KAMP: vs WEST HAM UNITED, lørdag 17/3 2012, kl 16.00 (På VIASAT)

[Leedsgutt]

God kamp, litt surt når vi slapp inn mål.... men det var Westham vi spilte mot, de har jo beste borteform i NPC.

Fornøyd me 1p, nå retter vi oss mot NottForest der vinner vi !

[Andersen]

Tippet faktisk uavgjort i dag, 1-1. Men herregud så mye snø det var på ballen i dag!   De ble et lett bytte for fyrtårna i de bakre rekker hos Hammers . Greit med uavgjort.

[Svend Anders]

Kort rapport fra Leeds - kjempetrøkk i perioder på Elland Road, og taket løftet seg da Luciano scoret. Utrolig kjipt å miste seieren, West Ham kom for uavgjort.

SA

[SindreWikre]

Kjempekamp av vårt kjære Leeds. vi møtte et sterkt lag i dag !

[J-R]

Elendig kamp i dag.....  
...

[Woody]

Godkjent kamp mot topplaget synes eg,og det eine poenget kan visa seg å bli yhyre viktig da Leeds har dårleg målforskjell.
MOT

[Svend Anders]

Rapport fra Lorimers av TV2:
http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/england/400-nordmenn-i-leeds-som-aa-ha-hele-familien-samlet-3735983.html

SA

[auren]

Et meget tett og jevnt oppgjør, der 1-1 og uavgjort gir et helt korrekt bilde av kampen. Dog kjipt å "miste" seieren 5 minutter før slutt. Vi er svært solide bakover, men dessverre så går det også utover angrepsspillet. Ikke mange sjansene vi skapte i dag, men West Ham er kanskje det beste laget i ligaen og virket meget tilfreds med ett poeng i løpet av kampen. Det var alt for mye kick and run og lange baller. Becchio er sterk på topp, men de andre angrepsspillerne er ikke helt ON i dag (Macca, White og Snoddy).

Vi MÃ... ha 3 poeng mot Forest. Sånn er det. Og minst 6 seire på de siste 9 kampene.

auren

[Hobben]

I dag røyk playoffen, tror jeg. Men er imponert over Leeds. Vi er meget solide i forsvarspillet men man sliter mer fremover nå.

Synes dessverre ikke McCormack er god nok for oss. Webber har heller ikke klart å vist det store. Becchio vinner mer og mer hodedueller på topp, men følte Snodgrass ikke klarte å gi alt i dag, men er vår beste spiller.

Håper vi henter både O'Dea og Robinson premanent etter låneavtalen går ut. Becchio å Somma på topp neste år!!

[Cherry]

Rapport fra Lorimers av TV2:
http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/england/400-nordmenn-i-leeds-som-aa-ha-hele-familien-samlet-3735983.html

SA

Bra promotering! Føler virkelig at noe er i emning igjen nå....

[ooh aah]

Greit resultat i en scrappy kamp hvor finspillet ikke så dagens lys. Vi jobber enormt, men offensivt fikk vi ikke med McCormack slik som sist. Når Becchio møtte tøffe stoppere, så ble det tøft å etablere spill. Likevel holdt vi på å vinne kampen og det er sterkt. Defensivt er vi mye tøffere, med Robinson som et godt tilskudd. Orker vi å holde dette trykket, så kommer vi til å ta mye poeng, men det er vel for sent?

[Here we go again]

Så andre omgang på pub i dag.  Greit nok bakover, men tannløst fremover.  Vinner ikke trofeer på uavgjorte kamper.  Forventer at noe skjer i angrepet vårt i tiden fremover.  Denne sesongen kan vi vel etter hvert avskrive, men neste sesong bør vi være tilbake der vi hører hjemme, men da må vi være mer giftig i angrep enn hva vi var i dag.

[GeirO]

Stemning: Fantastisk
Spillet: Skuffende ( var vel kun Snoddy som prøvde seg på noe kreativt i angrep)
Poengfangst: Skuffende

Vi får skjerpe oss til tirsdag, men det blir nok ikke noe walk in the park (Forest)....

[samadhi]

I dag røyk playoffen, tror jeg.

Det gjenstår fremdeles 9 kamper, og 27 poeng å kjempe om.

Vi ligger har 54 poeng og ligger 5 bak lagene som ligger som nr 4, 5 og 6 (alle med 59 poeng)
Med seier på tirsdag mot N Forest er sjansen stor for at vi er to poeng bak playoff, og da med 8 kamper igjen å spille.

