Thanks Inspiring report. Dr Michael Benjamin, Community Psychiatrist.
SKYPE: BEDENOGA PHONE: +972-505-317772 BLOG: Times Of Israel ||Quora ||Jerusalem Post AMAZON AUTHORS PAGE; myRay: Online CBT |-----Original Message----- |From: Leedslist [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of |[email protected] |Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 12:07 AM |To: Leeds List <[email protected]> |Subject: [LU] Bristol | |I think the French is 'plus ce change' |The first half could have been any Leeds team with any manager over the last X |years - we were awful, second best to everything as they looked quicker, |sharper, more composed and better in all areas.As the lad behind me said they |are 'ping, ping, ping; with the ball' and we could get nowhere near them In the |pub beforehand the talk was "what the f88k are we doing in here on a Sunday?" |and surely we have all got better things to do with our time and money. |We all agreed when talking team selection that Roofe and Alioski have come to |the end of the road, permanently in Roofes case and for at least the time being |for Alioski (albeit one mate would be happy if he never played again) Early in |the season it was a case of go a goal down and we were done, in more recent |times it has been a case of wait till the game was beyond us and then start |playing - Millwall, Cardiff spring to mind. In Hecks first game we were a goal |down in 152 seconds and were awful till the second half and today almost |followed that pattern. |We had one decent attempt at 0 0 , a decent move ended with Ekuban laying it |on a plate for Dallas to shoot, which he did, but the shot was well saved and for |the first half that was it. |We did go 4 4 2 for once with Anita having the right back slot behind Dallas, with |De Bock and Hernadez on the left, Forshaw (impressive again) and O'Kane in the |middle behind Ekuban and Lassogga. |Then we were undone with simple attacking play - a long throw flap by the |keeper and 01 down. A bit later and another long throw, another failure to clear |our lines and 0 2 . Bristol had a couple more chances (Felix made one cracking |save) to put the game out of sight but failed to capitalise on things So 0 2 at half |time and Hecks home debut led to the dejected players being booed off at half |time and everyone with chins on the floor Then suddenly from nowhere, we |proved why Leeds is special and why our fans are the best in the country. Lots of |fans when away from home really get behind their team when 3 or 4 down, |making the most of a day out - been there a few times with LUFC, but this was |different I am not sure if it started as sarcastic or not but the crowd suddenly |broke out into MOT, champions of Europe etc with all 4 sides of the ground, |twirling scarves and really going for it - something I genuinely believe no Prem |side could do in this sanatized football supporting audience. |The players responded and it was game on- Lassogga got on the end of a great |ball from Pablo and it was game on. Then Roofe came on and converted from |close range from a corner - not sure about the fingers in ear celebration , was it |a complaint about the boos earlier on or to show how loud the crowd had got ? |We then had ten minutes to turn certain defeat into an impossible victory, and |we came ever so close- first the last sub, Phillips could not quite keep his header |down and then with almost the last kick of the game Lassogga met a good cross |and saw his header come back off the bar - so near and yet so far The team |booed off at half time went off to a standing ovation and raptuous applause, but |again, too little too late - as per Millwall this was a game that was almost one |for the history books but instead will be remembered as yet another game when |we gave it all away early on with barely a whimper and then when it was all too |late, we gave it our all. This time though it was the crowd who deserve all the |praise - we were responsible for the two goals and the comeback - most teams |in front of most crowds would have lost this one 3 or 4 nil , but for whatever |reason the fans did not let that happen and we gave them 100% backing and |proved that football support is not all dead So another two points dropped (albeit |one point gained in the way it played out) and the play offs get further away. |Heck now needs to sort out his team , formation etc ready for a real go next |year - we need to build on this season not start from stratch as we so often have |in recent seasons So a Sunday afternoon when we started with the question 'why |are we here' and ended with the 'so glad I was there to witness this" |DavePS - not seen any of this on TV and the extra hour (from 3pm to 4.30) did |mean an extra pint ! |_______________________________________________ |Leedslist mailing list |Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist |To unsubscribe, email [email protected] | |Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ | |RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
