Yes,
I second that.Dave, not said nearly enough, but thank you for your great report.
Cheers fella,
Verner
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From: Michael Benjamin <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Leeds List <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, 18 February 2018, 22:26
Subject: Re: [LU] Bristol
Thanks
Inspiring report.
Dr Michael Benjamin,
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|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 !
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