After a substitute changed the game came the questions about the substitute who didn’t change the game. Partly, of course, because he was not even brought on. Jamie Vardy struck to earn Leicester a point, but many an eye at Elland Road was cast to the Leeds bench. Wilfried Gnonto remained there, even as Javi Gracia only brought two players on, even as Luis Sinisterra went off injured and Rodrigo is not deemed fit enough to play 90 minutes.
The breakout star of Leeds’ season has only played 53 minutes in their crowded April. As he came on when they were 3-1 down against Crystal Palace and 5-1 behind Liverpool, arguably only the 10 at Fulham came when much was at stake. Gnonto may be Elland Road’s new cause celebre, the focus of unrest with Gracia, even as Jack Harrison and Sinisterra, the wingers he has preferred, have chipped in with valuable goals and assists in the Spaniard’s brief reign.
