Wow nearly 32k fans turned up to watch this end of season dead rubber, the vast majority buying tickets knowing that there would be nothing riding on this game. Potential buyers , what are you waiting for ? We average over 20k but have the potential just under the surface of getting 30k every week if we are top of the League. We still (just) have a global fan base and 'brand name'. We are a one city club and that is a city that is quite rich. Well done the Russian who has bought Bournemouth and got them into the Prem with the £120m that is worth BUT however long you are there and however well you do they will always just be Bournemouth, WE can be up there with the top teams if someone can come and sort us out. The anti Cellino stuff never really happened. I did not see a singel person wearing purple in the pubs beforehand. There were a few "Massimo, time to go" chants and a number of purple beach balls were thrown around the stands. Instead there were a lot of pro Redfearn songs and even a couple in support of Thompson but to what avail i am not sure. The game itself was once again pretty forgettable - the team was the same as last week with Berardi being the only ex Italian based player on the pitch (Bamba has played in England before) Despite the fact that we were at home against a team that has spent all season fighting relegation and probably the last week on the piss, we still just had Morison on his own up front. I do think Redders has done well in impossible circumstances this season but I really cannot see him as the man to take us up. Rotherham had 2 great chances in the first half - a missed header from 5 yds out and another shot that missed when it was easier to score. A few other times they seemed to carve us open to no effect. At the other end a 'goal' when the flag for offside had gone up ages before by Morison and a back header right to the keeper our only opportunites. Taylor showed why he is a defender when he dallied when he should have scored. So 0 0 at half time and pretty average fare. Then came the only 10minutes of the game worth re-watching. About 5 minutes into the second half and we turned up the heat and the tempo - we should and nearly did score -one great move involving Mowatt and Morison was great. Sharp came to help and he added to the pressure etc -for a 10minutes spell we batttered them but could not get the breakthrough and that was that. A few chances came and went to both teams and right to the end it was on a knife-edge insomuch as one goal either way could have won it - but it was not great. So the game and the season petered out - we cannot score enough and do not attack enough at home, the crowd really got behind the team at times and showed how things could be if things on the pitch were right, but overall it was yet another poor game to add to many this season Not sure where we go from here - I posted my ST renewal yesterday , glad that it was free and not £445- but without some major changes things will not get better 99 days till the start of next season Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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