Football Talk - The Yorkshire Post

In this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall discuss why Barnsley might be glad to hit the road for this weekend’s derby clash at League One rivals Huddersfield Town, given their struggles so far this season at Oakwell. 

How satisfied will Leeds United be in the Championship after they followed up a resounding 3-0 win at home to Coventry City ahead of a 1-1 draw at manager Daniel Farke’s former club, Norwich City. 

Injuries to key players hit Huddersfield and Leeds, while Sheffield Wednesday pulled off a major coup by beating early-season leaders West Brom.

On this week’s episode, our panel of Stuart Rayner, Leon Wobschall and host Mark Singleton zone in on Sheffield United’s promising start to the Championship season, following their 1-0 win over Derby County at Bramall Lane. 

But, one tier below, there are frustrations for Rotherham United and Huddersfield Town – the Millers suffering a stop-start campaign so far in 2024-25, while the Terriers have suffered back-to-back defeats at the John Smith’s Stadium. 
We also analyse Doncaster Rovers’ performance in the EFL Trophy against Manchester United’s Under-21s.

On this week’s show, Harrogate Town hit the rwind button with yet more Yorkshire derby success, this time over League Two rivals, Doncaster Rovers – will the 2-0 win spark their season into life. 

In the Championship, our panel of Stuart Rayner, Leon Wobschall and host Mark Singleton assess the contrasting starts to the 24-25 campaign for Sheffield United and Hull City after their derby date, plus the late frustration for Sheffield Wednesday in their meeting at Hillsborough with QPR. 

Barnsley suffered bad trips on the road at Stevenage and then, in the League Cup, at Manchester United, leaving Darrell Clarke increasingly frustrated with his team.

Lee Carsley had a promising start to life as England’s interim manager as the national team moved on from the Gareth Southgate era. Stuart Rayner was at Wembley for the Nations League over Finland and, along with Leon Wobschall, assesses both that performance and the win in Dublin over the Republic of Ireland on Saturday.

The team then turn their attention to the EFL and the handful of Yorkshire teams in action, starting with Barnsley ending their wait for a home win at Oakwell. 

They also cast an eye over our three teams in League Two, Doncaster Rovers and Bradford City both enjoying weekend wins, while the early-season frustrations continued for Harrogate Town at Cheltenham Town.

With Leeds United having got the better of Hull City in their Elland Road Yorkshire derby, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess the season so far for both teams as we head into the first international break of the 2024-25 campaign. 

Another derby battle provides the material for the next discussion as Rotherham United finally got off the mark in terms of both goals and points while ending the unbeaten start to the League One season for Michael Duff’s Huddersfield Town. 

Sheffield United’s ability to end Watford’s unbeaten start in the Championship comes in for praise, too, while Stuart picks his team of the week and Leon his player of the week.

As we near the end of the first month of action in the EFL, football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess the story so far for a number of our teams, starting with Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday, whose meeting last weekend produced a comfortable win for the Whites.

They also turn their attention to a tough start to the season for Hull City under Tim Walter, contrasted by the 100 per cent start to life in League One for Huddersfield Town under Michael Duff.

Doncaster Rovers enjoyed a big night out at Goodison Park where they lost 3-0 to Everton in the second round of the Carabao Cup, but they have bigger fish to fry, according to our panel, as do Barnsley one level up, who enjoyed a 1-0 derby win over Sheffield United on the same night.

On this week's show, there was a bit of a reality check for Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough - the FootballTalk team of Mark Singleton, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess the implications.

The panel also cast an eye over the start of what Rotherham United hope will be a promotion campaign in League One.

On this week's show, we assess Barnsley's continuing struggles at home and Hull City's struggles to find a win, while Leeds United followed up a thrilling 3-3 draw with Portsmouth with defeat to Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup.

What can be read into Sheffield Wednesday's 4-0 thrashing of newly-promoted Plymouth Argyle and should Sheffield United fans temper their expectations despite excellent wins for the Blades over Wrexham and Preston North End.

And we close by assessing Huddersfield Town's promising start to the 2024-25 season in League One.

In the last podcast of the 2023-24 campaign, YP football writers Leon Wobschall and Stuart Rayner get together with host Mark Singleton to discuss the final talking points of the season. 

They start at Wembley and yet more play-off heartache for Leeds United who were edged out by Southampton in the Championship play-off final, missing out on an immediate return to the Premier League in the process. 

The appointment of Darrell Clarke as Barnsley’s new boss also comes up for discussion, as does the best way for Sheffield Wednesday to keep head coach Danny Rohl sweet over the coming months after the two came to agreement on his future at Hillsborough. 

Finally, they discuss what we can expect over the close season from our 11 EFL clubs – with no representative in the top-flight during 2024-25.

On this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to look forward to Sunday’s Championship play-off final clash between Leeds United and Southampton at Wembley. 

They also reflect on the end of Sheffield United’s miserable return to the Premier League, a campaign which saw them suffer an immediate relegation back to the Championship and leaves Chris Wilder with plenty of rebuilding work to do this summer. 

A rebuild is already underway at Rotherham United as Steve Evens sets about plotting a swift return to the second tier having taken over a Millers team already-relegated to League One – we assess the several signings made so far. 

And, with Euro 2024 fast-approaching, the panel analyse Gareth Southgate’s initial long-list squad for Germany.