Will Leeds become 'more clinical' or are 'transfers needed'?

When certain players get the ball and run at an opposition, there is a rise in excitement and anticipation. You think: 'There could be a goal here'. At no point did I get that feeling when Leeds' attacking players got the ball against Burnley at the weekend.

In the past three games, Leeds have amassed 54 shots, scoring three times – only Arsenal (+36) and Manchester City (+30) have better shot differences (shots minus shots faced) than Leeds (+29). It is frustrating.

"In order to be competitive and to survive in the best league in the world, we need to do a bit more in the offence," Daniel Farke said before the summer transfer window closed at the start of September.

But the deadline came and went and Leeds did not bring in any more attacking players.

United's front three against Burnley all have proven track records of inefficiency in front of goal – measured by the metric expected goals minus goals. Brenden Aaronson (-6.8), Jack Harrison (-2.2) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (-18.4) have all scored below expectations over their careers according to FBref.

United are 15th in the league with a point a game – probably just enough to stay in the Premier League come May. But the work rate of Aaronson and Harrison, and Calvert-Lewin's skill as a target-man have not been enough to win games – Leeds need goals.

And the margins are fine – four points lost in injury time against Fulham and Bournemouth; two deflected goals conceded to Tottenham; and at the weekend, Leeds played Burnley off the park for a 2-0 loss from two lapses of judgement in defence and a woeful inability to put the ball in the back of the net at the other end.

Leeds have the lowest conversion rate of big chances in the Premier League (17.6%). Farke's system works – now the squad must become more clinical, or the club make the transfers in January that can ensure survival.

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