Leeds fans would do anything for a prolific goalscorer.
They’ve been on the back of Patrick Bamford all season after experiencing some torrid games in the white of Leeds.
The clash against QPR comes to mind when he missed a decisive penalty during their 1-0 defeat at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium.
Marcelo Bielsa’s men brought in Jean-Kevin Augustin on loan in January but heading into the weekend’s action, he still hadn’t scored.
If there was one criticism of Leeds this season, it would be their inability to find the back of the net on a regular basis.
Compared to frontrunners West Bromwich Albion, they are way behind in terms of goals – that total stood at 11 heading into the weekend.
What they could do with someone like Aleksandar Mitrovic, therefore. The Fulham marksman scored against Derby on Friday and consequently left Leeds supporters drooling over what he could do if he took to the field at Elland Road on a regular basis.
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The Serbian has scored 22 times this season and some fans seem to think they’d have already won the league with him in the team.
You can certainly see where they’re coming from. Leeds’ top scorer this term is Bamford with just 12 strikes in the Championship. They’ve also lacked goals from elsewhere. Mateusz Klich and Pablo Hernandez netted nine and 12 goals last term respectively but only have eight between them in 2019/20.
However, it wasn’t the midfielders who took the criticism, it was Bamford. While praising Mitrovic, they used it as an opportunity to wonder ‘what if?’.
One supporter claimed that the former Middlesbrough man wouldn’t have scored the chance the Fulham star took on Friday evening.
A further Leeds supporter suggested Mitrovic would be licking his lips given the number of opportunities their side creates for the likes of Bamford.
You can certainly see where they’re coming from. Before the weekend, four players in Leeds’ squad had over 1.8 key passes per match this campaign so it’s rather remarkable that they’ve scored so few goals.
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According to Experimental 361, they should have 13 more goals than they had before they took on Bristol City and Reading. Just imagine if they had Fulham’s number 9 instead. It was a thought that seemed ‘beautiful’ to one fan.
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