{"id":424901,"date":"2025-09-14T23:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/424901\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T23:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:53:11","slug":"aidy-white-picks-his-leeds-united-front-three-to-start-against-wolves-excellent-attacker-axed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/424901\/","title":{"rendered":"Aidy White picks his Leeds United front three to start against Wolves, ‘excellent’ attacker axed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gabriel Gudmundsson\u2019s own goal was a one-off on Saturday afternoon at Fulham, but the constant theme of Leeds United\u2019s first four Premier League games has been a lack of creation and goal threat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With an XG of 3.8, it would be easy to think that Leeds<\/a> might have even scored four or five goals so far this season. But Lukas Nmecha\u2019s penalty against Everton remains the only time Leeds have found the net.<\/p>\n

It is unclear if Daniel Farke\u2019s<\/a> defence-first approach, which many called for in the summer, is why The Whites are struggling in attack. Whether it is the personnel or simply, the quality of the opponents.<\/p>\n

Two of the Premier League\u2019s<\/a> five Champions League sides, a rejuvenated Everton and a Fulham side that finished 11th last season, away from home. Farke will learn more when Leeds go to Wolves next week.<\/p>\n

\"DominicPhoto by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesAidy White picks the front three he wants to see at Wolves<\/p>\n

In what could already be a crucial encounter in the race to avoid relegation, Leeds go to Molineux next week to take on a Wolves side that has suffered defeat in all four of their Premier League games so far.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Farke handed starts to Brenden Aaronson<\/a>, Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/a> and Noah Okafor<\/a> for the first time. Now, former Leeds defender White<\/a> told BBC Radio Leeds<\/a> the front three he wants at Wolves.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of personnel, I think Aaronson for Willy Gnonto<\/a>. I\u2019d leave Okafor in there because he looks like the more minutes, the stronger he will get. Same with Calvert-Lewin, he\u2019s going to be our main striker. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe has got things other than goal contributions, hold-up play, other factors. If we can get good delivery from wide areas, he will score,\u201d White said about Calvert-Lewin, who missed a good chance at Fulham.<\/p>\n

\"LeedsPhoto by Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty Images <\/p>\n

MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n

Daniel Farke explains decision to choose Brenden Aaronson<\/p>\n

With Nmecha and Joel Piroe doubts for Fulham<\/a>, it was always expected that Calvert-Lewin would get his first start against Fulham. Okafor too, given Dan James has struggled for club and country this season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But not many saw Gnonto being dropped for Aaronson on Saturday. Farke explained that, given Okafor is not known for his running and Calvert-Lewin would run out of steam, he wanted a worker in Aaronson.<\/p>\n

Farke also chose \u201cexcellent\u201d Aaronson to deal with the threat of Ryan Sessegnon<\/a>. It worked; Aaronson won more tackles than any other player<\/a>, even though he was subbed off with 13 minutes of play to go.<\/p>\n

Leeds aimed to avoid defeat at Fulham. At Wolves, they need to be gunning for a win. There is a role for Aaronson in this side, the same goes for Jack Harrison. But at Molineux, White is right. Gnonto must start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gabriel Gudmundsson\u2019s own goal was a one-off on Saturday afternoon at Fulham, but the constant theme of Leeds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[145085,12410,748,393,4884,1860,16,15,4515],"class_list":{"0":"post-424901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-aidy-white","9":"tag-brenden-aaronson","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-willy-gnonto"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115205348103374575","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424901","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=424901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}