In the latest episode of BBC Radio Leeds' Don't Go To Bed Just Yet, the panel discuss Patrick Bamford's penalty miss against Stoke City. Adam Pope said the forward "has gone back several paces" with the miss and added: "if he recovers from this, that's a remarkable mental strength".
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In the latest episode of BBC Radio Leeds' Don't Go To Bed Just Yet podcast, Jonny Buchan, Adam Pope and Kaiser Chiefs bassist Simon Rix mull over Saturday's 4-1 win over Huddersfield Town and how - despite the result - the performance left room for improvement.
Buchan: "I think it is OK to come out of Saturday's game feeling a little bit mixed about what was on display. Had Leeds put on the same performance in the second half then I think I would have had a very full plate."
Rix: "The first 11 players were so great but when you duck past that, there doesn't seem to be enough there. On Wednesday [at Stoke], he [Daniel Farke] made changes and it seemed much weaker. Jaidon Anthony, who we had all been looking forward to see play, looked awful."
Pope: "[Crysencio] Summerville and [Dan] James were immense. Summerville has got his own ball at the moment. It doesn't bother me what front four Leeds have because they are all excellent, but when the defence changes they do look a bit more rattled."
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Leeds boss Daniele Farke has spoken to the media before Leeds' match with Huddersfield Town in the Championship.
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Farke is not expected to have any new options available to select from with Djed Spence, Junior Firpo and Stuart Dallas all recovering from injuries.
Crysencio Summerville's shouldre injury is "not a big problem" and Farke added: "He has been running with this for a few weeks. Shoulder injuries mean before each and every training session and each and every game he has to strap it."
There will be a late call on left-back Sam Byram to check he is capable of completing three 90 minutes in a week.
Farke has spoken to Patrick Bamford after the dust had settled on his penalty miss at Stoke City: "It differs. You have to listen to your experience and gut feeling on how to deal with it. Patrick is experienced enough. We don't need to go into details. It was difficult. If you want the full story: I believe the coach decides who takes the penalties."
He added: "We always decide before the game who takes them. For this game, Piroe was our main taker, another one was Jaidon Anthony and has a good record, but he was subbed. Don't believe subs should come on and take them. Players already on the field with rhythm should take them. Players need to be involved in the game."
Farke said there will be a new penalty taker going forward and reiterated it was a clean slate for all the players when he started in the summer: "Everyone has a fresh start under me. Patrick had that chance to forget his last misses, but sadly he misses and next time someone else will take it. We cannot change it for this game. We do not point the finger."
On if long-serving players have been asked about the rivalry with Huddersfield: "No because everyone else tells me, like the staff. I heard the players talking about it. Experienced enough to know a local derby importance." Farke adds, "If you don't feel extra motivation in a local derby we have a problem."
Farke has definitely bought into the area and what the club means: "Our fans are more important than any player or board member or staff member. Need to keep in mind we play for our fans."
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Daniel Farke was desperate not to use a footballing cliche to describe the task of going to Bet365 Stadium on a midweek October night under the light.
"I don’t want to use the old English quote about Stoke I'm very aware of, " he smiled, "but especially since Alex [Neil] has been working there it is even more the case. So we have to be fully switched on to fight for the points."
The way the story is meant to go is that Stoke City’s ground is notoriously cold, wet and windy, so playing there is seen as a difficult challenge and a test of a team’s ability to fight for a result. Like most cliches there remains an element of truth, even if it is a lazy footballing trope, as Farke admits coming up against Neill's side means "they go for many crosses. You have to defend the second balls really well. They play with lots of fighting spirit and with a knife between the teeth."
But Leeds are battle-hardened on the roads these days. Millwall were comprehensively beaten at the New Den and the win by the odd goal in seven at high-flying Ipswich Town did not reflect the superiority of the Whites victory at Portman Road. Then there is the point at Hull City, the only side to beat runaway leaders Leicester City.
