Thank YOU Dave..............as always we long-distance fans are indebted to you for being bothered to a) go to the game, and b) write such a detailed report.
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 7:01 AM, nat...@sky.com <nat...@sky.com> wrote: > I would love to say that the meagre crowd of 8,448 were treated to a game > of thrills and spills and were kept fully entertained for a full 90mins, > but this was far from the case - it was very poor indeed > You would not have guessed that a number of leeds players were out there > trying to impress to get a chance of a starting spot - Cooper, Coyle, > Mowatt, Roofe, Antonsson, Phillips, Vieirra are all in the squad normally > but not in the team , and , on this showing you could see why. > A roar went up just as I took my seat as a shot from Coyle went close but > that was it from us until Roofe dragged one wide on 43 minutes. They were > not much better, a dive from the centre forward, a shot that went wide and > another that went into the side netting was all they could muster other > than a long range shot that Silvestri saved with 'one for the cameras' - we > all agreed he should have saved it but some did point out that Green had > conceded two in two in similar circumstances. Once again though Silvestri > was let down by his very wayward kicking - at least 2 straight into touch, > Second half was more of the same for 20mins as the game looked like being > a 0 0 stalemate and no-one in the crowd wanting an extra 30mins of this > dross. Then Emmes came on for them and forced sivestri into a great double > save - the first with his feet, followed by a poor punch and then a great > tip round the post as the rebound was shot back at him.We retailiated by > bringing on Hernandez and then Wood and we looked a totally different team > - carving out a couple of chances.The goal, to suit such a game was a bit > of a farce - Hernandez shot from distance - it was saved and come to Roofe > who should have scored (he also missed a header) but that was blocked and > went to Wood whose first shot was stopped and the rebound was bundled in. > With only 5 mins to go we were able to hold on. > Not much esle to say - I was impressed with O'Kane in the first 15mins but > nothing after, Phillips is NOT a footballer, Vieirra IS but needs to learn > his trade and even more obvious Mowatt is not a right winger and playing > him there is the sort of decision that will get Monk sacked. Not sure if he > was wide right as part of a 3 with Roofe and Antonsson or more as it > appeared as part of a 5 with Phiilips, Vieirra and O'Kane in the middle > Grimes looked tidy in the 5 minutes he was on at the end. Antonsson cannot > lead the line as a lone striker > We won and are through and that is all that counts - Wood and Hernandez > making the difference in a game that will soon be forgotten > So well done the 8,448 who bothered, not sure it was worth it > Dave > _______________________________________________ > 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
