I think match repors are still alowed on the list - but as with the BBC I should point out that reports are available elsewhere. Well it was my birthday yesterday so the match was watched through even more beer goggles than unusal mixed with morphine so things may be a bit hazy Not sure why but Smith made way for Bruce at right back and Pugh came in for Delph in centre midfield with Townsend making a welcome return. There is a fooball cliche 'a game of 2 halves' well this was one of those games but where the scond half started as soon as they got their second. Up until then we had bee vey much second best - they , as has often seemed to be the case against local teams, were more up for it than we were and showed more passion and belief. The lad next to me kept pointing out how good they were playing, but as I pointed out , that was partly down to us letting them and wasting the ball - they are bottom for a reason. We rode our luck , a stange back heel from a foward totally unmarked in the box hit the post and later on a thundering long range shot hit the bar. The odious wind up merchant that is El Haj Diouf pretty much ran the show and looed a class above football wise and a class below human-wise. Best chant of the day was 'Brucie knock him out' when Bruce and Diouf clashed in the box, followed by 'we'll pay your fine for you'. So it was no surprise that they took the lead whneDiouf chipped it forward, Lonners smothered it welll but their striker reacted quicker than our defenders and slotted home. The game looked dead and buried when the winger beat Bruce too easily and his deep cross was missed by our defenders and was put back across, it may have been going in but whatever the other unmarked striker tapped it home from a yard out.
Whether what happened mext can be attributed in any way to Warnock I don't know but from that moment things changed.and we upped it a gear or two. Townsend fired one into the corner after good lay back from Pugh. Then Snoddy beat the full back and put in a cross that Clayton met brilliantly with a first time volley. The players and the corwd had come to life. Robbie Rogers came on for his debut but with his second touch was invloved in a collision that led to them both beig stretchered off after a long delay. There was still time for us to win it though. An awful shot form Becchio 40 yards out hit one of our players and bounced back to Bechio who hit it again, this time sweetly from the edgeof the box and in it flew. A great finsih from him and a great finish to the game. Unlike Ipswcih we came away yesterday happy with the way things had gone on in the end .One other point of note, every time the anti Bates schantingstrted up it was met with some booing. I think a lot of fans whant that sort ofstuff to be kept outside the stadium.. I am not sure if Smith is injured and I did see that Connolly was on the bench,but whatever Bruce is not a right back ! Taking off Townsend also seemed a strange decision since he was causing them a lot of problems. Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
