[LU] Burton Albion v Leeds Live on Cable

[Peter Castlehouse]

Australia, ch 514, 1.55pm coverage starts

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Re: [LU] Burton

[Damian Walsh]

Fck off Guy - it was yesterday and will be tomorrow . :)

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Guy Thornton 
wrote:

>  delight and joy of the 7-0 against Southampton as out best ever, albeit
> 45 years
> ago.
>
> guy
>
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Re: [LU] Burton

[Guy Thornton]

>From the reports feel very envious of everyone who was there, especially as 
>this international 
streaming service wasn't for me (not going to blame club, might well be a 
provider issue). Still early 
days and I remain cautious so no glass half full or empty predictions but there 
is hope and smile.

Dave, on your 'best ever' comment memories might be poor and do funny things 
but for me I shall 
remember the delight and joy of the 7-0 against Southampton as out best ever, 
albeit 45 years 
ago.

guy


On 9 Sep 2017 at 19:35, nat...@sky.com wrote:

Unbelievable - amazing , outstanding  , brilliant - you chose your adjective - 
it was just greatI have got home 
to see my wife watching strictly and i just think if we were being judged today 
it would be 9 maybe even a 10, 
since I cannot think of any aspect that was not perfect
For the full 90 minutes we gave Burton a lesson and put on a masterclass for 
the watching fans.
This was the hammering we were always on the cusp of handing out last season 
but never did - and yet once 
dallas came on 8 of the 10 outfield players were here last season but they have 
moved to a different level. 
Cooper, Phillips, Roofe, O'Kane ,Hernandez all Ok to average last time are now 
world beaters (at this level)
Like most fans I have a pretty poor memory when it comes to 'the best ever ' 
etc but I cannot remember the 
last time we totally and utterly destroyed a team from the sam Division - they 
really could not live with us and 
we looked like a team from a Divisoion 3 or 4 levels above - we really were 
that good. Someone on the bus 
said we had 30 shots to their 1 and that sounds about right. As my lad kept 
saying - our centre half did a 
Cruyff turn in his own box and it will not even make the highlights !
We have now played 6 games in the league with our new keeper and we still do 
not have a clue if he is any 
good, so solid is the defence in front of him - 5 clean sheets on the bounce 
now. 

Normally when you have a team with that sort of defence record you are looking 
at a boring George Graham 
team - this lot are anything but that. We attack with verve and skill and from 
all angles - Redknapp must be 
thinking of retiring before Tuesday when he watches this
In the pub beforehand there was a general feeling of optimism tinged with a bit 
of concern that we would be 
brought crashing down to earth today and fail to win a game, that , on paper we 
should win reasonably easily. 
We then spent the next 90 minutes, laughing smiling and asking each other if 
this was real
If you were not there and did not watch it live it is hard to get across how 
great we were from 1 to 11 (or 
whatever numbers we have) and from minute 1 to 90. They could not live with us 
and were chasing shadows
I had said beforehand that Lasogga needed to get on the score sheet quickly 
since I thought (wrongly) that 
his style would not go down well and would not impress the fans. Well he 
certainly got off to a good start and 
he looked the real deal both in front of goal and in his general play - it 
really will be a case of Chris who very 
soon
I was disappointed to see no Alioski and felt a bit sorry for Roofe not getting 
the number 9 role - but TC got 
both correct and Roofe instead of sulking or going into his shell, gave as good 
a performance as he ever has
As for the goals - not sure I can remember them all but after totally battering 
them for 20 minutes we got the 
break through we both needed and deserved - a lovely through ball fell to 
Lasogga and he took a touch and 
fired home (think of the two misses by Wood v Preston and Fulham) 

