As Marcelo Bielsa continues to wait for Kemar Roofe and Patrick Bamford to return to fitness and boost his ailing frontline, the Leeds United boss has offered insight into the methods he is using to ensure his other strikers stay on the boil.

Roofe and Bamford were both injured during the international break, with the former unlikely to return until after the October international break, while summer signing Bamford is unlikely to return until the end of the year.

Bielsa has turned to Tyler Roberts to lead the line, with the 19-year-old netting the first two goals of his Leeds career against Preston last month, but other than that, the Whites have not converted enough chances into goal, winning just one of their last five games.

After admitting that Roofe and fellow injured attacking player Pablo Hernandez are both set to miss tonight's trip to Hull and Saturday's clash against Brenford, Bielsa has discussed the coaching techniques he has used to assist finishing in training.

Tyler Roberts reacts after a missed chance during the Championship match at Hillsborough on Friday, September 28, 2018 between Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United
Leeds had 25 shots, but only managed one goal on Friday

"There is a routine of exercises we do on finishing with 14 different points," said the Argentine. "With these 14 different ways to finish an action we see all the goals we can score in football.

"It’s a very short exercise because in 10 or 15 minutes we move onto different situations. When the player is during his formation period we have to repeat this type of exercise many times because the mistake allows you to improve your skills.

"When it’s a professional footballer the good thing is just to work on the finishing once for each way because at the second or third attempt he is trained enough and he will finish well.

"That’s why we make professional players shoot only one time for this exercise, not several times, because we reproduce what we can find during a game.

"This indicates, apart from the skill you need, it’s also linked to the state of mind, to luck, to many factors.

"That’s why if you insist on the training of these kind of actions it’s good, it's convenient, but I wouldn’t say this improves the finishing of a team."

Tyler Roberts celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game during the Championship match at Elland Road on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 between Leeds United and Preston North End
Roberts netted twice against Preston

Leeds had 25 shots during Friday night's 1-1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday and Bielsa admitted that efficiency in these sort of matches is key.

"If you are efficient during the training session this does not mean you have the guarantee to be efficient during the games.

Kemar Roofe celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game during the Championship match at Elland Road on Saturday, August 18, 2018 between Leeds United and Rotherham United
Roofe's goals have been missed

"Usually, we as head coaches work on creating chances to score. You can’t have an influence on the result of a game, you can work on the chances you score, but you can’t work on how good you finish.

"The leading teams in all competitions, usually they need three chances to score a goal. I was making the difference between the leading teams and the big teams because the leading teams are not always big teams.

"If you are very efficient you can lead the table even if you’re not a big team and if you’re not efficient, even if you’re a big team you create a lot of chances to score you might not occupy the rank you deserve.

"In a nutshell, efficiency is something very important in football."

Tyler Roberts is set to lead the line at the KCOM Stadium tonight, with the likes of Jack Clarke and Ryan Edmondson, who scored in the under-23s 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Monday, also set to be in his squad.
