On 6 Apr 2010 at 13:10, MATTHEW GAYNOR wrote: > I agree Gradel was better than recently - but no way a 10. > > It was more an 8 for effort, apart from one shot in the melee after a > corner / throw he didnt really look like scoring. I think the fact he was > playing next to a woeful Beckford made him look better. I thought we
May have only been watching on TV but I agree with you Matt. In fact all us (me, David Woolmer, Allard, et al) gathered in a pub in Amsterdam agree with you. Our concensus after the game was that Gradel ran his socks off and couldn't be faulted for application but finesse and finishing where something else and we where surprised he was made man of the match. We would have said Snodgrass. As for the game generally agree with you and the other posters. A bit nervy at the start, settled down with the first goal, even better with the second. Chances for a third in the first twenty minutes of the second half not taken and when yeovil where given all the freedom they needed by a flat defence to get their goal the old failings started to reappear and it was a very tense last 25 minutes. A Long Sweet Afternoon ahead, as was posted before the game, it wasn't. The first hour or so was fine and we where happy and boisterous. The last half hour was knuckle gripping silence. I can't say I believe we've turned the corner, the last half-hour raised to many doubts, but I hope actually scoring again and the first part of the game may have helped restore some confidence and settle nerves and we can perform again on Saturday. Confident we'll get direct promotion maybe not but I believe again it's a possibility. It may not be entirely in out hands but Norwich apart I can't the other teams in form above and around us keeping it up and slips will happen. It's not as if they've been consistently good. Promotion please and direct, no play-offs thank you and may it be a step on the way back to the good times. There's a long way to go though and anyone who watched the Barca game last night will realize just how far. As a neutral it was one the better and entertaining games of football I've seen for some time. Arsenal didn't play badly and kept on going forward and attacking in the second half as well but Barca where just that bit better, especially thanks to Massi who was stunning to watch. On a Leeds related link Wayne mentioned watching 'Love thy Neighbour' and seeing Leeds mentioned in a paper somebody was reading. In the trailers being shown for a BBC drama this coming Sunday (A Passionate Woman?) I've noticed a couple of people wearing Leeds scarves. BTW Matt spotted you in the various crowd shots we got of the game! guy _______________________________________________ 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 and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
