OK maybe I am the only one who thinks Cibicki did ok. Also Alisoski worked his
bollocks off. But you lot know best (didn't someone else say that? :-) )
Nick
On Saturday, December 23, 2017, 3:42:43 PM EST, nat...@sky.com
<nat...@sky.com> wrote:
Well for the second home game on the trot we have got the three points and
kept a clean sheet, but as in the last game (v Norwich) this was a game that
will soon be forgotten
Against Norwich we did at least deserve the points, today that was no way near
the case. If i was a Hull fan I would have left ER thinking that we had been
robbed
From first to last they were the better team - they were sharper, more
committed and better on the ball. I have not see the statistics but I reckon
they had much more possession, were in our half for most of the game and had
more shots (not hard since apart from the goal I can only remember one decent
shot (Alioski) and one awful wayward one (Cibiscki) when Lassogga was well
placed for a cross.
The defining moment of the game was the goal - for some reason as Roofe ran at
him, their keeper kicked it out straight to one of our players just outside
the box . Unluckily for them and thankfully for us, that player was Hernandez,
perhaps the one player on the pitch (with Saiz missing) who was capable of
capitalising on the error. He played a glorious chip back over the keeper head
and into the net (albeit for a while we all thought it was going over) and so
totally against the run of play we went one up on the half hour
Before the goal we had been well outplayed and only two good saves from
Wieldwald and some poor finishing and some poor final ball had kept us in it
Second half - with O'Kane replacing Phillips - we did look a bit more composed
and at least looked solid at the back. Having said that we spent most of the
second half watching the clock tick down hoping that by the time they scored
what we thought was the inevitable equaliser , there would not be time for them
to get a winner.
Instead they seemed to run out of steam and ideas and we did manage to see out
the half without letting them have any real chances
Pontus is back to his best and Cooper had one of his good games (as he has so
often this year to be fair) and so, although their number 9 caused us massive
problems and looked a real handful, we kept them at bay. The keeper and back
four all had good games, Vieirra had a good game, but in front of them everyone
was average at best and poor at worst. Hernandez, goal apart, was invisible,
Alioski was back to his falling over worst, Roofe showed that unless he gets
good service he is a waste of a shirt, and Cibicki showed why it has taken him
so long to get into the team. Phillips and later O'Kane were both off the pace.
So, all in all, a forgettable game and three points stolen but it is three more
points towards what we need and it means we will spend Christmas in the top
six. Can we stay there? Who knows but with 2 easyish away games we should still
be in a play off position when we host Forest on New Years Day to start 2018
All the best to all on here and Leeds fans everywhere = Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year
Dave
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