The Championship promotion race has been taking shape for a couple of weeks now and Leeds United are slowly learning what must be done to secure a route back to the Premier League.

Leeds haven’t played in the top-flight for 16 years now and, with five games of the Championship season to play, they are on the cusp of ending that.

The fixture list facing Marcelo Bielsa’s men is taking shape now too, with Stoke City awaiting on Thursday night before a trip to Swansea City on Sunday.

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On the back of those two games it has been announced by Leeds that they will have to wait until the following Thursday before they take on Barnsley, which subsequently pushes a meeting with Derby County back to the Sunday.

It means that for four consecutive game weeks, Leeds will kick-off at least a day after West Brom and Brentford, in a similar scenario to what Bielsa’s side faced last year when they lost out to Norwich City and Sheffield United in the promotion race.

Over on Twitter, there are a number of concerned fans making that point, with the pressure turning up gradually on Bielsa and the squad.

Here, we look at some of the replies on the back of this fixture announcement, which has spread plenty of concern around the fanbase…