Comments on: Keeping back the kitchen sink - Leeds United 2 Bradford City 1

By: Mick

Mick — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:02:04 +0000

Amazing how 2 Leeds fans can come up with such a differing view of the same game! Terry is spot on that the game was close and they probably just deserved to win. But what a cracker of a football match, worth every penny even though we lost the tie.
No point complaining about the penalty decision though as it was a definite handball. We looked straight towards the linesman hoping he’d missed it but he got it spot on, even the otherwise immaculate McLaren didn’t complain.

By: Terry Emmott

Terry Emmott — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:42:29 +0000

I don’t know about taking an instant dislike to Daley, we all thought he was bloody amazing! City contributed a lot to an entertaining game and though we had slightly more quality it was only slight and you must surely be in line to come up if you keep playing like that.
We couldn’t understand why you should have had a goal disallowed for offside either, not when we had a player stood on the goal line.
However I thought we deserved our win, just, but it was a very creditable performance on your part.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:09:24 +0000

At the end of the game Leeds did look worried but until the Bradford goal there was only one team in it. The game came from a schoolboy mistake by the Leeds defence and that changed the whole game. Until then the stats were showing Leeds with approximately 65% of the play and they were passing the ball around with ease and composure and could easily have scored 2 or 3 more.

So congratulations to Bradford for keeping trying and, when gifted a lifeline, making a game of it at the end. But overall the score line flattered you because, as we have done in our league games this year, we tried to throw it away with our poor defending.

By: Blakey89

Blakey89 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:03:09 +0000

Sitting with my L**ds cousins in the West Stand I really got a perspective of our side. The players who performed well, the decisions that went for aand against City, and the judgment of our team as a whole.

Sitting just behind Stuarts dugout you could see that he was looking relaxed from the offset. I would imagine that the result was of very little priority to him, but rather the performance. I think Stuart was using this game as an exercise to assess the new loanee Furman, and to assess what sort of a role Barry can play when we come up against league 2’s tougher opposition. In short, I can only think Stuart would have been mightily impressed with the performance of the busy Furman, and hopefully convinced that it is never wise to play BC upfront on his own, if at all. Yes he scored but really the ball never stuck with him and the only joy we got was through Colbeck and Daley.

The Leeds fans took an instant dislike to Daley, who clearly fancied himself tonight. He was brimming with confidence and has obviously tuned into the mindset amongst City fans at the moment that he’s our key man. Colbeck was full of fire and as long as he can temper this he will be a league 1 player (hopefully with us) in no time. He is now centreing the ball with aplomb, something we all said was the final piece in the Colbeck jigsaw.

The team is clearly playing with confidence. We have a midfielder in Mclaren who looks comfortable on the ball, demonstrating to the faithful that he is a natural footballer. Furman was exciting. The lad from Rangers really looks like he fancies himself as he moves confidently around the pitch, and well he might. I like the way he’s always looking for the ball and always looking to be a catalyst for the next move, something demonstrated to great effect with our goal.

My only reservation is the quality of Nix. For every goal/assist he creates his games are often littered with mis-placed passes and a knack of being caught in posession. Definately a squad player for me.

At the final whistle I endured a healthy round of ‘friendly banter’ but while the taunts came I basked in the warm glow of knowing we’d held our own against a good 1 side.

So next to Port Vale, and back to the bread and butter. Stuart will be asking for more of the same. Leeds have Crewe at home. I’d like to think their players will view the Railwaymen as a welcome break from the kind of performance we offered up…

By: Leeds fan in peace

Leeds fan in peace — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:52:16 +0000

Play like you did last night and you should soon be back in the higher levels of English football. We need some Yorkshire derbies in the Premiership. Speaking personally I’d drop the ‘we wuz robbed’ thing, we tried it at Elland Road for 40 years and it doesn’t help.