Good report Dave - bang on. I do feel for Roberts, his all round play and effort yesterday was really good, but his finishing was woeful.
Ted H On Mon, 3 Jan 2022, 10:36 nattan--- via Leedslist, <leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > HAPPY NEW YEAR and it was indeed a Happy new year as we won the game we > needed to win, and deserved it. > Firpo proved he may have something to offer, klich ( second half) proved > he is not finished, and Harrison and Ayling proved they are getting back to > the players we know. Finally Joffy proved he is a real talent with another > great cameo. He reminded me of early Alan Smith in so much as he was a > young lad not afraid to go up against the bigger boys, and showed the > opposition no respect, brilliant > On the down side Robert's proved,if further proof were needed, that he is > just not going to do it at Leeds, 2 bad misses both of which he should > have scored, a tame shot straight at the keeper and a header that he put > wide when it really was easier to score > Burnley came, as expected to shit house and time waste from minute one. > Lads near me were going apoplectic when the keeper put his towel and drink > miles away from the post, they knew it was just to waste time later on. His > time wasting was so blatant to all but the very weak referee that the fans > started counting out the seconds every time he had the ball- 19 'seconds ' > was the longest. As I say the ref was weak, letting them, especially Wood > , push our players as the ball came over. Their equaliser came from such a > push, woods in the back of Ayling, which let the ball fall to the other > attacker who Llorente then pulled down . The wall was badly placed and > allowed his great strike to go in for an equaliser against the run of play. > Then followed an incident that will get us into trouble ( along with > Brentford game) the Burnley players ran towards our fans giving it large > and inciting some idiot with a good arm to throw a plastic bottle right on > one of their heads. Yes stupid and indefensible but why are players allowed > to incite fans like that? Take off your shirt, leave the field to celebrate > with your own fans and you get a yellow, but go to opposition fans ( city > did the same v Arsenal with the same result- a barrage) and give it the big > one and nothing happens. Sorry but " chat shit, get banged" as they say > round here. > > Anyway back to the game, at times the Bielsa Leeds of old, some great > play, total control of the game but not many goals to show for it and risk > of losing. In addition to Robert's 2 bad misses, Raph skinned the bar with > an audacious long range shot and fired another into the side netting , then > missed a sitter second half, Firpo came close with a clever back flick as > we dominated > Our first came when Harrison dispossessed the defender, ran at the goal > and fired at the keeper , he was alert enough to then poke the rebound into > the net. 1 nil at half time. > Their goal rocked us a bit but then Klich showed he still has it, he had a > couple of crosses that led to a corner, taken short by Raph who gave it > Klich who rolled it perfectly into the path of Dallas, it was just > screaming to be hit, and Dallas did the business- a great finish. > Joffy and James had been brought on just after the equaliser and they > nearly combined for a goal, James sprinting down the wing and joffy getting > on the end of his cross but defence and keeper just did enough to prevent a > goal > Then right at the end Klich won the ball and beat another man to feed > Joffy, he looked up and picked out Dan James who bravely put his head > among a flying boot, the header hit the keeper but the spin was kind to us > and went over the line 3-1 and a score that reflected the game. > Great stuff and still without the spine of the team, Cooper, KP and > Bamford ( plus Rodrigo and Struik) > Yesterday wont be enough on it's own but it wont half help in our battle > to stay up, same result v Newcastle in our next home game and we can maybe > relax just a bit > So I will finish as I began - a Happy New Year > > 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/ > > Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat! _______________________________________________ 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/ Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat!
