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Two games. Two location defeats. Eleven goals conceded. Unwanted nine past for Leeds United.
On apical of that, the Whites person fto successful 16 goals successful their 4 Premier League games successful April - that's 8 much than immoderate different side, and 1 much than they conceded crossed January, February and March combined.
Leeds are inactive 2 points supra the relegation zone, with Gracia's grounds present lasting astatine 3 wins, 1 gully and 5 defeats since helium replaced the sacked Jesse Marsch successful February. So is determination origin for concern? Or has everything been blown retired of proportion?
We asked our Leeds instrumentality writer for his presumption and looked done hundreds of comments sent to BBC Sport aft Monday's result.
Former Whites goalkeeper Paul Robinson besides had his accidental connected BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club.
'Leeds fans volition not judge going down without a fight'
Adonis Storr, The Roaring Peacock and BBC Sport Leeds instrumentality writer
It's just to accidental that this Leeds United broadside are not large astatine defending.
The Whites person traditionally favoured onslaught implicit defence. From Don Revie to Marcelo Bielsa, attacking shot is the club's identity. George Graham - an objection - employed a antiaircraft approach. It was effectual but not astatine each entertaining.
Graham would play six defenders. But that broadside had astir apt the club's top goalkeeper - Nigel Martyn - with immoderate of the champion defenders ever to deterioration a achromatic shirt, including Tony Dorigo and Lucas Radebe.
Today's broadside is not that squad of the mid-90s, not adjacent close.
If Leeds are to debar relegation they indispensable play to their strengths: attacking with younker and pace. Crysencio Summerville and Wilfried Gnonto person astatine times been Leeds' champion players - fearless and nonstop - and that's thing the squad needs.
Attack arsenic the champion signifier of defence is simply a favoured strategy.
Play attacking shot and Gracia and the Leeds players volition find Elland Road tin intimidate the absorption into error. But Leeds fans volition not judge going down without a fight.
'There's a batch going incorrect for Leeds astatine the incorrect clip of the season'
Former Leeds goalkeeper Robinson is acrophobic by what helium is seeing from his erstwhile nine and says things are going incorrect astatine the worst imaginable time.
The ex-England planetary told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club: "Their extremity quality was favourable before, present it's taken different hit. Goal quality tin astir beryllium different constituent successful a relegation battle.
"It was the performances and the mode they conceded those goals. You look backmost astatine the Crystal Palace crippled - the archetypal half, they were successful the game. They were excellent, they played good and past capitulated successful the 2nd half.
"They don't person different mode of playing. When they were 2-1 up against Nottingham Forest, they were committing bodies guardant and astir conceded chances.
"Liverpool astir seemed to prime them disconnected astatine volition successful the 2nd half. Leeds came retired with a spot of fight, got the extremity and lifted the assemblage - and you thought we were successful for a existent game. Once again, Leeds were exposed astatine the backmost and Liverpool were fantabulous going forward.
"Leeds could person mislaid this by a batch more. It was players' performances, the deficiency of connection there. Liam Cooper hasn't played. I don't cognize wherefore the manager is leaving him connected the seat - helium intelligibly doesn't fancy him.
"He took Luke Ayling retired - determination doesn't look to beryllium immoderate cohesion successful the backmost four. There's a batch going incorrect for Leeds astatine the infinitesimal astatine the incorrect clip of the season."
Ben: We won't halt the descent successful my view. This is each the chickens coming location to roost astatine the aforesaid clip - horrific recruitment, an apathetic ownership waiting to merchantability successful summer. We threw our playing benignant successful the bin for Jesse Marsch, past refused to look up to the information helium wasn't up to the occupation earlier it was mode excessively late.
Luke: This is being somewhat blown retired of proportion. Leeds are successful a overmuch amended presumption than erstwhile Marsch left. The lone truly atrocious effect nether Gracia was against Palace, which I don't deliberation would person happened if Max Wober was playing. We cognize against Liverpool that tin happen. The adjacent 3 games volition springiness america a existent picture.
Martin: A full embarrassment and an utter shambles for the 2nd crippled running. We are retired of our extent and devoid of immoderate ideas and person nary hint however to defend. The players, committee and manager are a disgrace to the badge and the sanction of Leeds United.
Simon: We're overmuch improved since Gracia came in, but the defence is and has ever been awful. Losing Wober successful the planetary interruption was killer.
Dave: I can't spot Leeds getting different constituent with the antagonistic tactics. The past 2 games person been unacceptable. The adjacent 3 games are crucial. Leeds indispensable beryllium overmuch braver.
Cameron: We tin decidedly enactment up. We person the prime but conscionable request to prime ourselves up from immoderate unspeakable location results. Need astatine slightest 4 points from the adjacent 2 games against Fulham and Leicester.
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