{"id":588060,"date":"2025-11-23T04:24:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T04:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/588060\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T04:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T04:24:25","slug":"daniel-farkes-leeds-united-relegation-boast-comes-back-to-haunt-amid-worrying-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/588060\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Farke&#8217;s Leeds United relegation boast comes back to haunt amid worrying shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2-Insets-2025-11-22T192357.223-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Daniel Farke looking worried in the direction of the Premier League logo.\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763871862_938_c61bbbe23d278f647fb87ae5b38fa1b2\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Jacob Raw\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sat 22 November 2025 20:45, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United have slipped into the relegation zone for the first time this season following West Ham\u2019s result on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Whites\u2019 relegation rivals drew 2-2 with Bournemouth in the <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a>, but matters could have been made worse as the Hammers led 2-0 at one point.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/matchday\/leeds-united-vs-aston-villa-preview-team-news-lineups-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds are still to play Aston Villa<\/a> on Sunday, and are now in desperate need of a positive result, if they weren\u2019t before.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/daniel-farkes-leeds-fate-now-hinges-on-three-key-scenarios-amid-latest-49ers-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pressure is mounting on Daniel Farke<\/a>, and he will already be regretting some truly foolish comments made before the Villa showdown in LS11.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Daniel-Farke-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Farke with his head in his hands on Elland Road touchline\" class=\"wp-image-207236\" \/>Credit: ImagoDaniel Farke gloated Leeds have yet to be in the relegation zone<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/daniel-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farke<\/a> looks truly doomed at Leeds, with underlying data pointing towards the German head coach being sacked soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/49ers-may-have-set-daniel-farke-sack-d-day-after-new-sky-sports-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 49ers decided to back Farke<\/a> during the November international break, despite many wanting him gone from Elland Road immediately.<\/p>\n<p>However, as expected, things are just getting worse, and <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/leeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> are now 18th in the Premier League due to an inferior goal-scoring record over West Ham.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Position<\/td>\n<td>Team<\/td>\n<td>Played<\/td>\n<td>Goals scored<\/td>\n<td>Goal difference<\/td>\n<td>Points<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17.<\/td>\n<td>West Ham<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>-10<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18.<\/td>\n<td>Leeds United<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>-10<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19.<\/td>\n<td>Burnley<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>-10<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20.<\/td>\n<td>Wolves<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>-20<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><strong>Premier League table before Leeds\u2019 game vs Aston Villa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But before the Villa game, Farke was quick to downplay Leeds\u2019 recent poor form, making the baseless claim that the Whites had yet to fall into the bottom three this season.<\/p>\n<p>Farke said, as quoted by journalist Beren Cross on X: \u201cOver the last 11 games, we have not once dropped into the relegation zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DF: &#8220;I see why there is criticism after the last two games. We were pretty self-critical too, but over the last 11 games, we have not once dropped into the relegation zone.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#lufc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Beren Cross (@BerenCross) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BerenCross\/status\/1991866644201607203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>The Leeds boss simply isn\u2019t helping himself, and the burden of the job seems to be getting through in his words.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds will be sacked if they keep Farke<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/news\/jeff-stelling-and-ally-mccoist-taken-aback-by-what-theyve-seen-about-leeds-wow-scary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds have an extremely difficult run of fixtures coming up<\/a>, and results haven\u2019t exactly gone their way so far from the games played in game week 12.<\/p>\n<p>Farke had one job when he came into Leeds, and that was to achieve promotion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds\u2019 fixtures after Villa:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Manchester City (A)<\/li>\n<li>Chelsea (H)<\/li>\n<li>Liverpool (H)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And while the Peacock army will be thankful for his contribution, it\u2019s clear to see that Farke is out of his depth coaching in the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>The game against Aston Villa could be Farke\u2019s last chance to salvage something to hold onto, but it would be no surprise to see another loss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoyed this article?<\/strong> Stay connected with all the latest Leeds United news, updates, and behind-the-scenes content by following us on our new Instagram account \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goodisonnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/motleedsnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@motleedsnews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Sat 22 November 2025 20:45, UK Leeds United have slipped into the relegation zone for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,1385,393,4884,1860,101,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-588060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-daniel-farke","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115597114136672307","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588060","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=588060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}