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Daniel Farke has already made some questionable decisions at Leeds this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n With four points from the first possible nine, Leeds have had a fairly solid start to the season without doing an awful lot.<\/p>\n With that said, Lukas Nmecha\u2019s penalty against Everton<\/a> on the opening day is still the only goal they have scored this season, sparking concern in that area.<\/p>\n Anton Stach has hit the ground running at Leeds<\/a>, though several others that arrived throughout the summer have had to wait for their chance, with a surprise aspect emerging in the form of Sean Longstaff<\/a>.<\/p>\n MOT Leeds News presents the exclusive opinion of iconic football commentator Ian Darke<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ian Darke cannot understand Sean Longstaff\u2019s lack of involvement<\/strong><\/p>\n Given the reputation he once had at Newcastle, Longstaff\u2019s arrival at Leeds<\/a> was met with a lot of optimism.<\/p>\n However, since making the move to Elland Road<\/a>, his only meaningful appearance for the Whites came as a result of injuries to Ao Tanaka and Ethan Ampadu.<\/p>\n Longstaff\u2019s record in the Premier League this season<\/strong><\/p>\n His lack of involvement in the league has made Ian Darke question the reasons behind it.<\/p>\n Speaking exclusively to MOT Leeds News<\/strong>, he said: \u201cI don\u2019t know whether in training or they just don\u2019t feel he\u2019s shown up well enough so far.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I think Longstaff will force his way in; it\u2019s maybe just a transition period with him in settling in. I think that was a good buy for them, and I\u2019d expect him to see plenty of action, really.\u201d<\/p>\n Throughout his time at Leeds<\/a>, Farke has had clear favourites.<\/p>\n No matter the situation, a handful of players would always take priority over others, despite often being behind in quality.<\/p>\n It\u2019s no different this season, and if Farke is to succeed, he needs to utilise Longtsfaff far more often at Leeds<\/a>, even from the start.<\/p>\n He may need time to gel, but given his experience in the top flight, utilising him should be a no-brainer for the German.<\/p>\n Sign up for the MOT Leeds News WhatsApp channel<\/a> and turn on notifications to have all the latest, breaking Leeds United news sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Wed 10 September 2025 7:10, UK Daniel Farke has already made some questionable decisions at Leeds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,4513,1860,33583,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-412560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-ian-darke","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-sean-longstaff","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115178818218069489","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sean](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/imago1064253953-1024x683.jpg\")
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Credit: ImagoDaniel Farke must avoid Ilia Gruev bias<\/strong><\/p>\n