Morning Leeds-in for 23 February: Pablo Hernandez “doubtful” for Brentford

Oh no.

After going off injured against Derby County, Pablo Hernandez is “a doubt” for Leeds against Brentford FC this weekend. Which is really a shame, as he’s been brilliant for Leeds under Heckingbottom. He’s been starting to show some chemistry with Pierre-Michel Lasogga and he’s played just fine on the wing in the 4-4-2 that Heckingbottom prefers to play.

It will be interesting to see who takes the free kicks with Hernandez sidelined, as Alioski sent in some dreadful balls while Hernandez was out before.

On to the links.

Leeds United Links

Leeds bin badge plan after the negative reaction. A new one will be developed for the 2019-20 season instead. [Through It All Together]

Gjanni Alioski was singled out for praise by Paul Heckingbottom. [Yorkshire Evening Post]

England and English Football Links

Arsenal lost 2-1 to Östersunds on the night but still advanced to the next round of the Europa League. [The Short Fuse]

West Ham United will play a friendly at Dagenham & Redbridge in order to raise funds for their troubled East London non-League neighbours. [Brace The Hammer]

Sunderland owner Ellis Short is willing to part with the club for free, provided the new owner takes over the club’s debt. [Roker Report]

World Football Links

Scottish Championship team Queen of the South’s keeper is out after an injury involving a cow. [BBC.com]

Spanish police officer died after Spartak Moscow and Athletic Bilbao fans clashed before their Europa League match. [The Independent]

Borussia Dortmund’s on-loan Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi took to Twitter to tell fans that made monkey chants at him in Atalanta to “go watch Black Panther.” [The Independent]

Club Tijuana beat Honduras club Motagua 1-0 in a match played in Texas. Of course, since this is the CCL, the game was delayed by a power outage. [FMF State of Mind]