You only have to scan over the Leeds United hashtag on Twitter for a few minutes to discover one of the biggest concerns the Whites' supporters currently have.
With less than three weeks to go until Leeds travel to Anfield to face reigning Premier League champions Liverpool to kick-off their 2020/21 Premier League campaign, the Whites only have one senior striker on their books, with new recruit Joe Gelhardt expected to link-up with the Under-23s before being thrown into the pressure cooker of the Premier League.
The man in question, of course, is Patrick Bamford, who played a pivotal role in helping Leeds seal the Championship title at the end of the 2019/20 campaign. The former Chelsea striker joined the Elland Road club back in July 2018 for a fee of around £7million and has since become one of Marcelo Bielsa's most trusted figures.
In his first season in West Yorkshire, which saw the Whites suffer the heartbreak of missing out on a return to the Premier League in the cruelest fashion possible, losing out to Bamford's former club - Derby County - in the end-of-season play-offs, the former Middlesbrough man had only been able to rack up 22 league appearances, as his season was disrupted by a serious cruciate ligament injury.
That season, which acted as the rebirth of Leeds following Bielsa's arrival in England, Bamford was frequently rivalling Kemar Roofe for a starting berth, with both strikers itching to bag themselves a starting berth in Bielsa's favoured 4-1-4-1 system.
But following Roofe's shock exit to seal a move to Anderlecht last summer, Bamford was in pole position to spearhead the Whites' forward-line. Bielsa only had him to choose from at the start of the season, but even after Eddie Nketiah's switch from Arsenal it soon became apparent that Bamford was his preferred option.
Though Nketiah, who has since started to make a name for himself at the Emirates Stadium following his return to Arsenal back in January, was an exciting addition, as he would offer the Whites pace, athleticism and trickery, Bielsa refused to install the youngster as his first choice striker, sticking with Bamford.
After four goals in the opening five games in the 2019/20 campaign, Bamford looked as though he had little to fear about Nketiah's arrival. He was oozing confidence and finding the back of net regularly. Nothing could stop him, it seemed. How wrong could you be?
After netting the Whites' third goal in the 3-0 away victory at Stoke City in late-August, Bamford would not be wheeling away celebrating a goal of his own again until early-November. It was a run of 10 games without a goal and one that raised no shortage of questions from Leeds' supporters.
Some were puzzled as to why Bielsa, who is still yet to commit his future to the Whites, was so reluctant to drop Bamford and give Nketiah an opportunity from the start of a league game. The Arsenal loanee must have been wondering what he had to do as Bielsa continued to name Bamford on the teamsheet.
However, some moments during a 46-game Championship season stick out more memorable than others. Cast your mind back to Leeds' visit to Hillsborough to face Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday last October and you may remember what happened. In what proved to be an entertaining goalless draw, which saw Leeds dominate the first half and Garry Monk's Wednesday the second, Bamford was withdrawn at half time, despite having nearly given Leeds the lead, with Owls goalkeeper Keiren Westwood producing a stunning stop to deny him with a header.
Bamford was replaced by Nketiah at half time and Leeds' control of the contest was gone in a the blink of an eye. Wednesday began to dictate the play and Leeds, in the end, were lucky to cling on for a point. That moment summed up Bielsa's need to rely on Bamford.
Admittedly, the striker may be guilty of spurning guilt-edge opportunities, but he is integral to the way that Leeds play.
However, with the start of the new Premier League campaign looming, Leeds are yet to draft in a new striker that will not only act as a new dimension to Bielsa's side but also offer some much-needed competition to Bamford.
Though Bielsa is a man that is set in his ways and reluctant to change too much, which is something we have all grown accustomed to by now, Leeds are going to be required to tweak their style of play this season, you would imagine.
Though the intensive high-press is almost certainly not going to disappear, the ability to dictate the play and pass teams to death is less likely than they did in the Championship, certainly against teams of a much higher calibre, like Liverpool, for instance.
That is where Bielsa has got a tough decision to make. Does he stick with Bamford, who has failed to deliver the goods at Premier League level in the past, or install his faith in a new attacking option?
The Whites haven't yet been able to land the big-name striker they are after, though Valencia's Rodrigo, Nicolas Gonzalez of Stuttgart, Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi and Ollie Watkins of Brentford have all been linked with moves to Elland Road.
But even if Leeds were to land themselves a new attacking option, they would not necessarily bag themselves a starting berth, with Bielsa having such a high level of trust in the qualities Bamford brings to the table to help the team as a collective unit.
His admiration for Bamford is commendable, nobody can argue with that fact. But if Leeds are going to regularly find the back of the net back in the Premier League, a changing of the guard at the top end of the pitch may be required.
Bamford, who has only ever scored one goal in 27 Premier League outings for four different clubs, will still have a part to play, that is for sure, but for the way Leeds may need to tweak their system, a fresh option could be the best solution, with the likes of Rodrigo and Watkins being blessed with pace, a specific trait that could prove key to Leeds' hopes of putting their own stamp on the Premier League.