>From then on it was a question of how many - a shot was blocked and the ball 
>fell to Phillips on the edge of 
the box and bang - 2-0Just before half time we got the third that put us out of 
sight and gave the team the 
lead they deserved - we got a penalty, not sure why and as we discussed who 
would be taking it , up stepped 
Hernandez and he put it in with aplomb ( to the keepers left)
Second half was more of the same - Roofe got in on the action with a lovely 
curler into the net and then he 
turned provider as he skinned the full back, stood still ,looked up and chipped 
it onto the head of Lasogga 
who headed home - perfection
As well as the five goals, Lasogga hit the woodwork and various players shot 
wide and had shots saved
This was football as it should be played - a real sight of the beautiful game
All the players deserve a 9 with Siaz, O'Kane and Lasogga getting a ten - yes 
it was that good

Looking forward to Tuesday already
dave





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Re: [LU] Burton

[Ian Murray]

It's amazing what a performance like this can do to one's mood. Makes me want 
to get on a plane and turn up on Tuesday, with my dad and have a few pints of 
Leeds Pale.

I'll have to make do with the live stream and some Australian red.

We're going up as fucking champions!

MOT



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 Original message 
From: Ted <tedhea...@gmail.com>
Date: 10/09/2017 19:00 (GMT+08:00)
To: David Nattan <nat...@sky.com>
Cc: leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org>
Subject: Re: [LU] Burton

Dave wrote:


Did anyone go to the new Fans Zone and if so was it any good ? I quite
fancied it but my mates wanted to stay in town. Is it worth visiting later
in the season if they bring it back ?


We were too late to go before the match but as we're in NE Corner it was
open to us at half time. No real queues, helpful staff (the ones that
served me!) & some decent "anthem" tunes being played made for a decent
experience.
Also, a 2 pint (plastic) glass of Cider/Lager was £5. Compared to a single
pint for £3.90, no brainer! Me & a mate bought one + a (free) pint glass
and shared, £2.50 against £3.90.

So with a few minor improvements (directing people around it to ticket
office & NE entrances), I would say it was okay and worth a visit.

Completely agree with yours & everyone's reports, a sublime performance at
this level. At 4 nil tho, we were still asking if we were "safe" - the joys
of being a Leeds fan!

And Rich, love the fact that you were there with your "old man" and your
Daughter, just what great memories are made of. My (late) Dad took me when
I was a kid, I took both my kids when they were little and still go with my
son who has now had a son himself. I now look forward to me, my son and
grandson  going to matches together! I just wish my Dad was still here to
be with us. MOT

Ted H.
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Re: [LU] Burton

[Ted]

Dave wrote:


Did anyone go to the new Fans Zone and if so was it any good ? I quite
fancied it but my mates wanted to stay in town. Is it worth visiting later
in the season if they bring it back ?


We were too late to go before the match but as we're in NE Corner it was
open to us at half time. No real queues, helpful staff (the ones that
served me!) & some decent "anthem" tunes being played made for a decent
experience.
Also, a 2 pint (plastic) glass of Cider/Lager was £5. Compared to a single
pint for £3.90, no brainer! Me & a mate bought one + a (free) pint glass
and shared, £2.50 against £3.90.

So with a few minor improvements (directing people around it to ticket
office & NE entrances), I would say it was okay and worth a visit.

Completely agree with yours & everyone's reports, a sublime performance at
this level. At 4 nil tho, we were still asking if we were "safe" - the joys
of being a Leeds fan!

And Rich, love the fact that you were there with your "old man" and your
Daughter, just what great memories are made of. My (late) Dad took me when
I was a kid, I took both my kids when they were little and still go with my
son who has now had a son himself. I now look forward to me, my son and
grandson  going to matches together! I just wish my Dad was still here to
be with us. MOT

Ted H.
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Re: [LU] Burton

[Nick]

The one comment we made between goals 2 and three yesterday was that this was 
like the early days of O’Leary’s team, when pretty much any player would pop up 
and have a bang on goal, everyone was so mobile, the play was fluent and all 
were comfortable on the ball...