Aldri i livet om vi gir opp noe playoff ennå 

[Håvard]

I dag røyk playoffen, tror jeg.

Det gjenstår fremdeles 9 kamper, og 27 poeng å kjempe om.

Vi ligger har 54 poeng og ligger 5 bak lagene som ligger som nr 4, 5 og 6 (alle med 59 poeng)
Med seier på tirsdag mot N Forest er sjansen stor for at vi er to poeng bak playoff, og da med 8 kamper igjen å spille.

Aldri i livet om vi gir opp noe playoff ennå 

vi gir aldri oop PO..så lenge dr er håp
litt skuffa over kamen i dag, men velger å ta det positive. Gutta våre jobba i allafall godt selv om resultatet ikke stod i sti. Noe med evner o viljen der..

[Håvard]

Greit resultat i en scrappy kamp hvor finspillet ikke så dagens lys. Vi jobber enormt, men offensivt fikk vi ikke med McCormack slik som sist. Når Becchio møtte tøffe stoppere, så ble det tøft å etablere spill. Likevel holdt vi på å vinne kampen og det er sterkt. Defensivt er vi mye tøffere, med Robinson som et godt tilskudd. Orker vi å holde dette trykket, så kommer vi til å ta mye poeng, men det er vel for sent?

liitt mye forskjellig..

[haak-d]

Tydelig at vi går for å være trygge bakover. Backene var så å si aldri med fremover, og det lider Becchio veldig under. I Robinson og Connolly har vi ikke de raskeste backene, men skal vi få brukt Becchio riktig, så må vi tørre å doble på kant og komme til innlegg. Det klarte vi ikke mot WH. De innleggene vi hadde var fra dødball, og da var vi farlige ved flere anledninger.

Håper NW tørr å satse litt mer fremover mot Forest på tirsdag, det trenger vi om det skal bli trepoeng.

[Promotion 2010]

I dag røyk playoffen, tror jeg.

Det gjenstår fremdeles 9 kamper, og 27 poeng å kjempe om.

Vi ligger har 54 poeng og ligger 5 bak lagene som ligger som nr 4, 5 og 6 (alle med 59 poeng)
Med seier på tirsdag mot N Forest er sjansen stor for at vi er to poeng bak playoff, og da med 8 kamper igjen å spille.

Aldri i livet om vi gir opp noe playoff ennå 

Warnock sa før kampen at 22 poeng er et must for å nå play-off. Ett poeng i minus gir 21 poeng på de siste 9 kampene, dvs 7 seire! Ser vanskelig ut dette!

[Promotion 2010]

Warnock:

Leeds manager Neil Warnock was unhappy with the goal his side conceded in the 1-1 draw with West Ham.


Leeds were ahead through Luciano Becchio's 83rd-minute strike before Danny Collins headed a late equaliser, which Warnock felt should not have stood.

"I can't ask any more, they've given me everything," he said.

"I said to the referee: 'When you watch Carlton Cole blatantly push Darren O'Dea over, you've got to see that'. O'Dea was going to head the ball and then you're left with Collins against Paul Robinson and Robert Snodgrass. "

He said he was concentrating on the line, but he's got to see that.

He's headed the ball from where the foul was.

"But West Ham wouldn't have conceded a goal like that. They would have grabbed each other by the shirt and made sure they didn't."

[Promotion 2010]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpihoc_leeds-1-west-ham-1-17th-march-2012_sport


På LUTV er Warnock veldig kritisk til Tom Lees og hans jobb på 1-1. "I don't know how Tom will feel tonight watching the game, but everybody will feel 20 times as bad. You can't do mistakes like that. He's had a great game, but a free header is criminal."

"We keep throwing points away! We have met the top two sides and should have got 6 points and only got one. We got to learn, and learn quickly! We are a desent side really!"

[HåvardK]

Tydelig at vi går for å være trygge bakover. Backene var så å si aldri med fremover, og det lider Becchio veldig under. I Robinson og Connolly har vi ikke de raskeste backene, men skal vi få brukt Becchio riktig, så må vi tørre å doble på kant og komme til innlegg. Det klarte vi ikke mot WH. De innleggene vi hadde var fra dødball, og da var vi farlige ved flere anledninger.

