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DEFENCE HOLDS KEY TO WHITES’ PROMOTION PUSH

LEADER: Leeds centrehalf Ben White

CAN Leeds clinch the automatic promotion place that so painfully slipped from their grasp last season?
For much of a patchy start, it has looked debatable.
The squad remains skeletal, and goals a precious rarity.
Last weekend’s 2-0 victory over QPR marked only the second time since August that Leeds have won by more than a single goal, a situation that frays nerves and invites the sucker punch.
It is a significant and exploitable weakness that manager Marcelo Bielsa appears powerless to improve. Last year, those missed chances proved fatal.
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