Agree Dave, oddly thought we looked knackered after 75 minutes. > On 28 Nov 2018, at 07:36, "nat...@sky.com" <nat...@sky.com> wrote: > > A lot of similarities between this game and Bristol on Saturday - both had > instantly forgettable first halves, followed by much better second half > performances by us and both 3 points and clean sheetsReading was both a game > of two halves and a game of two subs - the introduction of Siaz and Clarke > really turning this game from a turgid bore fest into a sparkling night of > entertaiment (bit of hyperbole there but not too much) > We got inside the ground just in time to hear a real cheer and an 'oooo' from > the crowd - I was told Douglas , not for the first time, had missed with an > easy header. Had that gone in it may have been a different game, as it was > Reading for the most part parked the bus and had all 11 man back defending > for most of the time with the odd worrying foray into our area where they > only created a few half chances > For us, Phillips was a make shift centre half - he did well enough but we did > miss some of his passing further up the pitch, and Baker after a good 5 > minute cameo on Saturday showed why he has barely had a game this season as > he really struggled to make any impact > Alioski with whom lots of fans are losing patience was also anonymous and his > most memorable moment was his attempt to change the 55 (or whatever it is > now) games without a penalty with a dive that was so obvious we could tell > from the Revie Stand and the ref quite rightly booked him > Bielsa knew things were not right and sent on the mercurial wizard Samu Saiz, > I love watching him play, and Jack Clarke a player with immense potential, > and it almost paid dividends in seconds as Clarke beat his man and put a > lovely ball across to Samu whose shot was going to ripple in the back of the > net but got deflected wide instead > With these two on the pitch we looked a totally different team and uppped > both our passion and work rate as Saiz pulled the strings and Clarke had the > beating of the full back > We had a few chances and then a lovely cross field pass came out to the left > where Douglas and Pablo combined - Pablo with a great cheeky back heel and > then Douglas' cross was met by Roofe who could not quite bundle it in, but > the ball rebounded off the keeper to Dallas who poked home from a few yards > out 1-0 and game over (we hoped) > We could have had a second when Roofe did everything right with his downwards > header back across the keeper but the keeper made a top class save - real > quality > We huffed and puffed a bit after that but never looked like getting the > second that would ahve put it to bed, instead a rare attack from Reading and > as the winger tried to get his cross in Douglas tangled with him - the ref of > course pointed to the spot - a silly place and an awful time to give away a > penalty > However BPF restored to the line up after injury (and sort of being dropped) > made a great save low to his right and tipped it round the post - tremendous > save from a keeper under pressure, who to be fair had a good night. He showed > he is good enough at this level but needs to cut out the mistakes. Some have > said he has cost us points this season, well he saved us 2 last night > A real headache going forward for Bielsa now - Saiz and Clarke both showed > what we are lacking at times with guile from one and directness from the > other, and both need to get more time on the pitch > So happy enough - not great performances but two home wins in 4 days - > something we have failed to do in the past against two lower table teams > Points dropped by Norwich and Boro added to my satisfaction on the night - > onwards and upwards > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
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