Agree with all that Dave. My overall sentiment was one of relief that our players can occupy the same pitch as players like Cunha, Casemiro, Hojlund and Fernandes (although I know since it was only a friendly he is so entitled and arrogant he will only have been playing at 30% effort) without looking out of place.
I feel less terrified by the season to come now. On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Paid my £4.99 to watch via LUTV > Was an ok game ( pretty much no chances / shots / saves by either team > first half ( Nmecha and Bojil making debuts) > Tanaka Bogle and Gnonto our outstanding players - the latter 2 linking up > well and playing some brilliant little flicks and turns etc . Tanaka looked > comfortable. Nmecha isolated up top did nothing to suggest he is the “man” > but it was his first outing so much too soon to judge > Bijol looked fine > Second half with 8 then 10 then 11 then 12 subs lost its way in some areas > but created more stuff , Bogle and Ramazani were both thwarted by good > saves but should have scored . Piroe playing 2 or 3 great threaded balls. > Gudmunsson looked a decent replacement for Firpo rampaging down the flank > and also making a few good tackles . The other newbies looked ok - again > too soon and a friendly. > The last few subs bringing on kids nearly did for us as Chambers made a > tackle in the box that VAR would have given as a penalty > Then right at the death an almighty scramble from a corner led to the post > and Meslier rescuing us twice ( one a great save) to keep it at 0/0 > Only a fool ( or a Leeds fan on a forum ) would read much if anything into > that game - best way I can sum it up is “ we did not look out of place > against this opposition “ > A huge crowd of 45,000 made it like an away match - Leeds fans heavily > outnumbered but making all the noise > A decent work out for their first go > Dave > > On Saturday, 19 July 2025 at 19:54:51 BST, Robert Heath < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I heard that there was an interesting football match today............did > anybody watch it? > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > The Rev, John Lee. Now spinning the platters in the holy discotheque of > the real man. Yorkshireman. May that lucky pizza and a bottle of Grolsch be > waiting for you with the Celestial Lards R.I.P. > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ The Rev, John Lee. Now spinning the platters in the holy discotheque of the real man. Yorkshireman. May that lucky pizza and a bottle of Grolsch be waiting for you with the Celestial Lards R.I.P.
