As another match report has said -this was a poor game, the main redeeming feature being the fact that , for once,when the midfield / forwards did not work, the defence did their job and so we got a point. When added to the Donny and Preston results a point is OK - 7 from 9. I said that the defence did their job but that is not the whole story, with only a few minutes gone a simple ball over the top caught us napping and luckily the shot went just past Kasper's post -a real let off. Apart from that Ipswich created little and apart from a nervy few minutes at the end we looked comfortable and it was a well deserved clean sheet. One person who did not do his job correctly was the referee - he was very poor indeed. I lost count of the number of errors he made but some that spring to mind, a back pass volleyed back to the keeper and he allowed the keeper to catch it, an awful obstruction not given that led to SG getting a warning for complaining,a clear handball in the area not given, a foul and a yellow card given against O'Brien when the attacker fell over his own feet,failure to play the advantage when Paynter was brought down and the ball went to Max who was one on one with the full back. He also gave us a corner that was clearly a dead ball (Kilkenny wasted it so justice was done). I hate criticising refs - it really is an impossible task but the bloke yesterday really was out of his depth. Anyway back to the match - first half was dire - they did nothing and we did the same apart from Max who had 3 shots from the edge of the box but got worse each time - first was well saved,second just went past the post, the third was miles wide. Second half for a good 25-30 minute spell we did create some real chances and put them under intense pressure - the very quiet Snoddy pulled one just wide, Howson missed with a spectacular bicycle kick after a great move, and then with a back header, Paynter had a shot well saved, Kilkenny and Johnson both shot wide and high. It was just not to be. Credit to Ipswich they defended deep and with commitment and would probably argued that they deserved their point for such good defending. SGs subs did not really work - Becchio and Bannan came on for Paynter and more surprisingly Howson, when most expected and hoped it would be Kilkenny. I agree with Rich and thought that Somma should have come on, a different option to Paynter and Becchio , plus the fact that we were getting a few chances from the edge of the box and Somma is good from there. So a clean sheet and a point from a pretty dreadful game - we need to go on and win at Sheffield next week to turn it into a good point Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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