Arsenal legend Ian Wright has advised Patrick Bamford to keep getting in the right positions if he wants to end his difficult run of form, as pressure on the forward rises.
The 26-year-old has scored twice in the last eight matches, both of which came in the victory against Millwall, and has been criticised following the defeats against Wigan Athletic and Nottingham Forest.
Jean-Kevin Augustin's arrival on loan from RB Leipzig has ramped up the pressure on Bamford, as fans eagerly await the Frenchman's full debut and are growing frustrated he is yet to make a start for the Whites.
Wright is sympathetic with Bamford for the amount of pressure he finds himself under at Elland Road and believes he needs to focus on his positioning.
“The pressure he is under with Leeds wanting to come up, it’s massive. The weight of expectation, especially after what happened last season, is massive, but you can only do the same things in training as long as you’re getting chances created for you," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
“We’ve seen the amount of chances he’s missed and you just hope he can start converting, but all he can do is get back in the right positions, near post, far post, hit the target and hope you can start converting a few.
“The problem you get is if you’re afraid to get into those positions and miss those chances, if you’re afraid to do that then you’ve got no chance.
“I worked with him at MK Dons. His left foot is brilliant. When you say natural finisher, when we’re in the positions where he could finish, he finished pretty cleanly, but it’s a different thing when you’re in training or in a lower league, when you’re not playing for Leeds, who are desperate to get into the Premier League, it’s a different pressure.
“There’s a cold place you have to go to in the box where you just block everything out.”