> On 10 Sep 2017, at 10:46, nat...@sky.com wrote:
> 
> Loving it Rich - I think over the years you have been more critical of the 
> players and less optimistic than I have been - but we are certainly 100% in 
> agreement with this current team. It really is that good. As you said 1989 
> will never be repeated - off the pitch it was a different time (not to 
> everyone liking but I loved it) and on the pitch we were rough and ready with 
> some decent performances (the title winning year under Wilko even more so - 
> the  4 1 at Villa when we knew we were genuine contenders and the 6 1 at 
> Wednesday ) but this is just different class
> I have fallen out of love with football - did so a few years ago- and no 
> longer watch any on TV (I almost force myself to watch England on TV now I no 
> longer go but that is it) but yesterday was so good that I would even have 
> enjoyed it if it had not been Leeds
> I have just watched the goals (4 times so far including in slow motion) on 
> Ch5 and each one is amazing in its own right, apart from the penalty which 
> was soft but a definate penalty and well scored. They said that we have now 
> had 10 different scorers this season, with hat tricks (albeit in the LC) from 
> Siaz and Roofe, 2 on debut by Lasogga, and 3 in total for the non scoring 
> Phillips. That is such a change from last season when it was the number 9 who 
> scored or no-one.
> Saiz is just different class - just look at the hightlight on CH5 - his 
> passing is amazing - see the ball to Lasogga when he hit the post, the 
> outside of the boot flick to Roofe for number 4 and the chip whislt stood 
> still to Roofe for our 5th - pure magic
> To do all this without the lad most of us think is our best midfielder 
> (Vieira) and the player who has had pundits raving so far (Alioski) is 
> nothing short of amazing. As Rich says we have real strength in depth - with 
> good cover for every position.
> Full marks to TC for doing something none of us expected - we all thought it 
> would be Roofe or more likely Lasogga up top with the other on the bench - 
> but no, he rested Alioski after he played two games during the break, and 
> kept the red hot in form Roofe on the pitch and got a great performance out 
> of him.He also left Vieira out who also played in the week. He then got it 
> right bringing off both Anita and O'Kane when the game was won, since both 
> are suffering with slight injuries, injuries that need rest.
> 
> I am champing at the bit to get back to ER on Tuesday for more of the same 
> (hoping for it rather than expecting / demanding it) and wondering what team 
> TC will pick - assuming everyone is fit and available (Lasogga baby 
> situation) - surely he has to start with the same team but then that is 
> unfair on Alioski. Or does he bring Alioski back and maybe rest Hernandez ?
> How does Cibicki get some game time (maybe in net since we do not seem to 
> need a keeper at present - lol) or Grot get more than a few minutes- real 
> choice for once
> Did anyone go to the new Fans Zone and if so was it any good ? I quite 
> fancied it but my mates wanted to stay in town. Is it worth visiting later in 
> the season if they bring it back ?
> dave
>  From: Richard Walker 
> To: Leeds List ; "nat...@sky.com"  
> Sent: Sunday, 10 September 2017, 9:59
> Subject: Burton
> 
> Agree with Dave, yesterday was magnificent. 
> Life changes and times change and yesterday I was sat in the rain and sun in 
> the family stand with my 80 year old dad and my daughter (her first game !) 
> and I don't think I've enjoyed myself as much as at Elland Road for a very 
> long time. If I think back to that amazing 1989 promotion season I don't 
> think that will ever be repeated - I went to every home and away game that 
> season culminating in an historic weekend in Bournemouth. There was some 
> great performances and games that season but none as good as what I saw 
> yesterday and that's some statement. My old man likes to come to games but in 
> recent years he's seen us thumped at home to Huddersfield amongst other 
> terrible performances. Yesterday he reckoned that's the best he's seen Leeds 
> play for 10 years.Every player looked comfortable on the ball and some of the 
> pass and move football had everyone around me just stood on their feet 
> applauding. Burton were chasing shadows and just couldn't live with us and we 
> could have been 5 up in the first 20 minutes. A scoreline of 8 or 9 nil at 
> halftime would have reflected the game more than 3-0. A guy behind me said it 
> was mainly down to Burton who offered nothing. Yes ok, Murphy couldn't play 
> for 

Re: [LU] Burton

[Rob Heath]

Bloody hell!

