Good effort Dave - I chose an afternoon in the pub in preference with occasional glances at the All Leeds aren't we site to see how we are getting on.
Sent from my iPhone > On 31 Mar 2018, at 10:50, "nat...@sky.com" <nat...@sky.com> wrote: > > The fact that this is the first match report and even I have left it > overnight pretty much sums up the tired feeling around ER at the moment,we > are all just counting down the games till we can put the season to bed (don't > let the 35K 'biggest crowd of the season' fool you) > I hesitate to start with the cliche -it was a Good Friday for us - but what > else can be said when we acheived our first win for what feels like months (I > know it was actually Brentford at the end of Feb) > We did deserve the 3 points but boy did we make hard work of it at times > against yet another awful team (if not quite as bad as Sheff Wed) > We were not over-impressed with the line up -( no Forshaw (out for the season > ? but that cannot be helped) with Pearce not getting a second chance, no > place for the much touted and promised (ok it was the Mi**or) Jack Clarke and > both Hernandez and Lassogga starting despite it being unclear to say the > least that they will be here next time. We also kept the on loan Pennington > in the line up but I don't think we had any choice.We put Berardi back to > left back and Dallas at right back. Heck did go two up front for once at home > - better than Monk and TC, and it paid dividends early on as we really got at > them from the off. > Ekuban hassled the defender and played in Alioski in the first minutes and he > had a curler just wide, then on 4 minutes the dream start, a lovely cross by > PML and the ball fell to Ekuban who shot home from the corner of the 6 yd box > - a cool finish and a weight off the lads back, would this be the start of > something good from him ? > The very influential Alioski , having one of his best games for us (sorry > Dave, but I thought he was excellent yesterday) put in a great cross that > Lassoga could not quite reach and then missed a decent chance himself. They > had little to offer and we went in at half time 1 up and looking comfortable > for the most part,with a header from Jansson from an Alioski corner nearly > doubling the lead at the death. So much so that my mate who had money on us > winning 2 0, added a bet for us to win 3 0. > His confidence looked well placed when early in the second half twice Alioski > went rampaging down the right wing, his first ended in a lovely ball to > Hernandez whose shot was well saved, a minute later the same thing except > Alioski tried his own shot which the keeper again saved but Hernandez showed > real commitment beating the two defenders and slotting home 2 nil so we could > all relax and enjoy us romping home to an easy victory ? No chance this is > Leeds United . > Just after second half started we realised that Adam Le Fondre was playing - > 'oh shit, he's bound to score' I said and lo and behold within 5 minutes of > saying that he had done so. A free kick by the lanky Ameobi was met by Le > Fondre who got ahead of his marker (O'Kane?) and glanced home,a good goal > from their point of view, poor defending from ours > This set back really rocked us and we almost fell apart as they created a few > chances and a draw started to look the most likely result. However Heck had > one ace up his sleeve the little maestro Saiz who he brought on to great > acclaim and he soon showed his worth pretty much running the game from then > on, in fact twice in the last quarter we should have got the third goal as > ekuban twice had it put on a plate and twice messed up - the goal he scored > not leading , so far, to the goal glut we were all hoping for.In fairness one > was well saved but a striker through on goal one on one is excpected to score > and he didnt. Pennington also had a very late chance to get the third whilst > at the other end Will Buckley again failed at ER (his loan spell was pretty > poor) and he fluffed a decent chance > So the game, like the season, petered out with little enthusiasm or noise > from the 'biggest crowd of the season'Just in case anyone is not aware - this > crowd owed more to the fact that ST holders could bring a friend for free > than to any brilliant support on our part. I have no idea whether this > promotion worked either in terms of getting non attending fans to buy STs or > at least start watching when they have to pay or if the loss of ticket > revenue was covered by extra beer, food and merchandise sales. , but, fair > play to the club they did try and sell more stuff by having a 'cupboard' in > the Revie Stand selling hats (and scarves?) so they did try and milk it > Not a great game and not sure we will have learned anything from it ? Maybe > that Ekuban will still not be prolific, maybe that Hernandez is certainly > worth another contract for a year, and maybe that the impressive Vieira can > still become the next Delph / Cook as he looked back to something like his > best. Bailey Peacock Farrell also looked solid again, he made a couple of > good catches from crosses, something we have missed for the last few keepers > and looked confident albeit he did not have much to do > > So only 3 home games to go - what will Heck do with the rest of the season? > Will he blood Jack Clarke and will he give Pearce another chance ? or will > the season just meander on and we go back to square one over the summer? > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
