Paul Warne baffled by Daniel Farke critics amid ‘Great’ Leeds United admission
Leeds United would not be able to perform better under any realistic alternatives to Daniel Farke, according to Derby County manager Paul Warne.
Warne was speaking ahead of his side’s trip to Elland Road on Saturday [7 December], branding the stadium the hardest away ground in the Championship to play.
As quoted by BBC broadcaster Adam Pope on X [5 December], Warne has hit out at those applying pressure to Farke, who failed to achieve promotion with the Whites in 2023-24.
“I can’t believe he’s under any pressure at all, and if they did get rid of him I don’t know who they’d suggest to get in who could do it any better,” Warne said.
“I think they’re a great a team. It’s the toughest place to go in the league.”
Leeds United always under immense pressure
Leeds United are the unarguable biggest fish in the EFL pond. With that comes an intense and constant level of pressure, which Farke’s experience has seen him navigate.
While the Whites look on track, the competition is fierce and Leeds at times drop off in consistency.
However, they head into their contest with 15th-placed Derby as overwhelming favourites, even despite their tendency to drop points in early kick-offs and the spicy recent history between the two.
Warne does have a point regarding Farke – after all, it shows the standard of Leicester City and Ipswich Town to earn automatic promotion last term when they overcame a Leeds side who earned 90 points and were pipped on the day of the play-off final by Southampton.
One hypothetically would believe Leeds would be faring far better in the top flight than Russell Martin’s Saints are at present, but the task is to get in a position to prove it.
Winning games like Saturday’s against Warne’s men is a key feature of said task, and any dropped points would make for a very tense stadium.
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