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da dobrowin： Sky Sports pundit David Prutton has opened up on one criticism he had of Leeds United duo Patrick Bamford and Jack Harrison, who have been key performers in recent weeks, during the 1-0 defeat to Sheffield United prior to the international break.
What’s the word, then?
Well, writing in a column in the Yorkshire Evening Post about the Yorkshire outfit and the Championship promotion race in general, the former Whites player picked up one thing he wasn’t impressed with against the Blades last time out.
Marcelo Bielsa’s men had 17 shots at goal but not a single one was on target, with Bamford and Harrison two of the biggest guilty parties when it came to bringing opposition goalkeeper Dean Henderson into action – especially in the opening 45 minutes.
Prutton wrote in the Yorkshire Evening Post: “If I had one criticism, aside from a couple of rare errors by Liam Cooper, it was that the finishing from the likes of Patrick Bamford and Jack Harrison felt timid in the first half.
“You were looking for confidence and in those instances, it wasn’t there. Leeds paid the price.”
Is he right to single those two out?
He certainly is.
Both of those players are regular starters now and can’t afford to lack that oomph in front of goal at such crucial stage of the campaign with key men like Kemar Roofe missing, and that was their ideal chance to step up and be a hero for their team.
Instead, they both lacked conviction against Chris Wilder’s visitors and now Leeds must hope taking no points against one of their direct automatic promotion rivals isn’t something they live to regret come what May.