For anybody contemplating sticking with Skoobydoo, I have one word for you: Neil Redfearn. I remember he took over one time and we looked way better for the first game or two, and he was given the gig on a semi-permanent basis..........but by about game 4 or 5 it was obvious he was way out of his depth.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 10:23 AM nattan--- via Leedslist < [email protected]> wrote: > As the chant went " follow follow follow, you're a team of f@cking > weirdos, Ronaldo's a rapist, greenwoods a rapist and Scholes just loves to > suck toes"Made me laugh even if none of them actually play. > Very low key police presence at Piccadilly early on, and only a handful of > fans on our train, met by a handful of coppers at Leeds. Then massed ranks > of police at the barrier and even stranger ( I wondered for a second if the > pub had been given to them) 5 vans and 15 or so police outside the west > Ridings. This was the scum game.Team news was as expected but the bench > showed how we are suffering yet again with injuries as Gyabi, Monteiro, > Joseph and Mullen all made the bench. Not much there if we needed a boost. > At the bus queue my lad got into it with some knob ( unfortunately not the > only one as it turned out) who sang the runway song, then after my lads > comment, tried to double and triple down with version of Daisy daisy and > the laughing policeman ( not putting words on here) - no one joined in as > we berated him , his " excuse" one of them was buried in a cemetery near > him and it got attention. What a dick. He later remembered it was David > Pegg ( buried in Doncaster) > Inside the ground it was the right type of hostility near us, the new song > as above , we all hate scum etc, with lots of backing for us " Billy > bremner's barmy army" - great stuff. The cheer when Adams thundered into > the first tackle leaving their player on the deck was brilliant > We really got at them and Summerville missed an easy chance early on, and > he had another before half time in a half of few chances, Meslier had to > save with his feet as s woeful pass from the mainly excellent Wober let in > that hateful Fernandes what a horrible player he is whining moaning and > trying to referee it > Second half ( till last 10) was even better as we created lots of half > chances, summerville had a save, Harrison had a flick just wide, koch had a > header blocked,Ayling came closest with a shot that ricocheted through a > scum players legs and went wide, he followed it up with a great overhead > kick that unfortunately went straight to the keeper. We pressed and > pressed but it was not to be. At the other end their first attack led to > them hitting the bar, then on 80 minutes it all fell, apart. We had made > changes Harrison and Bamford off for Rutter and aaranson and it didn't work > and tiredness crept in. We left Rashford clear in the box and a good cross > found him 0-1 , minutes later their sub zoomed past Koch and his shot > sneaked in. Game over. It could have been worse as they put it in twice > more but both offside. So a 2 - 0 defeat in a game we could have won > The now familiar comment after the game " play like this and we will be > all right"Trouble is , so far we have only played like that v good teams > and have not a lot to show for it , defeats by Arsenal, Spurs, scum ( ok > win v Chelsea and liverpool).We need to play like that v poor teams > starting with the next two and we need to score when on top > All the players gave their all and before Wednesday, a point and only > minus 2 in the goals column may have been acceptable but not when 2 up in > the first game and the better team for 80 minutes of the second. > We need to get points , at least 4 in the next 2, and turn things around. > This week has given us more hope but not much more than that. Summerville > and Gnonto are brilliant to watch and Adams and big boy McKinney give us a > strong base in midfield and Wober has improved us at the back, so it is not > a lost cause by any means,. > Finally a well done to Firpo best game yet ( albeit a low bar) he was ok > defensively and offered more than Struijk going forward > Let's get the new manager in quickly and hope he us the right man, this > team could be decent > 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/ > > Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P. _______________________________________________ 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/ Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P.
