You called it exactly right Rob. I can't imagine there will be a successful appeal against Smith's utterly ludicrous dismissal, when have we ever had any justice from the football authorities, but Kebe looked good at times and I can see Smith profiting from his presence.
Dave S Singapore Whites PS there was a good turnout in the Dubliner last night. I did enjoy the look on the face of the solitary wednesdayite who wandered in and realised he was on his own. Bastard had the last laugh though didn't he? Sent from my iPad > On 12 Jan, 2014, at 2:22 am, "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
