HAPPY NEW YEAR and it was indeed a Happy new year as we won the game we needed to win, and deserved it. Firpo proved he may have something to offer, klich ( second half) proved he is not finished, and Harrison and Ayling proved they are getting back to the players we know. Finally Joffy proved he is a real talent with another great cameo. He reminded me of early Alan Smith in so much as he was a young lad not afraid to go up against the bigger boys, and showed the opposition no respect, brilliant On the down side Robert's proved,if further proof were needed, that he is just not going to do it at Leeds, 2 bad misses both of which he should have scored, a tame shot straight at the keeper and a header that he put wide when it really was easier to score Burnley came, as expected to shit house and time waste from minute one. Lads near me were going apoplectic when the keeper put his towel and drink miles away from the post, they knew it was just to waste time later on. His time wasting was so blatant to all but the very weak referee that the fans started counting out the seconds every time he had the ball- 19 'seconds ' was the longest. As I say the ref was weak, letting them, especially Wood , push our players as the ball came over. Their equaliser came from such a push, woods in the back of Ayling, which let the ball fall to the other attacker who Llorente then pulled down . The wall was badly placed and allowed his great strike to go in for an equaliser against the run of play. Then followed an incident that will get us into trouble ( along with Brentford game) the Burnley players ran towards our fans giving it large and inciting some idiot with a good arm to throw a plastic bottle right on one of their heads. Yes stupid and indefensible but why are players allowed to incite fans like that? Take off your shirt, leave the field to celebrate with your own fans and you get a yellow, but go to opposition fans ( city did the same v Arsenal with the same result- a barrage) and give it the big one and nothing happens. Sorry but " chat shit, get banged" as they say round here.
Anyway back to the game, at times the Bielsa Leeds of old, some great play, total control of the game but not many goals to show for it and risk of losing. In addition to Robert's 2 bad misses, Raph skinned the bar with an audacious long range shot and fired another into the side netting , then missed a sitter second half, Firpo came close with a clever back flick as we dominated Our first came when Harrison dispossessed the defender, ran at the goal and fired at the keeper , he was alert enough to then poke the rebound into the net. 1 nil at half time. Their goal rocked us a bit but then Klich showed he still has it, he had a couple of crosses that led to a corner, taken short by Raph who gave it Klich who rolled it perfectly into the path of Dallas, it was just screaming to be hit, and Dallas did the business- a great finish. Joffy and James had been brought on just after the equaliser and they nearly combined for a goal, James sprinting down the wing and joffy getting on the end of his cross but defence and keeper just did enough to prevent a goal Then right at the end Klich won the ball and beat another man to feed Joffy, he looked up and picked out Dan James who bravely put his head among a flying boot, the header hit the keeper but the spin was kind to us and went over the line 3-1 and a score that reflected the game. Great stuff and still without the spine of the team, Cooper, KP and Bamford ( plus Rodrigo and Struik) Yesterday wont be enough on it's own but it wont half help in our battle to stay up, same result v Newcastle in our next home game and we can maybe relax just a bit So I will finish as I began - a Happy New Year 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/ Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat!
