![]() ![]() ![]() It tells you a lot about expectations and where they want to finish." On Sunderland who have sacked manager Tony Mowbray recently he says: "It tells you a lot about this club when they are sitting in the top six but they part ways with a pretty experienced manager. "We are addicted to trying to win games." Instead, he says his only priority in terms of points is maintaining an average of two a game, because that usually gives you every chance of going up automatically. There is also some illness in the camp but Patrick Bamford, who missed out at the weekend, has been training today and ought to be part of the matchday squad.įarke is adamant that the results of rivals Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton are not his focus at this stage. The latter is close to returning to training. However, Farke said he is considering the position for the January transfer window and was doing so even before Byram and Junior Firpo (hamstring) were injured. This is a typical situation in the Championship. If one player's not available, it's always a chance for a different player. Options to replace Byram at left-back include Djed Spence, Luke Ayling, Archie Gray and Pascal Struijk with Leo Hjelde unlikely to come in: "I trust my whole group. Here are the key lines from his news conference:įarke does have injury concerns with Sam Byram (hamstring) and Jamie Shackleton (glute) both missing and the former not expected back until the new year. ![]() For Ipswich and Leeds it seems a case of who will blink first.ĭaniel Farke has been speaking to the media before Leeds travel to Sunderland on Tuesday hoping to extend their seven-match unbeaten streak in the Championship. He has asked his players to be relentless and despite the stats, Leeds will indeed need to be relentless to catch this top two.īut the fans' optimism is more than justified. The Tractor Boys are fourth on their "expected points" table, a table in which Leeds are top.įarke has called the Championship relentless. Farke's projected 94 points would have been enough for automatic promotion in each of the past 19 seasons.Īnd while Ipswich are enjoying a fairy-tale run even their own fans cannot believe, Opta does not believe it either. While the Leeds manager may not be "addicted to looking at the table", fans find that harder to resist. "For us it's not important what the others are doing," Daniel Farke said in his pre-Sunderland news conference on Monday. And, as hopes rise among the Leeds United fanbase, eyes have turned to the table. No team in the past 19 seasons has racked up the points Leicester City and Ipswich Town have after 20 games. It has been a start to a Championship season like few others. Listen to the full podcast here on BBC SoundsĪdonis Storr, The Roaring Peacock, external Has Spence got 90 minutes in him and do you want him to play left-back? Did you see enough of him on Saturday?" He has got options, but there's going to be a bit of disruption. "I think the question is does he choose either, Djed Spence, Gray or Luke Ayling and then move somebody out of position? It doesn’t sound like he is going to use Leo Hjelde and the other option is put Pascal Struijk there and bring Liam cooper in. Pope on the team news ahead of tonight's game against Sunderland: "Sam Byram is going to be out certainly until New Year's Day with a hamstring injury and Junior Firpo is still not ready to come back. "The two midfielders look like the games are catching up to them a little bit with Ethan Ampadu not quite at the levels he has been lately." Archie Gray just goes from strength to strength and even got five minutes at left-back. There were two goals, one he didn’t commit to and the other I don’t know how he put it wide, but the rest was great. Leeds United reporter Adam Pope added: "We saw the best of Georginio Rutter in those moments but also the worst of Rutter with the finishing. We had chances, they had chances, had they have been more efficient, it could easily have been a 2-2." I thought we would win it, even though it was 2-0, not a thrilling 5-3, but for a 2-0, there was a lot of back and forth. Simon Rix of the Kaiser Chiefs discussing Leeds United's victory against Blackburn Rovers on BBC Radio Leeds' podcast, Don't Go To Bed Just Yet: "It was an interesting match. ![]()
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