James Justin sold to Leeds United - Official

[Aleksz]

39 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

I've crack handedly tried to make the point on this and other threads, me personally don't know if Faes is a bell end. 

 

I've never seen any evidence that he is.

 

Plenty on here say you can read his body language or that you can see he  'blames others' or that he's arrogant or a bell end .. but, none of those is exactly a smoking gun. 

 

Honestly, to me, he seems a decent enough fella. I mean, I don't know that. That's just me reading his social cues, which obvs might be wildly wrong. 

 

We can agree his time at Leicester has been a disaster for all parties. I just think the club itself is as much to blame for that as Faes. Probably more so. 

I mean I can't be bothered to look back intensively over his time here, but surely ear cupping his own fans as an obvious example? to a degree, he should be able to give back whatever he receives, but I think that's just one of many examples of god awful body language within the last 3/4 years here. I don't actually think he's an "awful" player, contrary to much belief, but it's just never been a right fit at this period.

 

Ultimately I would guess he's a "decent fella", he probably is to people at Seagrave, but his body language here will be his legacy unfortunately. 

[AKCJ]

49 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

I've crack handedly tried to make the point on this and other threads, me personally don't know if Faes is a bell end. 

 

I've never seen any evidence that he is.

 

Plenty on here say you can read his body language or that you can see he  'blames others' or that he's arrogant or a bell end .. but, none of those is exactly a smoking gun. 

 

Honestly, to me, he seems a decent enough fella. I mean, I don't know that. That's just me reading his social cues, which obvs might be wildly wrong. 

 

We can agree his time at Leicester has been a disaster for all parties. I just think the club itself is as much to blame for that as Faes. Probably more so. 

[Paninistickers]

1 hour ago, AKCJ said:

he was booed onto the pitch - only to hear the hypocrisy of the same fans cheering his winning goal a few minutes later..

 

I think he was entitled to give a bit back..

 

 

[MPH]

3 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

he was booed onto the pitch - only to hear the hypocrisy of the same fans cheering his winning goal a few minutes later..

 

I think he was entitled to give a bit back..

 

 

 Were they really cheering *his* winning goal a few minutes later or were the just happy that Leicester were winning?

[whoareyaaa]

22 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

he was booed onto the pitch - only to hear the hypocrisy of the same fans cheering his winning goal a few minutes later..

 

I think he was entitled to give a bit back..

 

 

They was shouting Wooout not Booot

[MC Prussian]

Btw, how's James Justin doing at Leeds?

[baldeagle]

18 hours ago, MC Prussian said:

Btw, how's James Justin doing at Leeds?

Only just got in the team due to injury to Bogle mainly sub appearances. Next ! 

[The Doctor]

On 14/01/2026 at 13:03, willie-bell-in-rothley said:

yes , only missed a few home and away,  my point stands, ndidi wasnt fit enough.

when you have a chunk of the season with only two non injured CMs (Praet being a crock, Casadaei going back), they're obviously going to eventually look leggy, really doesn't change the point that as a team we only ever looked like we'd done proper conditioning in 23/24

[Deeg67]

On 15/01/2026 at 03:12, MC Prussian said:

Btw, how's James Justin doing at Leeds?

Did fine as a sub, did well enough when Bogle - who's been a talisman for them - get dinged up that there are calls for him to keep the RB position.

[OntarioFox]

On 14/01/2026 at 17:41, Paninistickers said:

he was booed onto the pitch - only to hear the hypocrisy of the same fans cheering his winning goal a few minutes later..

 

I think he was entitled to give a bit back..

 

 

...in the first game after the second of two relegations he'd been a massive part of, against a team of children and volunteers who hadn't been paid in three months, and who currently sit on minus seven points at the bottom of the second tier. Yeah, he sure showed us.

[Lambert09]

I hate the way he left us tbh, had the worst spell of his whole career so we get this feeling that he was terrible. But id say overall he was a decent player for us. 
 

I did highlight at the time that we’d be in trouble letting him go and still feel that we’d be a far stronger team if he’d stayed. But the deal was too good to turn down 

Edited 16 January by Lambert09

[Deeg67]

Played CB yesterday (though in a 3, which is easier for a fullback) and looked excellent again. Set pieces were absolute dross though. 

[SafewayFox]

JJ was on huge wages and had one year left on his contract.

 

Him going wasn’t the issue, it was the fact that all of our FB options (sorry Ricky P) are rancid.

 

We have probably played against 10/12 genuinely better FB’s, who are likely on a fraction of what our players are being paid too.

[SK3Blue]

Doesn’t really matter what wages he was on when you are chucking 4 year deals at Thomas. That’s where the money is wasted. Justin wasn’t a bad player for us, the second long term injury seemed to impact on him in the same way as Ricardo. 
 

 

 

Edited 18 January by SK3Blue

[Deeg67]

44 minutes ago, SafewayFox said:

JJ was on huge wages and had one year left on his contract.