Håper NW tørr å satse litt mer fremover mot Forest på tirsdag, det trenger vi om det skal bli trepoeng.

Syns du er ved sakens kjerne her, haak-d. Men innsatsen er heldigvis tilbake.

[Promotion 2010]

33,000 As Leeds Match West Ham

posted March 18, 2012/ 0 Comments

Neil Warnock summed up the mood after Leeds took away a 1-1 draw against West Ham in front of 33,366 yesterday tea-time:


“I can’t ask any more, they’ve given me everything. […] We’ve dominated two of the best sides in the league and got one point.”

That sums up the mood. We’ve come away without the results we needed for a very improbable playoff-push, but we’ve been easily good enough to match the best teams in the division this year. And you’d have been confident if we had got a play-off spot!

There was a plethora of positives to take away from the match. Leeds began the sharper side yet again, winning the first corner of the match within the first five minutes. The pressure told as Rob Green mis-kicked a clearance for a throw, and West Ham’s fullback mis-passed inside the box and almost played Ross McCormack in.

Both sides played relatively defensively and had one eye on organizing a defence even as they attacked. What ensued was a scrappy, wholehearted battle with both teams effectively cancelling each other out.

And The Whites made mistakes, too. Lonergan mis-hit a clearance at the head of Maynard, a West Ham pass would have been given off-side, but ballooned up off a defender, and would have been collected by a West Ham player wide open had Leeds not been quick out of the traps to get to the ball first â€" while West Ham were left flat-footed and indecisive. And Maynard used his agility to play a one-two, turning past Tom Lees and out-barged Paul Robinson to be through on goal, only for Lonergan to scuttle out, make himself big, and wrap his body around the ball.

That’s all a part of football and to say the defence was poor would be ridiculous. Tom Lees had another solid game, O’Dea did his job well, Connolly defended and linked up going forward very well, and Paul Robinson put another fantastic shift in for Leeds.  It was Paul Robinson who really fired the fans up in the second half.

The referee, Peter Walton, showed he was far from a home-banker early on when Adam Clayton had his ankles clipped by Kevin Nolan, got straight up and made a decent tackle, and got penalised. Nolan continued to put the boot in every bit as much as you’d expect from Michael Brown, and the referee seemed never to see it as Nolan inexplicably escaped the match without even a card, though he had a bit of banter with Neil Warnock on the touchline…

It was to the background of this ostensibly biased referee that Paul Robinson turned Elland Road’s volume up to the highest I remember it since May 2010. Robinson single-handedly built an attack, tackling one to keep the attack going, and then Noble made a long slide for the ball which was matched by Robinson. Robinson tackled well and kept the ball and was promptly yellow carded. You couldn’t believe it. Clearly anything resembling an athlete taking part in a sport is too much for football’s modern bureaucrats! Moments later, after chants of “the refs a w-….”, he showed the ref what he thought with a tough and clean tackle on the edge of Leeds’ box, before a crunching (and clean) tackle to put the ball out of touch. The crowd loved it, while an FL official had a nose-bleed and began hyperventilating. Okay… I made that bit up. But 30,000 Leeds fans suddenly found their voice.

The noise didn’t have the desired effect, but unlike in previous matches for many a year, this wasn’t a case of the players freezing. Becchio’s belief couldn’t be questioned when he blazed an ambitious volley over from a way back, and when West Ham redoubled their efforts and found themselves with a corner, the Argentinian looked suspiciously like Diego Maradona in the Leeds box, (though he didn’t get to the ball)… At the other end, Luci! At the other end!

And later in the second half Leeds got one of the best chances of the match. Aidy White was great again today. He looked a constant danger when he got the ball, with every run gaining a free-kick, a throw-in, or resulting in a cross. And when he gained another free-kick, Ross McCormack floated the ball in from the left, to the far post. Paul Connolly’s head met it and Rob Green pulled off a fantastic save for West Ham â€" showing perhaps why he’s a capped England keeper.

After 80 minutes, though, it looked like the match would play out for a scrappy 0-0. Carlton Cole had come on after about 60 minutes and looked twice the threat of Maynard. Cole had bullied Tom Lees a little bit in August from set-pieces (with the lad playing right-back that day); that wasn’t the case today, but Cole still carved out a couple of chances for West Ham. Leeds had matched West Ham on every part of the pitch, though, and neither side had found many chances. Although I felt the game had drifted very slightly from us in the second half, it was Leeds who looked to get the winner.

