KAMP: vs. Cheltenham 25/11

[Svend Anders]

En liten sjekker gir ro i ryggmargen likevel:
Jeg minner om spådommen for sesongen som har gått perfekt eller desto bedre så langt i sesongen. Slik var spådommen for november:

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NOVEMBER:
Leeds sliter seg gjennom fire tunge kamper med syv poeng i boks. Det gir avansement til 9.plass på en svært jevn øvre halvdel av tabellen.
Mens den ukjente uruguaneren plutselig har reist hjem til Sør-Amerika av "familiære årsaker", trener Aalesund-spiller Erlend Holm med klubben.
Tore André Flo har i stillhet kommet opp i 8 mål - 7 av de som innbytter!
FIFA oppdager omsider det videresendte brevet fra UEFA om en anke fra et 3.divisjonslag i England som klager på noen minuspoeng, og setter det i skuffen merket "prioritet D".
Ken Bates ringer FIFAs sentralbord.
Anken legges i hyllen "URGENT priority".
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Vi tok nøyaktig syv poeng i november. Øvre halvdel er fremdeles svært jevn, og da Costa har nå sine problemer, om enn ikke familiære.
Flo er dessverre for skadet til alle målene jeg har sett, mens klubbens statement før helgen vel ikke her helt vekk fra å sende det til FIFA (blanda med High Court?).

Se hele sesongspådommen på følgende tråd: http://www.leedsunited.no/forum/index.php?topic=8888.msg76974#msg76974

Cheer up, folks!

[Promotion 2010]

En liten sjekker gir ro i ryggmargen likevel:
Jeg minner om spådommen for sesongen som har gått perfekt eller desto bedre så langt i sesongen. Slik var spådommen for november:

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NOVEMBER:
Leeds sliter seg gjennom fire tunge kamper med syv poeng i boks. Det gir avansement til 9.plass på en svært jevn øvre halvdel av tabellen.
Mens den ukjente uruguaneren plutselig har reist hjem til Sør-Amerika av "familiære årsaker", trener Aalesund-spiller Erlend Holm med klubben.
Tore André Flo har i stillhet kommet opp i 8 mål - 7 av de som innbytter!
FIFA oppdager omsider det videresendte brevet fra UEFA om en anke fra et 3.divisjonslag i England som klager på noen minuspoeng, og setter det i skuffen merket "prioritet D".
Ken Bates ringer FIFAs sentralbord.
Anken legges i hyllen "URGENT priority".
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Vi tok nøyaktig syv poeng i november. Øvre halvdel er fremdeles svært jevn, og da Costa har nå sine problemer, om enn ikke familiære.
Flo er dessverre for skadet til alle målene jeg har sett, mens klubbens statement før helgen vel ikke her helt vekk fra å sende det til FIFA (blanda med High Court?).

Se hele sesongspådommen på følgende tråd: http://www.leedsunited.no/forum/index.php?topic=8888.msg76974#msg76974

Cheer up, folks!

Takk 

[Svend Anders]

Neste helg banker vi Port Vale  ned i støvlene.    

Du har lange helger, Jon?
Port Vale er på neste TIRSDAG...  

[Jon R]

Ã... huff. Tirsdagskamp nå igjen? 

[SirOlsen]

En liten sjekker gir ro i ryggmargen likevel:
Jeg minner om spådommen for sesongen som har gått perfekt eller desto bedre så langt i sesongen. Slik var spådommen for november:

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NOVEMBER:
Leeds sliter seg gjennom fire tunge kamper med syv poeng i boks. Det gir avansement til 9.plass på en svært jevn øvre halvdel av tabellen.
Mens den ukjente uruguaneren plutselig har reist hjem til Sør-Amerika av "familiære årsaker", trener Aalesund-spiller Erlend Holm med klubben.
Tore André Flo har i stillhet kommet opp i 8 mål - 7 av de som innbytter!
FIFA oppdager omsider det videresendte brevet fra UEFA om en anke fra et 3.divisjonslag i England som klager på noen minuspoeng, og setter det i skuffen merket "prioritet D".
Ken Bates ringer FIFAs sentralbord.
Anken legges i hyllen "URGENT priority".
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Vi tok nøyaktig syv poeng i november. Øvre halvdel er fremdeles svært jevn, og da Costa har nå sine problemer, om enn ikke familiære.
Flo er dessverre for skadet til alle målene jeg har sett, mens klubbens statement før helgen vel ikke her helt vekk fra å sende det til FIFA (blanda med High Court?).

