Influences in the Leeds United dressing room do not come much bigger than Liam Cooper’s. The club captain has been at Elland Road longer than anyone else in the squad and only Stuart Dallas has made more appearances than him.
The 31-year-old is currently in the midst of his most inconsistent spell of starts for the season. Cooper has been in the starting line-up just twice across the last 12 matches United have played.
In the skipper’s absence, Robin Koch and Max Wober have formed a promising partnership in central defence. The run of results may not be drastically better with the German-speaking pair in the centre, but critical eyes are looking at a blunt attack rather than a leaky defence.
