Leeds are undeniably talented in midfield and out wide but as toothless as most people’s granny up front. Blues caught them with a sucker punch after Bamford had failed to turn in a chance that my one year old grandson would have snapped up and when the Juke dummied the Leeds defence Che Adams did the rest with what was a superlative strike.

Yet Leeds continued to have the lion’s share of the game without really threatening while at the other end Blues’ speedy counterattacks could have yielded at least a couple more if it hadn’t been for the Leeds goalkeeper – probably the only player on his side to do himself justice.

The only downside was what looked like an horrific injury to Kleftenbeld as he over-ran the ball in his enthusiasm in what was a man of the match display, the Juke and Che Adams perhaps excepted. His loss will be a big blow but Monk’s masterstroke pushing Maxim Colin into midfield shows that good things can come out of adversity. However, if the experiment of playing Colin becomes a longer term ploy then Dave Davies must step up to the plate and Wes Harding needs to get his mojo back from his displays earlier in the season.