Jack Collison came off with ten minutes left. The lad had been very good in West Ham’s midfield, and his replacement â€" Scum Academy product Ravel Morisson â€" had an immediate effect. His first action was to give away a throw in from an attacking play. In the resulting run Webber (on for White) won Leeds a corner. The corner was taken by Snodgrass from the left, and was floated into the near post. It was cleared but only as far as Becchio, who passed it back to Snodgrass. The cross found Paul Connolly’s head and Connolly found the crossbar. It was Luciano Becchio who scored a real poacher’s goal as he threw himself into the path of the ball, and nodded it into an empty net. Elland Road erupted.

With a victory against West Ham, who could possibly beat us? But there were still five minutes to survive.

Deafening chants of Marching On Together cheered the lads on as they got their foot in to break up plays. West Ham had made a few mistakes today, and it was a mistake that ultimately gifted them a goal. George McCartney got in a cross; like most of West Ham’s final passes today it was mis-hit, yet Lonergan was forced to tip it out for a corner. Leeds had struggled with West Ham’s corners last summer, and yet again West Ham found a relatively easy header to equalize.

And after a couple of minutes that was it. The fans a little deflated, but a great performance in which our supposedly mid-table team once again equalled, and at times bettered, a top Championship club â€" this one on Premiership wages.

The defence did well as I said. But it was a thorough team effort. At one point Robert Snodgrass slid in to tackle a West Ham forward, and Ross McCormack shepherded it out for a Leeds goal kick. That summed the team up for me. Becchio constantly came back and battled for possession along with Adam Clayton who was like a dynamo in midfield showing not only his good attacking sense but getting stuck in as well. I’ve felt him bypassed sometimes when Leeds haven’t had the time on the ball to play it, but today he showed an excellent all-round performance and looks to be a fantastic centre-mid in the making. Michael Brown did his job well again, and Aidy White was always a threat when he had the ball, with McCormack and Snodgrass as good as ever.

And this will be the headache facing Neil Warnock. He wants to improve the team, but is there a single player we could drop?

On the Leeds side you could have a few man of the matches. Lonergan pulled off a great save in the first half and did his job well when called upon. Paul Robinson got stuck in and galvanized the fans. Paul Connolly passed well, headed well going forward, and was solid at the back. Aidy White played well when he had it. Adam Clayton looked a proper little midfield general, Snodgrass’ trademark mazey runs were on display again, and McCormack got stuck in well.

But my man of the match has to be Luciano Becchio â€" a lad I’ve said I didn’t think could play in the Premiership last year. With the change of style under Neil Warnock, he’s looking absolutely excellent. He got stuck in in the midfield, he is benefitting from more realistic passing to him, and held the ball up well, and got the goal again. The lad has looked to be giving it his all since returning from injury and my highlight of the match was during a conflagration and more crowd cries of “the ref’s a w-….” when Becchio got properly stuck in and channelled his inner “This is Sparta!”

In my personal opinion, that’s probably the end of our playoff hopes with a couple of results not going our way and two points dropped. But it was a great performance in front of a Leeds crowd of old. If only Neil Warnock had been here from the start of the season!

[Promotion 2010]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpihoc_leeds-1-west-ham-1-17th-march-2012_sport


På LUTV er Warnock veldig kritisk til Tom Lees og hans jobb på 1-1. "I don't know how Tom will feel tonight watching the game, but everybody will feel 20 times as bad. You can't do mistakes like that. He's had a great game, but a free header is criminal."

"We keep throwing points away! We have met the top two sides and should have got 6 points and only got one. We got to learn, and learn quickly! We are a desent side really!"

WARNOCK etter West Ham:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbnLY1RL-Sw&context=C41ef044ADvjVQa1PpcFOiotm17qm3tKd1yq0pjv3K1iykPvEOQ0w=

[Promotion 2010]

LUFC Leeds fans view v West Ham

Tiny T gives us his usual fans view from the game at Elland Road.

This time it is after Leeds 1-1 draw with West Ham.

Lonergan 7
A couple of good saves, no fault for the goal, but his kicking is at times awful.

Connolly 7
He worked hard and hit the bar with a header.

Lees 7
Kept Maynard so quiet he was subbed. He dealt with Cole as well, though at fault with the goal when he let Collins in front of him.

O'Dea 7
Another gritty display but was out muscled by Cole for the goal.

