The thing about Leeds is that whilst the board wants promotion, the club having à high status and the opponents being likely to play rather cautious with lots Of men behind the ball, the actuall squad is no more than average. In this division, there is very little difference between the teams predicted to finish 2-12. The squad just dont have the keys to open up tight and compact defences.
With this Said, It is still possible to gain promotion, even without using exploiting tactics. Have à look at My " deep 442" or the "deep 42121". One Of them should make you fight in the top an then you can rebuild the squad NeXT season.
( the tactics are found in My sticked tactic thread, use the high and lower press version only )
Also, what databas are you using. The one from 12.2 or one made and uploaded by a user for the 12/13 season ?