Tend to agree with much Dave says.
Let's have the penalty incident right as it appeared to those of us in the
ground (not saying Dave's wrong). Our corner from the right, over by Murphy,
bit of head tennis, it's cleared up field, the game goes on, the ball goes into
touch and the referee runs back 40 yards to see what the linesman is waving his
flag about. We all thought it must be one of those corners that had bent out of
play before coming back in...hence requiring that we all go back for a dead
ball. Because there had been no visible casualties, no one on the ground, no
appeal from Blackburn players (and trust me they were after the ref for
everything), but no, he tells the ref something...which eventually gets Austin
sent-off. One of the weirdest sendings off I've ever seen.
From then on a balanced but dull game ran away from us, some suicidal defending
from Bellusci and later Cooper did for us. They got 3; hit the woodwork 3
times; and Silvestri made a couple of belting saves.
But what's this rumour that Antenucci is on a contract that eventually
penalises us if he scores too many goals...can that be right? With Leeds Utd
possibly. It is the only reason on gods green earth that Morrison was selected
ahead of him yesterday...and that allegedly Thompson got suspended for telling
somebody that him and Redfearn's pick the team and they want Antenucci in there
whatever the contracts say. None of this can be right can it...?
Very despondent after that second half yesterday and with the club in general.
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> On 4 Apr 2015, at 20:27, "nat...@sky.com" wrote:
>
> Not really sure what to say about today. Before the game we were talking
> about Thompson, Redfearn, Antenucci and Red Bull. We agreed that if Thompson
> was sacked for 'not being effective' it was harsh to say the least. If it
> means Redders leaving then my mates were happy enough with that. The
> Antenucci thing, as I pointed out, was a typical contract thing - I recall
> going on the ER tour run by John McLelland and he told about himself winning
> 6 man of the match awards in 7 games and getting dropped , it turned out that
> the team he was at had to pay £20k to his old team if he played 10games and
> since promotion was not on the cards they did not want to pay it. So given
> where we are in the League it makes some sense not to play Antenucci. As for
> Red Bull, my only concern is will they honour my 20yrST? Overall we were
> happy with RB but it would depend on how much they want to change things -
> "Red Bull of Leeds" and and a new kit, no thanks. Leeds United sponsored by
> Red Bull - yes please.As for LLTP or whatever the latest fans group is called
> , of the 6 of us, all dyed in the wool, long time season ticket holders, not
> one of us said we would pay £10 let alone £100 to put a 'fan' on the board.We
> were also a bit unsure as to the Chris and Kevin stuff and this when 2 of the
> lads actually knew one of them and went to Lloyds for the 'memorial' session.
> I really do not want to upset anyone and I refuse to go to Turkey because of
> it all, but I think it is a part of our history that we should all be aware
> of but should not be marked every yearSo on to the game - what a waste of
> time, a totally forgettable first half followed by total capitulation in the
> second.We were slightly the better team for 40mins but did not really do much
> and never really caused them any problems but they did have one chance that
> hit the woodwork. I know it is hard for Redfearn but what was the point of
> todays line up? Why did Dawson & Phillips not start ? We have 6 or so games
> to go, games that are all pointless, so lets find out who is good enough ? Is
> Dawson, who is the stand out player for the u21 Development squad , robust
> and physical enough for this league ? Can Phillips cut it at this level and
> why no Del Fabro or Montenegro ?We all knew after 5 minutes that this game
> was a waste of time really and would tell us nothing. Even if by some fluke
> Morison gets a goal, is there anyone who thinks he will go on a run and get 5
> in the next 5 and start next season on fire?Whatever, the crowd had a good
> silence for Kevin and Chris and got behind both Redfearn and Thompson without
> slagging off Cellino or anyone else.We watched the game for 30 minutes with
> nothing to excite or worry us. then came the defining moment. No-one round me
> had a clue what had happened but suddenly the ref, with no one surrounding
> him and no one on the floor etc was waving a red card around. Who was it
> aimed at, what had they done ? No-one knew until after a few minutes Austin
> went off down the tunnel. Was the ref right or wrong ? No idea and nor had
> anyone near meWhatever, we saw out the last few minutes of the half, glad to
> do so and thinking Redders had 20minutes to plan things and to, hopefully,
> prove that stupid and false adage "it is harder to play agia
