Leeds United have suffered from an almost unprecedented season when it comes to injury crises. Several key players have missed significant periods of the season, with Kalvin Phillips, Liam Cooper, Rodrigo, Diego Llorente and Robin Koch amongst those players.
However, the one they have struggled without more than any other player is their centre forward, Patrick Bamford. Both Marcelo Bielsa and Jesse Marsch have tried multiple players in place of Bamford but none have been able to do the job that their number nine does.
Rodrigo, Tyler Roberts and Daniel James each have elements of Bamford's game within the way that they play. However, none of them have all of Bamford's core abilities. Those being: pressing, occupying centre backs and holding the ball up with strength, making runs behind the opposition line and getting into good positions to score.
