Rubbish! Leeds have lost to Sheffield Wednesday 1-0. It’s sad because of the great start Leeds had to the season. The kind of results against Wednesday and Brighton on Saturday after predictable though. Leeds simply don’t play well against weaker teams but perform great against better teams like Wolves and Norwich.
Leeds United – Champions of Europe
but not so impressive in Yorkshire
What is the post depressing factor about this game is that it is yet another Yorkshire club Leeds have failed to beat. It has been years since Leeds beat a Yorkshire rival, even scored against! Before today the poor results included….
May 2005 – Rotherham – Drew 0-0
April 2005 – Sheffield United – Lost 4-0
November 2004 – Rotherham – Lost 1-0
August 2004 – Sheffield United – Lost 2-0
March 2003 – Sheffield United – Lost 1-0 (FA Cup)
November 2002 – Sheffield United – Lost 1-2 (League Cup) The Leeds goal was an o.g.!
Not to mention numerous losses to teams like Hull City in pre-season friendlies!
OK, Leeds did beat Huddersfield 1-0 in a dire Carling Cup game in August 2004, which I attended but that is all in recent years. They go to Rotherham next Tuesday in a Carling Cup game, hopefully the awful Yorkshire Derby record can be put right then.
It’s a proud day to be English as the national cricket team wins The Ashes for the first time since 1987. Like most of Britain I have been following the series across the summer and was getting frequent updates today from both the radio and BBC Website while at work – well at least I turned up, I bet a lot of sickies were pulled today!
Even though there was always the slight concern The Aussies would pull off a miracle and win the match (and therefore the series) England seemed to boss the game throughout with the exception of late morning when that pesky Shane Warne got a handful of wickets in quick succession. Kevin Pietersen put all that right though by grabbing 158 runs!
Every Englishman should be proud of the team who have performed wonders. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come and cricket continues to be interesting, who knows I may even watch England play again! The English football team should take note of this glory and start to play with the pride and dignity their game has been lacking lately.
I’m back home in Bath now after my weekend in Leeds and am off to work tomorrow. While there, like most of the nation, I will be keeping a close eye on the cricket as England and Australia enter the final day of the final test of the Ashes Series.
England are on the verge of winning The Ashes
Which probably don’t look like this!
I was listening to most of the game on the journey back, exciting stuff especially when the Aussie wickets started to fall. I was also very pleased when the game was called off for poor light shortly after England went in for 2nd innings and annoyingly lost a wicket.
Still, while England may not win this match, with only 1 day left it is looking highly inevitable that it’ll end a draw with England winning the series 2-1 overall and taking back the Ashes from those medalling Aussies!
Slightly worryingly though, in the few months I’ve watched cricket I have learnt you can never rule out the Aussies, especially Shane Warne and if he gets going it could end in tears for us English. Of course that’s not going to happen is it – C’MON ENGLAND!
Went to see Leeds play Brighton today, a very up and down game with some great moments and some terrible ones. The game finished 3-3, Leeds equalised after being 2-0 down although conceded a 3rd sloppy goal, luckily they got a later, late equaliser to leave the fans happy(ish).
The Leeds defence was dire, which is a surprise as until now it has been relatively solid. Leeds midfielder Shaun Derry was superb and his determination along with the wonderful skills of David Healy (scoring twice) earned Leeds a point.
Other highlights for me included Sean Gregan smacking some cheeky Brighton player around the head (luckily no officials noticed!) and the very well-fed and round Brighton physio running at great speed to aid an injured player. At first I thought there must have been a pie on the pitch but then realised that if there had been there would have been a mass pitch invasion by Leeds fans :o)
I have just watched the worst performance by the English National Team that I have ever seen! They have lost 1-0 to Northern Ireland, a team of Championship and League One players.
The England players (of so called “Premiership quality”) did not have clue what they were doing and were all over the place. There are many people to blame for this and need to be addressed NOW!
David Beckham – Useless nancy boy
Firstly David Beckham. Beckham is past it. He is not a leader of men, he is a pathetic, self-obsessed feeble man. Not only should his captaincy be revoked but he should be dropped from the English side altogether. Since he scored the penalty against Argentina in the 2002 World Cup something inside Beckham’s brain snapped and he became a shadow of his former self. Beckham should give up football and become a house husband allowing Posh Spice to revive her music career. Posh may be a bad singer but Beckham is a terrible England Captain.
Frank Lampard – Totally overpaid and useless
Frank Lampard. I used to like Lampard but this season he has been awful for both England and Chelsea. It appears over the summer that Lampard has turned into a greedy, lazy waste of space. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich keeps injecting sickening amounts of money into Lampard’s bank account. In a sad tale of greed Lampard has been ruined. Steven Gerrard is going the same way and has nothing to be pleased about following today’s performance.
Wayne Rooney – A thug who belongs in prison
Wayne Rooney. What can I say apart from the fact that his player is a despicable human being. He is a rude, arrogant and totally disrespectful young man who in my opinion does not deserve to play for England. This thugs uncontrollable temper which lead to a yellow card being issued means he will miss the next game against Austria – good and how dare Rooney swear at Beckham for warning him for his behaviour! Rooney’s behaviour makes me feel sick and I will be pleased to see his name absent from the next team sheet.
Jack Straw – please revoke this mans work permit and send him back to Sweden
Sven the manager. If any time was right for him to leave it is now. I simply cannot see how The FA can justify keeping the man in a job. The fans hate him, the media hates him and ex-England players hate him. Any remaining supporters Sven had earlier today have surely had enough. I still believe England will get into the World Cup but what is the point in going with Sven as manager? If we can’t beat Northern Ireland how the hell can we beat the likes of Brazil? I really can’t see what Sven is thinking? Has he been taking drugs? Has he had an accident suffering brain damage? Why the hell did Sven decide to play Rooney, who although a disgusting human being, is one of England’s best strikers in midfield – it’s madness, absolute madness!
David Healy – Scored the winner today, he plays for Leeds you know!!!
Many congratulations to the Northern Ireland team, they fully deserved it! Special congratulations to David Healy, the LEEDS UNITED striker who scored the winner for his side. Leeds manager Kevin Blackwell must play Healy on Saturday, I’m going to the game and will certainly join in the inevitable standing ovation he will receive. HEALY! HEALY! HEALY! I was so proud as a Leeds fan to see him run past the likes of Rio Ferdinand and stick a blinder past Paul Robinson.
At least there’s one decent English team
One last point, I even thought about removing the “Three Lions” badge from the left hand column of the site in disgust. I have decided to keep it but not for the football players. It is being displayed for the cricket players who begin the fifth and final Ashes test tomorrow. Lets bring them home boys! Show those pathetic footballers how it’s done!
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