The fun just keeps coming - a great result and good performance at Donny,
followed by our best performance of the season at Orient and then yesterday -
the most enjoyable game of the season.
Ok the first half was not much to write home about but second half - the
passion, the quality and the commitment both on and off the pitch was almost
breathtaking.
As others have said we passed and moved and put them under enormous pressure
and they cracked. Freedman is an inspiration, Lubo had his best game yet,
likewise Kenton despite playing out of position, and the same with Johnson who
has improved beyond recognition from his first few games. Add to that Howsons
continued improvement - he has the makings of a good player and you can see how
we won this fiercely contested game.
As for the goals - all ours were from inside the 6 yd box - the first Kenton
got to the byline, then fell over and scuffed his cross which went about 2 foot
straight to a defender but as he dallied with the ball Kenton leapt to his feet
and tackled him pushing the ball to Kilkenny who crossed and when the keeper
parried it out it went to Freedman who bundled it home with his chest. Second
goal - Johnson hoisted it into the box Freedman cleverly nodded it across to
Kandol, rather than going for goal, Kandol controlled it and hit a shot across
the keeper who saved it by pushing it straight to Howson who smacked it in with
his left for his first at Elland Road. The 3rd was from a Kilkenny freekick
which he floated into the box it fell to Freedman who took it on his chest then
volleyed it in - total pandemonium in the stands !!
Their goals were both down to bad defending - we missed Sheehan plus we have
no-one wide right - the first Frazer was left with two men who passed it round
him then one crossed it - it beat Kenton and a striker but they had yet another
man over who hit it in.
The second was even worse - whilst we were still celebrating going 2 -1 up
they got a corner which Casper nearly caught but he was barged into by Kandol
who had his back to him and it dropped to Graham, who looked shit when at ER
last year, and he hit it in. A terrible goal to conceded and a really bad time
to concede it - but we were not to be beaten.
At 3-2 we continued to press and attack and somehow Kandol, who had fallen
over in the box when he would have been through on goal a few minutes earlier,
managed to get the ball stuck under his feet and had a couple of attempts at
kicking it whilst wrestling with keeper and defender. Hard to describe but
funny to watch - hope it makes it to virgin highlights. We managed to laugh but
would not have done so if it had been 2 -2 at the time. Although to be fair to
Kandol, he did have a good game and created a lot of problems for them.
Somehow the ref who had a decent inconspicuous game found 4 minutes to add on
but in truth we did not look like we would surrender any points.
Brilliant game, played in front of a good sized crowd despite the fact that
it was a Cat A game and early kick off - 28,500, It does put to bed the
argument about ticket prices being the main factor for attendance. All this
talk of Carlisle having big numbers in our ends proved to be just that - talk.
The atmosphere second half was really passionate and we got behind the team
well - a return to fortress Elland Road.
The final word though has to go to my mates wife who was attending her first
ever game - she wanted to know why " we brought on bambi on ice up front
(kandol) and why our keeper could not kick it straight" !!!!!
Bring on Hudds and Millwall and lets hope for a correct decision by the
arbitration panel
Dave
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