Boss Wants More Balls From Strikers

Last updated : 27 March 2006 By Kevin Markey
"We have had loads of play again, but I'm asking the strikers to be more assertive in the last third," Blackwell commented after the blank against Stoke.

"It's as simple as that and in my opinion the front two have ducked it on Saturday and I've told them that.

"I have to ask my forwards to show a little bit of balls if you like, especially when the prize is as big as we are chasing.

"In the last third a bit of courage, bit of balls, bit of desire has gone missing. I have put the question to them why that was missing. That's being as straight and honest as I can be," he added on the Leeds' official website.