Phil Hay has explained on Twitter that Karl Darlow was missing between the sticks for Leeds United on Monday because he dislocated his thumb in the warm-up ahead of our 1-0 defeat to West Brom. Leeds got back to winning ways on New Year’s Day with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Wayne Rooney’s struggling Birmingham City. But it comes after defeats to Sunderland, Preston and then West Brom. With Illan Meslier suspended, Darlow was expected to play for the second consecutive league game. It comes after he played against West Brom, failing to stop Grady Diangana from scoring in the 1-0 loss. But i…