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da esport bet： Jack Harrison is an enigmatic character. One minute he’ll dart past a player or bring down a ball beautifully.
The next, however, he’ll be planting a cross straight into touch or failing to even beat the nearest defender with his delivery.
The 22-year-old is a hard worker but often cuts a frustrated figure, one that’s received relentless criticism this season and become a scapegoat, mainly after matches against Derby and Charlton.
Yet, in recent times he’s begun to make an improvement.
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The key for Harrison last weekend against Millwall was being moved over to the right side of midfield, an area of the pitch he was only given the opportunity to play in ten times throughout 2018/19.
Because of Pablo Hernandez, who contributed to 24 goals last season, he has predominantly played on the left wing instead.
It’s a position he barely featured in before moving to west Yorkshire so it was perhaps a little bizarre that that’s where Marcelo Bielsa found a home for him.
At New York City, Harrison played just three times on the left before managing 24 appearances in that role for Leeds last season, via WhoScored.
Hernandez’s form dictates he had to switch but perhaps it’s moving him back into that position that could prove fruitful.
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The highest assist tally in his career to date has been six in one season with all of them coming from playing on the right wing in MLS.
The youngster’s performance last Saturday is fine evidence of why he might be better off there as well. After Gjanni Alioski took up a position on the left, Harrison went onto claim his first assist of the campaign.
He completed all three of his dribbles on that side of the pitch, demonstrating just how comfortable he looked.
Before Leeds’ clash with the Addicks, Harrison had managed just one accurate cross from a possible 31. Since then, he’s now managed four accurate crosses in three matches.
It’s not a great improvement but it certainly shows more end product is starting to occur in his game.
Harrison looked more productive on the right and he could get a chance to finally put criticism behind him if he starts playing there more often.
Hernandez has played centrally already this term so once back fit he could be shifted ever so slightly, while Helder Costa and Alioski remain options on the left.
A simple change from Bielsa could, therefore, make all the difference.