Sorry, 2 more things (don't actually get to many games): 1. How small are QPR's seats? Cripplingly bad, and the price was £28. Rip off. Even my bird (5'2") struggled.
2. These are the highlights from last weekend's Telegraph Norwich report. Actually made me laugh out loud sat on the sofa. Even someone of his sparky personality might struggle to be entirely upbeat, though. Norwich were the better side for long spells, and on another day Rob Earnshaw would have had a hat-trick. Twice he hit the post, and twice he was denied by fine saves from Tony Warner. "Don't talk about their chances," Blackwell snapped. "What about the ones we had?" Well, frankly, although Healy, stretching, prodded a volleyed Steve Stone cross wide from about three yards, there were not as many of them, and they were not as clear-cut. <snip about how good Norwich were> That is as may be, but Lee Croft's challenge on Stone as the ball ran out of the box was senseless. Healy, on his 27th birthday, rolled the penalty calmly into the bottom-left corner. His liveliness aside, though, Leeds were largely muted. <snip about Cap'n birdseye's Chelsea thing> That that issue has dominated the week leading up to the start of the Championship season is hardly ideal but, as cynics will point out, shifting the focus to Chelsea's transfer policy has at least deflected attention from Leeds' own shortcomings in that area. There has been frustration at a lack of signings - "not for the want of trying", Bates insisted - with the sale of the forward Rob Hulse to Sheffield United causing the most consternation. Leeds had the third-best defensive record in the Championship last season, but were let down by a lack of goals; it is hard to see how the loss of their joint top-scorer will ease that. Geoff Horsfield has been brought in on loan from West Brom, but he is hardly a long-term solution. He has always looked old for his years, but at 32 he seems positively ancient, moving with all the freedom of the Tin Man's arthritic older brother. The service to him yesterday was admittedly not ideal; he demonstrated what his game thrives on to Eddie Lewis just before half-time. Mimicking a ball being crossed into the box with an arc of his hand, he met the imaginary cross with a thumping header. The virtual version looked great, but a concrete equivalent never arrived. Much the same could have been said of Leeds all afternoon. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/08/06/sfglee06.xml _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