Se hele sesongspådommen på følgende tråd: http://www.leedsunited.no/forum/index.php?topic=8888.msg76974#msg76974

Cheer up, folks!

Haha, fiffig

[Per-Stian]

Støttar dei som meinar vi har ein solid stall, og meinar vi må selje før vi kan kjøpe. Spesielt på midtbana. Der har vi mange alternativ, men ingen typiske kantspelarar utanom Carole.

Wise og Bassett må kalle spelargruppa inn til eit møte for å snakke om den dårlege perioden. Her er det nok "berre" snakk om å finne tilbake til den gløden og innstillinga som prega ligastarten!

[Sheridan]

Ã... huff. Tirsdagskamp nå igjen? 

Det er altså søndag idag, JonR 

[SirOlsen]

Støttar dei som meinar vi har ein solid stall, og meinar vi må selje før vi kan kjøpe. Spesielt på midtbana. Der har vi mange alternativ, men ingen typiske kantspelarar utanom Carole.

Wise og Bassett må kalle spelargruppa inn til eit møte for å snakke om den dårlege perioden. Her er det nok "berre" snakk om å finne tilbake til den gløden og innstillinga som prega ligastarten!

Jeg lurer på om ikke Da Costa kan være spennende å bruke på kant, jeg..

[Sheridan]

Mest imponerende idag:

Flest pålogget Luscos: 181

[Per-Stian]

Støttar dei som meinar vi har ein solid stall, og meinar vi må selje før vi kan kjøpe. Spesielt på midtbana. Der har vi mange alternativ, men ingen typiske kantspelarar utanom Carole.

Wise og Bassett må kalle spelargruppa inn til eit møte for å snakke om den dårlege perioden. Her er det nok "berre" snakk om å finne tilbake til den gløden og innstillinga som prega ligastarten!

Jeg lurer på om ikke Da Costa kan være spennende å bruke på kant, jeg..

Tenkte på han, men kjenner for dårleg til spelaren. Det lille eg har sett minna meg om Sam Dalla Bona som var ein kort periode i Chelsea. Altså meir ein indreløpar-type.

[Tom S]

Set med same følelsen. Dette var tungt og trist!
Veldig skuffa, men det kjem alltid ein ny kamp!

For meg var dette årets største skuffelse så langt. Heilt forferdeleg å tape mot ligaens kanskje dårlegaste lag. Og no som vi endeleg hadde kjent lukta av førsteplassen...

[fmtj]

Kom akkurat inn og får altså de dette!!!! Tap mot Chelteham bidrar ikke akkurat til sinnets munterhet!

[GeirO]

0-1 mot Cheltenham Town! Tygg litt på den kjære Leedsfans! Dette er bånn i bøtta, lowest of the low . Leeds har nå en periode med mindre flatterende resultater å se tilbake på. Her må noe drastisk skje. Cheltenham skal slåes komfortabelt, hjemme som borte. En del spillere begynner kanskje å dabbe av, og behovet for forsterkninger bør melde seg. Her må Wise handle i dobbelt fostand.

Har de samme tanker. Er vi pt. vitne til tidenes dårligste Leeds-lag?

På kort tid har vi tapt for tre lag jeg knapt har hørt om, og to av tapene på E.R.!

Det bedre seg sikkert, men denne måneden var ufattelig svak.

Det jeg er lei av å høre er at vi hadde spillet og mange sjanser. Gode lag er de som scorer mest, og det er slik fotball er bygd opp.

[Bye]

Dårlig form! Og jeg vil ha en assistentmanager som en kan være trygg på..

[baste]

Ett ufortjent tap, men sånn er det i fotball. Regner med at Leeds kommer sterkere tilbake. Kjenner ingen panikk med tanke på direkte opprykk, men det er veldig surt..å tape for en klubb jeg aldrii har hørt om, og som ligger (lå) sist i Leuge1..

F L A U T rett og slett.....

[clarke]

Hæææ  har vi tapt mot enda et søpplelag   
Jaggu bra jeg ikke hørte på i dag, da
Flaut, ja. Det har neimen ikke blitt veeeldig mange poeng etter at Basset ankom
Og så skal vi gå i TI DAGER å gruble på dette tapet og lure på når vi skal vinne igjen 

Dårlig trøst, men det høres ihvertfall ut til at vi skapte sjanser. Vet det er frustrerende, men jeg synes at når vi først skal tape er det tross alt bedre å ha spilt BRA enn å ikke ha skapt sjanser nok til å vinne

[B-m]

Utrolig surt. Visste at vi ikke kom til å score idag. Kjørte over dem og skapte 20-talls sjanser, fikk annullert et mål. Same old story. Men vi får fortsette å jobbe!

