Fans of Leeds United have been reacting to a post on Twitter, in which Phil Hay relays team news ahead of the club’s clash with Aston Villa on Friday.
According to Hay’s tweet, Marcelo Bielsa has confirmed that Pascal Stuijk is ‘set to replace’ the injured Kalvin Phillips for the club’s next Premier League fixture at Villa, while Liam Cooper, who missed the club’s 1-0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers, is once again ‘a doubt’ for the match, and Diego Llorente, who is yet to make his debut for the club following his £18 million move from Real Sociedad last month, is ‘not fit to play’.
So, what did these Leeds United fans have to say about Phil Hay’s squad update?
Everyone going on like we’ve not had an injury before. Dallas/Koch/ayling/alioski.. Dallas/Koch/casey(cresswell)//ayling this is why MB brought in players that cover multi positions. Ok not ideal but not end of the world either
— greenleffer (@greenleffer) October 21, 2020
onto leicester then
— george (@georgeIufc) October 21, 2020
Playing with 10 then?
— Joe Atherton (@joetmatherton) October 21, 2020
The injury curse has returned.
— Andrew Foster (@foz_182) October 21, 2020
It would seem that these Leeds fans are disappointed to hear that a number of their players are doubts for the match, and, considering the fact that Phillips was their joint second-best player in the Championship last term and Cooper is the club captain, it is hardly surprising.
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However, other Leeds fans claimed that the negative outlook by some sections of their support was unwarranted, and stated that they have every faith in Bielsa to sort out their so-called injury crisis.
The meltdown with our fans is pathetic, the fact that there’s so many ways Bielsa could go suggests we’ll be fine.
— Jacob Wadsworth? (@JacobWadsworth6) October 21, 2020
All these experts ???? As always MB will solve it with minimal disruption
— Dean Stephenson (@_LockSolutions) October 21, 2020
All in all, it would appear that opinion is split as to whether the injuries of several important players in the Leeds first team is terrible news, with some fans appearing to write the Villa game off, while others have called for faith in Bielsa.