The results have been amazing so far, and (unlike often last season) the
performances have been as good if not better, as far as I can glean from
10,000 miles away.

And if even the professional miserabilist is throwing around 10s like
confetti, something must really be happening at Elland Road!

On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 4:49 PM, {broken-address} Richard Walker <
richleed...@yahoo.co.uk.is-broken.gn.apc.org> wrote:

>  Agree with Dave, yesterday was magnificent.
> Life changes and times change and yesterday I was sat in the rain and sun
> in the family stand with my 80 year old dad and my daughter (her first game
> !) and I don't think I've enjoyed myself as much as at Elland Road for a
> very long time. If I think back to that amazing 1989 promotion season I
> don't think that will ever be repeated - I went to every home and away game
> that season culminating in an historic weekend in Bournemouth. There was
> some great performances and games that season but none as good as what I
> saw yesterday and that's some statement. My old man likes to come to games
> but in recent years he's seen us thumped at home to Huddersfield amongst
> other terrible performances. Yesterday he reckoned that's the best he's
> seen Leeds play for 10 years.Every player looked comfortable on the ball
> and some of the pass and move football had everyone around me just stood on
> their feet applauding. Burton were chasing shadows and just couldn't live
> with us and we could have been 5 up in the first 20 minutes. A scoreline of
> 8 or 9 nil at halftime would have reflected the game more than 3-0. A guy
> behind me said it was mainly down to Burton who offered nothing. Yes ok,
> Murphy couldn't play for them and apparently Warnock was playing with a
> knock but they nearly beat Sheff Wed last week and how many times have we
> seen journeymen teams like this come to Elland Road and make it very
> difficult for us. We made them look rubbish and I don't think they had a
> shot on target in 93 minutes.
> The remarkable thing for me is that TC plays with a team who are capable
> of doing unexpected attacking football. To have a team with Siaz, Hernandes
> and Roofe would not have been contemplated by Garry Monk. They're all
> slightly unpredictable (in the case of Hernandes very unpredictable) and
> are all considered to be the same sort of player. To have them all in the
> team and all playing at the top of their game and working together is
> almost genius from the manager. then you throw in Luke Ayling as an
> attacking right back who gives Mel Sterland (the Flying Pig) a run for his
> money, and Lassoga who is a big unit who can move fast and get into good
> position. His performance first half was better than Wood offered in any of
> his 30 goal season games last season, and Lasogga ain't match fit. This guy
> looks the business.
> At the back, Vurn played well at left back and even he was turning into a
> left winger at times. The back two were untroubled and Pontus even treated
> us in the family stand to some tricks which really took the piss out of the
> Burton player. What a star that bloke is.
> The goals were all good but I loved Lasogga first - powerfully bursting on
> to the ball and smashing it in with his left foot. Hernandes took his
> penalty well and Philips got his 3rd this season with a nice curling left
> foot effort.
> 2nd effort we continued to dominate but the 3 subs (Lasogga, Anita and
> O'Kane) did disrupt our game and although we were never troubled we didn't
> have the same slick style although Siaz treated us to some skills late on.
> More of this please, I can't imagine anyone in that crowd not returning on
> Tuesday night unless like me you'll be working in Glasgow so I'm in the
> process of testing out this VPN carry on so I can get the live stream. Just
> can't miss seeing it.
> Scores:
> Wiedwald - ? How do you rate a player who did nothing ? I still couldn't
> tell you whether this keeper is any good ? Is literally had nothing to do
> since the Bolton game .
> Anita - 9. Solid, good link up play. Good player.
> Ayling - 10. Playing most of the first half like a right winger bursting
> forward. Great stuff.
> Cooper - 9. Didn't have much to do but what he did was confident.
> Jansson - 10. Taking the piss, defending with style, bringing the ball
> forward - complete defender.
> O'Kane - 9. This was the best I've seen from him. He's limited but in this
> team his steadiness is required. Busy player with some good turns to start
> off moves.
> Philips - 10. Ditto O'kane however he bagged another goal. Also towards
> the end as we took the foot off the gas, Philips was still chasing and
> harrying. I would have had Vierra and Bridcutt in all day over Philips but
> credit to TC and to Philips at the moment they are proving me and others
> wrong.
> Roofe - 10. When I heard the team news walking to the ground that Allioski
> had been dropped and Roofe will play on the wing I thought it would 