 

Him going wasn’t the issue, it was the fact that all of our FB options (sorry Ricky P) are rancid.

 

We have probably played against 10/12 genuinely better FB’s, who are likely on a fraction of what our players are being paid too.

It really is all about decisions. Leeds brought in two strikers who have 15 PL goals for them - both on a free. And their head of recruitment (Adam Underwood) is nothing to write home about. You mean to tell me we couldn't find a competent striker who could find the net a few times at Championship level, even skint as we are?

[SafewayFox]

1 hour ago, SK3Blue said:

Doesn’t really matter what wages he was on when you are chucking 4 year deals at Thomas. That’s where the money is wasted. Justin wasn’t a bad player for us, the second long term injury seemed to impact on him in the same way as Ricardo. 
 

 

 

Sorry but this so wide of the mark.

 

We are in this sorry state because of how much we overpay our players.

 

Thomas is a different story but confident he’s likely on half of what JJ and others are on.

 

Not defending the club for extending Thomas’ contract btw.

[SafewayFox]

57 minutes ago, Deeg67 said:

It really is all about decisions. Leeds brought in two strikers who have 15 PL goals for them - both on a free. And their head of recruitment (Adam Underwood) is nothing to write home about. You mean to tell me we couldn't find a competent striker who could find the net a few times at Championship level, even skint as we are?

DCL would be on very big wages but I totally agree.

 

We are run like an amateur outfit competing against professionals.

[Corky]

JJ was done here, he needed a fresh start. He has qualities than can show at the top level.

 

The issue is we still have players who weren't at his level at the club who needed to go long before he did.

[SK3Blue]

2 hours ago, SafewayFox said:

Sorry but this so wide of the mark.

 

We are in this sorry state because of how much we overpay our players.

 

Thomas is a different story but confident he’s likely on half of what JJ and others are on.

 

Not defending the club for extending Thomas’ contract btw.

But isn’t a 4 year deal overpaying a player? Even if Thomas is on half of what Justin was? You end up paying the same for a player that offers less. And if Justin was ‘done here’ then Luke Thomas was done 3 years ago! 

[SafewayFox]

7 minutes ago, SK3Blue said:

But isn’t a 4 year deal overpaying a player? Even if Thomas is on half of what Justin was? You end up paying the same for a player that offers less. And if Justin was ‘done here’ then Luke Thomas was done 3 years ago! 

We both agree that Thomas on a 4 year deal is terrible business.

 

But, I can’t agree that it’s the same as overpaying weekly salaries, we’ve been unable to shift dross for years as no-one else is moronic enough to pay what we pay.

 

I can’t wait for the next two summers when so many of these “PL experienced” players all walk out for free, shambles.

[HarryTheGenie]

Watching him play for Leeds and looking competent, interested, actually quite decent, and being rated by their fans tells you all you need to know about the culture of our club at the moment. A really decent lower Prem level player who was on cruise control here stinking the place out.

 

Good business getting what we did for him with 12 months left on his contract but really highlights the wider issues in our club that he is doing well at a much higher level.

[Old Fox]

4 hours ago, HarryTheGenie said:

Watching him play for Leeds and looking competent, interested, actually quite decent, and being rated by their fans tells you all you need to know about the culture of our club at the moment. A really decent lower Prem level player who was on cruise control here stinking the place out.

 

Good business getting what we did for him with 12 months left on his contract but really highlights the wider issues in our club that he is doing well at a much higher level.

Sadly it was not JJ it’s something about the environment that’s been allowed to fester - JJ was and is a really good pro and like lots of players we have had suddenly look decent when they exit!!

 

we need a complete reset and at least this summer lots of players leave but behind the scenes is as worrying with a complete inept leadership team 

[Deeg67]

JJ remains a frustrating player - stuff like that needless corner he gave up in stoppage time yesterday are all too common still. And he doesn't offer them much going forward. But he's been steady, reliable, and equally competent all across the back line. Certainly a class above anyone we started in our back four this weekend.

[Chelmofox]

Farke adapted to life in the PL. Leeds are not playing a variant of 4-3-3, therefore protecting the defence. 
 

In our world, JJ was expected to be bombing up and down the pitch for 90 minutes. It was exhausting watching him do it sometimes. God knows what it was like to play in. 
 

Saying that, Leeds are still in real trouble and the relegation battlers all still get to play each other. I can still see spurs sorting themselves out. 
 

 

[FoxesTalker]

This recent interview is very telling of the culture that exists here.

“The kind of squad they’ve built - everyone says it’s a good dressing room but it’s [also] not one where you say something to someone they take it to heart. I feel like that’s a good [thing], he explained.

As soon as I walked into the dressing room, I was a bit bewildered because obviously every team is different.
 

The way they operate day-to-day also takes some getting used to. I felt here that everyone just got on with it, whatever the job was. And everyone held each other accountable to maintain this on and off the pitch. It is definitely something I wasn’t used to before.”
 

Edited 12 April by FoxesTalker