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Former Leeds United midfielder David Prutton has shown some support for current Whites striker Patrick Bamford in his latest Yorkshire Evening Post column, after he has struggled to find the net in pre-season.
What did he say?
Well, the former Middlesbrough man has received plenty of criticism on Twitter from the Elland Road faithful in 2019, and is yet to score in three pre-season appearances for the Yorkshire outfit.
Prutton was speaking about players that may be a little low on confidence to YEP, saying: “Leeds want the Bamford that scored a bagful of goals for Middlesbrough several seasons ago, not the one that has floated around from club to club in recent years.
“The other side of it is that Bamford will be as desperate as any of those Leeds fans to have a goalscoring return to be proud of.
“He doesn’t want to be a striker that is getting into those positions but not scoring the chances that are made.
“He will want to be the person that is converting them and becomes a hero and Chris Wood is a great example.”
Unwarranted criticism
Prutton mentioned Bamford’s time at the Riverside Stadium, but the fact of the matter is that his current goals-per-game ratio is better with Leeds than it was with Boro – one every 2.5 matches compared to one every 2.94 for their Championship rivals, albeit in 72 fewer appearances.
In addition, nine of his 11 league goals for the Teesside outfit during the 2017/18 campaign actually came in a run of seven outings between February and March, which suggests he is something of a confidence striker.
10 goals in 25 games for Marcelo Bielsa’s men isn’t that bad at all, especially when you consider that the 25-year-old didn’t sign until the final day of July in 2018, and also missed 22 encounters because of injury during his debut campaign at Elland Road.
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If you take Bamford’s record of scoring every 161 minutes in 1,449 minutes of league action last season and stretch it out to the full 46 games in a campaign, the former Chelsea youngster would potentially hit the 25-goal mark.
While his pre-season may not have been up to scratch so far, if he can stay fit for the entire season and get a couple of early goals under his belt, there is no reason why he can’t go on to be the goalscorer that Leeds have needed since the exit of Chris Wood.
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With Kemar Roofe being ruled out through injury for the next four weeks, the onus is on him to step up in the opening weeks of the 2019/20 season, and he may just need that little extra bit of support from his own fans.
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