Ditto, god to get an authentic voice from the terraces had to say. A mate who spends too much time on SM, said to me after he said Bielsa has to go and I pointed out the singing at the end of match: "the 35000 at the ground don't matter, it's the 500000 on Social Media who have it right"
-----Original Message----- From: Leedslist <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Andy Brown Sent: 21 February 2022 12:04 To: [email protected] Cc: leeds list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LU] Match report Thanks Dave, I loved reading every word of this! Sent from my iPhone > On 21 Feb 2022, at 12:22, nattan--- via Leedslist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > What a mental day from start to finish. We decided to get the train from > Victoria which takes longer but would have less scum fans on. Good plan > despite the announcement of a 40 minute delay, but somewhat ruined when the > police got on and said " this Leeds train is probably not going to Leeds " > bizarre. So we had to trail up to piccadilly and get that train which was > packed. > Arrive at Leeds to be met by lots of police but who just stood there doing > nothing, no searches, no attempt to divide man u fans fron other people - > totally different to my experiences getting off a train full of Leeds in > another city. > Off to the west Ridings to meet my mates , only to see 20 or so queueing up > outside . Obviously not regulars since we just walked round the side and went > in that door. Atmosphere was fun up to a point, Dallas song got an airing , > plus " team full of rapists" " we are Leeds, we are barny, Mason Greenwood > is going to armley" but then really overstepping it with Munich songs - I > thought we had pretty much stopped that. Off we go to the buses only to be > told by police ( these from Humberside- some of the alleged 900 on duty, > almost one per 3 scum fans) that the buses had all been used to transport > their fans and none left for us. We took a gamble and waited anyway and > managed to get to our places just as the game kicked off. > The atmosphere and tension and hatred in the ground must have been a new > experience for the younger lads, it was a proper throw back, the old time > feel added to by the atrocious weather. > We started ok, and had a difficult chance for Harrison and a good shot by > Forshaw to show for our efforts. At the other end Meslier produced a > stunning point blank save to prevent the " I'm not a rapist, I just paid her > off " player from scoring. > Then it went to shit. Koch took one in the face, some reckoned an elbow and > had his head bandaged then went off. In typical Bielsa style this change led > to 3 players shuffling around. Then a corner , koch would have been marking > slab head but he was off so it was left to Llorente who, for all his other > attributes is poor in the air, and a free header put them one up. We were > rocking a bit and the general mood above the hubbub was let's get to half > time 1 down. Then in the 6 minutes added on for Kochs injury, they ripped us > open and scored a good goal. 2down and game over? > > Well no as MB made 2 attacking subs, with Raph and Joffy coming on. This > raised the crowd to fever pitch and the players responded flying into tackles > and leaving red shirts lying all over the place - soft, diving, cheating > bastards that they are- then Rod flung over a deep cross that went in. Cue > pandemonium. A minute later and Dallas killed one of them, Forshaw maimed > another ( although surprisingly both were ok) as we rampaged forward. A great > cross by James and Raph slid in to equalise. Absolute bedlam, real " limbs" > as the kids call it. Amazing stuff. > The game continued to be blood and thunder. Geldhart created a bit of space > and shot well - he has to play more, he is a real handful- but the keeper > saved. Klich had a couple of chances, unfortunately the best one, in front of > the penalty spot just stuck under his foot so no power. Going ahead at that > stage may have been enough but unfortunately Firpo was later dispossessed > and lost his man, they came forward and a well hit shot beat Mes at his near > post. We were not quite done as Klich fired in a great volley that was tipped > just over- our last chance. Then right at the death Struik missed his kick > and they snuck in for an undeserved 4th. > The crowd chanted Bielsa and gave the players a great reception after a great > game and performance but with nothing to show for it. Expect nothing at > Anfield so we need a point v Spurs? > All the players deserve credit, but also criticism. Forshaw was great at > times but Pogba had him on toast, Meslier an unbelievable save but bad > position for the corner goal, struik solid till he wasn't. Firpo looked > better than he has ever been for us but at fault for the killer 3rd. So > plenty of effort and it was great to see Geldhart impress again. > The day got even dafter as after 2 pints in the Ridings we were told the > police were making them shut because all trains to Manchester were cancelled > and they did not know what to do with their fans - very odd. An uber to > Manchester was coming up at £99 so we thought we would find a pub to assess > our options. Even odder we found the Moot Hall - ex prince of Wales pub, - > and just round the corner from the ridings open , madness. > We then found out they were hoping to get a train going to piccadilly so we > went for that. " hurry up lads it's going in 5 , no now 4 minutes" they said. > 35 minutes later and we were still at the platform. Eventually it did set off > and we got back but had to listen to scum fans " we have no divine right to > win things but we should be fighting for the title, we are United (sic) > after all" said one of the twats. > So a weird day out. Terrible organisation by the police / buses and trains ( > I accept weather and some industrial action hampered the trains) a great game > but bad result and a real throw back blood and thunder match with the > equivalent atmosphere and overall I loved it. > Bring on spurs > 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! _______________________________________________ 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! _______________________________________________ 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!
