Daniel Farke Leeds United
The pressure is on for Daniel Farke at Leeds United. When the international break ends, his side have the most difficult fixture list in the Premier League throughout the remainder of November.
Aston Villa, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool are the Whites’ next four opponents. Leeds threw away their chance at a result against Nottingham Forest – Farke’s poor selections, tactics and substitutions killed the game for his side despite taking an early lead, eventually losing 3-1. And now, they will have to play their best football this season just to get even a point in these upcoming games.
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Marco Silva, Marco Rose and Brendan Rodgers are some of the names linked with the hot seat if Farke fails to survive the upcoming run of games. But at least till the end of the international break, the German will remain at Elland Road.
Sack date predicted for Leeds United boss Daniel Farke
Prior to the Forest game, The Mail reported that Farke had the next five games to save the season. But seeing as his team could not even get past a poor Forest side low on confidence, it is a mystery as to where the points will come from. The game against Liverpool on December 6th will most likely be when the German is given his marching orders.
These upcoming four games will be the biggest tests for Leeds’ season so far, and yet no one really has any confidence going in. Graham Smyth on the Inside Elland Road podcast revealed how many points Farke will need to get from these upcoming games to save his job.
“I think he’ll need to beat Aston Villa or at the very least be really competitive against Villa,” said Smyth.
He continued: “But if they draw against Villa, they need a point or two from the next three. You look at Haaland, the goalscoring form he is in, he’s monstering centre-backs.
“Rodon is having a good season but next to him, if Haaland is up against Bijol or Struijk, I worry.
“Then Liverpool is a team that doesn’t know how good it is, will they be a title challenger? If they play like they did against Real Madrid then I do not give Leeds a chance.
“But they haven’t all season so maybe there’s an opportunity. They are going to have to perform out of their skins.”
How does Daniel Farke avoid the sack at Leeds United?
The slightest bit of optimism ahead of this schedule is that three of the upcoming four games are at Elland Road. Leeds have been competitive in home games this season, and have recorded some unlikely victories. They have 11 points overall this season and 8 of them have come at home.
Some will say if the Whites were able to take points off Newcastle and Bournemouth in front of the home crowd, then they could repeat this feat when Aston Villa, Chelsea and Liverpool visit. Leeds fans need to make these games as loud and hostile as possible if they want to stand a chance at Premier League survival. For Daniel Farke, it’s the only hope he has left otherwise his sacking will likely happen following the home game against Liverpool in just over three weeks.
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