[Oggy]

Utrolig kjedelig dette !!!
Er vi ikke så gode som 90 % av folka her inne vil ha det til 
Nei, få hb på banen 

[whitelocks]

Noen er kjappe til å finne syndebukker når det går dårlig og nå ser det ut til at Dave Bassett er personen som skal få skylda. Dette blir for enkelt dere! Det er ikke bare å spasere seg til seier uansett hvilket lag blant de 92 i seriesystemet man spiller mot i England. Dere som har fulgt med en stund vet det. Og Leeds har hatt problemer med lag vi ikke har hørt om før de, tenker blant annet på Wimbledon, for en del år tilbake i en eller annen cup-match. De var amatør-lag da!!!! Dette går bra dere! Neste kamp banker vi inn mål igjen!!!!!

[berlin]

Det er vel det første egentlige feilskjær i ligaen i år. Minner om at "sussebassene" fra Manchester fikk stryk av Bolton ( før kampen nest sist )

Det blir 4 strake seire nå før julen ringes inn.

....og da er vi nr 1 eller 2.

[Jon R]

Ikke vær så strenge da gutter. Det må da være lov til å sutre litt etter å ha opplevet tre av de svakeste resulatene i klubbens 89 årige historie, og det i løpet av kun 11 dager. Seff blir man litt urolig av sånt. 

[kjelvi]

Leeds stunned by Cheltenham

Leeds first ever league visit to Cheltenham Town ended with defeat to a late goal by the Robins Steven Gillespie. A packed Whaddon Road crowd had seen United dominate for large spells of the game, but the Whites failure to convert their chances was punished in a cruel manner by the young striker's 25 yard lob with just five minutes remaining.
Leeds boss Dennis Wise had gambled to try and enforce a victory by bringing on Tore Andre Flo and Mark De Vries to form a four pronged attack with Jermaine Beckford and Tresor Kandol. However, it was Keith Downing's side who took all three points courtesy of Gillespie's sucker punch to lift the Robins off the bottom of the table and inflict only the second league defeat of United's season.

glorygloryleeds.com

[Roy]

Fikk ikke hørt kampen i dag. resultatet tilsier at jeg ikke gikk glipp av en dritt

[kjelvi]

Leeds crash to struggling Cheltenham



Leeds United suffered only their second league defeat of the season as they were beaten at bottom club Cheltenham.
Dennis Wise's side were undone by a late goal from Steven Gillespie, whose 25-yarder was enough to break the deadlock at Whaddon Road.
Leeds had the majority of the play but were unable to force a goal, Tore Andre Flo and Jamie Beckford both going close in the second half.
The defeat leaves Leeds, who have written to the Football Association requesting the matter of their 15-point deduction be referred to the High Court rather than FA arbitration, in fifth place in the Coca-Cola League One table.
Cheltenham's third win of the season lifted them off the bottom of the table.

northamptonchron.co.uk

[kjelvi]

Leeds rocked by late Robins strike

Steven Gillespie's 86th-minute strike earned Cheltenham a shock 1-0 win over Leeds at a sold-out Whaddon Road on Sunday afternoon.



The Robins' third league victory of the campaign lifted them off the foot of the table and denied Leeds the chance to make up ground on the leading clubs in the division.
Leeds were guilty of missing a host of opportunities, with leading scorer Jermaine Beckford the main culprit.
Beckford struck the crossbar in the first half and fired over with the goal gaping midway through the second period.
But Cheltenham made Leeds pay when debutant goalkeeper David Lucas rushed off his line to head clear a long ball from Andy Lindegaard.
The ball fell to Gillespie, who lifted the ball into an empty net from 30 yards to send the home fans wild and condemn Leeds to their second league defeat of the campaign.

