IN LEEDS WE TRUST: There were always going to be rough patches for Leeds United - what matters most is how we deal with them.

On many occasions this season Leeds have been accused of losing despite playing beautiful football. Against Brighton however, we just lost.

The performance was arguably the first time this season that the team failed to properly impose their style on a game as Brighton’s proved to be more incisive in the first half, resulting in a tap in for Maupay who has followed us from the Championship to the Premier League to be a persistent thorn in the side.

The regular passing rhythms of Bielsa’s style that we’ve gotten so used to never seemed to materialise, in part due to the absence of Kalvin Phillips who is so often the heartbeat of our midfield.

Another obstacle was the playing surface which had clearly suffered from the effects of the harsh weather in the build-up to the game. In his programme notes for the game, Angus Kinnear mentioned that the plans to reconstruct the Elland Road pitch had to be scrapped due to the short pre-season but will be readdressed in the summer.

For the mean time, the grounds staff at Elland Road have to be given enormous credit for keeping the pitch in a playable condition under such difficult circumstances.

Absences such as Phillips’ against Brighton have played a significant part in the high number of goals Leeds have conceded this season.

The amount of injuries in defence have meant that there has rarely been an opportunity to field the same back line from game to game.

As new signing Diego Llorente approaches becoming fit for selection once again however, having scored the winning goal in a match for the under 23s on Monday, there is hope for that situation to improve in the near future.

Even with the injury struggles, it appears unlikely that there will be any movement in the transfer window from Leeds.

There was some slight teasing from Radrizzani on Twitter post-Brighton that set many pulses racing with thoughts of renewed interest in Rodrigo de Paul,but beyond that there has been no concrete signs of any incoming signings.

Bielsa, Victor Orta and the other staff at Leeds United clearly feel that there is enough depth in the squad to see us safely through to the end of our first season back in the Premier League, and with the team sitting in 12th looking by far the most comfortable of the promoted sides this season it isn’t difficult to understand why.

Making the adjustment from chasing the title in the Championship to fighting to maintain our place in the Premier League was always going to be tough, and at times like this it’s worth remembering that we don’t have to win every week anymore.

There was always going to be rough patches, what matters most is how we deal with them.

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