I have to admit that I was severely disappointed with the way Leeds played last night. I had built myself up to a level of expectation that only the rest of you guys will understand, as I expect you did just the same? I agree with Colin that there were gaping holes on the right of our defence that you could have navigated a battleship through, leaving Richardson with no cover at all, and he simply is not good enough to cover alone the 2 or 3 guys coming at him. Carlisle soon spotted this weakness it seemed to me and knew they could come through that side at will - which they did.
Note for our defenders... Pissing about with the ball in from of your own penalty box is generally thought not to be a prime idea - remember this, no one has EVER scored from a ball placed in row Z of the stand! One thing for Gary Mac to get through to his players before Thursday - I know it's a bit radical, but I think it may just improve our play...... When passing the ball - PASS IT TO ANOTHER GUY IN WHITE I wonder if the management spotted this fault in our play? I have to wonder because it seemed to me that every loose ball and every speculative pass went to a Carlisle player. OK if the pass is speculative, then some of them will of course go to an opposing player, but some should also go to one of ours, but it didn't seem so last night. A late goal for us (Christ - late? Half the crowd were at home tucked up in bed when it went in......) has put us back in it and I take heart from the fact that this season we have never feared winning away from home - it's still all to play for. Let's hope that the team who played in the home match against Nottingham Forest turn up as that was by far the best I have seen this season. Referee was a self abuser of the highest order The crowd were immense - Colin was speaking to me a number of times and I simply could not hear him - I must have looked very dense sometimes (or rather, more dense than usual) - I can still feel the hairs on the back of my neck rising when thinking about the rendition of MOT just before the kick off and all the chanting. Such a shame that we could not have scored first as the crowd would than have really become the 12th player - as it was there were periods when things were far quieter than they would have been. Nice to see Sean and Terry too at half time! Traffic was stupid - both getting there and getting back - it took me an hour from the flyover near the Yorkshire Post building to getting into the car park on my way there, and it took me nearly 40 minutes to get out of the car park coming home - at least I could listen to Radio Leeds whilst waiting. Ah well, at least I was there to experience the game - it was worth the price paid in traffic congestion. TV for me on Thursday - I may have to find a pub to watch it in (or even the banqueting suite) as I need the company of other fans to enjoy a game properly - fingers tightly crossed with hope for the next couple of days..... Steve G _______________________________________________ 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 sure with a few pints my morphine patches and a few other tablets I will manage" Dave Nattan May 2008
