Leeds United lost key players that fueled their attack last season with standouts like Crysencio Summerville and Georginio Rutter leaving Elland Road for the Premier League.
The Whites have been held scoreless in three of their six matches this season across all competitions. Leeds failed to score against Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion, and Burnley.
As a result, there are questions regarding the attack and whether Leeds should open their wallets to find a No. 9 who can provide them with consistent goal-scoring. Mateo Joseph has the striker duties but it could be too much for a 20-year-old.
Daniel Farke remains confident in Leeds’ attack
While the goals have been inconsistent for Daniel Farke and his team, the German manager notes that he isn’t losing confidence in the group. Moreover, he’s backing the squad to find a way out of this situation and indicated that if they can improve their effectiveness, the goals will come.
“The final thing is more like we have to work a bit on the effectiveness,” Farke said at his press conference on Thursday. “But if I would, after one loss, I would question everything, lose the confidence and question what we’re doing and changing everything, I would be completely the wrong person for this manager position here at Leeds United because this is when you can’t be successful.
“If you want to be successful, you have to stay cool and don’t lose your confidence and don’t lose your calmness, because I also predict it will happen again. So here and there in this league, you will lose games. So even the team who wins the title, each and every season, they lose whatever, seven, eight games at least.”
“No flag in the wind.”
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— BBC Sport West Yorkshire (@BBCWYS) September 19, 2024
Farke isn’t the only manager not losing confidence; his opponent is doing the same thing despite being 24th in the table. Cardiff City manager Erol Bulut noted that his side has been creating scoring chances, but their effectiveness has withheld positive results.
“We have to be realistic; the opponents against us, what they create has not been better than us, aside from against Burnley,” Bulut said.
“All of the other games, we had enough chances to lead the game or win, but football is like this. When opponents score and we don’t, and the results are how they have been, then you get pressure.”
