Sam Allardyce's Leeds United press conference highlights: Manager makes Bamford and Rodrigo gamble pledge
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The Whites welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Elland Road on Sunday afternoon knowing even a win might not be enough to keep them in the Premier League for another year.
Leeds will rely on results at Goodison Park and the King Power Stadium going their way if they are to stand a chance of survival by beating Spurs.
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Hide AdSam Allardyce revealed in his post-match press conference at West Ham United last weekend that strikers Patrick Bamford (hamstring) and Rodrigo Moreno (foot) were battling with injuries. The manager is expected to provide an update on their availability ahead of kick-off at 4:30pm on Sunday.
Live updates from Allardyce’s pre-match press conference here.
Sam Allardyce press conference live
Allardyce on training at Elland Road
Here’s where we’ll live or die on Sunday. It’s all about this arena, this stadium, with the fantastic atmosphere which will go with it.
Allardyce on fitness
I’ll gamble on anyone’s fitness if they want to play, if I think they can make a contribution to help us win.
Big Sam on his way
Just under 20 minutes until Big Sam is in the hotseat. Stay tuned for everything he has to say here.
‘The only challenge...'
Sam Allardyce, last weekendThe only challenge is to try and beat Tottenham and try and go into the game and deliver performances without the mistakes like we played against Newcastle so we give ourselves a chance to win. We then have to see what happens at Everton who play Bournemouth I think. That's our only hope is that we can win that game and see what happens.
Fingers crossed for Bamford and Rodrigo
Sam Allardyce, after last weekend’s defeat to West HamBoth of them struggling badly: Rodrigo with a plantar fascia [injury] and then, of course, Patrick with an hamstring
Welcome to Elland Road
We’re at the home of Leeds United today for Sam Allardyce’s pre-match press conference - the final pre-game briefing of the season, perhaps the final of Allardyce’s tenure and Leeds’ last in the Premier League for some time.
Sunday is massive. Allardyce joining us from 1:30 with updates on the squad.
Quotes filtering in here.