Dion Dublin has identified the two reasons why Leeds United find themselves fighting for their lives in a Premier League relegation battle.
Jesse Marsch's men travel to the Brentford Community Stadium knowing they must better Burnley's result at home to Newcastle United or face the drop to the Championship after two seasons after a disastrous season.
Leeds currently sit 18th in the Premier League on 35 points, with Burnley's goal difference keeping them above the relegation zone. The Whites haven't won in their previous five fixtures, whilst Mike Jackson's men come into their game with Newcastle on the back of two improved performances.
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Former Premier League striker Dublin has revealed the reasons why he feels Leeds found themselves in a relegation battle after impressing many for their first season back in the Premier League last season.
"It's always going to be a problem if you're relying on a certain amount of players and hoping that you get them over the line without injuries," he told BBC Football Daily on Friday night. "They haven't gotten away with it. I believe that's part of it as well.
"The other part is that you can't play the way Leeds play all the time. You just can't do it, it just doesn't work, not at the top level. What Leeds have done for a couple of years now, they attack with pace and defend with pace, it just doesn't work.
"When you get the ball, there has to be an element of relaxing and passing the ball to your teammate and knowing exactly what you're doing.
"There's a flaw, in my opinion, with Leeds doing everything fast, fast, fast. They're a good side, they're a great club, but I think that, with the transfers and all that kind of stuff, is why they haven't got themselves out of this mess."
Also speaking on the BBC podcast, Glenn Murray was full of agreement with Dublin on the Whites' problems this campaign. He said: "They're very frantic. At the end of the day, the manager asked so much physicality out of his players, it was going to hurt them.
"Players are humans, they're not robots, they need rest as much as they need to work. Obviously, (Kalvin) Phillips and (Patrick) Bamford have been huge misses and they're irreplaceable for teams like Leeds, like a lot of the other bottom 10 clubs, if they lost their main striker and captain, it would affect them.
"I just wonder if Leeds got found out a little bit. They were a real surprise package when they burst in the Premier League.
"Their energy going forward, the energy going back and I just wonder if teams, it shocked them, they had a shock factor to behin with and they picked up a lot of points, but the better managers in the league have just took a step away and said, 'right, if we do this, this is what counteracts Leeds', and I just wonder if their tactics have been as affective this year."
