Unbelievable - amazing , outstanding , brilliant - you chose your adjective - it was just greatI have got home to see my wife watching strictly and i just think if we were being judged today it would be 9 maybe even a 10, since I cannot think of any aspect that was not perfect For the full 90 minutes we gave Burton a lesson and put on a masterclass for the watching fans. This was the hammering we were always on the cusp of handing out last season but never did - and yet once dallas came on 8 of the 10 outfield players were here last season but they have moved to a different level. Cooper, Phillips, Roofe, O'Kane ,Hernandez all Ok to average last time are now world beaters (at this level) Like most fans I have a pretty poor memory when it comes to 'the best ever ' etc but I cannot remember the last time we totally and utterly destroyed a team from the sam Division - they really could not live with us and we looked like a team from a Divisoion 3 or 4 levels above - we really were that good. Someone on the bus said we had 30 shots to their 1 and that sounds about right. As my lad kept saying - our centre half did a Cruyff turn in his own box and it will not even make the highlights ! We have now played 6 games in the league with our new keeper and we still do not have a clue if he is any good, so solid is the defence in front of him - 5 clean sheets on the bounce now.
Normally when you have a team with that sort of defence record you are looking at a boring George Graham team - this lot are anything but that. We attack with verve and skill and from all angles - Redknapp must be thinking of retiring before Tuesday when he watches this In the pub beforehand there was a general feeling of optimism tinged with a bit of concern that we would be brought crashing down to earth today and fail to win a game, that , on paper we should win reasonably easily. We then spent the next 90 minutes, laughing smiling and asking each other if this was real If you were not there and did not watch it live it is hard to get across how great we were from 1 to 11 (or whatever numbers we have) and from minute 1 to 90. They could not live with us and were chasing shadows I had said beforehand that Lasogga needed to get on the score sheet quickly since I thought (wrongly) that his style would not go down well and would not impress the fans. Well he certainly got off to a good start and he looked the real deal both in front of goal and in his general play - it really will be a case of Chris who very soon I was disappointed to see no Alioski and felt a bit sorry for Roofe not getting the number 9 role - but TC got both correct and Roofe instead of sulking or going into his shell, gave as good a performance as he ever has As for the goals - not sure I can remember them all but after totally battering them for 20 minutes we got the break through we both needed and deserved - a lovely through ball fell to Lasogga and he took a touch and fired home (think of the two misses by Wood v Preston and Fulham) From then on it was a question of how many - a shot was blocked and the ball fell to Phillips on the edge of the box and bang - 2-0Just before half time we got the third that put us out of sight and gave the team the lead they deserved - we got a penalty, not sure why and as we discussed who would be taking it , up stepped Hernandez and he put it in with aplomb ( to the keepers left) Second half was more of the same - Roofe got in on the action with a lovely curler into the net and then he turned provider as he skinned the full back, stood still ,looked up and chipped it onto the head of Lasogga who headed home - perfection As well as the five goals, Lasogga hit the woodwork and various players shot wide and had shots saved This was football as it should be played - a real sight of the beautiful game All the players deserve a 9 with Siaz, O'Kane and Lasogga getting a ten - yes it was that good Looking forward to Tuesday already dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] FLAME WARS 'R US
