Response to Leeds' first defeat in nine

YEP chief football writer Graham Smyth reacts to Leeds fans' response to a first defeat in nine games

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00:00There is an element of recency bias in the meltdown because very few people are recognising

00:15that this was a first defeat in nine outings and Leeds have only lost twice in the league

00:21so far this season. It's not like this is happening every week. If it was happening

00:27every week Daniel Farker wouldn't be here anymore but the fly on the ointment for Leeds

00:35is that this can happen and there doesn't seem to be a solution. Last night Farker said

00:41it wasn't so much decision making but a lack of awareness, a lack of anticipation in the

00:47final third and when I asked what's the answer to this he said to get three points in the

00:52next game which I don't think is a great response because the next game is at home.

01:02You're expected to win at home particularly against QPR. It's a completely different situation.

01:07What I was hoping was that he would have some tactical insight or training insight as to

01:15what Leeds could do to eradicate the problems that they face when faced with a great big

01:22bank of two players and a 1-0 deficit because we have seen it before. Part of me wonders

01:30that the tone I took for the verdict was perhaps Leeds were a little bit predictable in their

01:39play when faced with that scenario. I like the urgency with which they came out in the

01:45second half because they were straight at it. They created maybe a chance and a couple

01:50of half chances, a little flurry and there was a little flurry in the first half as well

01:55but beyond that there were large stretches of the game where they had the ball but they

02:00couldn't create with it.