Leeds must be wary of “intensity” from Norwich

Daniel Wales previews Leeds United vs. Norwich City.

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00:00Well, Leeds United look to get back on Wednesday evening to the top of the Championship table,

00:06having been taken off it in midweek due to them playing on Wednesday, Sheffield United

00:11playing on Tuesday and picking up a win. Leeds, of course, play Norwich City at Elland Road

00:16on this occasion, the former team of manager Daniel Tharker, so it has a bit of an extra

00:22edge to it, this game. Leeds are going into this game, of course, off the back of a really

00:26good win against Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday, but they do have some injury doubts ahead

00:32of kickoff. Brendan Aronson, he has a bit of an ankle knock, although Tharker is carefully

00:38optimistic, he made clear about Brendan Aronson's chances of being involved, although Mano Salomon,

00:44who, of course, scored the first goal against Sheffield Wednesday, is also a bit of a doubt.

00:50That is because of a hamstring problem and, according to Tharker, is rated as 50-50 in

00:55terms of being involved against the Canaries. Of course, the game will take an extra edge

01:00to it, just because it is Tharker's former club, and he actually compared them to Sheffield

01:05Wednesday in the way that they might approach the game. There's not too much pressure on

01:09Norwich, of course, as I say, they are having a bit of a better spell in the league season

01:13so far and are not too far from the playoffs, but they will be intense in their play, they

01:19will press high, said Tharker, and will be desperate for that late push into the playoffs

01:24given the fact that, as I said, they are not too far away from them. So, by no means

01:28will it be an easy test for Leeds United, but if they are to go about it in the way

01:32that they went about it against Sheffield Wednesday, then the Whites should have too

01:36much for the Canaries. Of course, Leeds do have a high-quality squad for the Championship,

01:44the only issue is, as mentioned, they do have a couple of injury issues, Pascal Stryk, of

01:47course, also unavailable at the moment, he's out for a little while as well, as well as

01:53the injuries mentioned there to Brendan Arrington, who, of course, could still play, and Manel

01:57Solomon, who is 50-50. Tharker also mentioned Willy Nonto, of course, who, a player who

02:03has an interesting history at Leeds, came in, did really well for them in the Premier

02:07League, then tried to leave the club with a transfer request and now is doing really

02:10well and he was praised by Tharker in the press conference, he said that he's been a

02:16lot more lively this season, adventurous, and he just wants him to have a bit more end

02:21product, that is all, but something that he knows he can certainly add to his game

02:25because he's done that and demonstrated that before in a Leeds United shirt. I think the

02:29fact that he's not been too static at the moment as a winger and he's constantly up

02:33and down the pitch, being all over, getting on the ball, running off the ball, is really

02:37helping his game, as Tharker says, it's just about adding further goals and further assists

02:42to what he produces, so it will be a very interesting game, one that Leeds will look

02:47to win, they should win really on paper, but of course, football is played on grass, but

02:52given the way they played against Sheffield on Wednesday, Leeds should have enough to

02:56dispatch of the Canaries.