Patrick Bamford has become the story of the week at Leeds United. First, there was the potentially season-defining penalty miss on Saturday and then the abhorrent death threats which prompted a statement from the club.
In truth, Bamford’s been one of the stories that’s run and run for the past two seasons. The recent, last-gasp, back-post miss against Leicester City was a recent new chapter and then Saturday’s Nick Pope save only compounded the debate around his role in this run-in.
Bamford may well be out of form, suffering from a lack of confidence and feeling his way through the dark for that 2020/21 form, but there is no way relegation could be plonked at his door. These consecutive campaigns of woe stretch from the top of the club, through the boardroom, coaching staff and first-team players.
