In a relegation fight there is a need for aggression, competitiveness and fight. But there is also a requirement for self-control, calm and common sense.
Leeds currently have the balance of that equation hopelessly and haplessly wrong and it threatens to drag them all the way in to the Championship.
Leeds, managed by their new American coach Jesse Marsch, are like a greenhorn heavyweight boxer, too full of adrenaline and nerves. All their energy is spent in the wrong places and on the wrong things.
Here, in front of home crowd that is beginning to fear the worst, they imploded in much the same fashion as they had in losing at Arsenal at the weekend.