cheers Matt. Sounds horrendous. Respect to you for going though ! --- MATTHEW GAYNOR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Its difficult to do much of a match report > from the Withdean. Basically from between the Pole > Vault run up and the shot-put circle you really > cant get a good perspective on the pitch the other > side of the running track. I actually feel a bit > sorry for Brighton, they used to have a decent > support in the old ground (remember the 2-2 in the > 89-90 promotion season) but now they are marooned > in a dump, which you wonder how it gets a licence > to host league football. > Surreally we started with a minutes > applause for Frankie Howard. Wed all agreed that > we all thought hed been dead for year, when they > announced he was actually an ex-Brighton player. > Expected team with Douglas back from international > duty to replace the injured (again) Thompson. > First half was woeful. I can remember a > header over from Beckford and thats about it. > Neither team seemed to be able to or want to keep > the ball and it was largely hoofed from one end to > another hoping that a mistake would lead to a goal. > Douglas was particularly culpable, often dropping > back to take the ball off the back four and hitting > an aimless ball forward that Matt Heath (or even Ted > Heath) could have managed quite well on their own. > No passing, no movement, no entertainment. The only > real moment of interest came when Hughes went down > injured and our players were incensed with the > challenge (that no-one at our end saw). Health > whacking the ball out of the ground to run 40 yards > to join in the melee. End result a booking each > (Marques for us). Hughes went off soon after to be > replaced by Douglas. > We even lacked the fighting ballboys from > last time and so had to content ourselves with > chanting Your not fit to collect the ball as one > vainly chased a ball round the athletics track. The > combination of sh*t ground and crap performance > meant that the Leeds end was pretty muted with > little real noise or support. > Second half we managed a bit more > possession, which only really served to illustrate > we had no idea what to do with the ball. > Occasionally making nice little triangles in > midfield but then with a bit of space to work with, > passing it back to the centre-backs. We still made 2 > decent chances for Beckford who headed over from > Claphams cross and then made a right mess of > another header after a great cross field pass from > Prutton, he then decided to play injured despite > the fact no-one was near him. > Casper had a couple of routine saves to > make and the game had nil nil written all over it > til we found the mistake to change the game. Prutton > did well to chase the ball down in the corner and > hold it up long enough to lay back to the > on-rushing Richardson. With the crowd screaming at > him to hit it first time, he took a touch and then > hit it along the floor to the first defender. Who > luckily took a swipe which looped it over his own > keepers head (the keeper was only about 5 6) who > could only palm it out to give Kandol a tap in. We > celebrated with a chant of Sh*t ground, Sh*t goal > and Kandol celebrated the fact he hadn't been subbed > - De Vries was waiting to replace him. > > Despite the ref finding 4 minutes of > injury time we held on relatively comfortably, so > three more points from a dreadful game. Our luck > has really turned this season. Astonishingly the > Brighton fans afterwards thought it was a decent > game and theyd played quite well, which only goes > to show how dreadful the league is. We are really a > pretty average team, solid at the back, functional > in midfield and with the occasional bit of quality > up front. It seems likely that might be enough. > A final round of applause for Southern > railways and Sussex police. For the third time in > three visits, they managed to have engineering works > on for their biggest game of the season, which > meant a tortuous bus service through villages wed > never heard of (Does Hassocks really exist or were > they playing a joke on us). After the game they > completely failed to have enough buses for everyone > and we spent an hour being sent backwards and > forwards by the Police til the bus turned up at > the point wed been waiting at originally. I > actually got back to North London at roughly the > same time I get back from Leeds. Still at least the > local chavs on the backseat of the bus got a bit of > a shock when it got invaded by Leeds fans. > Scores > Casper 6 Did what he needed to do, > comfortably enough. > Richardson 6 Defensively Ok, rarely ventured > forward. > Clapham 7 Not troubled in defence and one > of the few who looked like he knew what colour his > team were playing in. > Marques 7 Class act as ever. > Heath 6 Did the big lump thing within his > normal limitations. > Carole 5 Anonymous, give him a chance on the > right. > Douglas 4 I actually dont mind Douglas but > he had a shocker when in possession yesterday. > Hughes 5 Went off injured without really > registering in my brain > Prutton 8 Best player on pitch only one > who seemed to have woken up. > Kandol 5 Back to Kandol of old Why give a > new contract to someone after 6 half-decent games > Beckford 6 Not much better, looks more > dangerous but also petulant, cocky side emerging. > Westlake 6 Solid enough though made to > attempts at worst dive of season competition. > Amazingly got a free-kick both times. > It would be nice to think we wont have to > go to the Withdean ever again. > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > 6 in a bloody row! > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! 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