If fans passion and support were reflected in the players thus club would be bigger than Barcelona !
I love this list me! MOT Sarge Sent from my iPhone On 4 May 2014, at 13:41, "Richard Naef" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Dave, for this and all your efforts over the season, ditto to all the > other who have bothered to put finger to keyboard to keep us part timers up > to date! - let's hope next season brings a bit more fun for the best fans > in the world and passion from the worst bunch of wasteful bastards ever to > wear the white, gold, blue or yellow ;) > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of [email protected] >> Sent: 04 May 2014 11:21 >> To: leeds list >> Subject: [LU] Derby report >> >> Well we finished on a high - with an excellent second half performance but >> whether that is enough for McD or the out of contract players to keep > their >> jobs, who knows >> >> We began this game as we have so many this season, with no passion, no >> commitment and no idea and could easily have been 3 down in the first half >> hour. Within the first minutes Austin (playing right wing !) let his man > run >> past him without tracking back and a ball which split the rest of our > 'defence' >> found him inside the box and only a top class save from Butland stopped it >> being 1 -0. However the Derby fans did not have long to wait for their >> opener, this time Murphy decided to stand with his arm in the air in a > failed >> plea for offside as the Derby striker went past him and got onto a lovely >> chipped ball, again Butland saved well at the blokes feet but it fell to > the >> striker to have another go , which Butland blocked again and whilst our >> defence looked on helpless and hapless, 2 Derby strikers decided to help >> their man and one bundled it over the line. Butland was not a happy man. >> Later on another move split us wide open and we were saved only because >> the lad chose to shoot from a bad angle rather than pull it across to his >> unmarked colleague who would have had an open goal. Our best player first >> half was Micheal Brown and that sums it all up - he even came closest to >> scoring with a rasping long range drive. The only bright point was the > fact that >> as in the last couple of games Smith and McCormack have started to look > like >> a partnership rather than 2 players who had never met. Smith was looking > to >> direct his flick-ons and lay-offs to Ross, and Ross was looking to get on > the >> end of Smiths headers. Smith did come close with a couple of headers, one >> of which was turned over the bar as we came into the game in the last >> 15mins. We also had a penalty shout turned down for a possible handball >> Second half Murphy went off and White (his last game in a Leeds shirt?) >> came on as a right winger in a bit of a re-shuffle and he made an impact. >> Looking Huckerby-esque as he ran around quickly with his head down, things >> did happen around him. His extra energy also seemed to lift the rest of > the >> team and the majority of the 29+thousand crowd. We roared them on and >> they responded in a performance which if replicted the rest of the season, >> would have us in the play offs at a minimum! This new attitude soon paid > off >> as Ross flicked the ball and himself over the lunging Derby player on the >> ground and he put a lovely ball through the Derby defence, Smith read it > well >> and made a good run, he controlled the ball and as we all expected him to >> blast it wide or mess it up it some other way he lifted a sublime little > chip >> over the keeper, a great finish from someone who gets a lot of stick for > his >> work on the floor. After that it was all Leeds, although they had us > worried >> with every sporadic attack they made. Smith headed wide, Ross had 2 free >> kicks well saved as he tried his best to get his 30th. We should > definitely had >> at least one penalty as Tonge was shoved as he prepared to get on the end >> of a ball into the 6 yard box. Smith also got a nudge in the back when > well >> placed. Lees showed how long his thinking time is as a ball beat everyone > and >> came to him at the far post - a striker would have scored. Pugh (in his > last >> appearance for us) could have left a hero but his header went wide when he >> should have scored So a very disappointing season came to an end. I said > at >> the start that I did not expect promotion or even a play off place but I > did >> want us to spend the whole season thinking that the play-offs were a >> possibilty but this was only the case up to the New Year.Even when results >> were going well early on we never looked a good team. So out with the old >> and in with the new - the team (and management) that starts next season is >> likely to have little in common with the one who started this season. I > cannot >> be bothered doing an end of season report but a quick summation would be: >> Ross , a great season , can he be this prolific again ? Pearce, tried his > best >> every game, limited as a player but largely free from criticism: Smith - a > real >> find and will be even more effective next year hopefully with better > service >> but will he affect the way we play too much and make us predictable . The >> rest - hang your heads in shame, for every game you did well , there were > 3 >> or 4 when you were awful - don't care if you leave ! >> >> Forza Leeds - let's hope Massimo is as good in reality as he is in his own > mind >> !! >> >> Here's to next season >> >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
