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> On 11 Jan 2014, at 18:22, Robert Heath <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know I'm going to get shot down in flames for this, but I don't think > that was quite as awful as it looked. > > The first 30 mins, both teams were embarrassingly bad. Our only problem > was that Peltier gifted them a goal with a suicidally schoolboy piece of > doziness after we cleared a freekick and he played them all onside. Then we > actually started to finally put some play together and were beginning to > look good. With a new formation and 2 new players, it were understandable > maybe that it took us half an hour to get going. I was thinking that we > mighht get an equaliser before h-t, then Zaliukas played an awful ball to > Austin, we lost possession, and they suddenly morphed into Arsxernal at > their best and produced a superb lightning counterattack. > > Nevertheless, with Smith on and reverting to 4-4-2, and the new lads > starting to gel, I was still hopeful as the 2nd half kicked > off..............and then came the awful travesty of a red card decision. > > Obviously, we were dead then, but even though the scoreline was horrible, I > even think there is some optimism in that last 45 mins. A lot of people > burble on about the players not trying etc, but we actually played some > reasonable football in the middle third at least with only 10 men, and > McCormack, Byram & Austin all worked incredibly hard. > > Of the goals we did concede............1 was a lucky deflection, I'm pretty > sure Wickham's was a mishit, and 1 was just a dreadful error from Zaliukas, > who really did have a terrible game. Oh, and now I remember it, The Big Zee > was at fault for the other one as well, which probably also was a mishit. > > It may sound ridiculous, but I don't think too many little things needed to > have beeen different for us to have come home with maybe a nice 2-0 away > win...........if Peltier had done his job after that freekick............if > zaliukas hadn't played that woeful pass...........and if the ref hadn't > seen a red acrd offence when there was none. I think if only 2 out of those > 3 hadn't happened, we might have won. > > Worrying times, though. > _______________________________________________ > 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
