Chris Sutton has called Patrick Bamford 'a joke' after his comments following Leeds United's defeat to Nottingham Forest.
Leeds were defeated 1-0 at the City Ground, and striker Bamford appeared to criticise former manager Jesse Marsch's tactics. The American boss was later dismissed, leaving the club in 17th place.
Bamford had said post-match: "We needed more runners running past me to drag [Forest’s centre-backs] out of position and create a bit more space. The whole game was literally two-v-one, which made it difficult, and unfortunately I couldn’t find the answers to solve that."
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Sutton was not happy with the way Bamford spoke, saying: "Keep it in the confines of the dressing room if that’s the way you feel. He’s unburdening himself of any responsibility.
"I don’t like that. He’s not daft - he knows the implications that it will have. It will be taken as a criticism of the manager and his tactics. He’s a joke for bringing that into the public domain.
"[Bamford] doesn’t strike me as somebody who wouldn’t understand where comments like this would lead. He’s criticising the manager, the tactics. Things like this snowball. It’s great he’s honest - but it’s only going to cause trouble."
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