Jon Newsome believes Rasmus Kristensen is not 'good enough for second fiddle' after his poor display in Leeds United's 2-2 draw against Cardiff City earlier this month.
Kristensen was restored to the starting line-up, after losing his starting place to Luke Ayling in the Whites' back-to-back draws against Newcastle United and West Ham respectively.
The Danish international struggled in the Welsh capital and was replaced by Cody Drameh after just 59 minutes with Leeds trailing by two goals to nil. Former Leeds defender Newsome argued that Ayling should be ahead of Kristensen in the pecking order, and doesn't understand how his right-back position is under threat.
“I don’t see what he [Kristensen] offers. He doesn’t recognise danger, doesn’t see the threat of what’s happening behind him. It’s what Jesse is asking him to do but he pushes on really high and leaves that space," Newsome told BBC West Yorkshire Daily.
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“But he even pushes on high when the ball is on the other side and leaves the centre-backs 2v2. Three or four times that big diagonal ball, he’s miscontrolled it or he’s not even got a touch on it. Just a poor performance.
“I don’t want to sit up here and start digging players out because I know how difficult it is. But I would expect a lot better from him. For the price tag that we paid for him, for the reputation that he’s got. I don’t understand why or how Luke Ayling’s position is under threat by him because Ayling is a far better full-back.”
He added: “We’ve got Firpo and Kristensen. Two full-backs that we’ve paid good amounts of money for really. When in reality, you look at them today and think their not even good enough for second fiddle.”
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