{"id":403459,"date":"2025-09-06T20:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T20:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403459\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T20:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T20:05:13","slug":"graham-smyth-discloses-what-leeds-united-insiders-are-saying-privately-about-anton-stach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403459\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Smyth\u00a0discloses what\u00a0Leeds United insiders are saying privately about Anton Stach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Graham Smyth has outlined what Leeds United are saying about Anton Stach following his start to Premier League life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leeds United<\/a> signed 10 players but Anton Stach has been named Leeds\u2019 best signing<\/a> of the summer. Players like Stach have made Leeds significantly taller<\/a> and more combative.<\/p>\n

Of course, from the sheer size of the signings alone, it\u2019s clear\u00a0Leeds have had to prioritise Premier League physicality<\/a>\u00a0in various forms. Even if some final pieces of the puzzle were missed out on,\u00a0set-pieces will be vital to Leeds<\/a>\u00a0this season. <\/p>\n

Despite wanting a set-piece taker all summer,\u00a0Leeds will have to manage with Anton Stach\u2019s surprising deliveries<\/a>\u00a0instead. Although, a set piece coach is imminent for Leeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stach\u2019s set-pieces have created numerous Leeds chances<\/a> already, but he is 6\u20194\u2033 and many have been left confused as to why the German is the primary taker in the Leeds team and not in the box himself.<\/p>\n

Graham Smyth\u2019s Anton Stach reveal <\/p>\n

Speaking via The Inside Elland Road podcast, Smyth revealed the plan with Stach and why he will continue to remain as Leeds\u2019 set-piece taker.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThe club will say Anton Stach\u2019s very, very good at set-pieces. Well, let\u2019s see it, you know, let\u2019s see that actually bear fruit in the Premier League. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThey\u2019d also say that Anton Stach\u2019s not that good at attacking set-pieces, so having them in the box might not actually be the weapon that you think it is. I guess it\u2019s like Pascal [Struijk] and [Joe] Rodon, right? <\/p>\n

\u201cBoth very good at getting the first contact on a ball into the box. Rodon\u2019s incredible at doing that in his own box \u2014 complete 50p head in the opposition box. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, when the ball comes in, Rodon does a great job of getting away from his marker quite often and getting the first contact, but getting the ball on target seems to be a real problem for him. <\/p>\n

\u201cNot all players who are big and win headers are good at attacking headers. And perhaps it\u2019s going to be more out of necessity, and maybe it\u2019s a bit of necessity and a bit of his profile, but maybe Stach is just going to be better-suited taking them than attacking them. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know. Can you coach that? I don\u2019t know. Can you coach him into being a an absolute missile in the box?\u00a0I suppose if he\u2019s the best one with the best technique at taking dead balls, then you\u2019re better let in Struijk or Bijol, or Rodon, you know?<\/p>\n

\u201cDominic Calvert-Lewin is good in the air, you\u2019re better letting them attack the the dead balls. But I think it\u2019s an oversight to not have another. Jack Harrison and [Brenden] Aaronson, I think we\u2019re all haunted. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019re probably haunted by the memories of them tapping the tops of their head and then not clearing the first man. Gosh, you just don\u2019t want to see that again when you\u2019ve got the box loaded with galutes ready to thump a header into the back of the net.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DanielPhoto by Neal Simpson\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty ImagesGraham Smyth\u2019s primary concern regarding Leeds\u2019 survival chances<\/p>\n

Without Daniel Farke getting the creative winger or No.10 he wanted<\/a> capable of set-pieces, Leeds will have to find other ways to score. Smyth is concerned by the team\u2019s output overall.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI can see that in the wingers you\u2019ve got different things. You\u2019ve got pace with [Dan] James, you\u2019ve got power with [Noah] Okafor, you\u2019ve got work rate with [Jack] Harrison and [Brenden] Aaronson. <\/p>\n

\u201c[Willy] Gnonto\u2019s ball-striking. You know that little bit of difference making ability perhaps? I just don\u2019t think you\u2019ve got enough creativity there. I don\u2019t see a I don\u2019t see enough assists and goals there. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then you look at the strikers and I worry about injuries. I worry about Dominic Calvert-Lewin staying fit and discovering his best form, you know? Doing those two things. <\/p>\n

\u201c[Lukas] Nmecha I like the look of as an alternative. He held the ball up brilliantly against Newcastle. I thought he played very, very well. Is he going to be dangerous enough? <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd [Joel] Piroe completely unproven at this level. You know, golden boot winner in the Championship. We just don\u2019t know if it\u2019s going to translate.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that, for me, there\u2019s so many ifs and I just look at the team and think are you going to score enough goals? And that\u2019s my worry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Graham Smyth has outlined what Leeds United are saying about Anton Stach following his start to Premier League…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[92679,748,393,78472,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-403459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-anton-stach","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-graham-smyth","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115159153052365120","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403459","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=403459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}