Last thing my wife said to me as my lift to and from ER arrived was " tell me you wont sing ' you fat bastard ' at Rooney " I didn't but as the game kicked off i did sing " fat scum bastard " at him , then later " youre getting sacked in the morning " and " Going down with Wayne Rooney " all if which were well deserved Birmingham were appalling - absolutely clueless and 3 0 flattered them.They had only one shot on target v our 3rd choice keeper making his first ever start.They did scare us on 2 occasions, first a ball over Cooper left their winger all alone but his touch was so poor it allowed the , once again brilliant, Rodon to get across and take the ball off him. Then second half one of them was clean through but hus shot was high and wide - abysmal So thats them, a poor team with a crap manager. So where are we? Well it was normal service has been resumed ( at home at least)I realised on my way to ER that this was my 50th anniversary- my first visit was in 1974 and its now 2024. Thankfully the players put on a decent show for me, nonr more so than the much maligned Firpo ( we feared the worse when he came on to join Cooper and Klaesson) who got 2 assists and also hit the bar with a header from a corner.Our goals were all well made , the first a ball out to DJ on the wing, he hit an early cross and Bamford ( who also hit the post with a rasping drive) celebrated his return to the starting line up by rising highest and heading home - the sort of goal we hsvd not been scoring this season. The crowd roared his nameThe second was more typical, Rutter and Summerville harried the defenders and won the ball and fed Firpo who picked out DJ to fire hime through the keeper ( a goal and an assist for the lad with ' no end product'The third was also a typical leeds under Farke goal - Rutter chipped a lovely ball to the onrushing Firpo in the left wing position, he again looked up and picked out his man, this time Summerville who took one touch to steady himself and put it in the bottom corner A pretty comprehensive victory The big question is why we can beat the low block / packed defence at home but cant do it away from home where it should be easier since teams also have to attack on their own patch and that should give us chances on the break Sort out this conundrum and we can still make the automatic spot, fail to do so and it will be a very nervous play off Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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