The seven-nil thrashing by Arsenal was the most painful for me.... Damian
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Eric B <[email protected]> wrote: > "Bastard had the last laugh though didn't he?" > > yeah, at least 6 times too, one for each goal and one for the result. I > dont think I ve EVER seen LUFC lose this much in my lifetime. > > > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Dave Sowden <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
