Artikkel fra Leeds-Live om venstreback-posisjonen...
https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-left-back-solution-25735640Et par ting å merke se her:
Den utrolig uselviske innstillingen selv fra Junior Firpo om å hjelpe Struijk.
Advice from team-mates with far more experience in the position has been vital to Struijk’s development. While Junior Firpo, the man everyone expected to be holding down the position with zero competition, has been a constant source of support for Struijk.
“Junior has played there for way longer than I have, so asking him and Bill (Luke Ayling), the players who play right-back, Stuey [Dallas], asking them for advice,” he said. “Now I've played quite a few games, so I'm getting pretty used to it and if I run into trouble I can always ask them.”
On Firpo, he added: “As a team, we are always happy for each other. Of course, there’s a wanting to play because every player wants to play, but no matter what everyone supports each other, even if they’re not in the team.”
At det er tydelig at Marsch ser på Struijk som midtstopper, selv med tanke på denne sesongen tydeligvis:
Jesse Marsch has made a point of returning Struijk to central defence, with Leo Hjelde at left-back, at Elche and behind closed doors at Preston. That remains the long-term plan for the 23-year-old, but there are huge benefits he will take back to that position from left-back.
“It's a different position, it asks different things of you,” he said. “You play much more one vs one, you're asked to go and attack way more, running up and down the pitch, playing one v one against great players. It is difficult, but it's a good challenge for me to have.”
