The #LUFC Breakfast Debate (Thursday 26th October) - Leeds lose ground after Stoke shocker
Good Morning. It's Thursday 26th October, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road...
Leeds lose ground after Stoke shocker
Leeds lost ground with the Championship pacesetters after an inexcusably poor performance at strugglers Stoke City last night.
Leeds just couldn't find their rhythm, and produced some of the most shocking football seen in a long time. Stoke weren't much better, but at least put a shift in. They lacked creativeness, confidence and composure, all the trademarks of a struggling Championship outfit, yet Leeds made them look like Barcelona. Neither team looked like scoring, that is, until ten minutes from the end, when Leeds skipper Pascal Struijk nodded the ball into his own net from two yards, after bouncing awkwardly off the cross bar.
Five minutes earlier, Leeds should have put the game to bed, after Bamford, was clumsily bundled over in the penalty box. The ref had no choice, but to point to the spot. Whether it was a good idea to allow a player, who had only just stepped onto the pitch to take a penalty never entered the players minds. Before it could be debated, Bamford had already skied his first touch, almost of the stadium!
There are undiscovered indigenous tribes from deep within the Amazon rain forest that could have put on a better spectacle. The vague hope that the game could only improve as the match progressed, forced many to endure the torment, with the expectancy that things could only get better - little did we know!
Bamford will not be taking next penalty
Daniel Farke has announced that Patrick Bamford will not be taking Leeds next spot kick. The ER gaffer was answering questions from journalists, when the subject of penalties arose! In the most diplomatic way he could, Farke explained that the 30yo just wanted to prove the doubters wrong, but due to his 'run of misses', the burden of responsibility would fall on someone else the next time the referee points to the spot
Bamford mistook Twickenham for the Bet365 Stadium, and skied his spot kick, way over the crossbar, quite an achievement from twelve yards out. Crysencio Summerville was equally keen to take the penalty last night, but with ball in hand, Bamford had no plans to relinquish it, opting to go it alone.
I haven’t spoken to him. His first miss under my regime. After raising it, next game a different player will take one. Patrick is the most disappointed in the dressing room. I do not need to address it with him. He wanted to prove the doubters wrong. He does not have to prove anyone wrong. Perhaps it is the right decision to let someone else take one on this run of misses he has had.