{"id":2146,"date":"2025-04-04T02:28:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T02:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/2146\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T02:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T02:28:15","slug":"what-the-leeds-united-players-think-about-karl-darlow-behind-scenes-as-illan-meslier-axed-by-daniel-farke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/2146\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Leeds United players think about Karl Darlow behind scenes as Illan Meslier axed by Daniel Farke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So, Daniel Farke has made the surprise decision to drop Illan Meslier from his starting line-up and bring in Karl Darlow, ahead of Leeds United\u2019s clash against Luton Town on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many felt Daniel Farke<\/a> would continue to stick by Illan Meslier<\/a> as he has done in the past, despite mistakes against Sunderland and then Hull. But it appears Swansea proved to be Farke\u2019s final straw.<\/p>\n

Darlow <\/a>will come in for his first league start of the season. Stuart Dallas has said Darlow is key off the pitch<\/a> and now, the Wales international will get the chance to show why he can be important on it.<\/p>\n

Leeds<\/a> go up against 23rd-placed Luton Town on Saturday, but Matt Bloomfield\u2019s side are in good form having won three of the last five. A lot better than Leeds anyway, who have only managed one win.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Malcolm Couzens\/Getty ImagesWhat Daniel Farke said about Karl Darlow in press conference<\/p>\n

Darlow is an experienced goalkeeper with spells at Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United and Hull \u2013 playing in the Premier League<\/a> and now, is Wales\u2019 first-chioce stopper ahead of Leicester\u2019s Danny Ward.<\/p>\n

Speaking in Thursday\u2019s press conference, Farke shared how Darlow had been performing in training and why he was 100% convinced to make a change. He also shared how the Leeds squad feel about Darlow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are always a few concerns that he hasn\u2019t played many league games. But I see him each and every day in training, he performs really well. Absolutely professional, absolutely loyal, everyone trusts him. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s played two good games for Wales. In good rhythm, so in this moment in a nervy period and you feel the pressure, we trust Karl so much. We trust his quality. I am 100% convinced it is the right decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n

Karl Darlow\u2019s Championship stats compared to Illan Meslier<\/p>\n

It might just be the perfect time to bring in Darlow. He hasn\u2019t played much for Leeds, but Darlow has just got match sharpness with Wales where he impressed<\/a> and in doing so, combined with Leeds\u2019 Joe Rodon.<\/p>\n

That connection will help when Leeds go to Luton on Saturday, a side renowned for their physicality. The more physical Darlow will help Leeds be more secure from set-pieces \u2013 a notable struggle of Meslier\u2019s.<\/p>\n\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nChampionship games<\/strong><\/td>\nMinutes<\/strong><\/td>\nGoals conceded<\/strong><\/td>\nClean Sheets<\/strong><\/td>\nMinutes per goal <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nIllan Meslier<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n8243<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n119.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKarl Darlow<\/td>\n154<\/td>\n13731<\/td>\n193<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n70.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Farke will be praying that Darlow goes through the game without making a mistake and Leeds come out the other end with a win. Darlow making a mistake would be catastrophic, leaving Farke in a bad position.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So, Daniel Farke has made the surprise decision to drop Illan Meslier from his starting line-up and bring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1385,337,1386,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-2146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-daniel-farke","9":"tag-illan-meslier","10":"tag-karl-darlow","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114277338835945898","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}