Dave , regarding Byram. He's hardly played and now being asked to play as a wing back, which he isn't.
Should play I'm midfield. Too much talent not to play. Sent from my iPad > On 21 Dec 2013, at 21:07, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well in my 40 years of watching Leeds I have seen some great matches and some > wonderful performances and I have had some cracking days out that will live > with me forever (or until the Alzheimers kicks in) - today was NOT one of > them, and I doubt if I will remember todays game by this time next week. > On the way to the game I was really looking forward to it, I knew we were > expecting a big crowd (in the event over 31k turned up) and for once (almost) > I actually thought we would win, and I hoped that we would win comfortably. > Instead it was all very flat, the crowd were very quiet and the players never > did anything to get them going. Last home game we got a point and I came home > still buzzing, today we got a point and I was worried about falling asleep on > the train home. > As with any game you can point to bits and think 'if only' and certainly > there were 2 'if only' moments in the first half - both fell to Smith, the > first he did well to control the ball and did a great turn but his shot was > right at the keeper, the second was another Smith shot, that was so poorly > hit it was almost a back pass. That apart , the first half was poor and on a > couple of occasions they had decent chances to take the lead. > To be fair to Brian McD he had seen the same rubbish as the rest of us and he > made 2 changes at half time. Unfortunately they did no work - Tonge who had > looked decent in the first few games struggled to make an impact and Byram, > once again, is not the same player who looked so good last season. > We huffed and puffed and had most of the ball and mostly in their half but > did very little with it. It just wasn't to be and yet another Yorkshire derby > had us dragged down to the level of the opposition, an opposition today that > were bottom of the league! > I could not believe it when on the bus back to the station I found that we > had moved up a place ! A strange league this one. > So a really poor day BUT I have said all season that I would be happy with us > spending the season in and around the play off spots, so I am delighted that > we are ending the calendar year in 5th spot. More than that, the mood in and > around ER is so much better than the last few seasons - I was sceptical about > those fans who said they would be back once Bates had gone, but they have > been pretty much true to their word. To get over 31k the week before > Christmas for a Cat A game against opponents who brought less than a thousand > would have been unthinkable in the last few years under Bates, and although > 1,000 of these were freebies and another 1400 were kids under the fantastic > new scheme it was a fantastic effort and shows, once again, the potential we > have > > So, a bad day at the office but a decent first half to the season , so I wish > you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and lets hope for more good > things to come > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
