Nice report Rich - I had to watch on TV as I'm on hols. With regards to the pen, I understand why Everton didn't like it but I thought it was a definite pen. His arm wasn't in an "unnatural position" but like you say - he moved/dived across to stop the ball and it hit his arm: penalty! (Even Neville and Spitter thought it was a pen!)
Agree with most of your scores, but Ampadu edged Man (not player!) of the Match for me. 👍 On Tue, 19 Aug 2025, 09:17 bbrozsely--- via Leedslist, <[email protected]> wrote: > Great account! Feels like Bogle and James are both a bit undercooked atm > hopefully the right can get going soon > > > On 19 Aug 2025, at 09:11, Richard Walker via Leedslist < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Not the usual Saturday buzz in town before the game (ruined by Sky) but > still lots of anticipation in the air. You couldn't help think that we just > wouldn't be good enough and the step up would be too much for the > championship players. Well, the first half answered that. Everton were > missing a couple of players but they still had a decent team out and they > never got a kick in that first half. Dewsbury-Hall who played so well for > Leicester against us was marked out of the game by the excellent Ampadu and > Beto never got a sniff due to Srujik and Rodon, although on that > performance I think Beto is pretty shit. The best parts of an excellent > first half performance for me were: > > 1) Booing the Premier League anthem - it's awful 2) Gudmonssen / Stach / > Gnonto combinations down our left wing. 3) Tanaka / Stach / Ampadu > completey bossing midfield. Stach is the player we need in that midfield. > 4) Everton fans' girly chant - WTF 5) Our confidence on the ball and how > every player passed it around with style. > > We didn't create a lot of chances and that's our main problem at the > moment in that we've got Piroe, who didn't play badly at all, but he's not > going to trouble defenders too much in the box. I'd start with Lukas next > match if DCL is not fit yet. Our wingers tried hard but didn't produce > much. Dan James in particular looked off it whereas Gnonto looked lively. > > Second half, Everton came into it and took a bit of control between > 50-65 minutes without really troubling us too much and once we made our > subs I think we competed better. Not seen the penalty back but in real time > from the East Stand it did look like the Everton player had dived like a > keeper to stop the ball. Great penalty from Lukas under massive pressure. > After the penalty I thought we would sit back but credit to us we didn't > and we looked more likely to get a second than Everton getting an equaliser > and as we got to the 7 minutes of injury time, I wasn't worried at all. > Good win and definitely something to build on. > > Perri - 7. His kicking was off but he showed great presence in his 6 > yard box second half , which is something we have missed for a while. > > Bogle - 7. Not his best game but I thought he battled well. The James / > Bogle combinations didn't come off last night. > > Gudmonssen - 8 or as one fan on the P2 back into town called him > (Razmonssen). Never gave the ball away and looked to get forward at every > opportunity. Dare I say that's the best I've seen since Dorigo ? > > Strujik - 8. Everyone was thinking that he was going to be the weak > link. He wasn't and he won most balls and distributed well. > > Rodon - 8. Solid defending against poor opposition. > > Stach - 8. Big lad, looks a bit lumbersome but he's not and when he ups > the gear he is frightening. Going to massive for us this season. Good shot > on him as well. > > Amapadu - 8. Sat behind Stach and Takata and did all the dirty work very > well. Looked worrying 2nd half when he went down under a heavy challenge - > hope he's ok > > Tanaka - 9. Sensational and my MOTM. He was everywhere andran his socks > off. Everton didn't have a second on the ball as he was at them throughout > and when he got the ball he showed composure and skill. I think he's > answered the question as to whether he can step up a level. Gonna be hard > for Longstaff to break into this team. > > James - 5. Not his night. > > Gnonto - 6. Lively but not much end product. > > Piroe - 6. Played some nice link up play as he dropped deep in the first > half but I can't see where he's going to fit in this season other than > coming off the bench at times. > > Subs: the great thing for me is that all the subs came on and made a > difference > > Lukas - looked very lively and converted the pen > > Harrison - booed by a few wankers but gave his all and did well > > Aaronsson - didn't do much but got invovled. > > Longstaff - actually I can't remember anything he did but he wasn't on > long. > > Bring on Arsenal. As one guy said in the bus queue - not sure I'd be > happy with just a point after that :) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. 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