Hmmmm. My hand is hovering very close to that panic button! Despite taunts from various colleagues (Being taunted about 3rd division football by a Man City fan who's loving every second!!!)I've remained adamant that I'm not going to panic until after January and the transfer window. But that twitchiness is slowly setting in. On paper, we had almost the best team we could put out on Saturday but were completely outclassed in general. Foxe? I do wish they hadn't outlawed hunting them, he's shite and will cost us a lot of points if we don'te get him warming the bench sharpish. Barnsley winning, Hull scrapping for every point and now Southend turning it round, I tell you I'm beginning to worry.
> It is difficult to see where this rot is going to stop. > > ..too big a club to go down...too much history... on paper, a good enough > squad to be comfortably mid-table in this league...all of this means zip > come 4.50 every Saturday when another 3 points has not been achieved. 28 > games and 18 defeats. That is horrendous form. > > WBA played for 60 minutes and wiped the floor with us. They passed with > speed and accuracy, they moved intelligently creating angles for team > mates...speed of thought and movement, they always closed down our man > with the ball and were first to every loose ball. They had a hunger which > we did not. It was embarrassing. After their third goal, which was > admittedly seconds before the end of the half, I just got up and went to > the bar. Without even thinking about it I had broken one of my own > unwritten rules of following Leeds - never leave before the whistle goes. > Didn't even cross my mind to stay where I was. > > For three minutes it went OK - not that I saw the first goal - that > happened as I was crossing the car park having slightly underestimated the > last pint/walk to the ground/kick-off time, equation. From the TV I see > that Flo headed down, firmly and accurately into the bottom corner - a > good header from Elliott's cross that would have tested the keeper had he > been where he should have been - the fact that he was stranded nowhere, > adrift, between his goal-line and the 6 yard box while the ball sailed > over and wide of him, just made it look easier than it really was. > > So I sits down to see a WBA free kick on the edge of the box - hit the > wall, rebound to Greening 25 yards out who hits it low and hard through a > forest of legs into the far bottom corner. The lead lasted 3 minutes. And > from here the out of control wagon careered downhill. We didn't get > another meaningful kick of the ball for 60 minutes. Albion through Kamara, > Greening, Phillips et all ran us ragged. Foxe allowed himself to be > brushed aside, last man on the edge of his own box when the ball was at > worst 50-50 - criminal. Somehow we didn't concede any more until just > before half time when Kamara brought the ball in from the midfield area of > the left side - who should be there? Blake? Nicholls? And given 10 yards > free space as he was he picked his spot and lashed the thing into the top > corner. A peach of a finish. > > The only Leeds players to come out of this spell with any credit were Sa > and Marques - the latter is proving to be a revelation, fast on the > ground, excellent timing of challenges, pretty decent in the air, brave, > good sense of position and decent on the ball - where the hell have we > been hiding this guy...oh that's right we've had defenders in abundance > and so didn't need him. My own suspicion is that Wise would really fancy > Foxe and Heath as his ideal pairing but just can't indulge that given > Marques' form at the moment. He'd better keep this level of performance up > though just to be on the safe side. > > We did put some more effort in in the second half - or were WBA saving > themselves? - you never can tell. Any way we competed a bit more, but you > never really buried the feeling that however many more we might score WBA > would always have another goal or two in them. We got a free kick 20-5 > yards out just right of centre. And Thompson struck it so sweetly that it > just pinged straight onto the spot where in the old days the angle of the > stanchion would have been. While we pressed and the crowd noise rose there > were scant few real chances created - the only real one being Healy's > volley on his left foot that he lifted over the bar from 8 yards out. A > draw would have been harsh on WBA. > > The C Halfs for WBA were also outstanding - they have apparently just > turned a £10m bid for Davies. I don't know what are they thinking of, > putting young footballing talent before the dollar sign. You'll not get > anywhere like that. > > I see Beckford is on loan again - Scunny this time - I know he hasn't done > much since his arrival but what I don't get is if we've just got Flo - 6 > ft 4 - we are clearly going to launch the ball to him, who in this squad > is going to catch the flick-ons? Beckford to my mind is the only one - > certainly more than Blake or Kandol. I'm confused. As for Wise's > shennanigan's at the end - he should know better. Whatever else we need it > is not that kind of "leadership". > > SULLIVAN - some decent saves - little he could do about goals 2 and 3 - > maybe unsighted for the first > > SA - first time I've seen him - looks tidy enough and willing to play the > ball, willing to battle - all of which made the shouting of some gimp > behind me, nearly all of which was directed at Sa, the more > mystifying...at least to me > > MARQUES - MOTM - by a chuffing mile. > > FOXE - limited lump - won some headers - so what - didn't do his job when > called upon > > ELLIOTT - decent enough distribution - seems a bit one paced but then > Kamara does that to most people > > BLAKE - out of postion - ineffectual > > NICHOLLS - out of his depth thug - > > THOMPSON - saw nothing of him until his very well struck goal, then he > livened up, a bit - too early to judge > > LEWIS - in and out - mainly out > > FLO - as with Thompson too early to judge - nicely headed goal - didn't > see much else > > HEALY - decent amount of effort but to little effect > > ---------------- > subs > > credit to Wise - he made attacking substitutions at a time when there was > still the possibility of influencing the outcome > > MOORE - ran around - the movement caused the WBA defence some different > worries > KANDOL - did not achieve too much - him and Flo kept going for the same > ball - doesn't excuse idiots booing as he comes on. I think he's limited > too, but he's in a Leeds shirt. > EINARSSON - returned from some Nordic limbo and showed v little - but > didn't have too much time. > > ---------------- > > To end on a really sour note, that I hope was a one off, was some fucking > twat handing out "Britain First" stickers just up by the footbridge over > to Holbeck. However desparate things become there is no place for wankers > like that. OK he wasn't at the game but he was clearly targeting the crowd > leaving the game. Fortunately everyone that I saw that took one, took one > look at what he'd put in their hand and screwed them up and lobbed them. > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > 'I am in shock,' said Ferguson. > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist 'I am in shock,' said Ferguson.
