One criticism that can never be levelled at Leeds United is that they don't work hard enough. Leeds are Europe's arbiters of pressing and winning the ball back from their opponents.
This has been highlighted in new data which shows Leeds to be the outstanding outlier amongst Germany, Spain, Italy, France and England's top flights.
Most teams adhere to a general set of rules when it comes to pressure: sides who are more capable of imposing themselves on the game press their opponents higher up the pitch and more frequently.
Teams who are less capable of dominating games tend to sit back and do their pressing in their own defensive third.
The 'higher' a press, the more often a team try and retrieve the ball in the middle and attacking thirds.
Pressing intensity can be measured by the number of passes an opponent makes before being tackled, intercepted or seeing their pass blocked. This is called Passes per Defensive Action (PPDA) and helps measure which teams are the most intense and aggressive at winning the ball back.
That's where Leeds United come in, having by far the most aggressive press across Europe.
As seen by the data visualisation above, Leeds United's position on the far right of the graph demonstrates that no other team in Europe's top five leagues comes close to their pressing intensity.
This means that whenever Leeds lose the ball, they are immediately trying to win it back, which is quite the effort and some upkeep over 90 minutes for 18 consecutive games.
It is emblematic of exactly how Marcelo Bielsa wants his team to play and speaks to the wider discourse of whether the Argentine should alter his style.
Clearly, Bielsa pays no attention to suggestions that Leeds' intense approach is doing them harm, if anything those assumptions are wildly inaccurate.
Given Leeds' defensive frailties, should the team be more stand-offish, there is credence to suggest they would concede even more.
If Leeds can maintain this level of intensity throughout the first 18 games of the season, then even with a slight drop-off towards the end of the campaign, they will still be way out in front of every other team.
Plenty will be said about Bielsa and Leeds' style, but under the Argentine this is an approach that Europe's top divisions haven't seen for quite some time - it's the Leeds United way.
