Who knows - I am in Gelderd / Kop / Revie North Stand (whatever you choose to
call it) and the 'protest' such as it was , was in the South Stand. No-on near
me left their seats. If I did not know in advance that this protest was taking
place I doubt if I would have noticed. As it was there was a bit of
'excitement' as the clock ticked onto 17 but then nothing - I was expecting the
SS Upper to be empty and the bottom 50/50 but on 18mins there were no visible
empty seats. Like I say a total damp squib a non event. There were chants later
on aimed at the pie fiasco 'South Stand show us your pies' and 'get your pies
out for the lads' which made a few smileTo me it just shows how out of touch
Waccoe is compared to match going fans - 66% of voters on there claimed they
were going to leave their seats and I think more voted to leave on there than
actually did!
Dave
From: "Robinson, Mick" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Leeds List <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, 6 December 2015, 10:57
Subject: RE: [LU] Hull
So when they left after 17 mins do you think they were really going to redeem
their Pie Voucher ???
:-)
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of [email protected]
Sent: 05 December 2015 20:17
To: Leeds List <[email protected]>
Subject: [LU] Hull
Wow - we were not expecting that result. Pre match I had said to a mate in the
pub that even if, by some miracle we won today, and we agreed it would take a
minor miracle, that it would not mean anything and all our problems , on and
off the pitch would remain. Having said that we won and it was great. The first
victory my son has seen this season (he missed Cardiff) and overall we
deserved it and we LOVED it.
Yes, we lived dangerously at times and they missed a sitter (from a Snoddy
cross) at the end that would have gained them a point, but from start to finish
we gave it everything and all the players gave it their best, and, all things
considered that is all we can ask for.
In the pub (and we were there very early so bear that in mind) I did say I
would like to see both Adeyemi and Bridcutt in front of the back four with Wood
up top on his own supported by Cook, Mowatt and Dallas (OK i wanted Byram in
place of Wooton from the start) so when we took our places I had to admit that
if it did not work I had no suggestions to make things better given that it was
the team I wanted.
From the off,and for the full 90 really, Hull showed how much better than us
they are, and showed us how much we need to improve to get to that level.
Luckily for us football is not just about being the better players etc, and
today the strong blustery wind made it hard for both teams. They passed it
around and cut us apart a few times, either the wind , a poor final ball or the
attacker not quite being there meant that we had a few narrow escapes as the
ball flashed across our 6 yard box with no-one getting the needed touch.
We had a couple of good moves of our own and this game was won in a 15minute
spell just before half time. a brilliant through ball by Cook, showing why he
is such a good prospect, fed Dallas who had to run onto it and he put a great
cross in that Wood met well and hammered home. A great goal (similar to
Huddersfield with Antenuccis goal) I had tried to defend Wood pre game but his
overall play in recent games makes that hard. Today he took his goal well and
was a threat throughout and held the ball up and won his flick-ons. There is
still hope for him despite some fans being on his back. Then a moment that we
thought would be the defining one but in the end counted for nothing - Mowatt
won the ball and fired a shot that their keeper just stood and watched, unlike
Cardiff and Hudds this one hit the woodwork and bounced to safety. Oh how we
could have done with a second we thought. Then a corner was played, in a
practised move, to Cook at the edge of the box and his shot was parried
straight to Adeyemi who slotted home - 2 up at time. Off to rapturous , if
slightly disbelieving applause.
The off for 17 on 17 protest had been a real damp squib with only a dozen or so
fans leaving their seats - pointless waste of time (when they returned there
was some argy bargy with the stewards) If we are going to protest things it
needs to be better organised and better supported than this Second half we
started and stayed on the back foot and when they got one back after only
10minutes we feared the worse (I predicted 2 -4 at that stage) but we stuck to
our task. Bridcutt looking like the real deal (he is very small - same height
as Cook) and made Evans prediction of him ' being the best midfielder in the
Division' a genuine belief rather than total hyperbole.
They had a couple of chances that Silvestri saved well - he really is a good
shot stopper but needs to command his area much much better- and Cooper and
Bellusci put in last ditch tackles to save the points. We continued to threaten
a bit, albeit on the back foot, and Adeyemi had a chance to wrap it all up but
basically bottled it when put through. Murphy, Byram and Doukara all came on,
mainly to waste time (Silvestri got booked for taking too long) as we watched
the clock tick down slower and slower. Snoddy came on for them to good applause
an put in one cross that should have brought the equaliser but the Hull player
headed wide and we breathed again.
The final whistle was met with cheers of delight, relief and disbelief. The
whole ground rising to greet our heroes.
Yes they are better than us but we won and that is all that counts tonight - a
hard fought and hard won but deserved victory, one that papers over the cracks
but who cares, let us all enjoy tonight
11 heroes out there today (plus the subs) - especially pleased to see Wood
have a good game and get a goal and Bridcutt was probably our MOM but they all
gave it everything and they (and we) got the rewards today. Great stuff Dave
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