Leeds United managed Marcelo Bielsa has continued to back Patrick Bamford despite the striker’s woes in pre-season. The former Chelsea graduate struggled to find the net during the club’s pre-season tour of Australia and he was particularly poor against Western Sydney Wanderers, where he was handed with a number of clear-cut chances.
Still, the Yorkshire outfit could have won the game in a much comfortable fashion, had Bamford converted the chances up for grabs. Meanwhile, Leeds have been touted as the favourites to seal promotion to the Premier League in 12 months’ time and it will be interesting to see whether they can build upon the form displayed from the previous campaign.
Bielsa’s side had been on course to secure automatic promotion from the Championship last term but a poor run during the final four games meant that they dropped to third on the table. Ultimately, they could not secure promotion through the playoffs after a 4-3 aggregate defeat to Derby County at the semi-final stage.