'Very high' - Jamie Shackleton on Leeds United position, confidence admission and away day boost - YEP 28/7/23
Jamie Shackleton has been left beaming about a ”very good” Leeds United position heading into the new Championship season upon a successful Whites ‘away day’.
By Lee Sobot
Leeds headed for Thursday evening’s pre-season friendly
against Nottingham Forest still seeking their first victory of the summer aside
from the 9-1 walloping of Barnsley in a friendly played behind closed doors.
Forest also effectively had home advantage in Thursday’s
game staged at Burton Albion’s Pirelli Stadium ground but the minority
travelling Whites fans were sent home happy after second-half strikes from
Patrick Bamford and Ian Poveda gave Daniel Farke’s side a 2-0 success.
With just ten days left until United’s season opener against
visiting Cardiff City, Shackleton says victory against a Premier League outfit
like Forest has now boosted his team’s confidence, leaving Leeds in a “very
good” position ahead of the new campaign.
"I thought overall we put in a solid performance,” said
Shackleton to LUTV. "They're a solid side and Premier League level so to
come here with mostly their fans but a few of ours as well and get a win, it's
what we came for really."
Assessing how the team was shaping up ahead of the new
campaign, Shackleton reasoned: "Very good. I think obviously playing teams
like this, teams of a very high standard and competing and winning the games
sets us up nicely, gives us a bit of confidence with ten days to go until the
season starts. I think it puts us in a good position and we are ready."
