Forty-eight hours stand between Leeds United and their first pre-season friendly of the summer. Last week's confirmation Blackpool will visit York for the opener has quickly put a timescale on Jesse Marsch’s preparations for the coming season.
With the training underway at Thorp Arch, we will rapidly be into the friendlies and then Wolverhampton Wanderers will be at Elland Road in no time. Every friendly counts and with just about everyone already back in West Yorkshire, Marsch’s attention will turn to who he uses on Thursday.
The second tranche of players returned for pre-season on July 4 and after a first day of testing will only have two Thorp Arch days behind them when Blackpool arrive. Assuming Marsch focuses on those players with a lot more training in their legs, those who returned on June 27, we have the makings of our first XI of the summer.
