Great report as ever. We are unbelievable away fans though ... 50,000 for a dead rubber!!! :)
> On 7 Mar 2015, at 20:03, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > What a great day out but what an awful football match.For various reasons I > have 'retired' from away games and so Wigan was my second away game of the > season, and like Bolton it is nearer my home than home Leeds games.For > anyone who, for whatever reason do not go to games the order is like this - > teletext, radio, TV, home games, away games, away games in Europe. Just being > in a different town makes all the difference. Me and my son were on the train > from Victoria, 2 mates coming from Leeds via Piccadilly and 2 others from > Settle via Lancaster. Mobile phones have taken all the guesswork out of it ( > we used to come out of station and unless there was an obvious pub outside it > was 'turn right and first pub on the right - it worked) Anyway we came out of > our station turned right and went to first pub on the right - the Clarence - > only £2,20p for bitter and it was a mixture of Leeds fans and locals. Bloke > came in and sold his mate a rabbit in a plastic bag ! This was at 10.30 am > and we all met up, had a few beers in there and had a wander via a few pubs > down to the ground.Team news was Beradi in place of Cooper at left back, > Taylor staying further forward and 2 up front, Sharp keeping his place but > Morison also getting the nod with Byram being injured. We missed the Whelan > speech - could just hear something as we queued to get in. The first half was > a real non event - Ok our season is all but over, but they must have thought > that a win today gives them a fighting chance. We played like this was the > case but they also did so the first 45 had all the passion and commitment of > a friendly. It was poor fare for the 50000 Leeds fans who had made the trip. > Neither side had a shot or chance worthy of the name, the only incident was > when Sharp was clearly pushed over in the box. Foul to us I thought and then > 'wow its inside the box, a pen'. The ref (who gave Sharp nothing all game) > did not see it that way and nothing was given. I cannot recall anything else > that happenedSecond half and early on a great move ended with the ball coming > to Mowatt in the middle of the area - give it Morison I yelled, since Morison > was to his right unmarked and a good ball would have given him an open goal - > Mowatt chose to shoot with his right foot and buried it , the ball hit with > pace and precision and hit the back of the net. We all went wildAll we needed > to do from then on in, keep the ball and see it out. However for some reason, > just as on Wednesday we forgot how to play. All our passes went astray and we > looked dreadful, They seemed to wake up and for the next 15minutes we were > really up against it. Silvestri made really good save, they had a procession > of corners and two or three times the ball flashed across our 6yd box but > luckily for us no-one was there to tap it in. After this flurry the game > petered out and we looked like we would hold on. Morison went down and lay on > the floor in our box for a minute which led to an unbelievable 7 minutes of > injury time.Both Morison and Sharp went off in a double sub with Cani and > Antenucci coming on. Cani did nothing to make me want to keep him, Antenucci > did bits and pieces to show he has been unlucky to be dropped. So with the > fans singing 'going down' 'we'll see you again' etc the clock ticked over and > after 97 minutes the ref blew for full time. A deserved win, sort of, but 2 > bad teams in a poor game, We went for a pint afterwards and agreed that away > games are great (Charlton here we come, hopefully)We are safe now and we need > to see out these last 10 games with a view to next season. I think Redfearns > record is good and did stick up for him but not one of my mates thought he is > the man to take us up !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
