After surveying a poor festive period which produced a mere 5 point return from 5 matches, Dave Bassett is hoping that an expected influx of new arrivals will help to spark Leeds United's season back into life. Having completed the signing of Finnish winger Sebastian Sorsa, the Whites are now expected to move for Walsall left-back Daniel Fox and Barnet striker Jason Puncheon. United's assistant boss believes that the new arrivals will provide a much needed impetus to help reverse an alarming dip in form.
'When you look back, we haven't played well in those five games and we had been warning the players that if they weren't careful, a performance like Oldham would happen,' said Bassett. 'This is a questionable time for this set of players – to show what they can do. That is the big question mark because people will ask 'have Leeds cracked? Our record is good, 52 points from 24 games. No other team has got that sort of figure. No team has done that in the last 10 years. But unfortunately for us, we have the 15-point deficit.'
'The players have done fantastic to get here, but they have got to push on now and show us they can finish the job. It may well be that they have worked so damn hard to get there that there are repercussions because they relax and take the foot of the pedal. We are not knocking the players, but this is a wake-up call. We have been on their case and realise it needs freshening up, because some will suffer a burnout. We are certainly going to bring in four or five players.'
