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...een just the one for two bookable offences. The captain had also been on four yellow cards before the game and his first booking in the game saw him tot up five, but, when he received another card, followed by the red, the first caution was struck from the record and it simply put down as a red card. It leaves him still on four yellow cards and teetering on the verge of another suspension! It means Leeds are without him for the trip to Highfield Road and the FA Cup game against Birmingham City at St Andrews on Saturday. In his absence Blackwell will recall Clarke Carlisle to the side who lost his place recently to Matthew Kilgallon and has just recovered from a bout of flu. Butler is confident Leeds have an excellent replacement in the former Queen Park Rangers centre-half, and plenty of people who can do his job as captain. He said:"They have leaders in there with the likes of Sean Gregan and Nathan Blake is a talker as well, so there's no problem. "Clarke will come in now after a rest and I know he will do a good job." Gary Kelly would have been favourite to take over the captain's armband, but he too is suspended for the Coventry game after reaching five yellow cards for the season. His absence could see Frazer Richardson move from left-back to his more favored position of right-back, a position he is tipped to eventually succeed Kelly in. Butler meanwhile had no complaints a...