Re: [LU] Burton

[David W]

It was wonderful to behold - first match I've watched on our new fangled
international streaming service.

Almost unfair to pick out any individual player, but special mention to
O'Kane - he absolutely ran the match whilst he was on.

Great that we've got almost all this bunch tied up to long term deals too -
the future is shining bright white.

As good as the team performance was, it also says something that Alioski
never got on the pitch and Pennington, Berardi, CBJ and Vieira weren't even
in the 18 - we have both the team and the squad to go the distance this
year.
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Re: [LU] Burton

[Alec McQueen]

WTF is going on? This kind of positivism is unheard of in modern times. Have 
they put something in the water in Leeds?

Is this finally going to be our year? Have we finally found our new Wilko?

Cheers
Alec

> On 10 Sep 2017, at 5:35 am, "nat...@sky.com"  wrote:
> 
> Unbelievable - amazing , outstanding  , brilliant - you chose your adjective 
> - it was just greatI have got home to see my wife watching strictly and i 
> just think if we were being judged today it would be 9 maybe even a 10, since 
> I cannot think of any aspect that was not perfect
> For the full 90 minutes we gave Burton a lesson and put on a masterclass for 
> the watching fans.
> This was the hammering we were always on the cusp of handing out last season 
> but never did - and yet once dallas came on 8 of the 10 outfield players were 
> here last season but they have moved to a different level. Cooper, Phillips, 
> Roofe, O'Kane ,Hernandez all Ok to average last time are now world beaters 
> (at this level)
> Like most fans I have a pretty poor memory when it comes to 'the best ever ' 
> etc but I cannot remember the last time we totally and utterly destroyed a 
> team from the sam Division - they really could not live with us and we looked 
> like a team from a Divisoion 3 or 4 levels above - we really were that good. 
> Someone on the bus said we had 30 shots to their 1 and that sounds about 
> right. As my lad kept saying - our centre half did a Cruyff turn in his own 
> box and it will not even make the highlights !
> We have now played 6 games in the league with our new keeper and we still do 
> not have a clue if he is any good, so solid is the defence in front of him - 
> 5 clean sheets on the bounce now. 
> 
> Normally when you have a team with that sort of defence record you are 
> looking at a boring George Graham team - this lot are anything but that. We 
> attack with verve and skill and from all angles - Redknapp must be thinking 
> of retiring before Tuesday when he watches this
> In the pub beforehand there was a general feeling of optimism tinged with a 
> bit of concern that we would be brought crashing down to earth today and fail 
> to win a game, that , on paper we should win reasonably easily. We then spent 
> the next 90 minutes, laughing smiling and asking each other if this was real
> If you were not there and did not watch it live it is hard to get across how 
> great we were from 1 to 11 (or whatever numbers we have) and from minute 1 to 
> 90. They could not live with us and were chasing shadows
> I had said beforehand that Lasogga needed to get on the score sheet quickly 
> since I thought (wrongly) that his style would not go down well and would not 
> impress the fans. Well he certainly got off to a good start and he looked the 
> real deal both in front of goal and in his general play - it really will be a 
> case of Chris who very soon
> I was disappointed to see no Alioski and felt a bit sorry for Roofe not 
> getting the number 9 role - but TC got both correct and Roofe instead of 
> sulking or going into his shell, gave as good a performance as he ever has
> As for the goals - not sure I can remember them all but after totally 
> battering them for 20 minutes we got the break through we both needed and 
> deserved - a lovely through ball fell to Lasogga and he took a touch and 
> fired home (think of the two misses by Wood v Preston and Fulham) 
> 
> From then on it was a question of how many - a shot was blocked and the ball 
> fell to Phillips on the edge of the box and bang - 2-0Just before half time 
> we got the third that put us out of sight and gave the team the lead they 
> deserved - we got a penalty, not sure why and as we discussed who would be 
> taking it , up stepped Hernandez and he put it in with aplomb ( to the 
> keepers left)
> Second half was more of the same - Roofe got in on the action with a lovely 
> curler into the net and then he turned provider as he skinned the full back, 
> stood still ,looked up and chipped it onto the head of Lasogga who headed 
> home - perfection
> As well as the five goals, Lasogga hit the woodwork and various players shot 
> wide and had shots saved
> This was football as it should be played - a real sight of the beautiful game
> All the players deserve a 9 with Siaz, O'Kane and Lasogga getting a ten - yes 
> it was that good
> 
> Looking forward to Tuesday already
> dave
> 
> 
> 
> 
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[LU] Burton

