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Stuart Dallas says relegation talks about Leeds United are silly

Leeds' Stuart Dallas (L) in action with Birmingham's Paul Caddis (Reuters)
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Leeds United’s 2016-17 Championship campaign so far has not been great.

Blackburn's Jason Lowe in action with Leeds' Stuart Dallas

Leeds United winger Stuart Dallas has told The Yorkshire Post that talks about relegation are silly.

The West Yorkshire outfit have not made a good start to the 2016-17 Championship campaign.

The Whites are 18th in the league table at the moment with seven points from as many matches.

Leeds returned to winning ways in the Championship on Tuesday evening when they got the better of Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at Elland Road.

Leeds United's Stuart Dallas in action with QPR's Tjaronn Chery

Dallas, who is 25 years of age and can also operate an attacking midfielder, has dismissed suggestions that Garry Monk’s side are in danger of going down to League One at the end of the season.

“What are we? Six or seven games in?” Dallas told The Yorkshire Post. “To start talking about relegation is silly.

“Obviously we’ve been disappointed that we haven’t been able to get results, but to talk about the relegation zone is silly.”

Leeds' Stuart Dallas in action with Birmingham's David Davis

Dallas joined Leeds from Championship club Brentford in the summer of 2015 for a transfer fee reported by Sky Sports to be worth £1.3 million.

The Northern Ireland international scored five goals and created 51 chances in 44 Championship appearances for the West Yorkshire outfit last season.

So far this campaign, the former Brentford attacker has created four chances in four league matches for the Whites.

Leeds will take on Cardiff City away from home at the Cardiff City Stadium in the Championship on Saturday afternoon.

Ben Osborn of Nottingham Forest in action with Stuart Dallas of Leeds United