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Leeds United are often wasteful in front of goal, but against Hull City, it was glaringly obvious that one aspect of their play was lacking.

Indeed, it seemed as if Leeds’ cutbacks from the byline weren’t having their desired effect, and that was picked up on by journalists who asked Bielsa about this during his press conference on Thursday.

What’s been said then?

Bielsa gave his view on why Leeds’ strategy hasn’t been working, and his answer was an interesting one as it seemingly contradicts one choice Bielsa makes on a weekly basis.

“The conclusion is the same. It’s very difficult to stay in good condition close to the goal line to make a cut-back. In Mexico, they score with good cut-backs. After co-ordinating the cut-back and the player who receives it.

“It’s an art. Doesn’t depend on the technique of the player making the cut-back. If not, it’s the intuition of the player who makes the movement to receive it. Very important detail. I could tell you, but it’s difficult to explain,” Bielsa said.

Doesn’t describe Bamford

The majority of the time Bielsa’s analysis goes beyond something as simple as a striker’s instinct, but it seems as if the Argentine believes that his striker’s need to have that in their repertoire.

However, the Argentine has opted to start Bamford in every single league game this season, and it would be more than fair to say that the former Middlesbrough striker isn’t blessed with being the natural-born striker that Bielsa describes in his above quote.

Bamford’s finishing rate tells the whole story as he finds the net with just 10.1 per cent of his efforts, and that’s simply not the type of player that the 64-year-old is describing when talking about cut-backs.

It seems as if Leeds would benefit from having a striker who knows how to be in the right place at the right time while being able to finish the chances he receives.

Meanwhile, Leeds fans have been fuming about one tweet from Graham Smyth.