Whelan suggests Leeds winger Dallas should have been used against Sheffield Wednesday

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Stuart Dallas did not feature for Leeds United against Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship last Friday.

Noel Whelan has suggested to BBC Radio Leeds that Leeds United head coach Marcelo Bielsa should have brought on Stuart Dallas against Sheffield Wednesday.

Dallas was an unused substitute during Leeds’s 1-1 draw with Wednesday away from home at the Hillsborough Stadium last Friday evening.

Leeds head coach Bielsa made just once change in the match, bringing on Adam Forshaw for Samuel Saiz, and that too in the 90th minute.

Former Leeds striker Whelan has suggested that 27-year-old Northern Ireland international winger – who joined the West Yorkshire outfit from Championship rivals Brentford in the summer of 2015 for a transfer fee reported by Sky Sports to be worth £1.3 million – should have been given a chance against the Owls and brought on in place of winger Ezgjan Alioski.

Whelan told BBC Radio Leeds after the match about Dallas: “If anything, if you were looking to make a substitution, you would probably have taken Alioski off and maybe give him another run. When he came on against Birmingham, I thought Stuart Dallas was excellent.”

Stats

Dallas is a very good winger, but the Northern Ireland international has struggled for regular playing time so far this season.

The 27-year-old has played just 97 minutes in the Championship so far this campaign, according to WhoScored.

The Northern Ireland international scored two goals and provided one assist in 14 Championship starts for Leeds during the 2017-18 campaign, according to WhoScored.