So you would go with Becchio and Macca then ? Sent from my iPad
On 20 Nov 2011, at 12:12, DAVID NATTAN <[email protected]> wrote: > I assume most of you have seen it on TV.Could not get in the WMC we usually > go to - home fans only on police advice and though I was silver tongued > enough to talk my way in, it was clear the rest of my mates would not be so > lucky, so we ended up in the cricket club. A strange place for a pre match > drink - 3 bars on different floors in the pavillion looking out over the > cricket pitch and it was rammed with Leeds fans , a good proportion of our > 4,000 followers decided to drink there. One GILF was shouting at the odd > Burnley fan who was there and I was told she was the Granny who had recently > been banned from running on the pitch at ER - a real celebrity , expect to > see her in the jungle or a big brother house soon!It was a glorious sunny day > and we left for the ground with high expectations. Turf Moor is a proper old > fashioned ground with wooden seats and a dark and dingy concourse with poor > toilets but a good place for us old timers to remember the old > days before plastic soulless idenikit grounds.We made it just in time for the > the well observed minutes applause for Jimmy Adamson - we all agreed he was > an awful Leeds manager but could put those feelings to one side as we stood > and clapped in his memory.That was almost as good as it got until the 76th > minute.First half we were dreadful - in truth they were poor too - managing > one shot from Clayton that did not dip enough and a free kick from McCormack > that the keeper saved.At the back we looked dodgy at times- Sam kept going > missing and leaving White exposed and the centre back pairing looked like > they had never met.It was almost inevitable that the goal would come from > this - their winger was in acres of space and White was caught in two minds - > that let the winger with time and space to pick out one of two onrushing > strikers who were marked by one defender too easy for them 0 1Only some good > saves, one with his feet , from the impressive McCarthy > , and a poor miss when through just before half time kept the score down and > us in it.We did think that their keeper had handled outside the area but the > fact that no Leeds player appealed meant that we kept quiet about it until > various moible calls from TV watchers confirmed we had been hard done > by.Second half we were better but never really threatened - I am losing faith > in Keogh, and McCormack is losing faith in himself, and between them they > never looked like scoring or creating opportunities. SG thought the same and > took them both off and brought on Nunez and Becchio.I know Rich W likes his > stats when slagging Becchio off but here is one - 60 mins with Keogh , no > goals, 30 mins with Becchio , two goals (even if he did not have a direct > hand in either)Both goals were similar - first Sam with a good bit of skill > had a good deep cross and Snoddy sneaked in at the far post and slid it home > - Game onThen a Snoddy corner in the last couple of minutes > fell to Nunez on the far side, he chipped it back in and again it came to > Snoddy ghosting in at the far post , this time he controlled it and with > bodies all around him managed to put it into the far corner.Just like last > season a last minute winner after being behind , although this time I did > feel more like we had robbed them.Time for a quick pint in the Wacky > Warehouse place near the station (again full of Leeds fans) and then train > home. Job done but far from convincing > One last point - I recorded the game and fast forwarded through it this > morning and then watched the highlights recorded on the Championship > programme - it was the same TV channel and the same pictures and coverage but > the live programme killed all the crowd noise and the highlights one turned > up the crowd noise so it sounded like the place was rocking. Do they always > do that and if so, why? > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
