Farke has to throw out Leeds who have lost 80% of their duels

Leeds United walked back to the top Priority table with a relatively comfortable 2-0 win Daniel Farkeside above Norwich City at Elland Road on Wednesday night.

The Whites started the game in the best possible way when they scored a goal in the first 30 seconds after a cross from the right side by Dan James.

Solomon then scored the second goal of the second half when his cross to the back post found the Wales international, who volleyed into the far corner.

Despite the overall result and a decent performance from the West Yorkshire team, there were some disappointing performers, one of them being Brenden Aaronson.

Brenden Aaronson’s performance against Norwich

The US international was a question mark with injury ahead of the game and that knock may have affected his sharpness in this game, as the attacking midfielder struggled at times.

Aaronson had a great chance to create something in the first half when he was released on goal from the right side of the box, but he decided to go down without making any contact from goalkeeper Angus Gunn, giving the Canaries a goal.

Former RB Salzburg player as well failed with both dribbling attempts and during the entire game he did not send a single shot at the goal, although he created two opportunities for his teammates and was not awarded an assist.

Aaronson, who lost seven of his nine duel in the game, will be hoping for more success in the final third next time, after hopefully overcoming his shot and regaining his sharpness on the top edge of the pitch.

While it was a disappointing display from the American midfielder, Joel Piroe was even worse than the former Union Berlin player and Farke should be ruthlessly dumped.

Why Joel Piroe should be dropped

The Dutch forward has looked a bit out of sorts in the last two games at Elland Road, failing to offer much in the upper half of the pitch against Sheffield Wednesday or Norwich.

In this clash with the Canaries, Piroe lost 80% (4/5) of his physical duels evening, as Callum Doyle and Shane Duffy found it too easy to get him out of the match.

He also failed to score from any of his own four shots on goal and he didn’t create a single chance for his teammates, completing only 71% of his pass attempts, which speaks to his ineffectiveness in the final third.

Aaronson at least created two chances for his teammates and tried to spark his team in the upper half of the pitch, while Piroe was wasteful with shots and careless in possession.

As you can see in the table above, the former Swansea player has struggled in the last two matches and therefore Farke should ruthlessly drop him from the line-up.

Mateo Joseph should be raring to go after a spell on the bench and could return to the side motivated to prove to the manager that he deserves more minutes.