Leeds’ 1-0 defeat at QPR continued a very worrying trend for the Whites. They’ve now won just one game in their last eight across all competitions and the likes of Fulham and Brentford are eyeing up Leeds’ position (2nd), being just four and five points behind. Fans are rightly starting to worry, and many of them are losing patience with Marcelo Bielsa.
The Athletic’s Leeds writer Phil Hay reacted to the defeat on Twitter, and he pointed towards the team’s inability to “kill” opponents when they get in positions to. The BBC reported the Whites had 65 per cent of possession in the game and 17 shots compared to QPR’s nine shots. Bielsa’s men only managed to get three of those shots on target, though, and that cost them the game.
Many fans saw Hay’s tweets on how worrying a trend this is, and his verdict that the team are “in real trouble”. Plenty of fans agreed with his verdict and some placed the blame firmly at the door of the manager, with criticism being aimed at his team selection and unwillingness to change his approach during games.
it’s the same issue – not killing teams when they get into positions where they should kill them. So many attacking opportunities today which came to nothing.
— Phil Hay (@PhilHay_) 18 January 2020
You can see some of their reactions to the tweet below:
Well said. He’s inflexible – can’t defend corners, can’t score from corners. Listen, there is a reason his trophy cabinet is largely empty! His teams always burn out – he needs questioning. Get Big Sam in 🤘
— David Bowes (@daveybowes) 18 January 2020
He’s the problem, they can’t sign anyone without his approval and even if they do they play Bamford anyway
— christo (@ctrlitt) 18 January 2020
Don’t even let Bielsa off the hook about Edmondson now!! I don’t care who, or what he knows about football not having him on the bench today is ridiculous
— Damian Staniforth (@Damo_1983) 18 January 2020
I cant understand after last season how he couldn’t see you need a bigger squad in this league……the annoying thing is,in a couple of years time he will admit he should of had a bigger squad!!
— Aaron Taylor (@AzzaLufc) 18 January 2020
Bielsa said he knew what went wrong last year and he could solve it, well here we are again and he hasn’t
— zen_trainer (@zen_trainer) 18 January 2020
Leeds fans, who do you think is to blame for your club’s poor recent form?
