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'Sell', 'Atrocious' - Many Leeds fans destroy outfielder for 'Worst performance under MB' v Hull
Leeds United fans have torn Barry Douglas to shred for his performance in the Carabao Cup defeat to Hull City at Elland Road on Wednesday night.
Ezgjan Alioski’s last-minute equaliser wasn’t enough for the Whites as they crashed out of the competition in a penalty shoot-out.
Although Leeds and Hull were in the same league last season, it was Premier League versus League One this week but hardly any players impressed – especially Douglas.
The 31-year-old left-back has had a tough time at Elland Road in the past year having only started six Championship matches last season.
Douglas is viewed as Leeds’ only natural left-back in Marcelo Bielsa’s senior squad but it speaks volumes that Stuart Dallas and Ezgjan Alioski are ahead of him in the pecking order in that position, even though they’re more natural on the wing.
And performances at left-back like that against Hull won’t have helped the ex-Wolves man get any further up Bielsa’s pecking order either with stats by WyScout showing that he failed to complete any crosses or dribbles and had a pass accuracy of just 75 per cent.
Douglas also won just 29 per cent of his defensive duels and lost the ball 18 times against the League One club.
It wasn’t good enough and fans have made that very clear on Twitter, with one saying that Celtic can have him for free after the Scottish champions were linked with a deal [Sky Sports].
Here is a selection of their tweets:
https://twitter.com/Edwardblack1964/status/1306454634064760832
Douglas was disappointing tonight yet he weren’t alone. Bogusz is clearly not a CDM. #lufc
— Zak 🤍💛💙 (@Zak_Allen) September 16, 2020
I'd happily never see, Douglas, Alioski or Poveda play for us again. Genuinely the worst wide men i've seen play since Bielsa came in. that was shocking……. #lufc
— WⓂ️ (@WM80_) September 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/BigJimmy_V/status/1306339483328094208
Kiko was probably our best player tonight funilly enough. Our lack of quality outside our starting 11 showed. Douglas shouldn't be anywhere near the first team he's terrible. Alioski was poor, Roberts is a weakling, poveda nowhere near the first team yet, same for others. #lufc
— Edward Belvidere (@BelvidereEdward) September 16, 2020
Don't care about result but the performance of some of the team was atrocious those slating Cassila he was #LUFC best player & 1 of a handful who could hold his head up Poveda busy but lightweight Rodrigo zero service Tyro & Alioski Douglas atrocious worst performance under MB
— Leeds Fan in Chicago (@ChicagoWhite) September 16, 2020
Leaves Bamford, Harrison and Phillips all on the bench, Bielsa clearly wasn’t arsed about this cup, that said, happily not see Casilla, Douglas, Alioski and Roberts in a Leeds shirt again. #LUFC
— Sam Bellerby (@SamBellerby) September 16, 2020
Yeah, our lack of depth 😂
Douglas, Alioski, Roberts … Woeful tonight.
I'll forgive the kids, ah well no injuries. #lufc
— Edward Belvidere (@BelvidereEdward) September 16, 2020
Celtic can have Douglas on a free if they want 😂 #lufc
— Ryan Martin (@_RianMartin_) September 16, 2020
I'd be surprised to see Douglas play for us again. Think it's time to move him out. #lufc
— Andrew Thornton 💙 (@DrT1974) September 16, 2020
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