As is often the case , whilst I agree with a lot that Rich W says , our overall take on the game was different. I was surrounded by strangers, in fact a steward I speak to was telling me how he hated these games where no-one had a clue where their seats were. I was the only one of 12 in the queue who did not have a paper ticket I recall lots of these games where I went and some mates did not and I thought they were the lucky ones, not last night, where instead of 17k moaning and being quiet we had 34k trying their best to get behind the team - very little moaning . The game was entertaining even though it was one sided After the first 2 minutes when they had half a chance it was one way traffic - almost attack v defence as they crowded us out, threw bodies on the line , time wasted but gave it their all. It was good to see Forshaw back and he looked up to the task ( our sub for Phiilps at last?) Llorente was magnificent, reminded me at times of Ferdinand (scum) so cool and calm was he on the ball , and he made 3 passes worthy of a Glen Hoddle ! A shame they were wasted This is where I do agree with Rich, those players looking to impress, Rodrigo, Robert's and Costa were just not good enough , and that v a poor 3rd Division side. It shows how lacking we are in depth. I was hoping we could get a couple of goals up and give Summerville a run out , cant be less effective than Costa. All 3 of them had great opportunities to score / create and all failed.Rod missed 2 easy chances, Robert's blasted one over and then when set up right at the end he fired at the keeper ( luckily Harrison banged it in) Costa had the wildest shot so far this season 20yds wide and then missed a chance at the end, he also put a cross right over everyone when a low hard cross would probably have led to a goal. That's just what I can remember as we peppered them with shots (28 ? in all) . We had one minute of worry when crewe came out of their own half, first time lad ran the length of the pitch but no end product, then a long range shot brough a good save by Meslier. The crowd remained patient as we had chance after chance go begging Then Bamford came on and any worries about going to penalties ceased as looking leaner and quicker, he created havoc. A corner was forced home by KP and the flood gates opened. Bamford broke the lines a few times and firstly fed Harrison who dinked it over the keeper, then fed Robert's, for Harrison to bang in the rebound So a very enjoyable evening and the thousands of non regulars who made it will be looking forward to the next round. 2 crewe fans on my train home left at 0 0 - ha ha DaveOnly downside -i woke up feeling rough and have tested positive for covid ( assume I picked it up at the game Saturday _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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