“Sloppy” Leeds star slammed in 2-0 loss to Man United

Jamie Shackleton has been slammed for being ‘overrun and outgunned’ in Leeds United’s midfield when the Peacocks got here up in opposition to Manchester United in a preseason conflict earlier this week.

So, what has occurred up to now throughout Leeds United’s preseason?

It wasn’t the begin to preseason preparations that Leeds would’ve been hoping for, and a loss to fierce rivals United is actually not the best way new boss Daniel Farke would’ve wished to get his tenure on the Yorkshire membership underway both.

The groups performed the sport in Oslo’s Ullevaal Stadium to a offered out crowd, and regardless of Leeds now competing within the Championship, the sport itself was a reasonably aggressive one.

By halftime, the sport was nonetheless degree, and it took till the 67th minute for United teenager Noam Emeran to lastly make the incisive transfer and open the scoring for the Purple Devils.

It took simply one other 14 minutes for 19-year-old Joe Hugill to double the rating, however by then, the sport was already out of sight for the Whites.

Whereas a couple of Leeds gamers, notably captain Liam Cooper and Ian Poveda, shone throughout the recreation, some appeared greater than a bit of rusty after a couple of weeks off, particularly Jamie Shackleton.

In accordance with Leeds Dwell journalist Beren Cross, the 23-year-old, who was given a 5/10, ‘appeared overrun and outgunned within the center. Responsible of 1 notably sloppy move which was picked off contained in the Leeds field.’

Is Jamie Shackleton adequate?

His poor exhibiting in opposition to United may be only a single recreation within the eyes of latest boss Farke, nevertheless it may be time for the membership to chop their losses on the Hemsworth-born midfielder.

The Leeds youth product spent final season on mortgage with Championship facet Millwall however began simply 17 video games for the facet, and, in accordance with WhoScored, he averaged a fairly poor score of 6.25 throughout the season.

His underlying numbers do not look nice both, with FBref, who evaluate gamers in an identical place throughout what they outline as the subsequent greatest eight competitions, inserting him in simply the highest 37% for profitable take-ons and clearances, the highest 46% for blocks, the highest 51% for touches within the opposition’s penalty space and the highest 52% for progressive carries, all per 90.

These are his standout attributes from the final 12 months as nicely, so there is not a single attribute for which he’s above common, which ought to be ringing alarm bells within the minds of Leeds employees.

To high all of it off, he was named in The Second Tier’s ‘Worst XI‘ of the season in January.

Who’re Leeds United taking part in in preseason?

Sadly for Farke, issues do not get a lot simpler of their subsequent preseason recreation, as Leeds tackle French giants AS Monaco in York’s LNER Group Stadium on Saturday, July twenty second.

The Principality membership completed in a considerably underwhelming sixth place within the league final yr, however with gamers like Wissam Ben Yedder and Breel Embolo, they need to be an excellent problem for Leeds.

Issues look a bit of simpler for the Whites of their closing two video games earlier than the season begins as they tackle Premier League facet Nottingham Forest in Burton’s Pirelli Stadium on Thursday, July twenty seventh.

Leeds ought to really feel assured sufficient going into this recreation as the house facet got here out on top in each fixtures final season, with The Garibaldi solely beating Leeds 1-0 in February.

The ultimate preseason recreation sees Farke’s males journey to Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh to tackle Scottish Premiership facet Coronary heart of Midlothian on Sunday, July thirtieth.

The Jambos completed in fourth spot final season and will show a problem for Leeds, regardless of the Yorkshire membership’s 50% win fee in opposition to the membership.

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