Starter tråden nå siden Leeds-Live har en artikkel om de SJU utespillerne som er tilbake på treningsfeltet denne uka...
Illan Meslier, Kristoffer Klaesson and Karl Darlow will keep goalkeeping coach Ed Wootten busy, but there are only seven regular outfield members of Farke’s squad still around. Joel Piroe, Patrick Bamford, Crysencio Summerville, Jaidon Anthony, Shackleton, Byram and Joe Gelhardt need one more volunteer to make a five vs five.
Det vil ikke bli noe meningsfull strukturell trening denne uka, men noen kan få øvd på individual skills:
“It's always tricky to work on team behaviour skills. It's more like you work, during this period, on individual skills and a bit more detailed with individual players.”
Klaesson might make a half-decent pivot or Sonny Perkins could be called into the fray too, but Farke does not expect there to be anything noteworthy achieved at a structural, team level. There are too many players missing for that, but individual work will be valuable as the coaches iron out creases.
“Yes, not many [players],” said Farke. “Perhaps I have to have a look if I have my boots still there in the boot room in order to work a bit on my shape, but yes, we have a few players there. [There] will be perhaps a group of seven or eight and we have to make sure, we need these seven or eight, that they are in good shape.
Potensielle skader kan oppstå men Byram ser i alle fall ut til å måtte starte - Firpo kommer sannsynligvis til England først på kampdagen...
Georginio Rutter’s surgery leaves the door open to Piroe’s possible inclusion, Anthony could be needed ahead of Daniel James or Wilfried Gnonto, while Byram is almost nailed on to start at left-back. Junior Firpo’s second Dominican Republic fixture kicks off at 1.30am UK time on March 27 in Peru and Farke understands the defender may not be back on home soil until the morning of Good Friday.
https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/new-leeds-united-striker-needed-28849611Motstander Watford er av disse midt-på-tabellen-lagene som hverken kan rykke opp eller ned (13 poeng opp til playoff, 9 ned til under streken). De har 1-1-3 siste fem, men vi vet jo at formen før/etter en internasjonal pause kan variere voldsomt. Uten å ha sjekket antar eg at de har de fleste av sine spillere tilgjengelig i pausen.