I think you are over-estimating the difference in performance level. We played miles better against Man U and Tottenham (last 70 mins) than we have at any point this season, Bristol Rovers excepted.
We werent that bad against Wycombe and Exeter. Wycombe played better than we had any right to expect and Exeter became a lottery on a flooded pitch. As an example we were probably worse against Brentford and Kettering, before the cup run. We've had plenty of games earlier in the season where we've been pretty average and sneaked it late on. Reality is that recently we've had our luck in the Cup games. Having said that i do understand the general point that promotion has to be a priority but its impossible as a football fan to stand there watching and not want your team to win - or equalise. Although i'd admit i had more faith in Dave Woolmer standing next to me scoring a penalty than Beckford yesterday (and any Lards know how unlikely that is). Matt From: [email protected] <[email protected]> But why did we drop points against relegation threatened teams? Knackered? Big time charlie attitude? Just flat after euphoria? Bad luck? Or coincidence? The pre man u leeds team would have won those games. -----Original Message----- From: Alan Edgar <[email protected]> Subject: [LU] "cup has cost us 7-8 points" shocker ! > Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:27:51 +0000 > From: Matt Anderson <[email protected]> > Think it depends on swindon, win and its great drop points > and cup has cost us 7-8 points. No, Matt - playing poorly at places like Brentford and Exeter and home to Wycombe has cost us 7-8 points - how we performed v MU & Spurs has nothing to do with it. Since when were we guaranteed to win the games we have dropped points in ? It's a long season, we are having a minor blip in the League whereas Norwich are flying - that could easily change. Our performances v MU & Spurs demonstrate we are the best team in this league, but we have to prove that over the course of the season, and a couple of extra Cup games where we over-perform will be no sort of an excuse if we don't do that. _______________________________________________ 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 www.leedslist.net
