Leeds manager Daniel Farke has said: “Dan James is making good progress. He joined in parts of the team training so there might be a chance he is available.
"Patrick will definitely miss both legs with a minor patella trauma and will need a couple of weeks to recover."
by Ok-fine-man
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In my long history of being a Leeds fan, this is the worst day so far
Well at least they finally got some good news.
People will joke, but this is actually really bad news. We always play better with Paddy on the pitch and without him we’re left with either Piroe or Joseph. Piroe just doesn’t seem to fit in that position for us and it’s an awful lot of responsibility to put on Joseph’s shoulders.
I expected to have one of them back for the playoffs, but based on what we knew about the injuries, I thought it’d be Bamford
It’s a big loss and Bamford is easily our best striker in terms of general play, and no matter how many anonymous performances Piroe throws out, Farke never gives Mateo Joseph a go (even though he is a much more similar type of forward to Bamford, which I think would help plug the gap)
Saying that, I doubt I’ll get too much sympathy for complaining about Joel Piroe being our main available striker 😅 because he is obviously a good forward for this level, he just doesn’t seem to fit how Farke sets up, but could still be the hero, or could barely have a touch 🤷
Missing both legs is a hell of an injury. Can he grow more?
with Duffy gone for Norwich and Bamford gone for Leeds, their playoff semis are gonna be a true movable object vs stoppable force battle
People love to hate Bamford. He has had shockers, but his movement off the ball disorients opposing defenses, creating space for his teammates to exploit. His link-up play makes everyone around him better, and his work-ethic and commitment is second to none. He’s done well for us whenever his season wasnt marred by injury spells. Bielsa knew it, and Farke knows it.
Given how much he gets slated, surely this is a bonus?
I seem to recall he was nursing injury (although think he did manage to play) when we played Middlesbrough in the playoff final which was no small aid to our victory
We have Barnes out
On brand
Shame
Bamford to be back for the final to do what he failed to do against Andorra, score at Wembley while wearing the number 9 white shirt.
This is bad news ? For Norwich maybe ….
Shame that, clearly I’m not Leeds fan but I’ve got a lot of respect for Bamford as a player.
I thought he had tendinitis and now he’s missing both legs…
Well, sounds like he’s had both legs amputated now.
I thoroughly expect them to try to extract limbs from other players in sacrifice to make sure we won’t buy a new striker next season. Dallas just retired.
Joseph better get out now. Gelhardt is still trying to rebuild his career.
Didn’t Italy play Gnonto as a striker? I mean it’s a massive change to the system but if we’ve got Dan James back that front 4 of Summerville, Rutter, Gnonto and James would be terrifying. Assuming James can play a full game.
This is the kind of madness Bielsa would have done, Farke I feel will be a bit more pragmatic.