Not much to say but its a bugger when your man of the match is a man who comes on and kicks a few people up in the air, step forward Michael Brown. To be fair he did in his bit part what collectively we had failed to do otherwise, get among them and compete.
To be fair also, over a post match pint or several of Leeds Pale it was clear that this match most clearly illustrated how shallow our pockets are. Is Jordan Rhodes any better than Ross McCormack. Pound for pound I'd say not but on an afternoon when it was clear that system we have had wasn't working, Ross had to come deeper to see some of the ball. Jordan could, and did keep his position and was a danger more than just his goal.
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| Matt Smith pushed and pulled to the floor, no pen apparently |
Rudi splits opinion at Elland Road like no player I can remember.. On his day he is direct, causing damage and with an eye for the shot. Today, as in recent weeks he was largely ineffective, jaded, shattered. The system does not allow for changes.
Positives, well Byram looks like he is coming back to something like the form that had premiership clubs foaming last summer. Zaliukas looks nicely at home in our back four and deserving of an improved contract. Mowatt was massively unlucky to smash his shot against the bar which would have leveled the scores. Matt Smith toiled and was pulled from pillar to post and should have earned a penalty.Thoroughly undeserved but hey who ever said football was fair.
This weekend sees the distraction of the FA Cup, by then we hope, we pray that David Haigh has had notification that his take over has been approved. In Brian McDermott we trust but after the Barnsley, Blackpool and Blackburn games, we aren't quite the attractive proposition we were say, Mid November and the sell to prospective new additions is just that bit tougher.
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