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Leeds United player apportions the blame

Three consecutive victories over opponents Bolton (2-1), Cardiff (2-0) and Blackburn (2-1) saw Leeds United begin to wipe away the nightmarish spell against Brighton where four goals were shipped in a 20-minute spell.

Just as things were settling down and Whites fans were looking at the prospect of four consecutive wins for the first time since 2010, Huddersfield Town happened.

A return to the Leeds of old, paper-thin and fragile in defence was the order of the day on Saturday. The Whites folded like good origami in the face of a very efficient Terriers’ side who snapped and snarled their way to three goals in eight second-half minutes.

Dejected, Leeds fans saw their club capitulate to rivals Huddersfield by a 4-1 scoreline. Their neighbours from just down the M62 returned to the John Smiths Stadium with bragging rights restored after the 3-1 reversal suffered by the Terriers in November.

Fingers were pointed, accusations were hurled but Leeds defender Giuseppe Bellusci thinks he knows where the blame lies, as evidenced by the following Tweet.

Categorically, the failures against Huddersfield were a collective thing and as such all players should front up and accept their part in a defeat that left a bitter taste in the mouth of all Leeds United fans.

Bellusci has probably been Leeds’ most consistent centre back of the season after suffering a one-man demolition job against Middlesbrough where he scored a spectacular headed own goal.

But the central defender is right, EVERYBODY is to blame and EVERYBODY should take that on board. Rather than fans pointing fingers and singling players out for lapses and mishaps, we need to accept that they were all equally bad against Huddersfield.

It also needs the players themselves to accept their collective responsibility, something that Bellusci’s tweet starts to do.

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