Not sure why this game merited the biggest crowd in this Division for nearly 30
years, Hudds mean nowt to me and even the Yorkshire \ Leeds lads I go to games
with couldn't give a toss about them but it was nice to see ER packed with
Leeds fans all up for it.
As others have said it was a bad first half by us, they were sharper than us
and quicker to every loose ball and seemed to want it more. Before game all our
talk was of testing the young keeper with crosses and long range shots - let
Kandol rough hi up a bit etc etc but for some reason we never seemed to try to
do this even though the weather made it a keepers nightmare.
We were well second best with Hughes being roasted by their quick winger and
their number 14 (?Jevans) being allowed to control the game. They had a couple
of chances but failed to score and then Douglas hit a pretty crap shot that
found its way into the back of the net.
Kishi got booked for something and nothing (ref had booked one of theirs
seconds earlier) but then committed a very late tackle that had booking written
all over it but thankfully the ref bottled it and let him off with a warning
not a red card.This was a double let off \ blessing for us since it meant we
kept 11 on the pitch and it gave Wise the incentive \ reason to sub the largely
ineffective Kishi for Howson and this made a big difference to the way we
played. Second half we played a lot more football with good passing and
movement and started to tear them apart.
Was nice to see Becks get 2 poachers goals, getting to the ball ahead of
keeper and defender from a good cross, then being first to react when Prutts
effort was saved,. 2 well taken poachers goals , rather than his usual quality
strikes. Flo then replaced him and again scored from 2 yards with about his
first touch. Will he be able to this when he starts games ?
Good points - Becks and Flo poaching, Howson passing ability, clean sheet, 7
goals in 2 games without reply, Westlake looking useful and creating two goals,
big and noisy crowd.
Bad points - Kandol not scored for a while now and for one of only times
seemed to be out-muscled and out jumped by defender and a silly booking. I am a
fan of his - I think, at this level his attributes outweigh his deficiencies
but Sat was not a good game made even worse by another booking for petulance -
throwing ball into the ground, so he is banned next week ( will Flo start or De
Vries or is Constantine fit ?)
Hughes, at times a fish out of water - he is not a left back but he does give
100% every minute of every game.
We need to either get Clapham back in the Jan window or get a good left back
(may depend on how much faith they have in Parker as to whether we go for the
long term or short term solution in Jan)
One final point , it was funny but cruel the stick their keeper got.
"2 -0 and its your keepers fault" "he's going to cry in a minute" "does your
mother know you're here" "back to school on Monday"
Poor lad will be having nightmares about this game for years !!!
Lets hope we can continue this sort of from - this season has been great,
long may it continue, it is just so good winning 4 0 in front of a full house
LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS
Dave
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