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“We are not” – Hurt Leeds United fans on Burnley defeat, ‘dreadful’ problem and Daniel Farke suggestion
Leeds United’s ‘hurt’ fans have had their say on Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Burnley.
Leeds United are now just one point clear of Burnley after a 2-0 defeat at Turf Moor – but what do the club’s fans think? Here is what our YEP Jury had to say on Saturday’s setback including a “dreadful” problem with the team and Daniel Farke suggestion.
DAVID WATKINS
Another very frustrating afternoon, although I had a feeling we’d have a tough game at Burnley.
They have had one of the most challenging runs of fixtures of any team so far, so their league position might not be representative. But for Leeds to dominate the statistics and yet come away with nothing hurts.
The reason we didn’t secure at least a point is simple: we are not very good in front of goal – 19 attempts, but 12 of them missed the target; that is not good enough.
It’s an issue that has held us back all season, and, for that matter, we saw at the start of last season, too. Let’s hope we can sort it out as we did then.
It’s not the only issue; the opening goal raised another question mark over our central defence, too.
As good as we all think we’ve been in that department so far, we do keep shipping goals where our centre-backs have been left stranded.
On Saturday it was a brilliant cross and a fabulous header, but should Ugochukwu have been that free? The second goal was just a worldy, little you can do about that!
This game will not be season-defining, just as our home defeat to the Clarets wasn’t last season. But somehow, we need to start hitting that target more regularly.
“I’ll give him some help”
KEITH INGHAM
Leeds United fell to defeat at Burnley after a poor performance that may have seen more shots on goal but only two were saved by the Burnley keeper.
The opening exchanges showed promise but without a final good ball, a feature of the game. Time after time Leeds got into good areas but the final ball was usually dreadful.
Burnley went in front just before the 20-minute mark, woeful defending gifting them the lead.
Leeds should have been level before the break. Harrison found Aaronson but the American’s weak effort hit the Burnley keeper and the post.
The second half saw Leeds enjoy most of the possession but when chances came they usually found the top end of where the Leeds fans stood.
After a few substitutions for Leeds it didn’t come as a surprise that Burnley doubled their score with a superb effort from outside the box.
Daniel Farke has a few days to think about how he can change things. I’ll give him some help, he needs to drop Pascal Struijk and Anton Stach for one and maybe alter the formation to include a second striker as Dominic Calvert-Lewin had no support against Burnley.
If he continues to play the same way his tenure at the club may come to an end. In my opinion he’s got three games to prove himself at this level.
Man of the match: Joe Rodon.
Apart from the Arsenal game, United’s other defeats have been by a one-goal margin. To lose 2-0 to Burnley came as a bit of a shock.
The Whites dominated possession and they had 19 shots but they couldn’t convert their chances. Burnley could and did.
The game was won by two moments of class and quality.
Kyle Walker rolled back the years and his pin-point cross left Lesley Ugochukwu an easy task to nod the ball home.
Having performed well from previous early reverses, the Whites were undaunted and continued to press.
Brenden Aaronson’s shot was deflected onto the post by the impressive Martin Dubravka. A succession of chances for the Whites followed but none really troubled the Burnley defence.
