Rich W wrote: > > Right, let's get a few things straight. > This was the best performance since we got relegated. > FACT !
Correct - well, definitely the best result since Wise took over anyway, does one swallow make a summer though? > This was the most passion and commitment I've seen > from a Leeds team for about 4 years. > We scored two goals from open play to come back from > being 1 down at half time - unheard of since we were > relegated. Not quite - I seem to remember a game at St Mary's last season...... > We played some decent pass and move football that > actually produced some decent chances. > We harried a lively Preston side from the off - never > let them settle and really scared the shit out of > them. > We showed good fitness levels and good stamina levels. > > That's 4 games unbeaten with 2 wins and 2 draws - > promotion form. Can't argue with any of that but why has it been so long in coming? More importantly can Wise and Poyet repeat the achievement for the next 6 games? If we'd played anywhere near that well ever since Wise took over we'd be pushing for the play offs instead of staring down the barrel of relegation. > If we're going to compare like for like performances > which I believe some of the Blackwell fans who didn't > think he would be sacked before Christmas like to do , > then let's compare Preston at home in the play offs > and last night. Selective comparisons, very clever - What about Preston away in the Play Offs though? Or Southend 2 weeks ago and Wednesday a month ago with the same fixtures last season? > A world apart. Blackwell could never > get that same performance out of his players and yes > we are second bottom and struggling to stay up but for > me if Wise can achieve this performance with this > group of players having only been in the job 5 months > then he's the man for me. ONLY 5 months!!!! ONLY half a season?!?!?! Your bias knows no bounds, does it? > All the above should be credited to Wise and Poyet. > I've said all along I'm not a Wise fan but rather than > "Chelsea boys are taking us down" it should be > "Chelsea boys are putting a bit of pride back into > Leeds". Where was that pride against Wednesday or Southend?!?! Why has it taken FIVE whole months for him to find it? > Last night was f'cking brilliant - that's BRILLIANT. > When Healy got the winner with a real strikers goal we > were dancing and hugging each other in the stands like > 10 year olds. Only 18,000 crowd but the atmosphere was > like a Euro champs night - it was that good. Definitely the best result we've had under Wise - as good a feeling as Reid's Arsenal away win. > Scores on the doors - I'll give everyone 10 for effort > cos that's what won the day last night. > > Gray - 10. What a performance. MOTM. A loanee putting > himself on the line like that was spectacular. He > wasn't just playing left back last night, he was > leading the team, charging forward, tracking runners > and putting in superb tackles all over the park. It > was a captain's performance and it really rubbed off > on the rest of the players. I seem to recall him being on loan here before - I wonder which manager it was that signed him then and was desperate to keep him but Ken wouldn't pay his wages? > Douglas - 5. I just don't rate him and from the > comments from around us last night neither do a lot of > people. I even thought his workrate was as good last > night but that was probably because everyone else > raised theirs. He lacks quality - he plays heavy balls > forward that haven't a hope in hell of finding their > target, his shooting his woeful but yet he continues > to try and put the ball in the net from 40 yards. He > makes aimless runs and has this habit of being in the > wrong place at the wrong time. Whilst off the ball - > watch him. He actually spends a lot of time walking > around doing nowt. He's a weak link. I was amazed when > Blackwell gave him a 3 year contract and even more > amazed that Wise hasn't seen through him yet. Wise being the excellent judge of character we know he is has made him captain so he'll probably ask for a loan move to Southend next week. > Wise and Poyet - 10. Fantastic. Why? What did they do exactly? Finally inspire this bunch of loanees that they have assembled into playing football? > Crowd - brilliant atmosphere. Wonder if Wise thinks we're as good as the Norn Irish crowd though? > Michael Ricketts - was that the worse performance ever > ? His miss from 5 yards was unbelievable but the > highlight for me was the trick he tried near to the > touchline that just went out of play. Piss funny. Couldn't really understand why we bothered booing him when he came on - I was delighted when he went to Stoke. > David Nugent - I was really worried that we decided to > play the off-side trap against this bloke and I knew > he would get in eventually but when he did what the > f'ck was he doing. England ? Nah, Halifax Town more > like. As Pennywise say F**k Ted Nugent! Cheers Paul _______________________________________________ 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 it's a God awful small affair
