Well that went from worry to relief to ecstasy very quickly.On 85 minutes it looked like a pretty poor performance was going to end with 2 points dropped, then by 89 it was relief all round as 2-1 would be enough, then total fun and laughter as James scored as great a goal to watch as you can get, the ball heading goalwards as the keeper was miles away, one bounce , is it on target? Yes as it nestled into the side of net , brilliant and cue MOT and i predict a riot as Georginio brought Matteo over to do the ooooooooh ay ay ay celebrations.
Pre game we knew Leicester had won, Ipswich were 2 2 as we left the pub but had won before we got to the taxi, so we had to win or risk falling a bit behind. We started well, an amazing run by Georginio led to him feeding Summerville whose shot was well saved but as the ball looped up Sam Byram leapt like a salmon at the far post and headed ( faced?) it in. A bit later a lovely cross by James was met by Bamford sliding in to poke home - 2 0 and game as good as over, except somehow Paddy caught it with his shin and it went miles over, a terrible miss. After that we lost our way and Hull took complete control. Luckily apart from their goal they did not really create any real chances. The goal came as one lad skipped through a few half hearted challenges and crossed into the box, the forward got in ahead of Rodon (?) and finished well. We were chasing shadows a bit, Kamara having a mare, Gray showing why he is not first choice midfield yet. Bamford got no service as the whole team struggled. Hull were very comfortable apart from one scramble when Georginio, Summerville and Firpo all had shots blocked. Second half was similar with us finding it hard to get or keep the ball and many players looking tired and below par. Then on 70 came the subs and we found some energy and a bit of impetus. We started to create a few half chances, Gray was denied what looked like a penalty, Matteo hit the post, Firpo should have scored with a header. Then as the game was looking like a draw , Summerville ran down the wing took on the full back beating him with ease, but then being 'taken out' before he could cross. 100% a penalty but stupid defending. Cue a very odd moment- Firpo took the ball, we all thought it was just the modern way , one player pretends to take it then hands to the actual taker when everything has setlled down. Here Summerville took it off him as Piroe came to grab it ( double bluff?) . Then Summerville refused to give it up and Ampadu got involved - it looked bad and the pressure on Summerville was ramped up " he had better score " was said by many of us. No need to worry - Summerville was as casual as you can be , sending the keeper one way and rolling the ball down the middle. As much relief as celebration in the crowd. Just see it out now - 7 minutes mainly added on due to their time wasting could still cost us, especially when Georginio instead of hammering the ball away gave it to a Hull player on the edge of the area. Their keeper was up for a corner and stayed up - big mistake as we cleared the ball to Piroe on the wing, instead of kicking it as far as he could he fed DJ , we hoped/ expected him to put his head down and run to their corner flag, instead he knew the keeper was nowhere and shot from just inside their half, the rest is history, one bounce and 3 1. DJ rammed the " who let his country down " chants from the Hull fans down their throats So 3pts to us Leicester and Ipswich as Southampton are probably out of the race, so 2 from 3 and it is anyones guess who will do what. A great result after a hard game, 5 or 6 days now to get Gruev ( who was badly missed ) fit and hopefully Rodon, Kamara and Byram back to 100% - all had issues yesterday Six games to go, none will be easy but Coventry away next time up is perhaps the most difficult- (that and Boro-) so a win by any means necessary will do Come on Leeds 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/ Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P.
