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Farke with two games to save his job 12:57 - Dec 1 with 691 viewsElderGrizzly

And those two are Chelsea and Liverpool.

Shows how well our owners did not to pull the trigger on McKenna last season, which to be clear was absolutely the right decision.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/01/daniel-farke-future-leeds-manag
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Farke with two games to save his job on 13:23 - Dec 1 with 603 viewsBent_double

I bet he's wondering why he bothers getting teams promoted.

But then probably just checks his bank account.

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Farke with two games to save his job on 14:03 - Dec 1 with 494 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

We (well, Mark Ashton) would have looked a bit silly giving him a record breaking contract in May, and paying an absolute fortune to sack him in Dec.

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Farke with two games to save his job on 14:28 - Dec 1 with 434 viewsElderGrizzly

Farke with two games to save his job on 14:03 - Dec 1 by Marshalls_Mullet

We (well, Mark Ashton) would have looked a bit silly giving him a record breaking contract in May, and paying an absolute fortune to sack him in Dec.


Lots of clubs have done just that though.

Article here says they didn't give Farke a new contract and almost replaced him in the summer so sounds like he was on borrowed time anyway.

I assume their thinking with Farke is pay off £5m or so but potentially save their PL future which is £120m+.
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You've lost me a bit here Grizzers.... on 14:35 - Dec 1 with 414 viewsBloots

....you're saying we did the right thing to keep KM and that Leeds are doing the wrong thing to get rid of Farke?

What if they sack him and his replacement keeps them up?

The worse thing that can happen is they sack him and get relegated anyway, in which case they'll be in exactly the same position as us this season. But potentially higher in the league at this stage.

Seems totally logical to bin him in their situation really.

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You've lost me a bit here Grizzers.... on 14:40 - Dec 1 with 394 viewstonybied

You've lost me a bit here Grizzers.... on 14:35 - Dec 1 by Bloots

....you're saying we did the right thing to keep KM and that Leeds are doing the wrong thing to get rid of Farke?

What if they sack him and his replacement keeps them up?

The worse thing that can happen is they sack him and get relegated anyway, in which case they'll be in exactly the same position as us this season. But potentially higher in the league at this stage.

Seems totally logical to bin him in their situation really.


Like Southampton and Leicester you mean?
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Well yeah, that's sort of my point.... on 14:54 - Dec 1 with 338 viewsBloots

You've lost me a bit here Grizzers.... on 14:40 - Dec 1 by tonybied

Like Southampton and Leicester you mean?


....they sacked their managers, we didn't, but we are all within 3 points of each other in the Championship having been relegated.

Given that they will most likely get relegated if they keep him (like we did), they might as well try someone different, there isn't really a downside other than a few quid in compensation which is easily affordable.

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Well yeah, that's sort of my point.... on 14:57 - Dec 1 with 311 viewsMrBeckinsale

Well yeah, that's sort of my point.... on 14:54 - Dec 1 by Bloots

....they sacked their managers, we didn't, but we are all within 3 points of each other in the Championship having been relegated.

Given that they will most likely get relegated if they keep him (like we did), they might as well try someone different, there isn't really a downside other than a few quid in compensation which is easily affordable.


If they think their replacement would be more suited to getting them promoted again than Farke would, then yeah, kinda get your point. Depends if they really don't think he can turn it around this season.
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You've lost me a bit here Grizzers.... on 15:38 - Dec 1 with 204 viewsElderGrizzly

You've lost me a bit here Grizzers.... on 14:35 - Dec 1 by Bloots

....you're saying we did the right thing to keep KM and that Leeds are doing the wrong thing to get rid of Farke?

What if they sack him and his replacement keeps them up?

The worse thing that can happen is they sack him and get relegated anyway, in which case they'll be in exactly the same position as us this season. But potentially higher in the league at this stage.

Seems totally logical to bin him in their situation really.


Different clubs, different trajectories I guess.

We would have been foolish to throw away everything McKenna built, with us arriving in the PL ahead of schedule?

Leeds as we know have an elevated sense of worth, so with their owners thinking they should be top 4 because they are, well Leeds, and building a bigger stadium it's no surprise.

All they are likely to get of course is a mercenary who will take the money and be sacked again in the summer. As Saints and Leicester did.

Why I thought we were right to keep McKenna, no matter the outcome last season as we were still building as as club.

I do wonder how twitchy the owners were getting though seeing our rivals roll the dice and was Ashton that 'shield' for McKenna?

I do think McKenna will walk if we don't go up this season though.
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Yep, two totally different fish.... on 16:40 - Dec 1 with 74 viewsBloots

You've lost me a bit here Grizzers.... on 15:38 - Dec 1 by ElderGrizzly

Different clubs, different trajectories I guess.

We would have been foolish to throw away everything McKenna built, with us arriving in the PL ahead of schedule?

Leeds as we know have an elevated sense of worth, so with their owners thinking they should be top 4 because they are, well Leeds, and building a bigger stadium it's no surprise.

All they are likely to get of course is a mercenary who will take the money and be sacked again in the summer. As Saints and Leicester did.

Why I thought we were right to keep McKenna, no matter the outcome last season as we were still building as as club.

I do wonder how twitchy the owners were getting though seeing our rivals roll the dice and was Ashton that 'shield' for McKenna?

I do think McKenna will walk if we don't go up this season though.
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....in two totally different kettles.

We were right not to sack him at this stage last year, but to me it seems that Leeds might as well go for it. They've got nothing to lose.

As an aside, I agree that if we don't go up this year (or at worst go very close) I expect KM will leave us via one route or another.

Be interesting to see if Ashton is around once the training ground is done as well. He left Bristol at the same stage and it might be the right time here too.

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