[nat...@sky.com]

Unbelievable - amazing , outstanding  , brilliant - you chose your adjective - 
it was just greatI have got home to see my wife watching strictly and i just 
think if we were being judged today it would be 9 maybe even a 10, since I 
cannot think of any aspect that was not perfect
For the full 90 minutes we gave Burton a lesson and put on a masterclass for 
the watching fans.
This was the hammering we were always on the cusp of handing out last season 
but never did - and yet once dallas came on 8 of the 10 outfield players were 
here last season but they have moved to a different level. Cooper, Phillips, 
Roofe, O'Kane ,Hernandez all Ok to average last time are now world beaters (at 
this level)
Like most fans I have a pretty poor memory when it comes to 'the best ever ' 
etc but I cannot remember the last time we totally and utterly destroyed a team 
from the sam Division - they really could not live with us and we looked like a 
team from a Divisoion 3 or 4 levels above - we really were that good. Someone 
on the bus said we had 30 shots to their 1 and that sounds about right. As my 
lad kept saying - our centre half did a Cruyff turn in his own box and it will 
not even make the highlights !
We have now played 6 games in the league with our new keeper and we still do 
not have a clue if he is any good, so solid is the defence in front of him - 5 
clean sheets on the bounce now. 

Normally when you have a team with that sort of defence record you are looking 
at a boring George Graham team - this lot are anything but that. We attack with 
verve and skill and from all angles - Redknapp must be thinking of retiring 
before Tuesday when he watches this
In the pub beforehand there was a general feeling of optimism tinged with a bit 
of concern that we would be brought crashing down to earth today and fail to 
win a game, that , on paper we should win reasonably easily. We then spent the 
next 90 minutes, laughing smiling and asking each other if this was real
If you were not there and did not watch it live it is hard to get across how 
great we were from 1 to 11 (or whatever numbers we have) and from minute 1 to 
90. They could not live with us and were chasing shadows
I had said beforehand that Lasogga needed to get on the score sheet quickly 
since I thought (wrongly) that his style would not go down well and would not 
impress the fans. Well he certainly got off to a good start and he looked the 
real deal both in front of goal and in his general play - it really will be a 
case of Chris who very soon
I was disappointed to see no Alioski and felt a bit sorry for Roofe not getting 
the number 9 role - but TC got both correct and Roofe instead of sulking or 
going into his shell, gave as good a performance as he ever has
As for the goals - not sure I can remember them all but after totally battering 
them for 20 minutes we got the break through we both needed and deserved - a 
lovely through ball fell to Lasogga and he took a touch and fired home (think 
of the two misses by Wood v Preston and Fulham) 

