KAMP: vs. Swansea City 22/9

[Sheridan]

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=hqMIebi3lcs&NR=1

[flynn]

Fra Maverick Whites diary;

Leeds Utd 2 Swansea City 0

United equalled the feat of the 1973/74 Championship winning team, by making it a magnificent seven consecutive wins from the opening seven fixtures, as Welsh opposition were at last sent scurrying back to their beloved valleys with nothing to show for their endeavours. United were unchanged from the team that won so handsomely at Bristol last Friday night, and they started the brighter of the two teams, as Carole's early shot failed to trouble visiting De Vries. Andy Hughes saw plenty of ball in the midfield, as did David Prutton who again started out on the right.

Several corners in the first half saw United's aerial threat cause problems for the Swans, as Marques, and Kandol both went close. A rasping long shot from Hughes went narrowly over, and in United's best opportunity of the first period, Kandol saw his shot from an angle beat the keeper, but frustratingly bounce back off the post. Ankergren was rarely called upon, other than to collect the odd hopeful cross into the area. As half time approached the visitors enjoyed their best spell of the half, suggesting their current position of fourth was fully merited with some neat passing movements.

Half time, and for the first time since the opening day of the season, United went in without the benefit of a midway lead.

Leeds started the second half more positively, and for the first time United's two strikers linked together, as Kandol's flick fed Beckford, whose emphatic shot was palmed away by De Vries for a corner. Moments later Prutton fired wide, after he cut inside his defender well.

One of the big positives this season has been the success of set-pieces. Much work appears to have gone in on the training ground, during the week as both corners and free kicks have shown great enterprise and thought, as well as yielding more than the odd goal. On sixty-two minutes it came as no surprise that United finally took the lead, nor was it a surprise that the goal came from another well worked free kick. Following Douglas's wayward run, a free kick was awarded to United just outside the penalty area, down United's left, Seb Carole squared the ball to Beckford, who from ten yards, teed the ball up and volleyed it in passed a gaggle of Swansea defenders. Two minutes later, Carole's main contribution of the afternoon, saw him beat two men down the right, and cross brilliantly for Beckford, but the striker's glancing header was saved well to his right by De Vries.

United fans didn't have long to wait however, as Prutton picked up a loose ball just over twenty yards out, and his low drive just found De Vries' right hand corner, to give the scoreline a fairer reflection. The visitors never gave up, and a splendid block by Rui Marques, not for the first time this season, denied Jason Scotland, and several minutes later a magnificent point blank save from Ankergren, ensured it was going to be clean sheet number four for United.

So the new Leeds United created a little piece of history, their counterparts from 1973/74 went on to lift the football league Championship that particular season, something that may be beyond the current team, given the fifteen point penalty imposed on them by the Football League, or is it ?

Woodini Ratings;

Ankergren - kicking poor, good save late on 6
Richardson - inconsistent 6
Clapham - steady away 6
Rui Marques - absolutely top drawer 8
Heath - improving still, susceptible to the ball over the top when forced to turn 6
Prutton - some excellent input, well taken goal 7
Hughes - never stopped all day, has pace, played simple ball well 7
Carole - involved in goal, but little impression otherwise, possibly better on the right 6
Douglas - apart from one brilliant minute, the weakest link in United's still slightly troublesome midfield 5
Kandol - well marked today, little room to roam, unlucky with shot in first half, work rate again impressive 6
Beckford - another clinical finish from a player growing in confidence 7

Subs;
Westlake - average 6
Flo - on for last two minutes
Referee; Mr.Laws - bit of a homer other than his desire to book United players, the yellow card for Hughes was unfortunate, the yellow for Rui was quite ludicrous.


Flere positive tegn i kampen i går;
- Hughes virker å blomstre på midten. Etter karakteristikkene å dømme er han både rask og ballsikker. Gjør han Derry overflødig?
- Prutton vokser for hver kamp, og kan fort bli en nøkkelspiller framover. Har åpenbart et stort potensiale, og har tydelig tillit nok i klubben til at det kanskje forløses nettopp i Leeds!
- Carole presterer nogenlunde stabilt på et nivå langt over det i alle fall jeg hadde forventet fra den kanten.

