Thanks for another great report Dave. Us overseas listers really appreciate these. As a Kiwi I am especially pleased that Wood had a better game today
MOT Rhys -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 6/12/15, nat...@sky.com <nat...@sky.com> wrote: Subject: [LU] Hull To: "Leeds List" <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Date: Sunday, 6, December, 2015, 9:17 AM Wow - we were not expecting that result. Pre match I had said to a mate in the pub that even if, by some miracle we won today, and we agreed it would take a minor miracle, that it would not mean anything and all our problems , on and off the pitch would remain. Having said that we won and it was great. The first victory my son has seen this season (he missed Cardiff) and overall we deserved it and we LOVED it. Yes, we lived dangerously at times and they missed a sitter (from a Snoddy cross) at the end that would have gained them a point, but from start to finish we gave it everything and all the players gave it their best, and, all things considered that is all we can ask for. In the pub (and we were there very early so bear that in mind) I did say I would like to see both Adeyemi and Bridcutt in front of the back four with Wood up top on his own supported by Cook, Mowatt and Dallas (OK i wanted Byram in place of Wooton from the start) so when we took our places I had to admit that if it did not work I had no suggestions to make things better given that it was the team I wanted. From the off,and for the full 90 really, Hull showed how much better than us they are, and showed us how much we need to improve to get to that level. Luckily for us football is not just about being the better players etc, and today the strong blustery wind made it hard for both teams. They passed it around and cut us apart a few times, either the wind , a poor final ball or the attacker not quite being there meant that we had a few narrow escapes as the ball flashed across our 6 yard box with no-one getting the needed touch. We had a couple of good moves of our own and this game was won in a 15minute spell just before half time. a brilliant through ball by Cook, showing why he is such a good prospect, fed Dallas who had to run onto it and he put a great cross in that Wood met well and hammered home. A great goal (similar to Huddersfield with Antenuccis goal) I had tried to defend Wood pre game but his overall play in recent games makes that hard. Today he took his goal well and was a threat throughout and held the ball up and won his flick-ons. There is still hope for him despite some fans being on his back. Then a moment that we thought would be the defining one but in the end counted for nothing - Mowatt won the ball and fired a shot that their keeper just stood and watched, unlike Cardiff and Hudds this one hit the woodwork and bounced to safety. Oh how we could have done with a second we thought. Then a corner was played, in a practised move, to Cook at the edge of the box and his shot was parried straight to Adeyemi who slotted home - 2 up at time. Off to rapturous , if slightly disbelieving applause. The off for 17 on 17 protest had been a real damp squib with only a dozen or so fans leaving their seats - pointless waste of time (when they returned there was some argy bargy with the stewards) If we are going to protest things it needs to be better organised and better supported than this Second half we started and stayed on the back foot and when they got one back after only 10minutes we feared the worse (I predicted 2 -4 at that stage) but we stuck to our task. Bridcutt looking like the real deal (he is very small - same height as Cook) and made Evans prediction of him ' being the best midfielder in the Division' a genuine belief rather than total hyperbole. They had a couple of chances that Silvestri saved well - he really is a good shot stopper but needs to command his area much much better- and Cooper and Bellusci put in last ditch tackles to save the points. We continued to threaten a bit, albeit on the back foot, and Adeyemi had a chance to wrap it all up but basically bottled it when put through. Murphy, Byram and Doukara all came on, mainly to waste time (Silvestri got booked for taking too long) as we watched the clock tick down slower and slower. Snoddy came on for them to good applause an put in one cross that should have brought the equaliser but the Hull player headed wide and we breathed again. The final whistle was met with cheers of delight, relief and disbelief. The whole ground rising to greet our heroes. Yes they are better than us but we won and that is all that counts tonight - a hard fought and hard won but deserved victory, one that papers over the cracks but who cares, let us all enjoy tonight 11 heroes out there today (plus the subs) - especially pleased to see Wood have a good game and get a goal and Bridcutt was probably our MOM but they all gave it everything and they (and we) got the rewards today. Great stuff Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org 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 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
