Start to believe people - the future is white After 3 draws in the last four and a bit of a physical pounding , which we mainly withstood, in the last two games , the question tonight was could we return to the lovely free flowing football that we did at the start of the season, and could we do it without a recognised centre forward
Well last night showed that we are the real deal. So often in the past we have earned a few hard points away from home and then expected 6 pts from 'easy' home games only to be disappointed, well we did not disappoint last night Preston came at us right from the off, chasing, harrying, fighting for every ball - they really were a whirlwind and to be honest, we were struggling to withstand it. BPF had to make 2 good saves, one a diving stop from a curler , the other a tip over the bar. So after 10 minutes we were perhaps fortunate to not be a goal down, but that was it (till a brief spell in the second half) from Preston, they had blown themselves out. We stepped it up a gear and that was that. We coud and should have had ore than the 3 goals, - Klich, so impressive in front of goal this season missed two when put clean through, one an brilliant pass by Harrison, later to hit the post himself, Pontus missed a diving header from a Douglas cross that he should have scored, Roberts was through one on one with the keeper but chose to fall over when he felt the slightest touch, Alioski was also put through and scored but was offside. SO we could have had a lot more Pulling the strings throughout was a master class from Saiz - I love watching this lad play when he is on song, and he was on song yesterday We nearly suffered for this misses when we allowed Preston a ten minute spell in the second half at 1 1 but we kept them out and with two good goals from Roberts we finished them off The goals - a corner was met by Cooper falling over and he seemed to shin it past the keeper who should have done better Roberts' two goals were both excellent - the first a lovely ball from Phillips which he took down with a sublime touch and chipped over the keeper - great finish. The second a flowing move found Klich on the edge of the box - he looked up and chipped it right onto ROberts' head and he did the rest. On this showing ROberts is a real find and Roofe and Bamford should be worried about getting back in. Bielsa gave him his chance for adulation by subbing him when the game was all but over So like I say, start to believe, and if you dont take my word for it - take the word of the fans 27.5K there last night and it is already sold out for Saturday - we are on the move - and I am loving it !!! Dave _______________________________________________ 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
