Plenty of Leeds United fans have been criticising journalist Phil Hay online following his recent post predicting what the Whites need to do to gain promotion the Premier League.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side are currently at the summit of the Championship and are one point ahead of West Bromwich Albion in second place, with plenty of breathing space between themselves and Fulham in the Playoff zone.
Although Leeds have been in the second tier for well over a decade, the Elland Road faithful have been awaiting their return to the top flight since their relegation in 2004.
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The Athletic journalist predicted on Twitter that the Whites will need to accumulate 85 points to confirm their Premier League status, which means that they will need to win five of their remaining nine games.
With this in mind, supporters have been panicking over superstitious concerns about Hay’s comments and made their feelings clear on social media. One fan said that he has applied the “kiss of death” to the club, while another stated that he doesn’t learn.
Why did you do this Phil? You don’t learn, do you.
— Russ 📰💻🎙⚽📻 (@_mediajourno_) June 16, 2020
Kiss of death, nice one Phil
— Ash (@ashlaurenn_) June 16, 2020
Phil can you not mate cheers
— Chris Mason (@MasonLEEDS) June 16, 2020
Oh Phil.
— MrPaulRobinson (@MrPaulRobinson) June 16, 2020
Hold me, Phil.
— Biff (@StevieBiff) June 16, 2020
Oh Phil ☹️🙄
— FatBob (@FatBob0) June 16, 2020
Phil, you of all people should know better
— LeedsUnitedCalypso (@LUFC_Calypso_) June 16, 2020
Phil you’ve just chucked us out of the plane and told us to share the parachute. Just behave man!
— Scott Murray (@ScottMuz13) June 16, 2020