Player weights are healthier than they have ever been at Leeds United along with a raft of fitness measures that leave Jesse Marsch in bullish mood on his squad’s condition. Speaking about how the Whites had coped with the break between Brentford and Aston Villa, the head coach said the physical data was at ‘levels they’ve never been at.’
With Stuart Dallas, Adam Forshaw and Archie Gray the only injury concerns going into last weekend, United’s treatment list was the shortest it had been in a very long time. The overall physical picture at Elland Road looks even rosier when you consider what came before.
Marcelo Bielsa’s regime was known for being hard work, but it did create arguably the fittest squads in the Championship and Premier League seasons he was at the helm. The physical output delivered by the players underlined that fact.
