Thanks for a great report - just one crow to pluck with you. It was 1-1 at half time - we equalised in the 43rd minute. [😊]
Ossie ________________________________ From: Leedslist <[email protected]> on behalf of [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: 25 October 2016 23:49 To: Leeds List Subject: [LU] Norwich Wow - this is what football is all about, not the greatest game but when Vierra scored with that penalty - amazingThe fact that I had to pay £18 in a taxi home to more than offset the saving on the cheap ticket - who cares ?fact that i had to share my train with both Craggy AND dick with a stick* - who cares, even their nonsense could not wipe the smile off my face"We're Leeds and we're proud of it", we all sang as the final whistle after extra time sounded, and we meant it - this was a team and performance to be proud ofThe ticket queues outside the ground showed how good an idea the cheap tickets were, and all the open stands were full (fair play to Norwich who sold 2k for this game - a great turn out)I was disappointed as i worked out the team and realised that only Bartley was a genuine first teamer, with Roofe and Vieira both playing recently due to injury and for much of the first half, we looked to be a second string team, hastily thrown together (when will managers realise Mowatt is NOT a winger and certainly not a RIGHT sided one ?) as Norwich took the game to us and threatened to run away with it, some desperate defending and some good saves from Silvestri saving us from a hammering. Their goal when it came was well worked and well deserved as they tore us apart and slotted homeWe did think we had equalised but Bartley was booked for 'scoring' with his handSo 0 1 at half time and a thrashing on the cards. Second half we upped the tempo and got some fluidity going and got a real foothold in the game. It was no surprise when we equalised Doukara doing well and pulling the ball back to Antonsson who smashed home.We could and should have won it but Mowatt could not get the right touch that would have put it into an empty net, doukara also had a great header well saved. We put on Sakho who caused them all sorts of problems and Wood who had a stormer.Unfortunately we also brought on Philips which meant we had used all 3 subs so when Coyle could not come out for extra time we were down to ten men! (The FA cup is allowing 4 subs in this situation?)Our bottle had gone and we approached extra time down to ten with the sole purpose of hanging on for pens, but this went wrong as they beat our defence and headed home (looked offside from my seat and Silvestri got booked for arguing)At that point I was expecting 4 1 and was trying to work out if it was worth leaving if they scored again to make sure I could get home.But this current lot are made of sterner stuff and Sakho broke down the left and had a shot that the keeper could only parry to the feet of the onrushing Chris Wood who hit home ( a typical centre forward goal - brilliant stuff) and so to pensThankfully taken at our end They scored and so did Wood, then they missed and Roofe hit home - 2 1 with us with one in hand but Philips had his saved and then Grimes (poor throughout) approached his - we were still in the driving seat but as with most left footers at pens, it just did not look right and he blasted miles over. SO suddenly it was 2 2 and the momentum seemed to have shifted, but Silvestri saved and it was left to Ronaldo Vieira to step up and striker the winning penalty - pandemonium on the field and in the stands and a brilliant night came to a close All the irregular fans making their first (first for a while) appearance at ER went home happy and singing into the night Nights like this just make it all worthwhile - hoping for a good draw tomorrow Dave* if you know them you know what i mean _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Leedslist -- The Unofficial Leeds United Email List - GreenNet<http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist> mailman.greennet.org.uk This is the original (founded 1992) and 100% unofficial Leeds United Internet Mailing List Leedslist has no connection with Leeds United Football Club, or any other body To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: OutlookEmoji-?.png Type: image/png Size: 488 bytes Desc: OutlookEmoji-?.png URL: <http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/leedslist/attachments/20161026/854e5060/attachment.png> _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
