On my way to the bus stop one of my neighbours asked if I was off to the game and who were we playing. I said 'yes' but could not recall who our opponents were. That reply was about right in so much as I will have no recollection of this match come Monday.One the one hand we won, we kept a clean sheet and Doukara scored with his only shotOn the other, it was dire and the goal was the only shot we managed all game - they had 2 chances in the first half and missed a sitter (header) in the second. It really was awful stuff. If anyone was taking a friend / relative to this as their first ever football game they would never come back for another one. From first to last minute it was terrible, two bad teams playing poorly in front of 20 thousand uninterested bored supporters, who struggled to raise any enthusiasm.We won and the three points will help make sure we do not get dragged into a relegation fight (you can forget the play offs) but this was as bad as it gets (add this to MK dons and Preston) and it is 2 shots in 3 home games (MKD was an own goal)I would give Dallas half his wages and the rest 30% tops. None of them did anything to deserve the wage packet they will be picking up - Ok maybe give Doukara 50% too since he did score.In fairness he did put it away nicely when the ball fell to him in the area and it was the only chance that fell his, or any other Leeds players way.There was a total lack of desire, skill or cohesion in the first half and we went in to a chorus of deserved boos at 0 0 only because they were as bad as us. This was not the team that beat Hull and were unlucky not to beat Derby, two of the better teams in this league.To be fair Evans (again) realised this was not good enough and changed things early in the second half bringing on Wood and taking off the totally ineffectual Carayol. The fact that the under fire Wood was greeted with cheers and sighs of relief shows how bad things were.We offered nothing and did nothing. Then a ball in the area fell to Doukara and he hit it into the corner of the net - a good finish. Would we go on and win 3 or 4 nil or would we shut up shop and keep the points we had . Really we did neither - we did not put our foot on the gas and go for it but we did not settle for the point either, we just continued plodding on not sure what to do and got a lucky escape when they missed a free header. The players played as if the season was over and the crowd bought into the 'nothing to play for vibe' that surrounded the whole set up We really need an exciting signing or just something for the fans to buy into or this season really is over wiht a long way to go As bad as it gets for a win and 3 points Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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