Leeds United - v - Sheffield United ***Matchday Thread***

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Agree 100% Allioski gets a lot of bad press for not being the best left back in the league - but as you rightly point out he was never a left back before joining us, or indeed under our previous managers, however, Philips wasn't a defensive midfielder until Bielsa made him one, Dallas was a right winger at Brentford, Costa was a left winger, Ayling was originally a center back and on and on - Bielsa EXPECTS all his players to be able to play several positions, Allioski is no differenet in that respect, where I do agree withy you is that he gets stick on a regular basis whereas others don't if they are playing "Out of position" and I do think he has been a fabulous aquisition over the last 4 years, and in my opinion will be sadly missed if he does go this summer, always loved the guy, particularly when he wound Appo Halme up in the tunnel before the away game at Barnsley last season!

No argument regarding his limited ability to flex and perform to the max with the changing requirements from Bielsa (at least when compared to some of the others (although not all, the newbies like Koch and Llorente appear not to fall into the "flexible" player category)), and we definitely agree on how much stick he gets! I suppose had the club acquired a "natural left back" he (Alioski) might find it harder to get 1st team game time.

Anyway, I suspect he will leave (although I still hope he doesn't). Just hope it's not for that club, no matter how many bridges need to be built I wouldn't want the first (and hardest) to be on the back of a real club stalwart joining them.