Leeds United have lost their last two Championship games.
John Lukic suggested that Leeds is an extremely tough place to play because of the expectations levels of the Elland Road faithful, when speaking exclusively to the Mirror.
The Whites currently sit in third spot in the Championship table, three points adrift of second placed Sheffield United with only two games remaining this season.
Leeds seem destined to finish in third place, unless Sheffield United slip up in their last two games, and then they will have to deal with the lottery that is the play-offs.
Since Marcelo Bielsa took over last summer, the west Yorkshire outfit’s fanbase have expected promotion, but it seems as though they will have to do it the hard way.
Lukic knows all about the pressures of playing for Leeds, having spent 11 years at Elland Road during two separate spells, and he highlighted how the current crop of Leeds players seem to be struggling to live up to the expectations of the fans, hen speaking exclusively to the Mirror:
“There’s certainly pressure there, particularly to go up automatically. It is a tough place to play because of the expectations from the fans but it can also be a wonderful positive. The Premier League is certainly a better league with Leeds in it, in my view. But I still believe they can go up. He has experience as a manager and, in my opinion, it’s more adrenaline than tiredness which is affecting the players.”
Next up for Leeds is a home game against Aston Villa, before they travel to already relegated Ipswich Town on the final day of the season, and nothing less than a return of six points from those games will do, if they are to have any chance whatsoever of securing automatic promotion back to the Premier League.
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