Leeds United Defender Pascal Struijk Outlines Strategy for Plymouth Clash

Leeds United’s centre-back, Pascal Struijk, has addressed his strategy for containing Plymouth Argyle’s Morgan Whittaker as the team gets ready to welcome the “strong and solid” Plymouth side to Elland Road this weekend. In an interview with BBC Radio Leeds, Struijk indicated that the upcoming match presents a valuable chance for Daniel Farke’s squad to resume their winning streak following their goalless draw against Bristol City last weekend. He stated: “I remember last season it was always tough games against them, but I actually didn’t play against them [because of injury].”I watched the games on the TV or in the stadium and they looked like they were a strong and solid side.”I think we will dominate the ball for most of the game and then we will have to see what they do defensively and also on the counter-attack. We have to be aware of that. We have to finish our chances.” Regarding the strategy for marking Whittaker, who has netted three goals in 12 Championship appearances this season, Struijk further commented: “I always do a scouting report where I go through the player, so I probably know from that what he likes to do, what he won’t like as much and where his strengths are.”Everybody who is dealing with him will know that he is a threat. He has a lot of attacking qualities, like we all saw last season. I think he has lots of goal involvements, so we need to be wary of that.”As long as we take control of him, we can take control of the others – so hopefully we get a good result.”