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Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford is simply a "joke" for criticising Jesse Marsch's tactics successful the decision astatine Nottingham Forest, says ex-forward Chris Sutton.
Bamford said Sunday's 1-0 loss was "difficult" due to the fact that Forest's centre-backs "just had maine to ore on".
Marsch was sacked connected Monday aft 7 Premier League games without a win.
"Keep it successful the confines of the dressing country if that's the mode you feel," Sutton told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club.
"He's unburdening himself of immoderate responsibility. I don't similar that.
"He's not daft - helium knows the implications that it volition have. It volition beryllium taken arsenic a disapproval of the manager and his tactics.
"He's a gag for bringing that into the nationalist domain."
Bamford said successful his post-match interview: "We needed much runners moving past maine to resistance [Forest's centre-backs] retired of presumption and make a spot much space.
"The full crippled was virtually 2 v one, which made it difficult, and unluckily I couldn't find the answers to lick that."
Leeds are 17th successful the array - supra the relegation portion lone connected extremity quality - and past won successful the league connected 5 November.
They play Manchester United doubly this week earlier facing chap strugglers Everton and Southampton.
Michael Skubala, 1 of Leeds' caretaker managers portion a imperishable replacement for Marsch is found, said Bamford's comments had "come from the heart".
"I deliberation helium was conscionable being honorable astir however helium was playing the game," said Skubala. "I deliberation it conscionable came from the heart."
Following Sutton's comments connected the show, BBC Radio Leeds' Adam Pope said: "It was a criticism, I agree, but I don't deliberation it was to 'poke the bear' arsenic overmuch arsenic you're possibly suggesting.
"Players are asked precise rapidly aft games to respond."
New York Times writer Rory Smith added: "It could arsenic beryllium a disapproval of his team-mates. It's an honorable happening to accidental - it's an appraisal - and it's possibly not rather got that ulterior motive that you're speechmaking into it."
Sutton, who won the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers successful 1995 and made 1 quality for England, responded by saying: "It's unfastened to interpretation. He (Bamford) doesn't onslaught maine arsenic idiosyncratic who wouldn't recognize wherever comments similar this would lead.
"He's criticising the manager, the tactics. Things similar this snowball. It's large he's honorable - but it's lone going to origin trouble."
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