And now Hernandez

[WTF11]

Ok, so first it was "not involved on Friday" to "it's not 100% certain he won't play"......

"MB: “Cooper returns to the group.” Douglas, Berardi, Dallas, Bamford & Hernandez not involved in Friday"

WTF is going on? We all made comments about how many injuries we suffered last season. I think we would all take the number of injuries then as a real positive compared to this. We all know the regime that Bielsa has implemented puts additional strain on players, but soooooo much?

Long may our style of play continue, but if that is to be (and we seek to win more games that lose), the squad needs bolstering (and no, not with "signature" signings, but with the return of some of the youngsters who face lower league opposition in search of game time, which is clearly available in the 1st team)

[Tichi1]

Gulp!

Not looking forward to Friday now....

Got to stop the slide - without our best player and a bag full of other injuries.

Think we might struggle to break them down, and not too sure about our recent leaky defence.

Everything crossed.

[joellufcprice]

This is why we need someone else to play number 10, I feel our season is basically resting on Pablo staying fit for the remainder.


Without him on the pitch I don't think we have good enough players to unlock a defence and create a lot of chances.

[iamleeds]

stop been negative , be positive ffs

[WTF11]

stop been negative , be positive ffs

Not sure what is negative about having concern that a player who has been instrumental in getting us to where we are may have picked up an injury?

I think we're all positive about what has been achieved, with what, and by whom, but that doesn't remove us from reality.

[norfolk white]

The reality is week upon week we have 5 first teamers out with injury, when one comes back another drops out, even Liverpool or Man city can't sustain that, somehow, miraculously we remain top, and by two points, fair play to the players who have come in and plugged the gap.....here's hoping for a good result Friday.

[CLIVETHELEEDSFAN]

maybe we need more faith in those guys who are stepping in when the first teamers arent available

the match where 14 of the 18 are bpf ayling douglas jansson berardi cooper phillips forshaw klich alioski hernandez dallas roofe and berardi, with maybe the other 4 being shackleton clarke roberts and huffer, we can then have no excuses, coz thats our most experienced bunch

i just hope this happens sooner rather than later

however, im really impressed with the efforts of the youths this season

[cress]

Not only that, but Baker was also recalled by Chelsea and sent to Reading, so we lost even him. Our squad is ridiculously thin now. We need at least 4-5 players in before February.

[Flintadore]

You must be a nervous man WTF11! It seems that MB has sanctioned the recruitment of a keeper, No8, and No10...and he's leaving it all in the hands of VO! However, Bielsa has the final say, and any player VO offers up must "improve the team".

Crunch time in the season for us...even crunchier for Victor (and AR), eh?

[WTF11]

You must be a nervous man WTF11! It seems that MB has sanctioned the recruitment of a keeper, No8, and No10...and he's leaving it all in the hands of VO! However, Bielsa has the final say, and any player VO offers up must "improve the team".

Crunch time in the season for us...even crunchier for Victor (and AR), eh?

Err, no, not nervous at all, as anyone who thinks that Bielsa would ACTUALLY leave the identification, selection and recruitment of players to such key positions to the man who brought us Ineguchi, Grot, Anita, and all the other non-entities foisted onto us the supermarket sweep of last season is seriously deluded (BTW, Klich is an exception, one swallow doesn't make a summer).

In Bielsa we trust, Orta I wouldn't give space to in the queue for the gents at ER.