I bet I'm the only bloke on this list who was at the game in Casablanca against Morocco in about 1981..............THAT was a crap team..............loads of lads with names beginning with H............Hird, Hamson, plus a couple more...............Butterworth, I think......a way past-it Eddie Gray. Dreadful.
On 29 January 2014 10:41, Jim Moran <j...@jimmoran.co.uk> wrote: > I'm trying to think if I've ever seen a lower quality bunch if players > turn out for Leeds and I can't say I have. The league 1 Leeds would beat > this team hands down. > > Depressing. > > -- > > > On 29 Jan 2014, at 07:38, "nat...@sky.com" <nat...@sky.com> wrote: > > > > Well I may have been looking forward to this pre match but after about > 10minutes I was looking forward to the final whistle, so poor was the fare > on offer. > > 2 poor teams, playing poorly does not make for a great spectacle > especially in the rain. > > As expected we began with the same team as started against Leicester, > the only change being Diouf for Varney, who did not even make the bench, > giving credence to the Varney to Blackburn rumours. > > Against Leicester we started with passion and commitment and some flair > creating chances galore early on - yesterday by half time our sum total was > a shot by Austin that then keeper saved down to his right but which looked > like it was going wide anyway, plus McCormack could only skim with the top > of his head a too high cross. They were no better and also created little > in a game littered with odd off sides - I say off because there were so > many of them, mainly within a few yards of the halfway line and not > appealed for by either team. > > The only bright point were a couple of nice triangles between Kebe, > Byram and Diouf along our right touchline which came to nothing - not > helped by the linesman who was 2 yards away but was the only one who did > not see Byram 'taken out' when going for a one two. > > Diouf clearly has more class and skill than the rest of the team but I > am not sure what actual use he is in the present line up. His lack of pace > and lack of goal scoring threat makes him a luxury we do not need. > > The 20k crowd (up to you if that is good or not) greeted half time with > muted applause and a few boos. These boos were really ramped up fairly > early into the second half when a long range shot should have caused Kenny > no worries but he somehow let it go through him and into the corner of the > net - shocking mistake. This brought chants of 'we all love Leeds' from our > new singers in the South Stand whereas the Kop responded with 'what the F > is going on' for a few minutes before getting behind the team again. Things > then improved slightly when Stewart who had got some real stick off the > crowd a few minutes before for checking back and passing the ball to them > ,when the chance was there for him to have a run at them, did just that and > although he seemed to have run out of space and lost a bit of control in > the box he was tripped and we got the nailed on but soft penatly > > Capt Ross hit it home and McD brought on Mowatt and Poleon - who were > about to be brought on before the penalty > > This injection of youth and pace roused the crowd and Mowatts prompting > passing and Poleons direct running did liven things up a bit but to say > that the last half hour was entertaining would be stretching a bit > > At last the final whistle put us out of our misery and it was a point > apiece - all either team desreved on a night that will soon be forgotten. > > The applause at the end was subdued and there were a few shouts of abuse > but mainly fans were just apathetic - they are fed up to the back teeth > with the take over nonsense and the lack of transfers despite all the big > talk from Haig > > The five minutes or so between the goals showed that the fans are > desperate to get behind the team and support them BUT that patience has > worn out, 10 years of dross has made fans patience wafer thin > > > > Anyway roll on Saturday and 3 points :-) > > > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > > Rest In Peace old lad > > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
