I did indeed go, but am seriously rubbish at reports. I am such an infrequent visitor (sadly) that I cannot give a real assessment of individual players - mostly as I hadn't a clue as to who was who - but I can say a few things...
I went to the game with the young son of my next door neighbour as the guest of an ex player and as we took our seats I commented on the teams and felt that I was surprised we did not start the game with Poleon and Smith playing. Prophetic or what? The game got underway and it was apparently within the first few minutes that we were the also ran's in this game. Burnley looked much more lively and their passes found someone playing in the same colours, which seems to be something Leeds has a problem with. I also noticed that for all of the game, until Smith came on in the second half, we did not win a single header, but we kept pumping the ball upfield in the air? The only time we looked like we meant business was when we played the ball on the ground and when the team for a short period decided to "Get stuck in" and got serious about tackling. Other than that, frankly we were crap and Burnley thoroughly deserved to go in 2 goals to the good. One point to mention was just before half time. There was a penalty shout for us, which I was exactly level with and had a clear view of. It was a definite push and should have been awarded. We wuz robbed! Second half - more of the same until the subs came on - Poleon and Smith - almost immediately we looked a different team, Poleon went off on one of his pacey runs and put the fear of God o e Burnley defence and smith was winning headers and so became a target man. Inevitably we scored and now we were making a game of it. Sadly in sort of fizzled out and there was to be no more excitement other than questioning how quickly 6 minutes injury time can move (3 minutes at my reckoning). All in all I thoroughly enjoyed the day, but only because I was back again in the ground watching the lads. Thank Christ I don't have to watch this sort of performance each week. I feel for you guys who do. Some observations: I kept an eye on Austin as I have seen much from others as to how bad he is. OK he is certainly not polished, but he was far from the worst player on the pitch. He obviously means business when he goes in for the tackle and I saw no particular evidence of bad passes, but then he didn't do too many of them - he was as good as - or as bad as, the rest of the team really. AS I said, not a detailed report, but more the feelings I had from the day - sorry for the lack of real content Cheers Steve G -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard walker Sent: 22 September 2013 10:34 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LU] Burnley Did anyone else go to the game yesterday ? Steve / Dave ? Thoughts ? Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/le edslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
