1. I have long harboured the theory that the cliche that "the table never lies" and that "everybody has to play everybody else twice in the end" etc etc is a load of crap. There is actually a huge element of luck involved over the course of a season concerning WHEN you have to play teams. The reason for this is that, as we all know, form and momentum fluctuate during the season..........so there is often a good time to play teams, and also a bad time. A good example of this would be Birmingham City this season: they were a complete pushover a few months back when Lee Clark was still in charge (losing 8-0 at home or something like that.) Any team who played them at that time got an easy 3 pts. But then they changed their manager and went on a really good run, thus morphing into really tough opponents. And Leeds, of course, always seem to have to play teams at the wrong time. Birmingham, indeed, are a case in point. Fulham are another........they were rubbish at the start of the season but were on a good run by the time we got to play them. But my specific point now is that that is 3 times now this season (acc to my reckoning.......Derby, B/mouth & now Boro..........it could even be more?) when we have had to play the table-topping team. That is almost by definition an opponent with confidence high and on a good run of form. DIDN'T MATTER THOUGH........WE BEAT THE LOT OF 'EM! 2. I haven't seen anybody show the vision and technique to deliver that reverse pass with which Cook set up Mowatt for our goal since a certain Mr. William Bremner. 3. Redfearn has got to be named manager-of-the-month, for what that's worth. _______________________________________________ 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
