Glad I read your report Dave as I thought we’d lost 2-1, Doh! Sent from my iPad
> On 28 Aug 2019, at 07:37, "nat...@sky.com" <nat...@sky.com> wrote: > > > An amazing turn out of over 30k for a midweek game in the caribou cup mainly > comprised of non season ticket holders if my area of the ground is anything > to go by - 3 of the 7 of us were absent and I barely recognised anyone near > me , such is the allure of Bielsaball and cheap tickets. > One way or another the crowd got its money's worth. > 8 changes meant that we were very disjointed at times in the first half > evidenced by the fact that we allowed volks a free header early on that > luckily was right at kiko - not sure why Meslier did not start. We improved a > bit and had a couple of long range efforts the best of these was a cracker by > Nketiah on the edge of the box that hit the post. > We fell behind ,surprise surprise, to a corner that should not have been > given, another free header and this time kiko could only push it into the > net. Minutes later things went from bad to worse when Phillips was left for > dead and the cross was tapped home , a good move by them to be fair > So 2 down at hal time. Even worse the great young Hope's from last season > Clarke and shackleton were totally anonymous as was the debutant McAlmont and > we expected at least one to be subbed. In the event Bielsa went for it and > subbed all 3 ! A gamble that paid off. > We looked a different team and took control as they tired. It took a bit of > luck to score the first as butland kicked the ball out and it hit his > defender on the back and fell to Nketiah, in some ways it was an easy chance > but I know many players who would have messed it up, Eddie on the other hand > fini9it with aplomb, putting the ball through butland legs and then just > strolling into the net with it, a class finish. We came close on a few other > occasions as Nketiah just failed to get a tap in at the far post. > The equaliser came with a lovely cross by Davis that went over Eddie but was > headed home by Costa. We tried hard but could not find a winner and so to > pens.Douglas Costa Phillips and Nketiah all scored with no scares but they > started and scored all 5 fairly easily and so Harrison needed to score for > sudden death but hit the post -the crowd chanted his name so no hard > feelings. > A fun night and no feal harm done- Bielsa and one of his staff did get booked > Dave > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > _______________________________________________ > 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
