Will keep it brief cos I am exhausted after a brilliant day. I have really cut down the number of aways but today showed me just what I am missing - 4,000+ Leeds fans going totally mental after a great comeback. Just as we were taking our place in the ground Max was pulling a shot wide of the post when he really should have scored,and this set the tone for the first half with Max missing another chance and then a ball over the top came to him and he raced forward but instead of either carrying into the box or crossing to the unmarked Becchio (?) he chose to blast it from a long way out and another chance went begging. We were controlling the game and pretty much camped in their half urged on by a noisy away gollowing. Then we got a throw in deep into their half and we sent a lot of men forward only for us to make a mess of things and they broke quickly and with purpose ending in a good shot which Casper did well to tip round the post for a corner,With no O'Brien we feared the worst and lo and behold the ball bounced around our box for a bit and ended up in out net. 0 1 down against the run of play. We continued to do well but Max was having an ineffective day and Becchio spent a lot of time on the floor but got nothing from the ref.Then a huge clearance from them had Bruce just in front of the foward but he made a hash of it and ended up on the deck and the Burnley player smashed it past Casper. So despite being the better team for much of the game we had fallen for the sucker punch twice and the game looked beyond us. My solution was to take off Becchio and Gradel and bring on Paynter and McCormack to give them much needed time on the pitch in a game that we had all but lost. Thankfully I am not the manager , Grayson is, and Gradel and Becchio scored the goals to bring us level !! The first goal came when Snoddy and Connolly showed persistnece and skill in keeping the ball in play out on the touchline,Snods then put in a long cross which Becchio met well and laid it back lovely to Max who slotted it into the corner. We continued in search of an equaliser (Burnley had one decent chance that they put wide) and Conolly made a strong run then gave it to Howson who played a lovelyball back to him and Connolly hit a great cross that Becchio at full stretch put into the net. 2 2 and the score took on a realistic look. I would have settled beforehand for a draw and at 0 2 a draw would have been a great result but this Leeds team is on fire and we knew the game was there for us. A ball over the top fell to Howson and with support on both sides of him, he went past a defender and came forward with it and then placed it with power beyond the keeper - brilliant strike. After that McCormack had two chances to score but was foiled by the goalie both time. 5 mins extra was played which worried us in the stands but apart from one save by Casper it never looked like we would mess it up So a great result and a deserved one. Howson gets better and better. Connolly who has been steady defesivley all season showed what he can do going forward ,and Becchio again showed 100% commitment and perserverence even when things were not going his way early on and he did well to get in teh position for his goal - even Rich will have been impressed -get him to sign his contract please, he has proved that he can in fact play at this level A great result and a great day out Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org
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