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WE ARE GOING UP: LUFC SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
Kiko Casilla
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APPS: 36
GOALS: 0
Ilian Meslier
APPS: 9 GOALS: 0
GOALKEEPER
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Luke Ayling
APPS: 34 (2) GOALS: 4
RIGHT-BACK
Once he came back from surgery he
cemented a place in the team. Superb
going forward, solid at the back,
he’s shown incredible leadership
throughout. One of Bielsa's generals.
Liam Cooper
APPS: 35 (2)
GOALS: 2
CENTRE-HALF
Made amends
for the costly
high profile
slips late last
season with
consistently
solid
performances.
Aerially
dominant has
allowed White
to go forward.
Wore the
armband with
distinction.
PascalStruijk
APPS: 1 (3)
GOALS: 0
CENTRE-HALF
First-team
chances
limited but
for the Under
23s has
shown he is
a physical
force and
can dominate
forwards.
Loves a
headed goal.
Another for
the future.
Adam Forshaw
GOALKEEPER
The Spaniard’s
season will
be defined
by the eight-
game ban for
racism. Prior
to that he had
his ups and
downs, with
some stellar
performances,
deserved
clean sheets
and some iffy
moments.
Barry Douglas
APPS: 6 (9) GOALS: 0
LEFT-BACK
Didn’t have the season he was
At just 20 years of age the French loanee
expecting, thanks in part to injury
and the form of Dallas once he
moved to left-back. His best showing
of the season came at Blackburn,
remains a great option off the bench.
reading of the game
is exceptional.
A diamond of
a signing.
&
Stuart Dallas
APPS: 44 GOALS: 4
RIGHT-BACK, LEFT-BACK, CM
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GaetanoBerardi
APPS: 13 (9)
GOALS: 0
CENTRE-HALF
Avery
capable
and reliable
understudy
for the first-
choice centre-
half pairing.
Has rarely
skipped a beat
when he’s
slotted in. A
player Bielsa
rates and
everyone at
Leeds loves.
Oliver Casey
Has played well, everywhere. Ultra
reliable, consistent and key for Leeds
in progressing the ball forward when
he plays full-back. Another leader.
Leif Davis
APPS: (3) GOALS: 0
LEFT-BACK
Another youngster with a bright
future ahead of him. Unable to make
a breakthrough but was behind a lot
of senior competition on the left side
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Ian Poveda
APPS: 1(2)
GOALS: 0
RIGHT WING
Brought in during
the January
transfer window,
took five months
to make his
breakthrough
but appears
to have found
Bielsa's favour.
Another quick,
tricky winger
and excelled in
yesterday’s full
debut against
and there’s no shame in that.
Bielsa clearly likes him.
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was thrust into the first team but has
done his hopes of a permanent move
world of good. Good distribution and
shot stopping when called upon.
the
Ben White
Apps:45
Goals: 0
Centre-half
Has done
everything
brilliantly,
except
score goals,
in his first
Championship
season. Classy
on the ball, good
in the air and in
the tackle but his
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APPS: (1) GOALS: 0
CENTRE-HALF
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Just five minutes of Championship
action, but he has come on leaps and
bounds this year and looks like one
for the future. Confident on the ball
and great in the air for the Under 23s
APPS: 6(1) GOALS: 0
CENTRAL MIDFIELD
Gawthorpe
A player who started the season
brilliantly, giving Leeds real control in
games, before injury took him out of
the equation and necessitated surgery.
Derby.