With all this unconditional optimism and potentially misplaced good faith, as in all things, there needs to be a measure of balance without necessarily being pessimistic We all want the same conclusion, but some express it differently. Dave
-----Original Message----- From: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 08 June 2020 19:17 To: David Smail Cc: heathpalai...@gmail.com; leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] Delusional Will the miserable bastards amongst this list please wait until we have actually lost? I thank you! Sent from my iPad > On 8 Jun 2020, at 04:51, David Smail <dsm...@dsmail.plus.com> wrote: > > Great minds think alike - I have raised this with a small group of > supporters at work. > > I too would have happily taken promotion as a result of season early > termination based on the fact that we've done enough already. > > All this talk of purity and finishing the season could be disaster for us as > you say if we fold again under the pressure. It's the equivalent of starting > a new season. One thing we have in our favour is that we do tend to make > good starts in the early weeks of new campaigns, so I hope this continues. > > All teams will be pumped up after the enforced break, however, we don't > generally get on well in Wales. > > Sadly we don't have a points cushion to help us ease back in and there is no > guarantee that we will continue our winning streak especially with no ER > home support I'm sure MB has all this in hand, We are well versed with > disappointments over the years - perhaps we can shake these off and see it > through. > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As a paid up member of the Grumpy Old Men Society, it is not surprising > > that I mutter "the world's gone mad" about three times a day.........but > > having said that, I really do think that the amount of delusional thinking > > in all walks of life nowadays has reached, well dare-I-say-it pandemic > > proportions. > > > > And one example of such is all these Leeds fans and players who are > > blathering about wanting the season to be completed and to "earn promotion > > on the pitch." They are completely deluded. > > > > If it does restart, this huge hiatus will have only ramped up the > > psychological pressure on the Leeds players. After weeks of reading and > > hearing how a) promotion was almost in the bag when it stopped, b) if it > > starts again promotion will be a formality, or c) the season should be > > stopped and Leeds should be handed promotion already, there will be massive > > pressure on the players if they actually do have to go out and do it on the > > pitch. > > > > I could easily see a superhyped-up Cardiff beating us in the first match. > > Imagine if we then do one of our classics and batter Fulham but fail to > > finish any moves and they get two chances all game and Mitrovic puts them > > both away. > > > > PRESSURE! > > > > And we showed in the playoffs last year that we have the capacity to > > completely fold when the pressure really mounts. Pablo, for example, was a > > complete liability in those last few games. A bowl of jelly would have > > contributed more. Dallas, with his experience of big International > > occasions, was the only player who reacted well to the pressure. > > > > Anyway, that's why I've got everything firmly crossed hoping the season > > will NOT get finished. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Norman MOT _______________________________________________ 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 Norman MOT
