Kemar Roofe scored for Leeds United in the Championship at the weekend.
Roofe, who can operate as as a striker or as a winger, made the comments following Leeds’s 2-0 win against Rotherham United at Elland Road in the Championship this past Saturday.
The 25-year-old scored the second goal of the match in the 71st minute in what was a breathtaking display of a passing move of the highest order.
The former West Bromwich Albion prospect – who has been on the books of Leeds since the summer of 2016 when he joined from Oxford United for a transfer fee reported by BBC Sport to be worth £3 million – has revealed that Bielsa has told off the players before for not being brave enough.
Roofe told The Yorkshire Evening Post: “I’m glad to score but the way we played out from the corner, that’s what we practice. If we don’t do that and just kick it anywhere, the gaffer’s not happy.
“He’s told us off before for not being brave enough. He wants us to be brave and he’s said if we’re not, that’s when we’re going to make mistakes or concede goals.
“The way he looks at things, if we’re not doing things properly then he’ll get us to do it in the week in training so we’ve got no excuses.”
Strong philosophy
Bielsa has his own strong philosophy, and it seems that the Leeds players have bought into that.
The Argentine is a very demanding manager, but the Leeds players have risen to the challenge, and there is no wonder that the West Yorkshire outfit have won all of their four competitive matches so far this season.
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