Options are running out, form is plummeting for some players and Leeds United have a match they simply have to win on Sunday if they harbour hopes of surviving relegation. At the outset, when it comes to my XI, it has to be clear Junior Firpo, Diego Llorente and Rodrigo have been overlooked.
Their confidence must be shot to pieces on the evidence of their recent performances and they are not options, in my eyes, to be relied upon to come up big on Sunday (feel free to screenshot this and hammer me when they score). When you discount the Spanish contingent, the team almost picks itself.
There are some 50-50 calls you might weigh up around the fringes with youth options, but this XI uses the abundance of centre-backs available while carrying enough bodies in the final third to score the goals needed. Pascal Struijk as a wing-back is one of the slots I am open to debate on.
