Good Morning. It's Thursday 13th November, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road Farke has nothing to lose - he must go for broke Daniel Farke's tenure at Elland Road is teetering on the brink, and he knows it. The lack of cutting edge in the final third has been the defining flaw of their 2025-26 campaign, with the team badly underperforming their xG and squandering the points their performances should have earned. No player has more than two league goals to their name, and alarmingly, centre-back Joe Rodon shares the top scorer spot with Lucas Nmecha and Noah Okafor. At the other end of the pitch, Leeds have been leaking goals at an average of over two per game over their last six matches. For the German, the stakes couldn’t be higher. History shows he’s willing to gamble when the pressure is on, and with four daunting fixtures ahead, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Liverpool, and Chelsea, he has little choice but to go for broke. Nmecha’s sharp finish against Nottingham Forest last weekend proves there are goals in his locker, while Joel Piroe’s record from last season offers a glimmer of hope if he can adapt to life in the top flight if given a proper chance. Options may be limited, but this is no time for caution. Against an in-form Villa side fresh from a 4-0 demolition of Bournemouth, Farke must unleash every attacking weapon he has and play without fear. It’s win or bust, and the clock is ticking. A loss against Villa could very well speed up the recruitment process, especially taking into consideration their run of apponents. please log in to view this image Bamford back in talks with Wilder Patrick Bamford’s footballing future may soon take a fresh turn, with the 32-year-old striker reportedly back in discussions with Chris Wilder about a potential return to action. Bamford, who has been without a club for five months following his release from Leeds in the summer, was previously linked with several Championship sides. In September, shortly after Wilder returned to the helm at Bramall Lane, the pair held talks over a short-term deal running until January. However, that move was shelved when interest emerged from La Liga outfit Getafe, only for manager José Bordalás to veto the transfer entirely. Since then, Bamford has maintained his fitness by training with Coventry City, a gesture facilitated by his former teammate Frank Lampard — but there has been no prospect of a contract offer. Now, with Wilder keen to bolster his attacking options, the possibility of the pair reuniting could represent Bamford's last chance to find a club. Preston too are on the hunt for a forward after Milutin Osmajić was handed a nine game ban yesterday for racially abusing Burnley's highly undesirerable midfielder Hannibal Mejbri last season. The Tunisian international, 22, faces misconduct charges of his own, after spitting at Leeds fans last month, when the two sides met. please log in to view this image
https://x.com/apopey/status/1988944306422595609?s=46&t=xSZiK2Vhq9NQTsfPGBk7mQ Six week contract. They’re not gonna see much of him
Good luck to him, we release him from an expensive contract and sign another injury prone striker who misses just as many chances and is probably milking £100k a week out of us. When you think Bamfords pay off and DCL combined could be in the region of £170k a week it’s depressing
As it’s a slow day on here I will try and wind up a few with news on a couple of our former kids. Some may have seen the reports today from Ger from The View about Joffy and his incredible season so far scoring 7 and 3 assists so far. He has been compared to couple of worldies including Bergkamp because he isn’t starting as a striker but either right or left wing or as a ten. The other player is Charlie Cresswell as Tuchel wants him to leave Toulouse and go to either a top European team or a Prem team as he wants him in the England squad for the World Cup. Tuchel compares him to Tiago Silva the CB he had at PSG and Chelsea. Tuchel knows Damien Comolli from his Chelsea days and knows why Comolli took him from Leeds. West Ham are apparently trying to sign him and Spurs also rumoured, but Comolli would like him at his new side Roma and there are other clubs in the mix. Cresswell career at 22yo Leeds U21/23 39: as captain Leeds Utd 14 as a bit part player Millwall 30 Toulouse 46 England U21 21 as vice captain
Don’t let it depress you mate. It’s a bunch of Multi millionaires throwing away their money on a plaything. Won’t be any of my cash for sure
Agree that Cresswell could be doing a job here, not sure Struijk or Bijol are any better (also not sure he is any better than them either tbf). Doubt he’d get a look in at Tottenham (aka Archie Gray) with Van Der Ven and Romero ahead of him. The reason he left is because he wants to play. He could end up at Palace if Guehy moves on to Liverpool as reported.
Absolutely agree. As he was in the last year of his contract I'd have kept him to be honest because at least he can hold a ball up.
Well as Bamford actually managed to get on the pitch for less than four hours during the whole of last season I’m pretty sure we’re better off with Calvert-Lewin tbh.