Stoke are hosting a light show before kick off. If ever there was an attempt to smash the perception around an evening in the Potteries hey? The spectacle, the official website states, "will provide around five minutes of high-octane entertainment combining flashing lights and music."
Supporters are urged to be sat their in their seats by 19:40 BST tonight, but will they be out of them 20 minutes later when the real entertainment is due to begin? I suppose it depends whether Leeds can do it away on a cold Wednesday night at Stoke.
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Image source, Getty ImagesIn the latest episode of BBC Radio Leeds' Don't Go To Bed Just Yet podcast, the team looked back on Saturday's dramatic 3-2 comeback victory at Norwich which sent Daniel Farke's side third in the Championship.
Commentator Adam Pope said: "The defining moment for me in the game, of which there was so many, was the substitutions at 2-1 where Daniel Farke put what felt like every attacker at the club onto the pitch.
"He went 3-5-2 and I felt at that point at 2-1 down it was like 'I'm going all out to win this game, a draw is not acceptable and if we go down fighting so be it'.
"It was brilliant because Norwich were shellshocked and Leeds were good value and turned it round. We all know Leeds should have won by more but that was the defining moment in a great game.
"You can be angry as well as being joyous, in awe and then happy. In the first-half you felt some of those things but Leeds were always in it."
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Leeds United manager Daniel Farke has been speaking to the media before Wednesday's game against Stoke.
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Farke is still without Djed Spence, Junior Firpo and Stuart Dallas who are recovering from their respective injuries. Leo Hjelde (achilles) has recovered and is available.
On Pascal Struijk's performances and the effect of being captain in recent games, Farke said: "He adapted well to my demands and he's played a crucial part. We don't have to talk about his skills with the ball. I'm very pleased with his development."
Farke hinted that Archie Gray could start again tomorrow and said he's not worried about his conditioning, despite how much he's played in the past fortnight.
Against Stoke boss Alex Neill, Farke has won two, drawn three and lost one with his previous club Norwich City so its a body evidence from which he will know what to expect from his opponent.
He said Neill's "handwriting are all over the team," and that his sides "play with the knife between the teeth."
Farke deliberately avoids cliched talk of Stoke on a cold Wednesday night but expects them "to finish in a much better position than they are are in at the moment" and added: "we have to be fully switched on."
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As Crysencio Summerville's shot curled through the crowded penalty box on Saturday afternoon at Carrow Road, time seemed to stop. When the shot pinged off the post and nestled in the net, there was the briefest moment of shock before elation.
"I tried to hit the frame and it went in," Summerville told LUTV post-match. With six goal involvements in nine games, this is clearly Crysencio's 'breakout' season, but his talents should come as no surprise.
The diminutive Dutchman had shown signs of his potential as early as four years-old and joined Feyenoord's academy at seven. His commitment to his career including training both sides of his brain to make him more ambipedal.
He has fantastic balance, is energetically direct, and has developed an almost telepathic connection with Wilfried Gnonto and Georginio Rutter.
His first goal on Saturday was technically sublime, but the second was the kind of solo effort that drags a side to victory.
Wanted in the summer by Burnley, Feyenoord, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace, Summerville's head wasn't turned and he is repaying Leeds' faith. And if the Peacocks are promoted, the club will look back on the decision to keep Summerville as pivotal.
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On this week's episode of BBC Radio Leeds' Don't Go To Bed Just Yet podcast, Kaiser Chief's bassist Simon Rix tells Jonny Buchan and Adam Pope about his trip to South America to take Marcelo Bielsa a present.
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Leeds United manager Daniel Farke has spoken to the media before his return to face his former club Norwich City for the first time since leaving Carrow Road.
Here are the main lines from his news conference:
On the injury front, Willy Gnonto and Jamie Shackleton are available after injury. Djed Spence, Junior Firpo and Stuart Dallas although making progress remain out. Defender Leo Hjelde is the only player to come back from international duty with a fitness issue.
Farke raised concerns over Archie Gray, 17, playing three full matches for England Under-19s during the break: "It's about finding the right balance. It's a great honour to represent your country. I don't want to stop this. I don't blame anyone or any manager. You feel the pressure, you need to be successful."
