We-ell. Credit to the non-leaguers, they seemed well up for it and responded to the big occasion. We had a bad day.
As has been mentioned already, it took us 50 minutes too long to adjust to the conditions - and I guess that's pretty much my only major criticism. Honestly. But that's a pretty monumental failure for professional footballers with pretensions to playing in the top tier. (On the plus side, Prem sides might think again about Delph and the the other half decent players.) Once it was clear that the passing Macca has instilling into the side wasn't going to work - I've never been to a match with such a poor pitch - we needed a plan B, which only really started to materialise when Enoch came on. He was pretty good, by the way, but we should have been pinging it up to a target man from about 15 minutes in. The poor performance of Delph (dribbling) and even Robinson (chip'n'run) showed we had to do something different from what usually works... and we didn't. I was a bit pissed off at the fans who thought our players lacked commitment and slagged them off at the end. Becchio, for example, had a very bad day - did he win anything in the air? - but he put himself about a lot. The worst thing we can do right now is start getting on players backs and calling for the head of a manager who at least looks capable of developing a footballing side that might be viable in the second tier. So. Draw a line. "Concentrate on the league". Get behind the lads. Get come confidence and consistency (our biggest failing this season). Win promotion. Nothing else matters - and firing Macca gets us further away from that goal than closer to it. (Staunton, on the other hand...) Final point. I was wet, cold and pissed off. But I love going with Leeds to smaller grounds and showing them what a good crowd looks like. Great range of songs including a sustained WACCOE and plenty suited to the occasion - "We built your ground for you" "If you're watching on the the telly, you're a c***" etc. Did the Match of the Day theme tune come across in the TV coverage? ITV must love us... Anyway. Bollocks to the FA Cup. ------------------- Richard Young _______________________________________________ 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 is Michel Kitabdjian dead yet?
