Just watched the highlights on LUTV and have to say I think it was one of the best battling performances I've seen for some time. Considering we were playing a Boro side who could have gone clear ay the top with a win and who have an unbeaten record at the Riverside since August. A real battling performance with the guys putting their bodies on the line, the defence is looking good, 3 clean sheets in a row, Silvestri perhaps our best keeper since Robinson? Belusci clearing one of the line, Bamba making precise tackles in the penalty area, Cooper back from Injury to take over from the injured Belusci. Ok, quite a few passes went astray and at times Boro were all over us, BUT again it was against a Promotion favourite at their ground pushing to go top of the table, so it was understandable and as far as I could see we never resorted to hoof ball, when the ball was lost it was because the lads were trying to play it out. Possibly the most exciting feature was that when we broke you could perm any 3 of 6 players to be in the box looking for the ball. Really looking forward to Brighton Tomorrow - cue a crap display.
Anyone who wants to borrow my login details to watch it let me know. ttfn Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On > Behalf Of nat...@sky.com > Sent: 21 February 2015 17:18 > To: leeds list > Subject: [LU] Boro - wow > > I watched the first half and like everyone else wondered. 'how is this 1 nil > to us' > A great start and then we went all defensive for the rest of the half, partly > because they got on the front foot and partly because we sat back and let them > come at us. Thankfully Silvestri, who to be fair, has impressed as a shot > stopper > pretty much all season with the odd blip, was really on form. He got the luck > that > his effort and skill deserved and was backed by some really determined > defending, a real 'they shall not pass' attitude that has been sadly lacking > in > recent seasons. This commitment earned us the good fortune that it tends to > bring and coupled with some poor finishing etc meant that I went out at half > time to my cub do, ruing Sol's last minute missed header that could have > finished > them off.My text as I left the house was 'take Bellusci off and bring on > Cooper, > and that when I came home any result between us hanging on for 1 nil or even > extending it to 2 nil right up to a 4 or 5 1 hammering, with the first 10mins > of the > second half being all important. Then nothing till just gone 2pm when I had a > message saying they were down to 10 men but there was 9mins injury time due > to a bad injury to one of theirs -then a few minutes later my phone had > multiple > messages - we had done it, we had hung on and won !A real 'we would not have > won this before Christmas' moment. Are the play offs a realistic possibility > ? I > doubt it but we are almost safe now - 41 pts on the board and 46 to 50 going > to > be enough. We just need to keep going and see where we end up. IF the plays > offs stay in sight then keep playing the same team and formation, home and > away - Cooper has to play the next 2 for the suspended Bellusci. If the play > offs > disapper over the horizon as is likely then we can look to rest Cook, Mowatt, > Taylor and Byram ready for next season and give those on loan, Adryan, Cani, > Montenegro, Del Fabro etc a run out to see if they are worth keepingWe need > to keep going and do enough to let Cook etc think that next season can indeed > be our year and that they can make the Prem with us and give us one more year > before they go to better places - no-one however much they love Leeds is going > to stay when the Prem come knocking, but if we can show them something > good is happening maybe we can get them to sign on for one more season - play > for us and get promotion rather than sit on a Premier team bench. It could > work > for a while but not longer than, say next Christmas transfer window - we saw > that with Snoddy and Howson etc Still a great result and if Morison can add > goals to his game then things can get better still 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