Farke saying that in his opinion, first-team games for Leeds improve Gray more than youth games for England - therefore, his minutes should be prioritised domestically: "I'm not sure it makes sense to play that many games [for England]. We risk injuries, that he's burned out. Is it about winning titles at this level or about developing players?"
On how he finds joy in the job, he added: "You will never be perfect but when you follow sometimes a part of training and you have two or three moments of perfection, there are some moments where you can just enjoy the two or three moments. Not just young players but when you see older players improving it's also a great joy."
On how he is feeling about returning to Norwich for the first time, Farke said: "I haven't thought too much about it. You prepare for a normal game. It's a while since I was there."
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Four years ago on Tuesday, as dawn broke, I was standing off Hunslet Road with Phil Beeton, co-chair of the Leeds United Supporters Club.
In the shadow of the old Tetley's Brewery, we celebrated both the LUSC and the football club's centenaries on BBC Radio Leeds by popping bubbly and eating cake just a few feet outside Salem Chapel, where it all began.
In 1919, the fans formed first and the club followed minutes later, born out of strife after the forced collapse and disbanding of the Leeds City club.
It was a time to reflect for Beeton, who has been following United since 1957.
"A little bit surreal," he mused, looking at the building and its distinctive curved facade.
"A chap called Charles Snape was a big Leeds City fan and he, along with others, decided we needed the continuity of a football club within the city. Alf Masser was instrumental in putting a framework together. On the morning, Mr Masser had met up with four FA representatives to explore the possibility of a new club being formed - and I think for the first time ever we had the FA on our side!"
Commemorations across the city culminated in a gala dinner at Elland Road that night, attended by players from the annals of time. Some have since departed - Terry Cooper, the left-back who scored the goal that won United's first trophy in 1968, top appearance-maker Jack Charlton, record goalscorer Peter Lorimer and Norman "bites yer legs" Hunter.
Big Norm was part of my favourite memory of that day, as a blue plaque was unveiled outside the chapel in his presence. I then joined a group of supporters inside who shared the 17 October birthday with their beloved club.
It was a special moment. It felt like history had not only been preserved but was carefully being handed down.
Just two days later, local hero Kalvin Phillips scored the winning goal to beat Birmingham City in front of a raucous Elland Road crowd. The concrete shook and a collective bellow echoed for the ages.
"I've never heard owt like it," Phillips said. Feted head coach Marcelo Bielsa was more prosaic: "Sometimes God puts things in the right place. Now he will stay in the history of the club for this goal. I feel it is a fair act from God."
Divine intervention or otherwise, it was reminder to savour the occasion for what it was - a shared experience between club, supporters and city. Within four months, that was no longer possible as the pandemic hit and denied another when promotion to the Premier League was clinched.
History is important, but so is smelling the white roses along the way.
On the subject of remembering key United figures, I spoke with legendary striker Allan Clarke about being honoured at a dinner in his name next month and his time in the famous white shirt.
There's a hunt on for Marcelo Bielsa and the team from BBC Radio Leeds are right behind it.
Find out exactly what's going on in the clip above and get even more detail on Simon's trip to South America using the link to the full podcast below.
Image source, PA MediaWales international Ethan Ampadu was one of the players to join Leeds in the summer, following their relegation from the Premier League
BBC Radio Leeds' Adam Pope, speaking on the Don't Go To Bed Just Yet podcast about the success of the recruitment team currently in place at Elland Road: "We understand more about the outgoings and why they happened, but on the incoming side, people think [interim football advisor] Nick Hammond and co. have done a good job.
"We know [chief executive] Angus Kinnear has said it will probably be a window for loans. I've always felt that the key to Championship success is how well you do in the loan market in terms of bringing in Premier League-style players, and we've seen that with Leeds, with Ben White and others.
