Decide on the left-back stopgap
One of the main narratives of Leeds United’s summer still requires a happy ending. With Junior Firpo recovering from injury for a few more weeks and Leif Davis sold, Jesse Marsch needs to decide on which direction he takes.
In Australia, the head coach experimented with Jack Harrison, Pascal Struijk, Leo Hjelde and Davis across the three friendlies. None of that quartet caught the eye for the right reasons while they were Down Under in that role.
Harrison is surely required to play in the final third, especially with Daniel James’s suspension and Luis Sinisterra’s injury. That leaves Struijk or Hjelde as the most realistic possibilities for Marsch.
Through this week, Cagliari and into next week, Marsch needs to drill down into who he plays there and how he gets them purring in this system.
READ MORE: pre-season and has played no part in any of the friendlies as yet. Even if the captain is fit enough to play on Sunday, a maximum of 45 minutes to an hour on the field is not going to make up for the shortfall in sharpness he needs.
Talking with Cooper and agreeing on how he plots his way back to Premier League action is an important step across these next 10 days. That plan will also inform Marsch’s strategy for Sunday with the centre-back pairing he ultimately uses on the opening day a week on Saturday.
READ NEXT:
https://www.1pagelocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/0_GettyImages-1242057285-WdhMHo-150x150.jpeg
https://www.1pagelocal.com/leeds-united-news/sinisterra-stopgaps-and-jesse-marschs-leeds-united-in-tray-with-10-days-to-go/
No comments:
Post a Comment