The #LUFC Breakfast Debate (Tuesday 3rd December) - Do Leeds need reinforcements?
Good Morning. It's Tuesday 3rd December, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road...
Do Leeds need reinforcements?
With less than a month until the Winter transfer window opens, Whites supporters have been throwing names around social media like confetti at a wedding. James McAtee, James Brooks, Ben Brereton Díaz, Kelvin Phillips, Sergio Reguilon, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Ben Chilwell, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Miguel Almiron, Joe Gomez, Maxwel Cornet and Emi Buendia provide a tantalising range of players believed to be available for loan, come the New Year, many of whom are on the wish lists of expectant fans.
Unlike the rest of the Championship, the Whites seem reluctant to take advantage of the loan system. Joe Rothwell and Manor Solomon are currently the only players Leeds have bought in on a temporary basis, but after recent loses at Millwall and Blackburn, things could be about to change!
Football Insider’s Pete O’Rourke has suggested that the 49ers could provide Daniel Farke with a sufficient war chest to provide the 'shot in the arm' that is needed to boost Leeds automatic promotion hopes. Failing to strengthen last January severely damaged Leeds plans for a top two finish, especially when both Southampton and Ipswich took full advantage. Traditionally, Leeds are not a club who learn by their mistakes, but surely we will see 2 or 3 incoming players!
Away form is cause for concern
The Whites (along with Sheffield Utd), top the Championship form guide for games won at home. In their last six matches at Elland Road, Leeds have picked up maximum points, scoring fifteen times, and incredibly only conceding once!
Away from home, it's a very different story. Three draws, two defeats and an unconvincing win (at Swansea) have seen Daniel Farke's side accumulate just six from a possible eighteen points on the road, placing them 11th in the form guide!
Leeds currently have 35 points on the board, the very same that they had at this very point last season, and finished their campaign six points short of second place. It remains to be seen whether 89 points would be enough for automatic promotion this season, it was in 21/22, 19/20 and 18/19.