From then on it was a question of how many - a shot was blocked and the ball 
fell to Phillips on the edge of the box and bang - 2-0Just before half time we 
got the third that put us out of sight and gave the team the lead they deserved 
- we got a penalty, not sure why and as we discussed who would be taking it , 
up stepped Hernandez and he put it in with aplomb ( to the keepers left)
Second half was more of the same - Roofe got in on the action with a lovely 
curler into the net and then he turned provider as he skinned the full back, 
stood still ,looked up and chipped it onto the head of Lasogga who headed home 
- perfection
As well as the five goals, Lasogga hit the woodwork and various players shot 
wide and had shots saved
This was football as it should be played - a real sight of the beautiful game
All the players deserve a 9 with Siaz, O'Kane and Lasogga getting a ten - yes 
it was that good

Looking forward to Tuesday already
dave





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FLAME WARS 'R US

[LU] Burton

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Not the greatest of performances and no doubt Clough and their fans will be 
claiming they deserved something from this game, and to be fair they had an 
arguement as they were the better team for big sections of the gameHaving said 
that we defended with skill and resolution and then when we stepped it up a 
gear in the last 20minutes they could not live with us.First half was  bit of a 
non event with both defences on top and cancelling each other out. They came 
close to scoring twice - first a corner was not cleared and their lad had a 
shot that  Green could have saved but he chose to let it go so O'Kane headed it 
off the line - a bit strange that a player on the line would shout to the 
keeper to leave it, but that is what seemed to happen. Later on Bartley (once 
again a commanding figure at the centre of defence) went in strongly in the air 
and his header thankfully just went wide - he deserved that bit of luck.
We failed to trouble them much and our best was when Hernandez broke clear and 
beat a couple of players but failed to get a shot off. Sacko also had a header 
that went wideThe general feeling at half time was that one goal would settle 
this game and that we needed to up the tempo to ensure it was us that got it.
Second half , for 30minutes was similar to the first,with defences ruling the 
day. Roofe nearly got his deserved first goal but he dragged his shot just past 
the post. That apart it was mainly huff and puff (give credit to Ayling who had 
his best game for us and really tried to make things happen)
Then just as we all thought this would be 0 0 Monk rang the changes with Viera 
and Doukara coming on. I have said for ages that Doukara has something about 
him and that there was a good player in there , somewhere, and we just had to 
get him sorted to proof it. Anyway he came on and started where he had left off 
on Tuesday and was too good for them. 
A lovely knock back by Wood to Hernandez who proved his worth to the team by 
threading a lovely ball through to the onrushing Doukara. He controlled the 
ball and whilst he dithered a bit ready to pick his spot he was taken down 
-100% penalty and last year would have been a red card (rather than the yellow 
that was given). Up stepped Wood and he hammered home the penalty, despite some 
dickhead in the Kop making it harder for him by throwing a bottle on the pitch 
leading to a bit of a delay.1 up in a game we all thought would be first goal 
wins - that should have been that, but the ref who gave every 50/50 decision to 
them the whole game, gave them a free kick on the edge of the box - a few 
blocks as our lads put their bodies on the line, led to the ball breaking with 
Wood, he had learned from Hernandez's pass to Doukara and he played the same 
ball through to the onrushing Doukara - carbon copy of the first goal. Again 
Douks bore down on goal and was again fouled in the box , the ref allowed him 
to go on and as he fell over he managed to push the ball past the keeper and 
into the net 2 0 and only seconds leftSo a victory by more than one goal for 
the first time at home in a while and we all went hom happy
Not the greatest of games or performances but 3 points in the bag, in the sort 
of game we would have drawn or even lost last yearJanson and Bartley again very 
solid at the back, Ayling having his best game, Wood a handful and a good 
penaly taker, Phillips asking as many questions as answers, O'kane doing his 
job without fuss. Sacko infuriating (the new Huckerby - neither him, his 
team-mates or the opposition having a clue what he is doing)Doukara only on the 
pitch for 10 minutes or so and making one (that he would have scored) and 
scoring another - a real find if (and it is a big IF) we can get him to do this 
regularly
So all in all a good end to a good week and a real feel good factor around the 
place as the players seem to have a good team spirit and seem to want to be here
Dave
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