Ben Parker pre-match stating that Howson doesn't want to leave and the club want the money rather than player puts a new slant on things doesn't it ? and Lorimer snatching the mic off him. I firmly believe that Bates, Grayson and Lorimer are all lying to us fans.
Sent from my iPad On 21 Jan 2012, at 22:33, DAVID NATTAN <david.nat...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Well I really cannot remember a victory that felt so empty as todays. Given > that we were a goal down with 15min to go a victory should have us all > buzzing and to turn 0-1 down to a 3-1 win should be the stuff of dreams. As > it was I , and many others , left the ground totally deflated after an awful > performance in an awful match. My mate refused to celebrate our second it > was such a gift and so undeserved,The first half was terrible football and > both sides were very poor indeed for the most part. We managed to go the > whole 45 minutes without a single shot or chance worthy of the name. They > were just as bad but did seem, at least , to be putting some effort and > commitment into the game whereas we were just going through the motions,, On > the way to the ground we were trying to convince ourselves that the > re-introduction of Delph meant that we were on the way to getting a dream > midfield , but it never turned out like that. Delph was mainly off the pace > and did very little, Clayton continued his invisible man impersonation, > Townsend showed that his debut game may be a flash in the pan, Only Snoddy > seemed up for it. Up front Forsell showed why he has struggled to get into > the team and McCormack hardly got a touch.Thankfully they were almost just as > bad and were restricted to one long range effort that hit the woodwork. Then > disaster struck, a short corner was played to a lad on the edge of the box > and his daisycutter found its way through to Lonergan, no danger there until > he suddenly turned in Rachukba and let it slip through his fingers - what a > mistake, what a soft goal , a shame since Lonergan our new captain has had an > impressive season so far,The quiet subdued crowd fell into a total stupor. So > -0-1 at half time, Surely SG would make changes and sort things out at half > time - well for 25mins things were just as bad even though White and Becchio > were introduced on the hour.Then McCarthy seemed to > decide, having said how much he loved it at Leeds, that he would give us a > hand, He twice kicked it into touch under no pressure and then a hopeful punt > forward was headed backwards by the defender, he had not realised where > McCarthy was and the ball was on its way goalwards until McCarthy dived full > stretch to keep it out. The only problem was that he was way out of the area > and so left the ref no choice - a straight red. For the 3rd game in a row we > were playing against 10men. This should have been the cue for us to up the > game and really take it to them. Instead we relied on 2 awful pieces of > defending (v similar to Burnley game) First the centre half gave the ball to > Snoddy in front of an empty goal 1-1 then a mix up between the keeper and > defender allowed Ross to stroll forward and walk the ball home. The Ipswich > fans must have been tearing their hair out.Ipswich by this time had totally > collapsed and after 3 ridiculous goals we then put the > icing on the cake (such as it was) with a well taken goal by Becchio who > struck it well from a tight angle,So a 3 1 win and the fans trooped home > almost embarassed at getting 3 points.As for Bates there were a number of > Bates Out chants, and a bit of humour with an adaptation of the Colin > Bell,Man City song (number 1 is Colin Bell, number 2 is Colin Bell and so on) > - our version was' number one -- here on loan, number 2 here on loan, number > 3 here on loan ' etc. Not factually accurate (before Mark H points it out) > but they did have a point. Then it was "2 more players to sell before we buy > the hotel" > So all in all a very disappointing victory, once again against ten men, and a > victory that does little to paper over the cracks and will not encourage > anyone who was there to fill in their ST renewal formsBut I suppose 3 points > is 3 points and we now have 10 days until our next game and a debut for > Robbie Rogers and anyone else we may bring inDave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > 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 leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
