Leeds United reporter Joe Donnohue explains why he has sympathy for the reaction Daniel Farke faced online after the Whites' defeat at Millwall
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00:00I do want to look at things from the other side as well, offer a little bit of balance.
00:09And you know, I do think, certainly online, I think there was maybe a slight overreaction
00:15because as you say, it was the first defeat in nine.
00:19That's not to say I'm sort of invalidating how Leeds fans feel towards the football or
00:23the results or whatever, because I think they're absolutely justified that, you know, they're
00:28not beating a team like Millwall.
00:30But I do have sympathy for Farka because, you know, you look at the defensive record
00:34that Leeds have presided over this season.
00:37If they maintain that over 46 games where they're constantly limiting teams to low quality
00:43attempts, low quality shots on goal and a low volume of them, then they will be absolutely
00:50fine and we'll look back at this Millwall game as, oh, well, you know what, that was
00:53just one of those games.
00:54How weird was that?
00:55You know, when they just had that one chance, they pumped it up and they scored.
00:59That is how we'll look back on it.
01:01The second reason I feel a little bit of sympathy is Millwall are good.
01:06It feels weird to say, but they are.
01:08They've won 48 points now since Harris came back, which is the most in the championship.
01:13Again, I know that's over two seasons or like, you know, with a summer in the middle and
01:19shouldn't really do that.
01:21But the proof is in the pudding.
01:24He's got them playing and he's got them playing a very specific way and it suits them.
01:28And it might sound like a cop out to some people.
01:32But listening to Farka last night, you know, one of the first things he said was, you know,
01:36it's football's a low scoring sport.
01:38You know, it's unlike your basketballs or your rugby or handball or whatever in football.
01:42The margin for error is so small and yet the jeopardy, the jeopardy is so large.
01:47You know, if you're a team like Millwall and you play for those one nils then and you go
01:52away with all three points, then, you know, sometimes that is just football and it's hard
01:57to explain why that's the case.
01:59So again, I do have sympathy.
02:03On the flip side, I do think, you know, the low blocks is still an issue.