Former Leeds United striker Michael Bridges believes that the club's next three matches will either make or break their season and will determine if they avoid relegation or not.
The Whites face the tough task of playing three matches within an eight-day span after conceding 11 goals over back-to-back home games in 5-1 and 6-1 losses to Crystal Palace and Liverpool respectively.
A trip to Fulham this weekend will begin the ordeal, before a match in front of the Elland Road crowd against relegation rivals Leicester City and a trip to the south coast to play Bournemouth finish what has been a terrible April for the club so far.
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"Unfortunately, Leeds United got smashed 6-1, and it's not easy when you're a Leeds ambassador and you have to go around talking to sponsorships in the lounges and meeting the fans in the communal areas after a 6-1 loss, and a 5-1 loss the week before," Bridges admitted on the Gegenpod Football Podcast.
"It was a really, really hostile atmosphere after the game unfortunately and they're in a world of hurt. That Leicester game, that is a huge game next week, next Tuesday evening.
"When you think that the two teams with the worst form guide in the entire Premier League going into this, it's an incredible six-pointer for me.
"The next three games will determine Leeds' season. It's Fulham, Leicester and Bournemouth and I think those three matches will define whether Leeds will be in the bottom three or whether they'll be safe this season."
Bridges even claimed that if Leeds had performed similarly to when they'd beaten Chelsea 3-0 at Elland Road back in August, they still would've been on the end of a drubbing.
"I mean, the atmosphere was hostile and justifiably so because I even think that if Leeds has put in their best performance of the season, I think that Liverpool's tactics, the press was there, every player was switched on and Leeds could do nothing.
"They just had an overload in midfield and Leeds couldn't handle it at all, so it was a really, really sad night at Elland Road."
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