By Rob Stewart 139PM GMT eleven March 2010
Hot shot Jermaine Beckford"s goals are consequential to Leeds" graduation chances Photo PA The Elland Road bar returned to form with a 4-1 midweek win at Tranmere, when Beckford scored twice to take his total to the deteriorate to 27, and Bates is assured that both player and group are timing their run to soundness as the graduation competition hots up brazen of Saturday"s revisit to Southampton.
Beckford could leave Leeds this summer for free, but Bates is confident his goals will absolve his preference to reject a �1.8 million bid for the player from Newcastle dual months ago, even though most fans have vented their spleen in the player"s citation in new weeks.
Snodgrass urges fans to behind Leeds Bates warns Leeds players League One leaders Charlton journey to feat over Walsall to keep up 100 per cent jot down League One Round-up Peterborough benefit graduation Leeds United 1 Millwall 1 Match inform Premier League Transfer Talk"Jermaine is critical but he is one of those players - a bit similar to Jimmy Greaves and I was a great fan of Jimmy"s when I was immature and he was personification - and he did zero and contributed really small to a diversion but he got goals," Bates said.
"Jermaine doesn"t run around all over the representation but he scores goals and that is what we got him for. When he is on form he is deadly. When he is not on form he struggles and so do we.
"But his jot down speaks for itself. And the points we have gained interjection to his goal-scoring verbalise for themselves as well. We contingency not dont think about that we have one or dual others who know how to measure goals such as Luciano Becchio, Snoddy (Robert Snodgrass) and Jonny Howson from midfield. They all supplement up.
"We had a possibility of offered Jermaine but we pronounced utterly bluntly that, even though we know you can leave for zero at the finish of the season, whatever we lose by keeping him will be some-more than compensated for on condition that his goals keep going up and that is what he is doing.
"All in all we are right away behind with a reprisal and we should be seeking brazen to the superfluous games with great confidence."
The feat at Tranmere strengthened Leeds" hold on the second involuntary graduation container as the Yorkshire bar non-stop up a five-point lead over Charlton and the rest of the chasing pack.
After their revisit to Southampton, Leeds host Millwall prior to streamer to leaders Norwich and afterwards hosting Swindon.
Bates knows those games could figure the club"s destiny.
"The subsequent couple of games will go a little approach to determining both the predestine and that of the 3 teams we play," the former Chelsea authority said.
"When we fool around them they will be wanting to win since alternative teams we have played not long ago have indispensable not to lose.
"That is since they are such lousy matches to watch with teams make-up their defence. These people need the points so it will be a most some-more open diversion since they will have to come at us. It equates to the character of football will be authorised to flourish.
"We"re as great as anybody, if not the best, but it takes dual to tango. We"ve knocked about Norwich and Southampton this season, but Millwall kick us there and Swindon, who still have to come here, additionally kick us, so we owe them one.
"By the time those games have left hopefully we will be in a incident where alternative teams are chasing us."