Dette kombinert med at Ankergren, Rui, Beckford og Kandol fortsetter å imponere tegner bra folkens!

flynn

[Per-Stian]

Tabellen per 22. september 2007

1 Leyton Orient 7 4 16
2 Tranmere 7 5 14
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3 Hartlepool 7 5 13
4 Yeovil 7 2 13
5 Southend 7 1 12
6 Carlisle 7 2 11
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7 Swindon 7 3 10
8 Swansea 7 0 10
9 Bristol Rovers 7 -1 10
10 Nottm Forest 6 5 9
11 Northampton 7 3 9
12 Brighton 7 0 9
13 Luton 7 0 9
14 Crewe 7 -1 9
15 Huddersfield 7 -5 9
16 Cheltenham 7 -1 8
17 Doncaster 7 -2 7
18 Leeds 7 13 6
19 Oldham 6 -2 6
20 Gillingham 7 -10 6
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21 Bournemouth 7 -5 5
22 Millwall 7 -5 5
23 Port Vale 7 -5 5
24 Walsall 7 -6 5

Før kampen til Nott'm er det fem poeng opp til playoff-plass. Hadde eg aldri i min villaste feberfantasi trudd etter sju kampar. Målskilnaden er rett og slett fantastisk!!!

[Volda69]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpjQ38LbHhk&NR=1

Høyr på stemninga! Fantastiske fans. Eg får klump i halsen av å sjå og høyre på. Eia var me der!

MOT

[Leedsulf]

Imponerende at seks av de sju laga vi har slått er inne på topp 10.
Lover bra dette.

[kjelvi]

[kjelvi]

[Stifler]

Hvem i helvete slettet mitt innlegg ?[!]
tabbelen hvor jeg viste seierene![]

EDIT: Var visst på en annen topic[)]

Enjoy you sick bastard:)

[Tom S]

quote:Originally posted by Volda69

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpjQ38LbHhk&NR=1

Høyr på stemninga! Fantastiske fans. Eg får klump i halsen av å sjå og høyre på. Eia var me der!

MOT

Absolutely f**king brilliant!
En av de bedre videosnutter eg har sett - vert stolt heilt inn i inste margen!
We Are Leeds!!!!!



WE'RE LEEDS AND PROUD!!!

[flynn]

Extended highlights ute på LUTV nå.
Mye bra å se på disse glimtene! Vi spiller ball-i-hatt med Swansea til tider, og det er tydelig at man spiller med en selvtillit som får gutta til å tro at kan gå på vannet. Konstruktive og flotte bidrag fra bl.annet Frazer, Hughes, Kandol og Douglas, i tillegg til de som stjal overskriftene.
Men det er lett å forstå at Swansea var sinte etter 1-0 målet, frisparket skulle vært tatt nesten ute ved sidelinjen, ikke på 16-meter streken.

flynn

[Sleivind]

Igjen virker Carole å være helt sentral i det offensive spillet til Leeds. Masse fart og meget gode innlegg! Dette er noe Leeds har savnet veldig lenge. Jeg er rett og slett imponert over det han har vist til nå i sesongen! Han kan fort vise seg å bli en av Leeds sine viktigste spillere denne sesongen.

[Jon R]

Virker som om laget vokser for hver kamp nå. Gøy å se at Prutton begynner å vise mer av potensiale sitt. Carole imponerer og får generelt for lite kreditt i mediene synes jeg. Høydepunktene på LUTV lyver ikke: Carole er svært ofte  innvolvert når vi skaper målsjanser og scorer mål. Jeg liker også godt at han er mye nede på egen banehalvdel og henter ballen. På den måten er han veldig innvolvert i det oppbyggende spillet. Han har kanskje vært vår viktigste spiller ved siden av Beckford denne sesongen?  Nå venter vi bare på et mål eller to fra den lille fargeklatten. []

Jon R.