First one - what's that got to do with luck? Is this report suggesting we
were unlucky not to have a defender on the line? Was Hulse unlucky to lose
Demerit? Also, Derry's header was not "equally good" - even if we did have a
defender on the line, Demerits header was more powerful and more accurate.
The second one - well, yest, it was unusual, but at least the shot was on
target. If it had gone wide, Watford fans wouls have been saying how "Lucky"
Lewis was with a half attempted block. It's not luck, it's football.
The third one - Say what you like about Sullivan - he has not and never has
been assured at coming for crosses. He is a fantastic shot stopper, easily
one of the best in the country, let alone the Championship but he's let down
by 2 things - his distribution, especially his kicking, and by his tendancy
to be rooted to his 6 yard box.
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Richard Naef didn't write but forwarded on... >>>
There was never that much in it for most of the game and Leeds were bereft
of any luck on the day. On small margins football games can sometimes be
won. Watford scored their first goal when Jay DeMerit headed in a corner and
there was no-one on the line to clear. When Shaun Derry produced an equally
good header from a similar corner for Leeds there was a Watford defender,
James Chambers, to boot the ball off the line.
The second Watford goal came after a huge slice of luck as James Chambers'
shot deflected off Eddie Lewis and went into the net after hitting the post,
rebounding and hitting goalkeeper Neil Sullivan.
Further evidence that it was just not United's day came as Sullivan - who
has been so assured in his two years at Elland Road - fatally changed his
mind in coming for the 26th minute corner that DeMerit headed in and was in
no position to make a save. Yet when his Watford counterpart, Ben Foster,
went walkabout as early as the ninth minute he got away with it when Derry's
goalbound shot picked up the smallest of deflections and ended up in the
side netting not the back of the net.
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