When the team news dropped, Leeds fans only had one thought: why is Joffy not starting?
Supporters have been crying out to see more of Joe ‘Joffy’ Gelhardt, who scored with his first touch in Saturday’s 3-2 defeat at Chelsea and also earned a match-saving penalty in his previous substitute appearance against Wolves.
With last season’s top scorer Patrick Bamford still out injured, Marcelo Bielsa surely had nothing to lose by giving Gelhardt a go from the off at Manchester City.
And yet the 19-year-old striker was frustratingly left warming the bench once more, with winger Dan James again playing out of position as a centre forward and failing to seize his chance.