Leeds United defender Junior Firpo earned praise from Jon Newsome in Friday night’s Championship trip to Sheffield Wednesday. The Whites full-back provided a superb assist for Patrick Bamford to open the scoring against their Yorkshire rivals on their own patch. Deep into first-half injury time, Firpo whipped in a great cross across the face of goal from the left wing for Bamford to poke in at the back post. Newsome, commentating on the match on BBC Radio Leeds, admitted he can be critical of Firpo’s defending, but had to give him credit for his assist. At the same time, the former Elland Road…