It did occur to me that if you leave your seat and can't leave the ground there is little else to do in the South Stand except have a pie and a pint.
> On 6 Dec 2015, at 10:57, Robinson, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > > So when they left after 17 mins do you think they were really going to redeem > their Pie Voucher ??? > > :-) > > -----Original Message----- > 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 > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
