Third-placed Leeds had closed the gap to the division’s automatic promotion spots to six points going into their Championship match against Stoke City on Wednesday night, but they lost 1-0, dropping them to nine points behind second-place Ipswich Town.
With a game remaining, the Tractor Boys could close the gap to 12 points and trail leaders Leicester City, who are currently 14 points ahead of Leeds, by just two points.
Farke, however, maintains that the gaps are “not important” at this point in the season and has pointed out that even Marcelo Bielsa’s championship-winning Leeds team had nine losses prior to winning the league.
“The difference to Ipswich or whatever is not important to me,” said Farke to the YEP ahead of today’s Championship hosting of Huddersfield Town. “The table is for me just important after 40 games.
Additionally, I dislike having to worry about anything all the time, so if someone had offered position three after a particularly trying summer break in late August, promising that we would be in position three and in the top six with a proper points total, I believe a lot of people would have agreed that it would be fantastic to be in this position.
“So, I’m not concerned. Although there are undoubtedly occasional setbacks in the Championship, point differentials should not be given too much thought—we had a great run there. For us, it’s just important that we deliver good performances and good results.
We only talked about this last game, and in my opinion, we were not at our best, particularly in the first half. Even though it is all I can think about, I want to make better use of our possession than we did at Stoke.”
“Yes, that is normal, it is important after every win, our supporters want to dance on the table, and after a loss like we conceded at Stoke, you need to feel like the world is falling apart,” Farke said in response to the question of whether it was more important to work harder to prevent people from overreacting rather than to avoid it.
