In the end I managed to watch both Barnsley and derby on my hols on my wife's phone (a phone that went flying when derby equalised , luckily it landed on chair opposite me) and saw Charlton on Saturday Anyway onto my point that there is a very weird mood around LUFC at present. Before the weekend we were still top and we had just absolutely played derby off the pitch - commentator on BEIN was saying things like " most one sided game ever seen, there looks to be 4 or 5 divisions between them, how aren't Leeds 4 or 5 up," and after 50 mins, "I wonder if a team has ever gone 90 mins without touching the ball in the opponent's penalty area"Ok the end result was a massive disappointment but if were not for the width of the post or a missed penalty we would have won comfortably. Charlton game we could have had a couple in the first 10 mins and deserved to win ( just about)Instead we lost to their only attack via another fluked goal - very similar to Swansea So on the one hand we have deserved to win EVERY game so far, and have lost 2 games to fluked goals and yet there is a massive despondency around the place. I am as guilty as most, at final whistle I said to my son, we will never score and he jokingly said " what not score again all season? " and my instant reaction was "yes, all season" Now we all know I was , as usual, talking nonsense but that is how I felt at the time and it seems to be the new mood around the club So we really need a good result rather than a good performance tonight , although both and a repeat of last year would be great ,and follow that up with a win at millwall, otherwise west brom could be well on the way to taking one automatic promotion spot (even this early in the season) and the fans and then the players losing faith in the Bielsa way, and if that happens all is lost Like I say it seems odd feeling that way after possibly our best 60 minutes under Bielsa and a game lost to a fluke rebound and when a win takes us back to the top ,but I am going tonight more in hope than expectation and that just feels wrong and very odd in all the circumstances As I said at the start "odd mood" Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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