Leeds United were beaten by their promotion rivals Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Saturday, closing the gap between the two sides to just a solitary point. Sammy Ameobi opened the scoring after 31 minutes when his effort beat Kiko Casilla at his near post, and the points were sealed when Tyler Walker added a second deep into stoppage time.
Judging by the reaction on social media, the club’s fans are starting to fear a collapse from Marcelo Bielsa’s side, who have won just one of their last six Championship fixtures.
Should Kiko Casilla be dropped?
Yes
No
?Bamford missing from 3 yards
?Casilla conceding at near postWe don’t learn #lufc
— TSSALUFC (@TSSALUFC) February 8, 2020
The definition of madness: Doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result.
— Matt Moreland (@Yorkshirest) February 8, 2020
Never learn. I genuinely want to know what they do I training, horrendous
— Chris Hall (@ChrisHall841) February 8, 2020
And biesla stuck with these for over a year now. Any coach with a brain would have seen these two as a weakness.
— Dan Clark (@bwpyramid) February 8, 2020
If we haven’t learned in 18 months when will we learn. Gutted! ??
— Alan Thompson ?? (@thombo1987) February 8, 2020
EXACTLY same as Wendies at home, same referee and same result#madness if anyone expected anything different ?
— OnOnOn ?? (@WhinmoorWhite) February 9, 2020
What do we think?
There is a genuine concern that unless things turn around quickly, Leeds could find themselves having to settle for a play-off position, and although they would still have the chance to earn promotion to the Premier League via that route, given the position they were in, that would feel like a huge blow.
The supporters’ frustration comes from the fact they’re witnessing the same mistakes from the same players yet nothing seems to change as far as Marcelo Bielsa’s concerned. Once again, he leapt to the defence of Kiko Casilla post-match, much to the frustration of the club’s faithful, and despite Patrick Bamford having scored just twice in his last seven league appearances, he continues to be selected ahead of recent signing Jean-Kevin Augustin.