Robinson 8
The pick of the defenders, hardworking tough tackling just what we need. If he is available at the end of the season, I'd have him.

Snodgrass 6
Off the pace and when given the chance to deliver into the box quality was lacking, though his free kick in the first half only just missed.

Clayton 7
Another good display strong all over the pitch, better first half than second though.

Brown 8 Star man
His best game in a Leeds shirt. He covered a lot of ground, made Nolan disappear for long periods.

White 6
Like Snoddy, a quiet game.

McCormack 7
Worked his socks off but it just did not happen for him today.

Becchio 7
Usual display from Luc. He worked hard, won the ball and got a deserved goal.

Subs
Webber 6
He added a bit of pace out wide.

Forssell 5
He struggled to pick up the pace.

Summary
A very hard working display, enthralling at times. Unfortunately, a draw but we deserved the win in my view.

Shoddy defending let them equalise, the Ref did not spot Cole dragging O'Dea to the ground but saw Becchio push the Hammers defender in the first half, which very few others did.

Solid defensively but we lacked quality when getting the ball into the box form wide and set pieces.

McCormack needs a goal just to give him a boost.

We have played the top two in recent weeks. Lost when we battered the League leaders and should have had 3 points again today, things are looking up

Looking forward, Forest next and if we play like that again its 3 points.



Read more: http://www.leeds.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=276480#ixzz1pSZnqkLI

[RoarG]

Bra kamp mot et bortelag som tydeligvis kom for ett poeng. Veldig surt å miste ledelsen så nær slutt, men man altså passe på folk, ikke på ballen, på defensiv corner. Tror vi tar Forest lett på tirsdag.

[kalle_92]

Synes ikke Becchio imponerte. Tapte ballen mye i første omgang, og foruten målet var han ikke spesielt god. Men at vi hele tiden slår lange baller opp mot Becchio gjorde angrepsspillet vårt litt kjedelig og tamt synes jeg. Vi burde variere mer i spillet. Clayton og Brown hadde god kontroll på midtbanen igjen. Stopperparet Lees/O'Dea gjorde også en god kamp. Syns vi fremstår som gode defensivt, men mer tannløse i angrep.

[Leedsfan]

Etter å ha sett kampen live så må jeg si at Robinson imponerte meg stort, snakk om innsats og tæl. Snodgrass skuffer meg mye, han er ikke i form om dagen dessverre. Vi virker meget solide og det gleder meget, West Ham hadde respekt for oss og spilte mye langt på Maynard som ikke hadde dagen.

Midtbanen vår sentralt er meget bra defensivt, men kommer ikke med offensivt. Det skjer nok for at Snodgrass og White er for lite med i kampen. White kan byttes mot Webber i neste kamp...

[Promotion 2010]

Etter å ha sett kampen live så må jeg si at Robinson imponerte meg stort, snakk om innsats og tæl. Snodgrass skuffer meg mye, han er ikke i form om dagen dessverre. Vi virker meget solide og det gleder meget, West Ham hadde respekt for oss og spilte mye langt på Maynard som ikke hadde dagen.

Midtbanen vår sentralt er meget bra defensivt, men kommer ikke med offensivt. Det skjer nok for at Snodgrass og White er for lite med i kampen. White kan byttes mot Webber i neste kamp...

Enig!

Come on Webber!

White mangler noe grunnleggende for noensinne å bli en god høyre eller venstre ving! Mangle målteft og tildels den kalde pasningen når en dårligt skuddmulighet er tilslstede. Han mangler touchen til Bale selv om han har farten. Skuffende for meg i hele kampen! Webber ga oss noe med en gang han kom innpå. Jeg er likevel ikke sikker på om Webber er en 90-minutters mann ennå!

Vi har nå vist at vi er:

Kjempende mot Portsmouth
Matcher og er spillende mot Southampton
Kjempende mot Hull
Spillende og kjempende mot M'boro
Matcher West Ham

Nivået til topp to har vi inne, men mer kløkt foran begge mål mangler fortsatt! Soton skulle vi drept i første omgang, mens P'mouth og West Ham skulle vi slått forholdsvis enkelt!

Alt i alt 7 poeng tapt på 5 kamper!

[Ozzy96]

speler ein bra kamp, men igjen ein ganske lik glipp som mot soton som viste seg å ver avgjerande  surt men godkjent kamp herlig innsats

[Kato]

Synes ikke Webber bidro noe større i går