Anton Stach started as Daniel Farke's Leeds United side were beaten 2-1 by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon
Anton Stach
Anton Stach (Image: (Maynard Manyowa/News Images/NurPhoto via Getty Images))
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Anton Stach has been backed to get even better by Danny Mills after making a flying start to the season for Leeds United. Stach enjoyed a strong maiden campaign in the Premier League last season as the Whites steered well clear of the relegation zone.
And the midfielder has picked up where he left off this season, helping Daniel Farke’s side to nine points from their opening six games of the season. Stach’s impressive displays have also seen him return to the Germany fold, after he missed out on a place in their World Cup squad.
“Stach is another player that's grown into his role, grown into the football club," former Whites defender Mills told BestBettingBonuses. "Strong, powerful, technically good, athletic.
“I think this is what you see in modern-day football. There was a period where it went maybe too far about athleticism, but now that's come back to athleticism mixed with technical ability, and he certainly has both.
“And it's like anything in most sports - once you become confident, once you start to have belief.
“There's nothing better than knowing pretty much that you're going to play week in, week out. Even if you have a slightly bad game, the manager goes, okay, it's a blip, it's a one-off, you're still playing next week.
“The confidence and belief that gives you is almost unmeasurable. It's very, very difficult to put that into words, the effect that has. And there is that belief in him. So he'll just continue to get better and better.”
Leeds currently find themselves sixth in the Premier League table, despite being beaten 2-1 by Arsenal on Saturday, and boss Farke is in the final year of his deal and a renewal has not yet been signed.
But amid talk of a new deal for the German, Mills believes: "What's more important is the structure of the football club from top to bottom.
“And even when the manager goes at some point, the continuation process is most important. We've seen that at Brighton, we've seen that at Brentford, and it's worked incredibly well. So whenever
Daniel Farke reacts on the touchline vs Arsenal
Daniel Farke during Leeds United's defeat to Arsenal(Image: Adrian Dennis / AFP via Getty Images)
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“Daniel Farke decides to leave the football club, it shouldn't make a huge difference, because you bring in a manager that wants to play the same sort of style, that wants to have the same sort of players.
“You get continuity in that way, and that comes from the chairman, the director of football and the ethos of the football club.
“That's the way to do it, because we all know that managers don't stay around forever. There aren't many that have served more than three or four years in the Premier League.
“Arne Slot won the Premier League, didn't have a particularly great season, and got fired. It happens - that's modern-day football, unfortunately.”