Crysencio Summerville avoided a ban after the cumulative yellow card suspensions were reset following Leeds United’s 19th game of the season against Middlesbrough.
Summerville had been on four yellow cards since the 1-0 win over Leicester on 3 November, meaning he would have been suspended if he had received another in that time.
The final game in which the Dutchman had to avoid a yellow card was against Middlesbrough, and he did so, avoiding a one-match ban as a result.
Beren Cross, a Leeds Live journalist, tweeted the update on December 4th, writing: “A footnote from Saturday, but the cumulative yellow-card suspensions have now reset.”
“Summerville had been walking the tightrope since Leicester on four bookings and would have missed Blackburn with a yellow against Boro.”
A collective sigh of relief.
Given Summerville‘s importance to Daniel Farke‘s side in terms of attacking, the entire squad can now breathe a sigh of relief that he is no longer on the verge of a suspension and can continue to play freely.
Not that the looming threat of a ban would have changed the way he played the game, but there would have been an element of caution around his game, especially when it came to challenges that he might otherwise have made.
This will lift a weight off his shoulders and hopefully allow him to play his natural game, which has seen him shine so brightly at Elland Road since the Championship season began.
The depth out wide is probably the strongest part of Farke’s squad, with Dan James, Jaidon Anthony, Wilfried Gnonto, and Ian Poveda all ready to step in if Summerville had been suspended, but they don’t have to worry now.
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