The Championship is back this weekend after the international break and Leeds United attacker Daniel James should be selected over Jaidon Anthony for the match against Norwich.
The match between Leeds and Norwich is huge, with the former in fifth and the latter seventh in the division. They are only two points apart.
With this in mind, manager Daniel Farke needs to make sure the starting lineup is perfect against his former side.
The game will also be played at Norwich, which will make it harder for Leeds, and Daniel James has definitely proved both for Leeds and his country Wales that he should be starting in the Championship.
Daniel James deserves to start for Leeds this weekend
So far in the Championship this season, James has started seven games out of nine. In Leeds’ last two games, we saw the Welshman dropped for one of them and start the other.
This emphasises that recently his position in the starting lineup isn’t secure and the game in which he was dropped, he was replaced by Jaidon Anthony.
The winger is on loan this season from Bournemouth and is now fully fit again to start in the Championship for Farke.
Despite this, it definitely feels like James’ recent form, both for Wales and Leeds, should see him start in the crucial game against Norwich.
James, who Farke called ‘excellent‘ earlier this season, has managed one goal and four assists in the Championship this season, proving that he has been a key creator for the club.
During the week for Wales, he came on for the last 30 minutes in their crucial game against Croatia and managed to pick up an assist. Then, a few days earlier, James picked up two assists against Gibraltar.
He is in top form and needs to start in order to keep this momentum going. Anthony, who is 23, hasn’t fully reached his top heights yet at Leeds and it feels like a risk to start him over James in this huge match.
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