How many Italians were in the line up? Two as far as I can tell and one got sent off. On 21 Jan 2015 11:31, "Mike Houston" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Interesting to note that last night's team and ones in recent games have > been with mostly with players who were here last season/come through the > ranks and the large amount of Summer (foreign) signings largely discarded > or on the bench (all bench payers were summer signings and only 3 summer > recruits playing, one of whom is an english based player). > > Coincidence that we have picked up points in recent matches and seem to be > paying better or just wishful thinking? > > Mike > > > > On 21 Jan 2015, at 07:48, Ted <[email protected]> wrote: > > Top report Dave, and spot on! For me it was nothing we don't deserve this > season - I keep thinking we have better players and play better football > (sometimes) than we did under Warnock (and McDonut) but the results just > haven't gone for us. Last night most things went right and we had that > little bit of luck that has been missing. > > The Silvestri save on the line didn't go in (we are practically in line) > and according to Popey on radio Leeds, their "penalty" foul was outside the > box. > > A top, gritty performance. I also liked how we pressed them back all the > time, and when we did get the ball, we pushed forward with purpose as > opposed to passing it sideways and back. > > Reborn Murphy in for Bianchi? Hell yes! Morison in for Doukara (or > Antenucci)? Definitely! A 5-man midfield yesterday really worked - I'd > maybe like to see that team/formation away from home more often but at home > I'd like to give Morison and Sharp a better go together - we need someone > of Billy's experience to be on the end of all the knock-downs that Morison > wins. > > Overall, well worth the trip out in the cold, only 17,600 made the trip tho > - let's hope a win and some confidence brings 'em back! > > Bring on the dog botherers! > > Ted H > > > > On 21 January 2015 at 00:18, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well what a cracker ! It was one of those midweek games where I didn't > > really fancy it. My mates were either not drinking or missing altogether, > > the weather was poor and worse was forecast , the crowd was going to be > > small and we would most likely lose. Three times during the day when I > > pointed all or some of the above to my wife she said 'well don't go then > / > > why bother going" and 3 times I replied that it is what I do.Anyway off > to > > ER I went with more trepidation than hope in my heart and the team news > did > > not fill me with confidence as far as excitement went but did give me > hope > > of a point. Morison up front on his own, or the centre forward who has > > never scored , as I described him, with Mowatt coming in to bolster > > midfield in place of the other attacker (Antenucci)We took the kick off > and > > the ball was passed to Cook who went back towards our goal before giving > it > > the one outfield player we have who does not like having the ball, Wooton > > and he kicked it into touch. A really auspicious start I thought, but > from > > that moment on we played really well, 100% commitment and effort coupled > > with some lovely fluent passing. We really got stuck into them disrupting > > their rhythm and not giving them time to play. When we had the ball we > had > > some lovely triangles and played lots of balls up to Morison who won most > > of them , holding the ball up well and bringing others into play. Twice > > Austin had shots from good positions that flew past the post (and into > the > > Sky sports adverts two away from the goal as my mate pointed out) Murphy > > had a tremendous right foot shot that the keeper did well to save, and > one > > ball across the box to Mowatt somehow did not go in. We were looking good > > against the league leaders. Then we got the goal our play deserved when > > Austin played it into Murphy who took it on and unleashed a left footed > > thunderbolt into the corner - unstoppable. A great goal and well > deserved. > > Could we hold on or even build on it ? Well from that moment on we rode > our > > luck to a certain extent, firstly they scored what seemed like the > > equaliser but the offside flag went up , then a couple of shots went > right > > across between our posts before Silverstri dived on it - hard to tell if > > the ball crossed the line but the lino said no. So we ended the half one > up > > and good value for it but clinging on a bit. Second half was more of the > > same, we started ok with Morison our man of the match and Murphy starting > > to show why we paid £1m for him in the thick of it. Austin revelled in > his > > forward roll ably assisted by Byram, Mowatt and the talent that is Lewis > > Cook - on one occasion he just glided past 3 defenders and played a > sublime > > ball into Bryam whose cross we just failed to convert. Another lovely > move > > ended with Austin blasting wide a shot from a daft tight angle when a > cross > > into the six yard box would have reaped rewards. Morison even had a > chance > > to get on the scoresheet as he ran onto a through ball but before he > could > > get to it (and hammer it home) he was cynically brought down - defender > > lucky to get only a yellow. It was by no means one way traffic though and > > at times we were chasing shadows as Bournemouth kept the ball for long > > periods and even cut us open on a few occasions - on another day they > could > > have had 3 or 4. Things got tougher for us when Morison started limping > and > > had to be subbed - Billy Sharp tried hard but did not have the same > > prescence- I really think that once Morison gets his first goal he will > be > > a real favourite- thats how good he had started to play. Could we hold on > > as legs began to tire and the snow began to fall. Roared on by the hardy > > 17k the team stuck manfully to their task but the worry was there , that > if > > Bournemouth got one they could go on and win it. Then near disaster their > > man ran at our defence chased forlornly by Bellusci and a couple of > > defenders - down he went, out came the red card, inside or outside the > box > > we wondered - in said the ref and pointed to the spot. I heard later that > > this was wrong, so when the penalty was blasted over the bar justice was > > done. After 4 mins of injury time the whistle went and we had hung on to > > win 1 0.Overall a deserved win but I will understand it if their lot > claim > > they should have taken at least a point with the chances they had, but we > > deserved our bit of good fortune and some of our play was really good and > > worthy of 3 pointsSo a great game of football and a great result - am I > > glad I went - you betcha > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
