Well that was instantly forgettable, a turgid game in front of as subdued an Elland Road crowd as i can remember We started so well, a great goal in the first 10 minutes- Rutter with a beautifully weighted ball to the onrushing Summerville who hammered home through the keeper, 1 0 and a goal fest on the cards But that goal fest never happened. We were so superior to them in the first half it was almost embarrassing. They never got a touch inside our box , as we were first to everything and played some quick decisive football, but could not get the second that would have put it to bed. The otherwise immaculate Rodon missed a simple header at the far post from a corner, Summerville put through by another lovely pass by Rutter found his shot blocked and other half chances went begging Second half was not quite as comfortable but they never looked like scoring , but the worry was always there, my son kept telling me we woukd be OK but i was fearing the worst. More chances came and went for for us , the 2 subs James and Bamford had chances, james a deflected cross that the keeper had to tip over, and another exquisite ball by Rutter put Bamford through, he fired a shot goalwards but the keeper saved. Struik managed to fire over from a yard out as the second goal proved elusive What i feared almost happened as QPR had their secind shot of the game in the final minutes but Meslier came out well and the ball hit him in the chest. To be honest QPR deserved nothing, not only were they dreadful but bizarrely their keeper on 75 mins with his team losing was told to " get on with it" by the ref-he wasted time all through the second half, very odd. The other strange bit was the fact there were 3 foul throws ( Ayling and 2 of theirs ) all from the same spot. So the game was petering out when a long ball over the top by Struik was missed by the defender leaving the ball bouncing between Bamford and the keeper, Paddy got a touch and then ended up on the floor , the ref blew for a foul and we all knew it was a straight red once the foul was given. The keeprr protested his innocence and Bamford seemed to agree with him that no contact had been made. All subs had been used so an outfield player went in nets - this should be fun we thought but for some reason we never had a shot or put in a cross to test him - we even took corners that went short and stayed in the corner rather than putting him under pressure. If Bielsa were still in charge you may think it was ' fair play' due to a mistake in sending him off ?So 3 deserved points in a fairly championshippy game. Good things, we won, we kept a clean sheet, Rutter is great to watch and made 2 or 3 amazing passes, Bamford looked sharp, and Rodon looked quality Bad things, failure to get a second, Piroe is anonymous if not scoring , the apathy of the home crowd Still a return to winning ways and a chance to make it 6pts with the visit of Bristol city to come Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org
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