has also recently been added to by the loan departure of Jack Harrison to Everton, and former striker partner, Patrick Bamford, wasted no time wishing Harrison well on his Instagram post thanking Leeds for the past few seasons.
Bamford simply wrote ‘Good luck buddy do your thing’ and accompanied the message with fist and muscle emojis.
The difficulty that Farke will now have is whether there’s enough goals in the side to sustain a promotion push.
Harrison was the second top scorer in the Premier League during 2022/23 with five behind Rodrigo with 13, per Sports Mole, and both have now left the club.
Bamford’s paltry four goals placed him fourth on the list, so there needs to be a significant uplift in his output if the all whites are to do well this season.
We knew we have needed a new striker for at least the last 3 years but we go out and buy a goalkeeper,a midfielder and a central defender on loan WTF it is these stupid decisions that are driving the new rush to leave Leeds, we say we are going to be in the mix for an instant return to the Premiership hah the plain truth is we will be really fortunate to finish in the top half. All supporters know true to form we will go out on the 30th and 31st and make all sorts bids for semi decent players and then blame their club for delaying the deal and we end up with no one as usual. Will we never learn.
So I am not the only one who has noticed these tactics they must think supporters are stupid
They bought Rutter and Gnonto. They also have Mateo Joseph. It’s not their fault Gnonto refused to play. Plus I have no idea why they keep selecting Bamford when he’s fit.
In case you have forgotten in all the turmoil Rutter and Gnonto are not strikers and Joseph although a striker has no first team playing experience. Yes they are good players but NOT recognized strikers
All true what’s new !
Rats leaving a sinking ship
Crazy contract conditions orta has set us back years
We have signed no one to score goals and replace Rodrigo and Harrison who are the only ones who could but are now gone. We’ve needed a quality LB and CM for over 2 years and still signed no one. We see most of our so called rival clubs making decent signings and we don’t. Other clubs such as Southampton get huge sums for moderate players and we give our top players away. We have a very good manager but he’s operating with both hands tied behind his back. We will probably get to the end of the window and say ‘we tried’ when we get nobody in. But then again who would want to come with the club in such disarray? At the moment we are a joke and sadly likely to be nearer the bottom rather than top of the league. I watched my first Leeds match in 1956 and have seen all the highs and lows but don’t recall the club being in such a state of chaos as we are in now. Rebuilding the club could take another 16 years in the wilderness.
What a perfect summery of the catastrophe that is Leeds ! I could go on and on but you have prioritised our strkeforce . There has been a total non existence of quality up front for several years . Of course , this should have been given priority but it has been totally ignored . Our very competent new manager is fully aware of this problem but he must be distressed at the total lack of concern by our directors , both now and previously . And please , we must acquire at least two strikers so that there is still quality in the event of injury . And please , no more teenagers .
We need mature , high quality strikers , who can guide the very young players who make up almost the rest of the team .
True.We are heading straight to division 1 and any talk of promotion is utter drivel
We are a rudderless ship with a good captain but no crew
So I am not the only one who has noticed these tactics they must think supporters are stupid
Has to make you wonder why we and probably many thousands of true fans with a knowledge of the game ( little or a lot ) who pay to watch know what is and has been the problem for the last two years while the big money people at the top obviously have their heads buried in the sand. Now the 49 ers are supposed to be top people in sports who only paid half of the original price apparently don’t have money to buy a YOUNG recognized true striker + Phillips + the guy from Rangers. Yes we have a good manager but he is not the one holding the purse strings. Don’t throw up rhe Financial Fair Play rule, clubs have been skirting that rule for years.
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Just read a couple of articles that pissed me off a lot. Firstly the so called expert pundits are now slanging off Meslier re letting in so many goals, well anyone who has played the game knows that you can’t blame the goalie remember that the opposition have to get
past the other 10 players before they get to shoot. My other peeve is why are we buying geriatrics ( in the football terms ). And why from Farkes old club did we learn nothing from the Marsch debacle. Children and pensioners what a winning combination