Its been said before, but our 'supporters' are the oppositions biggest all. Its bad enough that every team visiting Elland Road thinks all they have to do is prevent us from scoring in the first twenty minutes to turn the fans on the team. Much worse is the notion that mob rule may eventually succeeed in bringing the club down - I have a vision of Rich Walker, a behometh bestriding the smoking ruins of Elland Road, screaming 'See - I was right .........'
Chris , You're obsessed by me. I'm not writing a report on this one cos I can't be arsed wasting anymore time this weekend on KB. I;m not going to start saying I was right etc etc. The whole bloody thing depresses me. I just want to see passion back at the club. The current manager will not be able to do this. 16,000 says it all. Hopefully (for KB) Horsfield and Stone might be his saviours on Wednesday night. We'll see. --- Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My sentiments exactly - there are a few people on > WACCOE writing from an > objective view, but not many. Personally I thought > this was a decent > performance, a lot better than I had feared. The > finishing has however been > woeful. Playing Healy and Moore has given us the > kind of mobility up front > that has been lacking when Healy and Blake have > played together - but if > they don't finish the chances that they > create....it's not only the > forwards, Kilgallon and Carole were guilty of > missing easy chances, Butler > of missing a difficult one and Westlake a half > chance. > > Best move of the match was the lead up to Carole's > miss - Douglas bursting > through from midfield, inch perfect pass from Moore, > cut back to Carole - > that was the type of thing a team with confidence > and belief will do more > and more - so its a pity the morons chose to turn on > the team and the > manager at full time. > > Wolves came with a big team - watching the two sides > come out of the tunnel > it loked as though we were walking in a trench - > with the intention of > muscling us out of the game - that they failed was a > tribute to Douglas and > Westlake in particular. They got three bookings, > they probably should have > had four or five. Their goal was offside to my mind > - coming back from an > offside position their player headed the ball back > to a midfielder, turned > and ran on to the pass from what was by then an > onside position - refs on > the list? They never really looked like scoring > except perhaps when > Kilgallon opted to let the ball run across the > goalmouth, and it looked like > only a matter of time until we did. > > As one of the WACCOE contributors pointed out - if > the Liverpool fans had > turned on their team at half time in the European > cup final after what was a > thoroughly embarrassing non performance, would they > have turned it around in > the second half? > > Its been said before, but our 'supporters' are the > oppositions biggest ally. > Its bad enough that every team visiting Elland Road > thinks all they have to > do is prevent us from scoring in the first twenty > minutes to turn the fans > on the team. Much worse is the notion that mob rule > may eventually succeeed > in bringing the club down - I have a vision of Rich > Walker, a behometh > bestriding the smoking ruins of Elland Road, > screaming 'See - I was right > .........' > > Chris Wright > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sean Emmott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Nick Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 8:34 AM > Subject: Re: [LU] vs Wolves > > > > Nick, > > > > If I'd written a report (Too gutted last night I'm > afraid), this would > > have been it. I thought it was just me though - > reading WACCOE everybody > > is very angry and talking about us hoofing the > ball up to Healy & Moore (I > > thought the long balls were played into the > channels for them to run onto > > with some success). > > > > This was one of, if not the, best performances > under Blackwell. I really > > enjoyed it, until the las 120 seconds, obviously. > > > > Difficult to see Black well still here in another > month though... > > > > On Sun, September 10, 2006 9:22 pm, Nick Allen > wrote: > >> Here's a sentence I won't type very often - today > I felt quite a lot of > >> sympathy for Kevin Blackwell. > >> > >> We more or less had the upper hand in the > majority of this game, playing > >> some good, sensible, quick football, with passes > to feet, excellent use > >> of the width of the pitch - particularly from > Carole who had a storming > >> first half and a less effective but still decent > second - good support > >> play, particularly from Westlake and with a bit > more luck and composure > >> in front of goal, we'd have had 3 or 4. But as > dear old Brian Clough used > >> to say, it only takes a second to score a goal > and in the 91st that's > >> exactly what they did. Some backing off in the > middle of the field and > >> the lad wallops it into the top corner, he could > try and do it again all > >> year and never will, that's life. I think its > tough on Warner to > >> criticise him, the bigger problem was the lack of > concentration in front > >> of him - of course if you shove your centre > halves forward searching for > >> a winner in a 0-0 draw against a decent team, you > might leave youselves > >> vulnerable at the back... > >> > >> The end result of all of all this is that love > him or loathe him, > >> Blackwell now looks like a dead man walking. He's > lost the crowd (I use > >> that word loosely). The team seem incapable of > scoring from open play. > >> The belief is fragile - Wednesday's game will > show how many of the > >> players have been dented by this bit of larceny. > >> > >> Wolves are a physically big and brutal team - > their 3 or 4 bookings were > >> well short of what they deserved, but they are > not top quality, even in > >> this division. Its certainly true that Wolves had > other chances - a > >> couple of quick saves at the start of the second > half from Warner were > >> important - their number 13 gave Butler a mauling > and made a fool of > >> Kilgallon a couple of times in the first half, > before going off on 80 > >> minutes, at which point we all thought Wolves had > settled for the draw. > >> > >> Despite this we had good chances missed or saved > from Killa, Healy, > >> Douglas, Westlake, Moore, Butler, Carole - all in > the first half. The > >> chances were there, they just needed to be taken. > There seems to be a > >> chronic lack of confidence somewhere - got to be > down to the coaching. > >> > >> Our main game plan was to launch the ball out to > Carole on the right - > >> Crainey or Kilgallon - or play it out there > through the team - Douglas, > >> Westlake, Healy and Kelly - let him beat his man, > or two and get the > >> crosses in. Or sometimes he'd skip inside and > play it across the box. He > >> was doing this so well that their left back was > substituted after 42 > >> minutes for a smaller faster version - and one > that hadn't already been > >> booked. Its hard to say how all of our pressure > and the balls being > >> pinged across the box didn't result in a goal or > two, especially as their > >> keeper took a severe turn for the shite with > about 30 minutes to go - > >> coming for crosses he had no hope of getting, and > twice getting caught by > >> half-hit shots that dribbled by him only to be > cleared off the line or > >> scrambled round the post by defenders. > >> > >> In general I was lifted by the performance but > that made the gutting of > >> the result hurt even more. > >> > >> WARNER - a decent game - looked mainly steady - > had composure under a > >> couple of tricky situations - decent distribution > >> > >> KELLY - in the main linked well with Healy & > Carole down the right - good > === message truncated === ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! 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