Elland Road must leave him wondering why he thinks this is all worth it
Here are our five talking points from Leeds United's 3-0 win over Plymouth Argyle at Elland Road in the Championship as the hosts dominated from start to finish in West Yorkshire. This was Groundhog Day for Wayne Rooney.
Expected goal data for Leeds games is readily available going back to the start of the 2018/19 season, Marcelo Bielsa’s first, and no league opponent has registered 0.0 for that metric in that time. Post-match, Farke would admit he has never been involved in a match that saw such domination for one of his teams, with neither a shot nor corner conceded across the 90 minutes.
A day of contrasting debuts If you need to sum up for anyone exactly how straightforward and comfortable Saturday’s game was, you should show them the timing of Farke’s substitutions and the personnel involved. It’s very rare for the German to look to his bench before the 75th minute and even more unusual for him to play youngsters or fringe players.
The Scotland youth international, who came onto the first-team scene in pre-season, has been that 22nd or 23rd man on the long list for Farke. And yet, Plymouth offered so little threat, Farke felt confident blooding Chambers too. He had one memorable drive to the byline and pull-back that could have been an assist on another day. Guilavogui did, in admittedly comfortable circumstances, look classy in the middle of the park.
The Spaniard is always an option for Farke and it may not have been the hugest surprise if the manager had rolled the dice up top at 2pm yesterday. He kept faith with Piroe, however, and was handsomely rewarded. A defensive reinforcement It had no bearing on the win and is not expected to have much of a bearing on the starting line-up for weeks, but Max Wober’s return was noteworthy on Saturday. When the Austrian was joined in the treatment room by Ethan Ampadu, central defence was looking especially thin for United.
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