"If it's going to be [primarily] loans, does it matter who is there? I think it does personally. I like the way Nick has gone about his business. It's been very quiet but it's been effective. Why won't that be so again in January, especially if Leeds continue their upward trajectory?"
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It is currently the international break meaning no game for our trio to look back on.
So Jonny Buchan, Adam Pope and Kaiser Chiefs bassist Simon Rix decided instead to try and track down Marcelo Bielsa.
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As Kalvin Phillips continues his struggle for game time at Manchester City and rumours around his future emerge, the Football Gossip Daily have been discussing what the midfielders next move might be.
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"It was really funny because I found a video of him at Under-9s the other week and was looking back on it. He was always a midfielder, but, especially in the younger ages at the academy, we like to play them in different positions," explained Alan Parkes to BBC Radio Leeds in the days after the stellar performance by Leeds United's Archie Gray at right-back in the 2-1 victory over Bristol City.
Parkes was until last year an academy coach at Thorp Arch for more than two decades. He was not surprised that manager Daniel Farke trusted Gray, 17, to play in a position he has on the odd occasion for the England youth set-up.
"He had the Gray family trait from an early age," continued Parkes. "He used to demand so much of himself. He'd be really upset if he missed a chance, or the team was losing, or if the referee didn't give something he should have."
Parkes is keen to stress it was never a burden brought to bear by the great footballers who have surrounded the teenager since birth in his father Andy, grandfather Frank and great uncle Eddie: "They don't put pressure on them at all. They never have, on either of them. They trust the academy and it's paying dividends at the moment."
How much does Parkes put down Gray's rise to the first team to innate ability as opposed to coaching? "I finished at the academy about a year-and-a-half ago. I was there for 23 years. But since I've finished I've been able to sit back and do a bit of analysis on some of the players I've worked with and some of the players who have come through and some that haven't and see what the difference is," he said.
"There are traits even at those younger ages. They can have all the skills in the world but if they have not got that tactical and psychological side of the game and the social side is very important, then it's very difficult to break through."
Having made nine appearances for England's Under-17s, scoring once while playing at right wing-back, Gray will step up to the Under-19s during this international break. Parkes believes a full international cap is inevitable: "Without a doubt. He's got the traits there, you can see them now, and the more he plays for the first team and the more experience he gets I'm sure he's going to push on and hopefully he'll make that - if he chooses England, as he has a choice of Scotland as well I think . It would be nice to see."
After seeing scores of youngsters either make the grade or not through the system while at Leeds, Parkes still takes pride in the influence he and his former colleagues have had in helping players realise their potential. "Me and the wife went to watch his [Archie's] full debut at Elland Road and it brought a lump to your throat, and I know it did with all the other coaches who worked with him as well. All the academy staff were just so proud that day."
Gray will be looking to collect his first cap at Under-19 level tonight as Simon Rusk’s Young Lions have traveled to Podgorica in Montenegro to play three European U19 Championships qualifying games. A minor knock in the last international break ruled him out of making his debut when called up in September.
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When asked about Georginio Rutter and Joel Piroe's roles at numbers nine and 10 respectively in the pre-Bristol City news conference last week, Daniel Farke took a moment to compose himself with a deep breath.
What followed was a mini-lecture that lasted more than 13 minutes.
The questions about Piroe's role have been persistent in part because of Leeds United's recent history with strikers. The Whites have not had the fabled '20-goal-a-season' striker since Chris Wood managed it with 27 in the Championship in 2016-17.
“When it comes to strikers, I know my business,” were Farke's words.
And his plan has become apparent in recent matches. The marauding, unpredictable box of tricks that is Rutter – along with wingers Crysencio Summerville and Dan James – drag bamboozled defenders out of position. Piroe, arriving late into the space they create, should be free to do what he does best – score lots of goals.
And when he netted the winner from a sweetly struck strike that nutmegged a defender and skidded along the turf against the Robins on Saturday, you might have forgiven Farke for a little vindicated satisfaction.
If there was any doubt after Farke's response, Piroe's goal was the perfect answer to any positional questions.
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