These Leeds Fans Want 33-Year-Old Brought In As Cover Following Injury Blow
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With the news that on-loan Chelsea goalkeeper Jamal Blackman had suffered a broken tibia in the Under 23 game between Leeds United and Birmingham City on Friday afternoon, with the likelihood that the 25-year-old will now be out of action for most, if not all, of the remainder of the 2018/19 campaign, thoughts quickly turned to backup options.
Talk on emergency goalkeeping cover is mixed as plenty think Will Huffer ticks the boxes from the EFL’s point of view for the loan angle to not come into play, but undoubtedly come January we will be looking at options to provide proper backup and competition for Bailey Peacock-Farrell.
Birmingham City’s experienced goalkeeper David Stockdale was a quick suggestion from a number of fans on social media given the reported interest we had in bringing him in during the summer window and speculation suggesting we were interested prior to that when he left Brighton and Hove Albion.
@DavidStockdale1 looks like a winwin.
— yorkshirethomo (@yorkshirethomo) November 16, 2018
Does David fancy a loan to Leeds?@Katie_Stockdale
— Somos EL Leeds… (@WACCOE) November 16, 2018
So Stockdale leaves Birmingham by mutual consent…. you know the rest!!
— Lee Goddard (@Godders17) November 16, 2018
Could see the Stockdale loan happening in Jan.
— kiwiwhite (@Neiljackson123) November 16, 2018
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— Russell Hancock 2nd August (@RussellHancock4) November 16, 2018
Westwood and Stockdale not doing much wonder if we will go in for one in January, need experience to challenge #lufc
— Irish_Leeds (@Irish_Leeds) November 16, 2018
Gutted for Blackman. Huffer an England u20 and Miazek aren’t bad backup but you’d hope we’d go for some experience. Not a lot about on a free. Emergency loan maybe. Stockdale anyone? #lufc
— d̳e̳a̳n̳ (@deancore) November 16, 2018
Are we able to get a keeper in on an 'emergency loan' ??
Surely Stockdale must be on the #LUFC radar if we can.
— michael smith (@miffy66) November 16, 2018
Stockdale or Westwood for me
— David Michael Cox (@gurucox) November 16, 2018
He’s certainly as good a shout as any for the rest of the season given the names that are now doing the rounds.