A lot of Leeds United fans have replied to a post from Graham Smyth as he confirmed that the Premier League had tested 748 players ahead of the return to training.
The tests returned six positive results for this viral pandemic, with three coming from Watford, one from Burnley, and the other two unknown.
This post from Smyth has gone down well with many Leeds fans.
Is this positive news?
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The Premier League tested 748 players and club staff for COVID-19 on Sunday and Monday.
Six have tested positive, from three clubs.
— Graham Smyth (@GrahamSmyth) May 19, 2020
No matter, isolate the 6 and crack on with it.
— Sean (@Sean369369369) May 19, 2020
We are going up via PPG nailed on ??????
— borislufc (@JohnBorislufc) May 19, 2020
6 out of 748 players tested is not bad think Germany had 10 in their first tests so already better than that
— Stephen Maher ?? (@stevemaher34) May 19, 2020
So 6 people are on the injured list,it’s a squad game…crack on ?
— ginj ?? (@lowlybaseop) May 19, 2020
6 out of 800 isn’t bad to be fair
— Matt Hill (@MattyHill83) May 19, 2020
To be honest, although it would most probably be a rejected view. Six players across the whole PL does not disadvantage any team. Just put them in the bracket of injured players. If a top player(s) is out injured for 3 to 8 weeks then it’s just a case of bad luck. Teams play on.
— T9 MBE (@T9LUFC) May 19, 2020
Less than 1%.
— Glenn_Hall (@glennhall4lufc) May 19, 2020
Without sounding glad of the 6 who had tested positive I think this is great news!
Further proof that, so long as every precaution is taken, the Season can get underway next month
— Ryan@ (@LUFCSmegHead) May 19, 2020
What do we think?
To only have six people test positive out of 748 is good news, and it should mean that the Premier League’s plan to restart the season is on track.
This is good news for Leeds, as if the top flight restarts, the Championship intend to follow their lead and are looking at a restart date of 20th June, hence the positive reaction from fans.
This could be good for the Whites’ promotion hopes as they are seven points clear of third – so if the Championship were to restart, they could be confident of securing promotion to the top-flight.