{"id":647995,"date":"2025-12-22T09:20:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/647995\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T09:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:20:25","slug":"alan-pardew-names-the-third-worst-side-in-the-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/647995\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Pardew names the third-worst side in the Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The feeling among Premier League supporters when it comes to the race against relegation is that Wolves are down and Burnley are in danger of following them, while Leeds United are in 16th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Four games unbeaten and eight points in those matches have seen <a href=\"http:\/\/leedsunited.news\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds<\/a> climb out of the relegation zone into a comfortable 16th place. More importantly, the win over Palace has opened up a six-point gap.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LeedsUnited.News<\/strong> described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/opinion\/why-crystal-palace-clash-is-daniel-farkes-biggest-game-as-leeds-united-manager-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the clash against Palace as Daniel Farke\u2019s most important Leeds match<\/a>. That is because the opportunity to open up a buffer on West Ham in the race for survival was absolutely key.<\/p>\n<p>          Who was your MOTM in Leeds\u2019 brilliant win over Crystal Palace? \ud83e\udd9a <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Surely there is only one option\u2026<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2252885699-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds United v Crystal Palace - Premier League\" class=\"wp-image-123163\" \/>Photo by Ed Sykes\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a big moment in Leeds\u2019 season and their fight against relegation. Not only have Leeds opened up the gap, but gone ahead of Nottingham Forest, who take on Fulham on Monday night, 15th against 17th.<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, who finishes in 18th place? Leeds fans are not under any illusions of escaping the scrap for the drop zone and will remain of the opinion that 17th is good enough. Alan Pardew had his say.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1284308035-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Pardew.\" class=\"wp-image-56435\" \/>Photo by Newcastle United\/Newcastle United via Getty ImagesAlan Pardew names the third-worst side in the Premier League<\/p>\n<p>Sean Dyche has made a remarkable start as Forest manager, winning seven of his 12 games. But Forest still remain in 17th place despite wins against Tottenham and Liverpool under the guidance of Dyche.<\/p>\n<p>They go to Fulham tonight, who have won four of their last six Premier League matches but will be reeling from their Carabao Cup quarter-final defeat. But Pardew believes the third-worst side is his old team.<\/p>\n<p>MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n<p>He told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wS3wHcWTxRE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TalkSPORT<\/a>: \u201cThey\u2019ve [West Ham] got to do some business. I really mean it. I said it weeks ago, West Ham are looking like the third-worst team in the division. Leeds \u2013 team spirit, promoted last year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDyche at Forest, Silva at Fulham, why should West Ham be above any of them? Then you\u2019re into the Spurs, the Bournemouths and the Brentfords of this world. They\u2019re not good enough,\u201d Pardew continued.<\/p>\n<p> Ethan Ampadu was majestic vs Palace. Does he deserve more recognition at Leeds? Let us know in the comments <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ampadu-DP-2-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ethan Ampadu of Leeds United\" class=\"wp-image-123288\" \/>Credit: Ed Sykes\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>   Leeds United must remain unbeaten going into 2025<\/p>\n<p>Leeds have now put themselves in a fantastic position after Saturday\u2019s 4-1 win over Palace. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/news\/oliver-glasner-says-how-many-goals-leeds-united-could-have-scored-against-crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oliver Glasner said they could have scored seven goals<\/a> and truly, Leeds were excellent. Maybe the best display this term.<\/p>\n<p>But Leeds cannot let up now. Farke would have snapped your hand off for 19 points from 17 games ahead of the busy post-Christmas schedule, in which Leeds face both Liverpool away and Man United.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, Leeds take on Sunderland away from home and it is a good time to play Regis Le Bris\u2019 high-flying Black Cats. Avoiding defeat against Sunderland is key, especially with West Ham playing host to Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the new year\u2019s run of games after five unbeaten would give Leeds huge confidence when they go to Anfield and then host their bitter rivals, all in the space of just three days in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Leeds content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The feeling among Premier League supporters when it comes to the race against relegation is that Wolves are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[96624,748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-647995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-alan-pardew","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115762486093269563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647995","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=647995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}