Loyalty is an admirable quality in football, and to be commended in the right circumstances, but the question for Leeds United manager Daniel Farke is has it also made him blind to the deficiencies of goalkeeper Illan Meslier?
Certainly Leeds supporters have seen enough to argue the 25-year-old has become a liability rather than an insurance policy in goal.
Meslier is making so many mistakes, leading to so many goals, that it could cost Farke’s side automatic promotion. Anger is rising and Farke’s refusal to drop the Frenchman is akin to juggling with a hand grenade, before you throw it, after the pin has been taken out.