As expected Patrick Bamford has been handed a two game ban for "successful deception of a match official" by the FA. He will therefore miss Saturdays finale at Portman Road and the first leg of the play off.
If he was successful, why is he receiving a ban?
The Leeds Utd PR machine made the following statement:-
"Whilst Patrick Bamford did not deny a charge of successful deception of a match official following our Sky Bet Championship game against Aston Villa on Sunday, the club did request a hearing to contest the penalty imposed on the player.
"The club felt that given the circumstances surrounding the incident, including the extraordinary act of sportsmanship which saw our head coach Marcelo Bielsa demand our team to allow Aston Villa to score an uncontested equaliser, we could have a sensible discussion around the sanction.
"We acknowledge that the FA panel did not feel that to be reasonable and the club therefore joins Patrick in accepting the two match ban."
How important is it that Bielsa stays at ER next season?
If he were to leave, who should replace him?
If you could pick two Leeds players from the last 25 years to step forward in time (as a 27yo) and play the remaining fixtures, who would they be.
I'm going for Radebe and Viduka.
