Well, we lost the home leg, but I've just watched the replay on Sky+ I'll never know how their 'keeper got to Beckford's curling shot.
Their first goal was a deflected shot that came from a corner that never was: it clearly came off Danny Graham. Both their goals came from defensive fuck ups (Johnson's cross-field pass followed by Frazer's inability to control the ball and Kilkenny not covering Frazer when he was faced by 2 men). Looking at the BBC's match stats http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/live_text/5 282654.stm?refresh , we had 54% possession to their 46%. We had 26 attempts on goal (15 on target) to their 12 (7 on target) and 11 corners to their 3. Beckford will be fired up after being subbed. We're still favourites. I'd play Hughes at LB and a midfield of Johnson Douglas Kilkenny Prutton. At least that way we'd have wide midfielders that would provide cover for the full-backs. Will Macca do this? No, I doubt it. I think he'll start with the same team as last night. So, can we turn it around on Thursday? Well no, it's Leeds, we should know by now that they do nothing but break our hearts. Expect us to go 2-0 up, concede an equaliser on 87 minutes and then a goal 10 minutes into extra time. Mind you, as a lad stood with us said last night 2 minutes before Freedman scored, "I'm not that bothered. I'm sick of us getting beat 3-0 in finals anyway." MOT, Sean _______________________________________________ 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
