Leeds United's self-destructive streak is limiting progress being made under Sam Allardyce - Yorkshire Post 15/5/23
The good news is Leeds United have rediscovered the backbone that went missing against Crystal Palace, the bad news is Sam Allardyce has not been able to get rid of their self-destructive tendencies just yet.
By Stuart Rayner
The last two matches of Allardyce's four-match caretakership
were always going to be bigger than the first two, and a 2-2 draw with
Newcastle United means they go into them with a fighting chance of staying in
the Premier League.
The bad news is their fate is still not in their own hands,
and as Allardyce admitted, "That's our fault."
Leeds could have won had Patrick Bamford scored a
28th-minute penalty, and Max Wober and Junior Firpo not conceded two. The latter’s
later red card leaves Leeds without a left-back at West Ham United.
Equally, once Callum Wilson put his spot kicks away the
Leeds of Javi Gracia's latter days would have caved in, never mind not
equalising through Rasmus Kristensen.
Progress is being made, it is just whether it is too little,
too late.