Leeds United manager Daniel Farke made a surprising decision to drop star winger Daniel James for the match against Brentford, opting instead for Wilfried Gnonto and Manor Solomon. Despite James' recent goals and assists, the manager rotated the wingers to manage minutes, with James expected to return for Saturday's match in Lancashire.
Sunday’s performances across the wingers had painted Daniel Farke into something of a corner going into last night’s win for Leeds United . Daniel James and Manor Solomon looked untouchable after their goals and assists, while Wilfried Gnonto had bagged from the bench and been Farke’s most-used attacker before the Wales trip.
If only every team allowed that much space in behind for a simple long ball, sprint and lob. James will hope to return to the fold for Saturday’s 1.30pm kick-off in Lancashire. Based on Farke’s comments after the last two games, it may be Solomon’s turn for rotation. If Solomon goes wide, Sam Byram will invert and occupy the channel, which pulls Pascal Struijk virtually to left-back, Ao Tanaka into centre-back and Joe Rodon spreads wider to the right. When Gnonto tucks inside, Jayden Bogle swarms into the acreage of the right flank.
A left-back dilemma Byram has rarely disappointed since returning last year, but in this latest series of starts around the full-backs’ suspension, last night was his finest performance yet. It wasn’t down to the goal either. Byram’s played well, even scored, the team is winning and Firpo, frustrating as the process was, has been suspended for poor judgement. Farke has form for leaving suspended players out in the first instance, like Rodon after his Hull City dismissal last season.
The American’s redemption arc is well known by now. Nobody can doubt he has won over many doubters since returning from Germany and worked to earn that trust from the terraces. Bamford’s never been in this position before It’s a minor footnote, an observation rather than a criticism, on an otherwise excellent night for Leeds, but Patrick Bamford must be wondering where the next minutes are coming from. The England international has never before been left on the bench as frequently as this in his time at Elland Road.
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