Aye all that Dave… “and Farke continues to impress, including with his first touch, brining down a high ball very neatly, before laying it off…”
Yesterday was good. Nick Sent from my iPad > On 24 Sep 2023, at 10:49, nattan--- via Leedslist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Well the good times are back at ER , after the dross of last season and 3 > draws this , we returned to winning ways, and how. It will never make up for > the play off final humiliation but yesterday put Watford back in their box. > We hammered them totally outclassed them from start to finish and 3-0 > flattered them. > We did it with some lovely football and very good goals, and Georginio was > at the heart of it all, fast becoming a fan favourite with his step overs , > fancy footwork and a huge smile on his face. Not worth £30m ( very few , if > any, are) but looking an excellent and exciting player at this level. > Watford were as poor a side as i have seen for many a season but we made them > look worse as Ampadu and Kamara ( looking a good buy on this evidence) > totally dominated possession and the midfield battle, allowing our flair > players to shine, Georginio, Summerville and James , with 2 assists - would > have been 3 but Georginio missed a sitter and perhaps should have had a > penalty after being put through by an amazing ball by Piroe , end product at > last- did indeed shine, and Piroe showed he is going to score loads > The defence was solid Byram and Shack marauding forward at times and busy > throughout , Cooper and Struik mopped everything up and Meslier, such a > change after being bombarded with shots, most of which he failed to save, > last season, got out of his deckchair and put out his cigar ( so easy had > his afternoon been) to pull off a great save right at the end to keep a 4th, > count them, 1 2 3 4 clean sheet. > Jaiden Anthony came on to top the afternoon off with 2 bits of skill, beating > 2 players and having a shot saved, then running onto Georginio' s brilliantly > weighted through ball to finish with aplomb , who the f is Sinisterra? > A great afternoon, a bit nervy first half when a miss by Georginio , a > disallowed goal by the same player, and good saves from Ampadu and > Summerville 3 times, had us wondering if this would be a repeat of the Sheff > Wed game. > A great first goal , another to " copy and put in the book " settled nerves, > Georginio beat 2 players, fed James who ran forward and picked out Piroe, > stood where the best goal hangers stand and he finished from a yard out. If > the result was ever in doubt that changed 3 minutes later when a James corner > was well met by Byram who headed home from the penalty spot.Then the icing on > the cake- Georginio got the ball in midfield beat a few defenders with an > audacious step over and other fantastic footwork to then feed Anthony who > fired home > We knew August would be a car wreck, but we came through it relatively > unscathed in terms of results, and now have a team and manager who we can > grow to love and who, on recent showings, have enough quality and strength > in depth to really tear up this league. We won easily yesterday without Gray > and Rodon ( along with Ampadu) our players of the season, and without > Gnonto. We have still not seen Cresswell this season or Bamford, and Gruev > is still waiting to start, plus Spence > Things are looking good and Farke cotinues to impress. > Happy times are back at ER > > 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.
