This article is part of Football FanCast’s Pundit View series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent quotes from journalists, pundits, players and managers…
Marcelo Bielsa has something of a selection headache coming up.
Indeed, Pablo Hernandez’s return from injury leaves the Argentine with a large headache and a decision to make.
He now again has to choose between whether to play the two-time Player of the Year winner, or his £15m signing Helder Costa.
Yorkshire Evening Post’s chief football writer has had his say on the predicament that Bielsa finds himself in.
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What’s been said then?
On the latest edition of the Inside Elland Road podcast, Graham Smyth said:
“Personally, Hernandez coming in for Costa would be the obvious choice. I know some people were more impressed with Costa on Saturday than they have been of late – I’m not sure he’s producing enough at the minute.
“With Pablo, you always expect something, that he’ll produce something from nowhere. With Costa you have the pace and the dribbling. It’s not a bad situation to be in.”
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Take the positives
The last part of that quote is what Leeds should really be transfixed on.
Smyth is right that having to choose between arguably your best player and the most expensive signing the club has made in the past decade isn’t a bad spot to be in, even if one hasn’t scored or assisted when starting in the league.
Rather than getting stressed out about how Bielsa is going to keep both players happy or how they’re best utilised, the best thing for United supporters to do is to is to appreciate that they’re in a position where they’re able to choose between these two top talents, rather than having a squad bereft of these types of players.
After all, a lack of squad depth was what killed Leeds last term.
They’d accumulated 31 injury problems as of April last term so it should be a welcome relief that this dilemma is on the cards – it could well be something that has a vital say on their league position.
