You're kidding ! .? I missed it cos I was downstairs having a pint but I see Dave referred to as a daft bint ha ha
Sent from my iPad On 2 Jan 2012, at 22:01, Ian Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > What a great day! I would normally say the highlight was the goal from Macca > - however the highlight for me was my lovely wife playing at half time, > despite her wearing her best Ugg boots! ;-) > > I > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2 Jan 2012, at 20:47, DAVID NATTAN <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wow - that was fantastic - left ER still singing and buzzing all the way >> back to the station.No doubt Rich will come and give his views which will >> include giving all the team (bar Townsend) a hard time for their >> performances - and to be fair he will be right , and no doubt I will agree >> with 99% of his comments because he will be right BUT we got 3 points and >> even better we got 3 points from being a goal down on 85 mins !If ever a >> game showed that football is not about possession or shots on target or >> fouls or corners or any of the other stats that Sky bombard us with in an >> attempt to make us like American football - it is about one thing and one >> thing only - sticking the ball in the net, and we did it one more time than >> they did - so job doneIn the pub pre game we all agreed that a defeat in a >> poor performance could see the end of SG - we were in less agreement as to >> whether that would be a good or bad thing - of the 6 of us 2, inc myself >> were still >> pro Grayson, 2 were anti and the other 2 abstained / were undecided.To >> anyone who says that SG has lost the dressing room / players, the fact that >> we turned a 0 1 into a 2 -1 in the last few minutes after 3 straight defeats >> including a hammering last time out , to me, proves them wrong. The players >> gave it their all and refused to be beaten - thinking , like us, that a >> defeat would see him sacked. >> As for the game , Connolly, Brown, Varynen,and Keogh all found themselves >> left out (and may never play for us again ?) and Zac Thompson came in with >> Townsend and the recalled Clayton and Bruce (albeit at right back)Of the >> rest Kisnorbo could probably count himself the luckiest to keep his place, >> and our and his start to the game showed just how lucky he was, as Burnley >> took the game to us and should have gone ahead. Then we got lucky and >> Kisnorbo was injured and had to go off - this meant moving Thompson back to >> right back where he looked decent and Bruce to his proper place in the >> centre. Even better it meant that Sam came on on the right wing and led to >> Townsend moving to the left - his true position. We started to look better >> and began to get a foothold in the game. We ave the ball to the very >> impressive Townsend - very similar in many ways to the departed Max Gradel, >> very direct, very quick and very greedy. This gave us a number of free kicks >> , which were mainly wasted an a couple of bookings. Townsend then went on >> another run and 'won' a free kick, going over the defenders leg - clever, if >> not 100% fair and above board, even better the ref went for his yellow again >> and off went the defender.Surely,even Leeds in our present predicament could >> beat 10 men ?Well for the remainder of the half we tried, but a Nunez long >> range effort , and a coupe of great crosses apart we had nothing to show for >> it. So onto the second half (after some daft bint in Ugg boots did the worse >> halt time score on the bounce competition) - we came out fired up and spent >> the next 20mins or so in the most one sided game I have seen for ages. We >> huffed and we puffed and we came close on occasion - a lovely run and pull >> back from Townsend deserved to have someone on the end of it. Thompson >> fired just wide, O'Dea had one tipped over etc. To be fair to Burnley they >> defended like they were determined not to concede and gave >> it their all - a great defensive perfomance whilst under the cosh, couple >> with lots of time wasting.Surely we would get the goal we deserved and the >> flood gates would open? Then in their first and only foray into our half, >> the lad turned and hit a great shot accross Lonergan - a good finish but >> 100% against the run of play.Was this the end of Grayson ?After a bit of a >> wobble in front of a stunned crowd, SG took his last gamble. off went >> Becchio and Nunez and on came Forsell and McCormack.We continued to control >> the game and pressed and pressed but they dfefended like their lives >> depended on it and the clock ticked on.Surely we could not lose thisThen we >> got a corner and a poor ball into the box was turned into the net by a >> Burnley player - a total fluke- undeserved from their point of view but >> maybe the bit of luck Grayson and we merited ?Just as the celebrations died >> down the board went up - 5 minutes to penalise them for all the time wasting >> (especailly the keeper), we kept on going and a run from Townsend followed >> by a shot, that the keeper, Rchubka-esque managed to spill and Ross showing >> the predatory instincts of earlier in the season was first to the ball and >> prodded it homeNot sure what happened after that as we went, literally >> beserk, what an end to a game, what a way to start the New Year, what a way >> to end the 3 match losing runWow - like I say, fantastic - undeserved in >> some ways, totally deserved in others - the last 10minutes makes the £516 >> renewal price seem like a snip !This is what football is all aboutDaveNow >> waiting for a dour, sensible, reasoned report from RIch in which Becchio and >> Pugh should never pull on a Leeds shirt again - and in fairness to RIch, >> whose reports I always look forward to, probably a more realistic one than >> mine (even he will have been impressed by Townsend, the pace and drectness >> we have been lacking - the new Max?) >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
