Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Injury Problems at Leeds

Two of Leeds United's best known players are currently injured and may not be fit for their visit to Edgar Street on Saturday January 3rd.

Striker Jermaine Beckford has a torn hamstring and midfielder Andy Robinson a hamstring injury. Both are said to face a four week break from first team action.

Meanwhile speculation by BBC Hereford and Worcester's Keith Hall that the kick-off time, or even the day, of the Leeds game might be changed has not been confirmed by either club. He has also said that Leeds could have 'upwards of 2,000 away fans' at the game.

Finally Leeds chairman Ken Bates has hit out at ITV following their coverage of the Histon victory over Leeds in the FA Cup last Sunday.

"The coverage was absolutely dreadful and amateurish," he told Yorkshire Radio.

"I think the people who run Strictly Come Dancing probably did it rather than anybody to do with football.

"On the technical side nobody had the wit to wipe the lenses clean of the rain and it was like watching through a fish pond.

"They interviewed their chairman during the match, and they went in their dressing room. We wouldn't allow them in our dressing room because we were there for a game of football not for a circus."

ITV were forced to apologise twice after the game after fans grabbed a pitchside effects microphone to describe loudly what they thought of the broadcaster into it, then they showed a nude Histon player in the dressing room afterwards.