Cheers Dave as always. Reminder our 1st goal against Notlob last week was also from a corner ;-)
> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 18:04:31 +0000 > From: nat...@sky.com > To: leedslist@gn.apc.org > Subject: [LU] Blackburn > > This will be fairly short - 3 hours sleep (after a cub sleepover at Legoland) > 5 pints of Thwaites bitter, 6 paracetamol, 4 codeine phosphate tablets, and > 40mils of oramorph on top of my 60mgs of slow release morphine is not great > for a detailed analysis of the game !!The leeds end (lower tier) was packed > and we spent the first 5 minutes finding where are seats were and then > standing somewhere else since it was a bit of a free for allBerardi and Bamba > kept their places at the back, our goal scoring 'heroes' from midweek started > up front again with Mowatt Cook Dave and Bridcutt making up the > midfield.Blackburn started the brighter with lots of action down our flanks - > the pitch at Blackburn (which was in poor condition) is a bit strange in that > it extends 2 yards from the line and then has a massive camber (on the left > side as we looked at it)- thankfully these crosses came in 2 types , rubbish > ones that went behind the goal, too far to the far side or just generally > poor or th > e odd decent one that just eluded the attacker in the box.It was what it > was, two average Championship (Division Two let us remember) teams with > little, if anything to play for. So not much in the way of enterprising or > exciting stuff. We seemed to have adopted a very odd tactic - Silvestri > kicking the ball, ball from hand and deadballs, very wide to the left hand > side. This was an old Leeds tactic and was successful for a few seasons, but > this was when we had Speed or Bradley Johnson on that side, players who were > decent in the air and who tended to have the better of the full back. Today > we had Mowatt and Doukara, neither of whom are good in the air coupled with a > lack of precision from the keeper, so , surprise surprise it did not bring us > any joy.The game settled into a bit of a stalemate with the feeling that > first goal would lead to a winning teamLo and behold and an early Easter > miracle, we got a corner and Bamba hooked it not over the bar but actually > into the net - > a goal, an actual goal from a corner.This rocked them and encouraged us and > we were the better team for the rest of the half.A trip to the toilet at half > time has probably given me cancer from passive smoking - the smoke haze > coming down from the roof to about waist height - it really was bad.We > continued the second half where we left the first, a decent display, the > better team but mixing decent passages of play with needless errors.Then, > game over, well sort of, a corner / free kick to them led to them sending all > the team up into our box, a quick break and the ball came to Antenucci, he > took it on and ran directly for goal (similar to midweek) his touch in the > box let him down and we thought he was going to cross to Doukara in the 6 > yard bit, but instead he lashed it into the corner,a lovely finish.From then > on we controlled things a bit as they huffed and puffed. Wood got his welcome > return and Dallas also got a run out.Then on 87 minutes - crime of all > crimes, my mate s > decided we had to leave to get our pre booked taxi! As we got outside we > heard a roar (ok a cheer) followed by some silly music, oh shit, we were > going to throw it away, followed by a tannoy saying 6 minutes extra. We, by > hook or crook (I do not know) saw that time out and got a win - 3 on the > bounce. > We should be ecstatic or at least hopeful with that but we aren't. Yes 3 wins > in 3 is great but there is no feeling of 'yes, we have it sorted' -we still > do not know our best team or formation . Each victory stands very much on its > own and all of them could have been defeats (yes , we have lost games that we > could have won too) Yes it stops us getting dragged into the relegation scrap > and full kudos to Evans but ....Roll on Hudds next week at home,a game we > could and should win, but the last 3 games will have little say in it > Final comment. No -one is sure why this game was a 12.30 kick off, I have > seen some suggestion that it was due to 'misbehaviuor ' by fans last season. > 2 things of note, 1 we found a proper old style pub in the town centre that > treated us brilliantly. The landlord came over and had a chat with us, sorted > us a taxi to the ground and even came outside to make sure we got it ok. > Second, after the game I was at the station, when a group of Leeds fans came > up to the platform from the tunnel singing 'we are Leeds' . A large number of > police on the platform went charging down and formed a cordon and basically > grabbed the 'frontline' threatening to arrest them and warning them to be > quietNot saying the two were connected (clearly they were not) or that they > 'explain' anything, just things that I saw and think are worthy of > recordingOnwards and upwardsdave > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
