Leeds United must step in to stop the super star spat, Roberts’s Piroe romping, and precious time lost.

Warm-ups are not always the most interesting thing to watch, but there was a Leeds United flashpoint which caught the eye yesterday. During the rondo exercise the players go through before every game, there are generally two players in the middle of a circle of team-mates.

The circle pass the ball around the players in the middle, who have to win the ball back. Minor squabbles about who got the last touch or who should go in the middle are common, but Mateo Joseph didn’t take too kindly to one disagreement on Saturday.

Patrick Bamford was seen trying to explain a decision to Joseph, but the Spaniard wasn’t interested and pushed the senior striker’s arms away from him. Bamford would try to explain to Joseph on a couple more occasions, but the youngster was not interested, dismissing the 30-year-old each time.

Joseph’s mood was so affected by this incident, Daniel James, Glen Kamara and Liam Cooper all had a go at smoothing things out with him. None of them seemed to get the smile they wanted out of him.

Roberts doesn’t hold back

Connor Roberts may have only been at Leeds for five minutes, but he was the chief organiser yesterday. At 28, he was the oldest player on the field for Leeds and it showed in his status and experience.

Throughout the match, Roberts could be seen gesturing to where his team-mates should be positioning themselves. In the case of Wilfried Gnonto, he would be told whether to come inside on the underlap or stay out wide to stretch the defence.

There was frustration too when team-mates were not as alert or proactive as Roberts wanted them to be. In the 15th minute, Gnonto was told he should have been on his bike down the wing far sooner to encourage a pass, while Joel Piroe was given a rollicking for standing still as Roberts waited to take a throw-in.