Phil Hay: Adam Forshaw may get Leeds United start v Wolves
Phil Hay has insisted that Leeds United midfielder Adam Forshaw could start in the Premier League clash with Wolves this afternoon.
Marcelo Bielsa has confirmed that Kalvin Phillips won’t be risked at Elland Road, and with Stuart Dallas dropping in at left-back, this could be the moment.
Forshaw has been without consistent outings for two years now, and Hay admitted if not now, then what is the point of keeping the midfielder around?
Writing in his Athletic pre-match discussion this morning, Hay shared whether now was the right time to change things.
“This might be Forshaw’s moment,” he wrote. “Struijk has had decent games as CDM but he’s had poor ones too and in Forshaw you’ve got an out and out midfielder.
“If he’s fit, I think I’d be picking him. Otherwise, what’s the point?”
Now or never?
If Forshaw ever had a good chance of starting in the Premier League this season, it was now.
Phillips will return against Norwich next week, and so could Junior Firpo meaning that Dallas will likely move back into midfield.
Forshaw came off the bench at Southampton last week, and after the experiment to start Tyler Roberts clearly failed, changes could be made this afternoon.
We need more experienced options in the middle of the park, and it could finally be time for Forshaw, and he has a lot to prove.
Bielsa will know he needs to pull something out of the bag, and we could see something left-field, could that be Forshaw?
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