You have to give Reading a bit of credit. 3 changes and a might as well lose 2-0 as 1-0
Sent from my iPhone > On 28 Nov 2018, at 09:56, Scott1cairns1 <scott1cair...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Can someone explain to me why when we had our opponents, after the goal on > the ropes and clearly ‘punchy’ we didn’t finish them off or even try to > finish them off. Content to push and nurdle the ball square or backwards too > many years I’ve been watching Leeds defend precarious advantage. If we were > under pressure the whole game and scored again the ROP I could understand. I > thought we had turned the corner. So disappointed. > > Best regards,Scott. > >> On 28 Nov 2018, at 08:24, Nick Allen <n...@6haroldplace.co.uk> wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
