This really had the feeling of an end of season non event. The small crowd (20K) never really found its voice and was subdued throughout. No doubt some media will have it as a 5 goal thriller but it was not really that to be honest The loudest song was when the tannoy announced 'code red' code red' then followed with a 'ignore the last message'This brought chants of 'you don't know what you're doing' from the crowd Brian McD got a couple of songs in his favour and the ref got a few against him after their equaliser , but apart from that the atmosphere was flat We started OK and had a couple of goal mouth scrambles that could have resulted in own goals and then the best chance of the half fell to Antenucci who was on the edge of the box, clean through, but his shot was wayward to say the least. They had one opportunity when SIlvestri came out well and forced the striker to shoot wide. The game fizzled out then for a bit, we huffed and puffed as per usual, although Murphy was having one of his (rare) good games well supported by Diagourara Then not long before half time, Bellusci needlessly fouled their lad by pushing him in the back and the free kick was sent to the far post where their forward came on it unmarked and poked home Some boos at half time but mainly disinterest. Fairly soon after the start of the the 2nd half a great cross by Berardi (one of quite a few he put in) was met by Diagourara and he headed home. Soon after the much maligned Wood (or WoodS) as the tannoy called him - quitened his critics (did not shut them up) when a cross from Taylor was headed home via the bar and the keeper. Lino said it crossed the line and we were 2 1 up. Cue - stop playing and let them back in- a great save by his feet by Silvestri and the crossbar almost kept them at bay but then a handball and throw in was flagged as being to us by the lino - ref without consultation gave it to them and whilst we argued and moaned they had a shot blocked but scored with the rebound. 2 2 Erwin and Phillips came on and we got back into it, then Wood harrassed the defender , took the ball off him, and went towards goal and slotted home with some style. Enough to silence the critics ? who knows ? We managed this time to hang on for the rest of the game and the added 5 minutes -so a 5th (?) home victory of the season, our first 3 goaler at home in the league and mathematical safety - so not a bad afternoon really Two (totally unsubstantiated rumours01. The Russians are taking over and 2Season tickets will be £200 next season and we expect to sell around 30,000 !! I would love this to be true but the person who told it to me was not sure where he had heard it !! Make of either / both what you will So only 2 games to go at ER before another forgettable season draws to an end Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org
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