Same old same old same old Pretty much sums it all up - pre match we had the same conversation as last week and last month etc. Instead of talking formation or players, the things fans care about, we talked about wages and take overs and fit and proper tests etc. The only football talk was whether McDermott was to blame for the on pitch rubbish or whether the off field rubbish stopped him getting on with the job.
The only thing we all agreed on was the fact that there was a match on but none of us really cared. Anyway we did leave the pub and made it in time for kick off - worked out that Stewart had been recalled in place of Hunt but other than that it was same as last match. The game kicked off and for a long time it was impossible to tell which team was fighting relegation and which one was safe in mid-table mediocrity. Then half way through they got a corner, we cleared it and the ball went back to the lad who had taken a corner. Normally he would have had a defender next to him just in case they took a short one, but not us, oh no, we had left the bloke in acres of space, so with no-one pressing him he took a touch, ran with it and then lashed a shot from the edge of the box. Normally it would have missed by a mile but on this occasion it flew into the back of the net leaving Butland with no chance. From then on we got hammered and did not get near the ball, The lad next to me tried saying that Donny were a good passing team - now that may be correct BUT they are a passing team who are bottom of the league !!!! Anyway one passage of ten or twelve passes without us getting near it ended with a pass into the box and their unmarked centre forward got the ball, turned and slotted it home. 0 2 right on the stroke of half time. We did this time made changes at half time taking off the 2 centre midfield players (Austin and Murphy) off and bringing on Tonge and White. Now , as it happens White had a good game and did cause them problems, but we know neither of them are good enough. We did get stuck in a bit and upped the tempo as they settled for what they had. We had a few chances and then a ball came into the box, Smith back flicked it on and Ross jumped and headed home (an identi-kit from the goal the other week when Wickhams throw was headed on by Smith and Ross headed in). For a while we thought it was game on, but we huffed and puffed without really creating as they , especially the keeper wasted time. We had a half shout for a pen for hand ball and a more vociferous claim for a red card when the keeper came out of his box and took out Ross (never a red). The best chance fell to Smith who could not quite get over it and he headed over. Fair play to Stewart unlike Kebe and his 'phantom hamstring' or whatever he did try and get involved and wanted the ball - he was not great but at least he showed himself and that bodes well for the future. Ross gave another captain fantastic performance where he was here, there and everywhere trying to galvanise the team but overall it was yet another poor team performance and greeted with boos at the end Apart from one anti GFH chant - "You're not fit to own the club" the crowd were not sure how to react - my two mates did their own boycott by going to the bar at half time and staying there for the second half (they did not miss much) There was a time when the South Stand 'did a Poznan' jumping around with their backs to the pitch, which I have since been told was a'turn your back protest' but nobody near me realised that that was what it was . so a waste of time and effort for them Bring on Charlton on Tuesday and the lowest crowd of the season - maybe of the decade ?? 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
