Training was not up to scratch from Joe Rodon and the Leeds United defender needed a jolt from Daniel Farke before he deserved his place back in the starting line-up. The Wales international returned to the fold on Wednesday night and immediately played a key role in the team’s fifth clean sheet of the campaign.
However, while match performance from Rodon has been impressive, the manager felt he was not seeing enough from the 25-year-old at Thorp Arch. Farke has constantly talked about
standards, earning a place in the starting line-up and then only retaining it with strong showings in games.
Rodon may have felt like a shoo-in for team selection to many of us, but the German felt he needed to see a little more behind closed doors. Thankfully, Farke says, the improvement has come on the training ground.
