"Having had many chats with Daniel" - Sky Sports pundit weighs in on Farke's Leeds United future | OneFootball

Goodman doesn't believe Farke will be intimidated by the challenges he currently faces at Elland Road.

Pundit Don Goodman believes Daniel Farke is happy to embrace the challenges that come with being Leeds United boss.

These comments made by Goodman, in an interview with MOT Leeds News, come amid some discontent at Elland Road, with some supporters not happy with the Whites' start to the 2024/25 campaign.

It has been a very mixed start to the campaign for the West Yorkshire side, drawing 3-3 on the opening day of the season against Portsmouth.

The Whites should have won that game, but their defending cost them in the end, and they also fell to a 3-0 home defeat against Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup.

They managed to keep a clean sheet away at West Bromwich Albion after that in a 0-0 draw, and followed that up with wins against Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City.

Their recent 1-0 defeat against Burnley would have disappointed them though, even though the Clarets are one of the favourites to secure promotion.

With the home advantage, Leeds would have been hopeful of avoiding defeat, but they couldn't in the end and they will need to bounce back from this setback.

Don Goodman on Daniel Farke amid Leeds United "discontent"

There has already been speculation about Farke's future, but he looks set to remain in his current position for now, and commentator Goodman believes the German manager won't be fazed by the challenges he currently faces.

He told MOT Leeds News: "Having had many chats with Daniel, it’s a challenge he’ll embrace and will want.

"There has been an awful lot of rumblings of discontent after the first few games, but when you break it down, they absolutely battered Portsmouth but gave away three stupid goals.

"Then there was the Carabao Cup loss to Middlesbrough, but that was the best thing that could have happened because it forced them to reset and understand you cannot concede six goals in two games and have any success – whether in the league or cup.

"They had to stop that and they did, going away to West Brom and – respectfully – playing as negatively as I can remember them playing.

"They wanted to stop the flow of goals in their net, rather than taking risks and winning it. The emphasis has been to stop conceding goals, which they have largely done."

Daniel Farke has the potential to be a major success at Leeds United

Leeds have the quality of players at their disposal to do well.

The likes of Willy Gnonto (pictured above) and Dan James have shown already that they can be big assets at this level, along with Joe Rodon, who is an excellent permanent addition.

The calibre of Farke can't be ignored either.

He has already dealt with high expectations at Norwich City and won promotion there numerous times.

With his experience and qualities in mind, as well as the players he has at his disposal, you would back Farke to guide the Whites back to the top level at some point.