We have had no internet in our village for weeks since Storm Ninja, so I had to drive up to the top of a nearby col to watch it........and it looked just as bad from there. The only entertainment came from the pronunciation of the names from the Arabic commentator I had. The best was O'Nien, who he persisted in calling "Onion". As for the game, I felt it was a combination of excellent defending, organisation and shithousery from them combined with a night when we lacked a bit of spark.
On Wed, 4 Mar 2026, 1:17 pm Nick Allen, <[email protected]> wrote: > Haven’t been able to get to the last 2 games - yesterday’s I’m not at all > sad about now. > > But thinking about what I’ve seen on the highlights / playbacks from those > two games, the league needs to think seriously about what VAR is for: > > Vs Man City - it missed the stamp on Gruev, whatever happened to Justin > that left him with blood soaking through his sock, and the potential > handball > Vs Sunderland - the “assault” on Struijk, Rodon’s offside goal (I thought > it was offside, but the linesman didn’t flag), and their penalty - which I > do think was a penalty, because he made a second move with his elbow to > nudge it… but it is marginal and feels worse when seen against the one we > didn’t get vs City. > > On wider matters Ruud Gullitt had some interesting thoughts on why > football is no longer attractive to many - it is all about containment, and > carrying out tasks, and safety. He was speaking after the recent Chelsea v > Arsenal game which I understand was a grinding bore as well. > > There’s 9 games to go (I think) and there are 5 or 6 teams who would > happily swap places with us. > > Nick > > PS - who put a rocket up Wolves’ arse? > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > From: nattan--- via Leedslist <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LU] Maggots > > Date: 4 March 2026 at 10:37:04 GMT > > To: leeds list <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > I am struggling to remember a game worsethan this one, as a spectacle it > was atrocious, to think fans pay £50 or more to watch this total anti > football non event. As Rich says it is hard when one team just sets out to > spoil and time waste and the other team has no clue how to counteract it > .The ball was supposedly in play for 50 of the allocated 106 minutes - that > is terrible and apart from adding time on ( 12 minutes second half) the ref > let then get away with it. So an awful game to watch with zero > entertainment The result is the worst for a few seasons - at least our > other home defeats have been against good teams ( or in spurs case a team > we thought were good) this was against a poor team who we were expecting to > beat . Pre game the general vibe was we would win and almost secure our > place for next season now we are looking nervously at other results. As if > the lack of entertainment and the bad result was not enough we had to put > up with the worst of VAR .In the first half , shown on the TV in the > concourse , Struijk was pretty much assaulted at a corner , he was almost > clotheslined, grabbed by the neck and flung to the floor- absolute 100% > nailed on penalty, except the ref missed it and VAR ignored it . Maybe we > shouid have all surrounded the ref and hounded him as Sunderland dud for > the two VARS that went their way? Or perhaps teams should be allowed a > referral like in cricket, either way it was shocking.VAR of course then > did look at Amps handball, to me I can just about see why they gave it , > though not sure it was clear and obvious enough to overule the ref, but if > that's a pen so was the one we didn't get v man City. What's the point of > VAR if it both misses obvious stuff and is so inconsistent and still has > fans disagreeing So all in all a total nightmare of an evening, let's hope > it's a blip since most of our team was under par / dreadful . We need to > play to 100% every game not just against the good teams. We still have > enough games that we should win to ensure safety but last night was poor in > every aspect Roll on Norwich and a bit of light relief and a step closer to > Wembley > > Dave > > On Wednesday 4 March 2026 at 08:26:54 GMT, Richard Walker via > Leedslist <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What a thoroughly miserable Tuesday night out. Weird kick off time and > weird match. Atmosphere was terrible and I had to endure the Mackems in the > West Stand lapping it up. It was as if we'd turned the clock back to those > horrible championship games where we had all the possession but no idea. > Sideways and backwards passes, striker isolated and our only attacking > option was asking our left back to beat 4 men and put the ball into the > box. At least in the championship we had wingers that could dig us out of > trouble. Last night, the sight of Bogle and Aaronsson trying to push > forward was painful. A lot of it was down to the way they played and > spoiled the game as well as defending well but why didn't Farke change > things at half-time ? When Gnonto and James were on the pitch late on we > definitely troubled them.The time wasting and cheating was disgraceful > especially the 20th minute goalkeeper 'injury' which was blatant. The > Maggot's boss knew it was working for them and just told him to go down. > Got to stop this somehow cos it's happening on a weekly basis. Haven't seen > the pen back yet and don't really want to. Ampadu had a stinker and played > the worst ball of the season as he looked for Bogle on the right wing and > put it into the press box in the West Stand. Almost comical. There's > nothing much more to say other than I hope the Hammers and Forest lose > tonight and I hope this is just a blip for us. > > Scores: > > Darlow - 6. Nothing to do other than save a pen which I think he should > have > > Bogle - 5. Showed his limitations as a winger > > Gudmonssen - 7. Our best player on the night. > > Rodon - 7. Unlucky with the goal but if you're the last man at the back > post surely you can see exactly where you need to be. > > Struijk - 7. Some decent defending. > > Stach - 7.Battled well and a couple of decent free kicks > > Ampadu - 4. His worst game of the season. > > Justin - 6. Worked hard. > > DCL - 5. Not involved. Won a few headers but looked isolated. Hasn't > scored for a while now. > > Gruev - 5. Played a lot of backwards passes. > > Aaronson - 5. Ran a lot but totally ineffective. > > Subs: > > James - 7. Looked lively. Gnonto - 5. Had a lot of the ball and tried to > get at them but the lad is so obviously not match fit and we need him to > be. Nmech - 5. Didn't influence the game. > > Can't remember anyone else. Let's quickly forget about this one and > concentrate on Wembley. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > > > Rest In Peace Steve "Score one, score one more!" 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