Supporters of Leeds United have been flocking to a Twitter post from the club which announced that a game had been selected for television coverage.
As revealed by the club on Tuesday, the Whites’ clash with Barnsley will be shown live and will take place on Thursday 16th July (per Leeds United).
The game will be shown on Sky Sports and the kick-off is now a day later than it was originally scheduled to take place.
In their tweet announcing the fixture being selected for coverage, the club stated that it was ‘news that will shock the fan base to its core’.
Lots of supporters then flocked to this Twitter post to air their thoughts on the announcement.
? In news that will shock the fan base to its core, our clash against Barnsley has been selected for TV! The game will take place on Thursday 16th July
— Leeds United (@LUFC) July 7, 2020
Whatttttt Leeds on SKY SPORTS that’s unheard of! pic.twitter.com/rycpIQnUnJ
— Rhodes??? (@l_rhodes0910) July 7, 2020
Unbelievable Jeff!
— Ehsan Iqbal (@Ehsan_Iqbal_) July 7, 2020
The schedule change will see the Whites play two days after West Bromwich Albion and one day after Brentford (per BBC), which some supporters mentioned.
So we’re playing last In all remaining rounds of fixtures then to try put even more pressure on us in the run in, shocking indeed!!
— christian (@xtian1) July 7, 2020
EFL quaking in their boots that they are about to lose their big money spinner from the TV deals – trying to put pressure on us to bottle it by sending us out last each round of fixtures.
Hope we win all our last games and will not miss the corruption one bit!
— Tom Wardman (@twardman7) July 7, 2020
That’s 3 games now we kick off after wba and Brentford
— Stephen Maher ?? (@stevemaher34) July 7, 2020
Yeah that one aswell well efl doing everything they can to put pressure massively on us aren’t they
— Stephen Maher (@stevemaher34) July 7, 2020
Do you believe it makes a difference if Leeds play before or after their promotion rivals?
Yes, it definitely does
No, I don't think so
However, other supporters found disappointment in the announcement due to the fact that it means that Marcelo Bielsa’s side will no longer be playing Derby County away from home on the following Saturday.
So derby will be moved to a Sunday now too, 4 games in a row will be played after our rivals loool
— Adam (@K1PPAX) July 7, 2020
??? derby no longer going to be Saturday
— Jacob #21 (@jacoblufc91) July 7, 2020
That’s awful
— Chris Gray (@CWG1201) July 7, 2020
As can be seen in most of these responses from Leeds supporters, they were clearly left unhappy that the match had been moved to accommodate television coverage.