Great report Dave, and re-energised me after all the Sky/spy bollocks. Presumably there will be some future ditties about the utter arsehole Keith Andrews?
I thought Alioski was superb last night - a good mix of defending, attacking and niggle :-) Hoping for a Norwich/West Brom stalemate now, with a couple of sendings off! Sent from my iPad > On 12 Jan 2019, at 13:51, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > The last time we played Derby on a Friday night I had to miss due to a > birthday party and have spent the last 2 seasons with my mates telling me how > brilliant that performance was ! > Well now I have seen us better it both in terms of peformance and in terms of > result. > In the pub pre match we all agreed that if it was not a must win game it was > certainly a must not lose - 3 on the bounce and panic would set in certainly > amongst the fans. > The pub (West Ridings) was bouncing with a bunch of Dublin lads who spent the > whole time singing and dancing - their favourite was > "Biiiiielsa he comes from Argentina, he knows exactly what we need, Jansson > at the back, Pablo in attack, taking us to the Premier League" > A very lively ditty but a bit tedious when it was sang 40+ times on the run > (thats what it felt like) > So the fans were certainly up for it with another home sell out. The team > news was met with some relief in that Pablo was declared fit and some > excitement with Clarke getting a start, and some (as it turned out, totally > unnecessary) worry with Alioski at left back (my mates are NOT Alioski > fans)The bench on the other hand was a cause for concern with only Roberts a > genuine first team squad player and the only one with a shirt number under 40 > ! What would happen if Cooper and or Hernandez could not last the 90 mins ? > We all agreed that we needed to be at our best and needed to really get at > them from the start, and we certainly did that with a penalty given (and then > rescinded) in the first two minutes. We totally dominated from start to > finish and I dont think Derby had a shot on target all game. > We attacked and attacked and were quick, decisive and totally relentless - we > chased them down, harried and just got at and in amongst them , making them > look second rate > The only criticism / worry was that it was only 1 0 at half time (having said > that we have won every game when we scored first according to Sky stats) - > then at the start of the second we got the killer goal - at 2 0 I never > thought we would not win . Sky love saying that 2 0 is a 'dangerous' > scoreline with the team in the lead never knowing if to stick or twist and > one goal back puts in on a knife edge. Well we know we never stick and were > always going to carry on attacking and always felt even if Derby did get a > goal back (though no idea how that could happen) we would get a third > At the final whistle I just said "Magnificent" and all the fans around me > agreed, that was a brilliant performance and once again the perfect riposte > to the 2 league defeats > There were heroes and great performances all over the pitch in a white shirt > , so tens all round, but special mentions to Alioski who gets a lot of stick, > Harrison who is growing into his role in a Leeds shirt, Forshaw who had by > far his best game for us really getting the tempo going, and of course > match-winner Jack Clarke who on from the start really came of age and scared > them to death. Often in discussions we agree that we do not have a player who > frightens the opposition, well Jack will do so from now on. > Some good chants "we're Leeds United we spy when we want " "all spies are we" > and to Derby fans who instead of putting fans in the bottom tier filled it > with a massive flag "Take your flag and F off home" > So, after a wobble we returned to our best - this was the Leeds United that > started the season v Stoke - fast, one touch exciting possession football > with a cutting edge > Magnificent > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
