30 Aug 2026 17:13:05
I'm still not convinced by Farke. It took him half a season last year to change to a winning format and hasn't adapted this year to the fact that we are a known quantity to all our premier opposition.
For most of today's game we were appalling. When we weren't, we struggled to string accurate passes together. Sorry about the negativity. Just telling it how I saw it.
1.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 17:55:12
You have to factor in the opponent; Brentford are no pushovers. In the 2nd half, he changed things around, and it worked. Would he have done that first half of last season? I don't think he would. Farke has adapted to the Premiership, it took him a while, but he's got it now.
2.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 18:34:22
What Bisto said. They were a quality opponent, and we adapted in the second half, a hard-crafted point. We are hard to beat. JT again showing what a signing he is. Early days, but the signs are good.
3.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 18:43:56
CJS, if Farke started with all the changes at the beginning, would you have been happy? I'm sure you wouldn't. We were outplayed by a good side in the first half, and he has faith in our defence. Hindsight is a beautiful thing, my friend.
Farke did well, changed the team when required, and got a result that, after half time, I didn't think possible. It's a good point against a team who are going to batter quite a few this season, we move on. MOT.
4.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 19:01:39
Farke's first season, he had to sort out the absolute mess of a squad in the summer, and we got to the play-offs. Then, second season, we won promotion. In our first season in the Premier League, Farke changed the system during the Man City game, and we were ranked 7th in the Premier League from that point on.
During April and May, only Arsenal got more points than us.
He then changed the system at half time today, and we looked much better in the second half against an excellent Brentford team.
Also, our net spend is less than all promoted teams so far this window.
I'm quite convinced he's done a good job for us.
5.) 30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026 19:04:54
Think you're being a bit unfair here, Cjs.
Last season we moaned about his late substitutions, today he changed mid game and it worked out.
We got bossed 1st half.
We looked a whole lot better 2nd half.
I for 1 am very happy with Danny's performance today, and happy with his changes.
6.) 31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026 00:27:18
It's a more than fair analysis, Cjs.. and, indeed, it's not negativity, you are just telling it as it is.
7.) 31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026 07:16:46
It's only an opinion, which doesn't make it right, though.
Farke will never be accepted by some of the fan base, but I think the vast majority can now see that he is proving his doubters wrong, and he is becoming a Premiership manager with more and more credibility.
Forget what some hard to please fans think, you only have to listen to the after match opposition manager's interview, most have a lot of praise for Daniel Farke.
Personally, I think he has already adapted to the Premiership. For the moment, he accepts that he doesn't have the kind of quality to play his preferred formation, so he has had to adapt, and he's done that very well.
I look forward to many seasons with DF, and am very interested in how he will change and transform this Leeds Utd football team.
8.) 31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026 07:42:21
Farkey played a blinder turning that game around yesterday! Would love to know what he says in the dressing room, and how he handles those situations!
He is really developing very positively!
9.) 31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026 09:38:29
OP, if he set his team up like yesterday, I think it's fair for some to question his ability. Why didn't he do his homework on the opposition that his team were going to face? We were the home team, and you have to agree that was as poor as you can get.
Why wait to half time, you can clearly see we were having problems 10 minutes in. I hate it, but Leeds were falling apart. DCL is definitely not a loan striker, not quick, and in his case had no service. Fair play, it was better second half.
10.) 31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026 10:18:35
OP, I wouldn't go by what managers at press conferences say about other managers.
11.) 31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026 13:55:44
Whitman, we are not able to sustain the way we played in the second half for the full 90 mins. I think Farke wants to frustrate our opponents, especially the very talented ones like Brentford. I think the idea is to soak up the pressure in the first half and try not to concede a goal. It did take an exceptionally well taken goal to breach our defense.
Of course, fans won't like to see our team to be under so much pressure like we were in that first half, but I thought we defended very well and we even lost our key defender in Rodon.
I always felt, in the second half, that changes would be made to put Brentford under more pressure, and, sure enough, it happened and we equalized.
We are not going to overrun teams at home for the full 90 mins. We didn't last season either, simply because we don't have that quality throughout our team yet.
I think DF did his homework very well on Brentford, and we could've even nicked the win at the death. They couldn't beat us last season either, and they are about five seasons ahead of us with building their squad in the Premiership.
12.) 31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026 14:17:41
I fully acknowledge that we are a team in the building, but we need to turn up. Sorry to say, we didn't until late in the game. Farke could have made changes; you don't have to wait until half time.
If, as many said, BA was s***, then take him off. It seems to me he can't do right by many on this site, and, having been on the Terraces, it's not the same story.
13.) 31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026 14:53:46
He did make changes, at half time!
14.) 31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026 16:51:27
Brentford are a really good side and I'm glad of the point. They will be top 7 for sure, and top 5 wouldn't surprise me. Are there 6 PL teams that are better than them? I'm not sure there are. Four out of 6 points, unbeaten, and one goal against us are alright with me for now.