This time yesterday I was buzzing, walking round the house humming and singing Leeds songs, full of joy and optimism Today the total opposite, I have a face like thunder, totally miserable and trying not to let the cat get near me just in caseI know it is only a game and there is lot more football to be played etc but this is as bad as I have been since, well, Wigan last season Of the 46 league games we had to play this season if I had to put my house on winning one particular game, it would have been Wigan at home as revenge for ruining our hopes last time Whilst not quite carrying on from where we left off v Millwall, we did start brightly, getting at them and creating chances. Harrison had a brilliant dribbling run in the box beating half their team but his shot hit the post. Unlucky, but this was followed by 2 awful misses. A lovely cut back fell to Bamford, all he had to do was put it on target, but somehow he contrived to miss the ball altogether with a horrendous air shot. Then Harrison ran along their goal line but somehow failed to bother to put it in but instead ran it past the post where he then back heeled it , very odd ( I need to see it again on tv). Then Dallas and Alioski both blasted shots over the bar as we ended the half 0 0 Anyone who has been following us under Bielsa will not have had to know the score to know what happened next when I say , we should have been 2 or 3 up but it was still 0 0 when they got a corner! This one was beyond bizarre though as the ball hit Pablo , our first man, ballooned into the air , got caught in the swirling wind and was somehow missed on the line by Kiko. A fluke of the highest order, but the tosser who 'scored' ran the width of the pitch and had a diving celebration as if he had meant it. The ineffectual ref let them celebrate as if it they had all the time in the world. From then on there was an air of predictable inevitability about the game,as we huffed and puffed to little effect as they defended like we used to under Monk, and coupled that with general time wasting and shit- housery. The ref stopping the game for injuries that were neither head injuries nor serious! The crowd grew more and more restless as Bamford had a free header saved and Harrison and Bamford (?) had efforts cleared off the line, although in truth that sounds more dramatic than it was. Tyler Roberts came on and did ok but the fans wanted little Ian to see if he is magic, and even more BigKev to give that boost and maybe even the goal we needed. But Bielsa being Beilsa refused to bring Poveda on and couldn't bring Augustin on since he was not even on the bench! So we fell to yet another unwarranted and needless home defeat against a shit team who fluked a goal and then defended manfully. It could have been worse as twice our gung-ho attitude let them have great breakaways but White saved us both times It was a disgruntled crowd that left ER and I heard the following players abused and told they were shit and / or should never play again- Bamford, Costa, Harrison, Pablo, Kiko and Ayling Also and perhaps for the first time (Toe excepted) I heard genuine criticism of Beilsa and his stubborn attitude. We all understand the 'process' and that players have to be Bielsa fit and in tune with our game but his reluctance to give the new players a chance was heavily criticised. With 7 subs, 2 of whom had no real chance of being called upon, why was there not space for Augustin? Plus how long does Poveda need to wait before he can be trusted for 10 or 15mins? Minutes when his supposed skill and unpredictability could have unlocked their defence? Will this criticism and the inevitable questioning by the press make him more likely to dig his heels in and do the same next week? We now do genuinely have 2 games that will define our season, 2 must win or at least must not lose games. We are capable of winning both but only if we take our chances and defend corners So all in all a miserable day out Dsve
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