Well our FA Cup dream lasted less than 15mins this season since by that time it was 0-2 and game over. Both goals at this point were down to piss poor defending, firstly not clearing a corner despite two chances to do so as ball took a couple of deflections in the box, then Heath being outmuscled (fair enough) and out paced (FFS !) by Hartson when their keeper launched a huge route one kick. When I saw the team I thought it looked very light in midfield and so it proved, and Marques looked lost at right back with no positional sense. At that point it looked like we would be hammered but we recovered slightly and in fact second half we were the better team with the introduction of Derry alongside Nicholls (our MoM) giving us some bite. Marques looked much better at CH and Sa looked very promising at rightback. We forced Hoult into a couple of good saves, the one from Flo as he slid in was top class and he kept WBA in the Cup. We were then hit by a sucker punch to extinguish any chance we may have had, but in fairness we never gave up and Elliott - who had a torrid afternoon- won the ball and drove forward into their box beating a couple of players, his shot was blocked by Hoult and bounced back to Flo and Healy who between them got the defender to ricochet the ball into the net. Flo looked a bit off the pace at times and it was a pity he could not get on the scoresheet when he had a couiple of chances including a one on one, but he should improve. So out of the Cup but not all doom and gloom with Sa looking good and Nicholls showing us what we have been missing - we need to keep him playing to save us from relegation. On a slightly different note on my train back there was a mixture of fans and I overheard 2 interesting bits. First a Stockport County fan (on way back from Watford)) was berating a Burnley fan saying how they were still laughting at getting Burnley to pay £1m for Ian Moore !!! The Burnley reaction (obviuosly) was to say how they had last laugh palming him off on us !! Second two Oldham fans (on way back from Wolves) were saying how the most important thing for them was not the Cup defeat but whether they could sign Sean Gregan, the "best player seen at Boundary Park for ages" !!! Dave _______________________________________________ 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 'I am in shock,' said Ferguson.