PA Sports

[kjelvi]

Big three points for Robins

Cheltenham Town pulled off possibly the greatest result in their short Football League history with this 1-0 defeat of Leeds United at Whaddon Road.
Leeds looked the classier outfit and could have had the game wrapped up, but Town kept going and secured only their second home win and second clean sheet of the season.
The goal arrived with only four minutes left to play when Leeds goalkeeper Dave Lucas threw a ball out to defender Frazer Richardson but Cheltenham's Dean Sinclair got there first.
Sinclair played it to Andy Lindegaard and although his defence-splitting ball was headed clear by Lucas, Steven Gillespie had the  resence of mind to divert it back into the net from the edge of the area.
Cheltenham had earlier rode their luck a little bit with Jermaine Beckford in particular having an off-day with his shooting.
Beckford sent an early shot over the crossbar and was then denied by a fine last-ditch tackle from David Bird right in front of goal.
Beckford hit the crossbar with a shot just before half-time and sent a lob shot inches wide but his most glaring miss came midway through the second half when David Prutton won a header against Cheltenham's diminutive left-back Alan Wright.
The ball travelled across to the far post with goalkeeper Shane Higgs struggling to make up ground although Beckford, with the goal gaping before him, blasted his shot wide from six yards.
Beckford knew his luck was out 15 minutes from time when a free-kick from Jonathan Douglas was spilled by Higgs and although Beckford was first on the scene to head into the empty net, the assistant referee had already raised his flag for offside.
Gillespie's goal visibly shook the Leeds players and the former Liverpool trainee almost added another in the final minute, when he ran on to a through ball but curled his shot just wide.

walsall-mad.co.uk

[kjelvi]

At Least Dick Turpin Wore A Mask

Despite having had 21 shots on goal and one effort ruled out for a questionable offside flag, Leeds suffered their second League One defeat of the season as they went down 1-0 at Cheltenham.
The Robins' Steven Gillespie scored the only goal of the game with a 25-yard lob with just five minutes remaining after David Lucas had raced to the edge of his area to head clear.
But there's no doubt Cheltenham were given a huge helping hand with 17 minutes to go when Shane Higgs could only parry Jonathan Douglas' free kick. Jermaine Beckford, who had rattled the crossbar in a one-sided first half, followed up with a header but the celebrations were cut short by a raised flag on the far side.
It's fairly certain there'll be those who'll suggest the wheels have come off, but such doubters would be advised to refer to the match
statistics. It was simply one of those days on which nothing went right, even though Leeds ended the game with four strikers on the field.
Had we not created anything, I'd be concerned but our pressure at Whaddon Road was relentless.
So much so that if I was a Cheltenham fan I'd be furious with the players for not being so dogged and determined every week.
Wave after wave of Leeds attacks culminated in either resolute defending, inspired goalkeeping or, on the odd occasion, poor finishing but some of United's interplay and build-up work was exemplary.
It's the first time Leeds have suffered back to bac defeats since March 3, 2007 when a 3-2 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday followed 1-0 losses at Birmingham and Wolves.
All in all it's been a pretty miserable November. Two defeats in the league, a first-round exit from the FA Cup and turned over by Bury in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
But we're still fifth in the table, five points behind the leaders and three of our next four are at Elland Road.

leedsunited.rivals.net

[Dennis]

Nok et pinlig tap, dog ufortjent. Det positive er at vi skaper haugevis med sjanser, det ekstremt negative er at vi heller ikke i denne kampen klare å omsette dem! Altså, vi faller for egne feil - igjen.

Leon, du er nødt til å komme deg i form, det samme med Flo. Vi trenger mer konkurranse på topp!

Cheltenham tap?! Jeg trodde aldri vi skulle møte dem engang, før vi kom til slutten av mai i år og rykket ned.   

[kjelvi]

Leeds slip up at Cheltenham

Cheltenham Town 1 Leeds United 0
This has not, on reflection, been a rewarding period for goalkeepers with connections to Leeds United.
A week that started with a knee injury to Casper Ankergren and continued with the national humiliation of Scott Carson was ended yesterday by an error of judgement from David Lucas which cost Leeds their second league defeat of the season.
Lucas saw his weak clearance lobbed into an empty net by Cheltenham Town forward Steve Gillespie with four minutes remaining at Whaddon Road, ensuring a result which left United baffled.
The former Sheffield Wednesday keeper had been a peripheral figure for three-quarters of the match, and had not been asked to make a serious save until Dean Sinclair's high delivery towards the edge of his box caused sudden uncertainty among Lucas and his defence.
Lucas appeared at the edge of his box and scuffed a header straight to the feet of Gillespie, who held his composure and guided a controlled chip into the corner of United's goal. Leeds have worked late goals to their advantage this term but, with 86 minutes gone, Gillespie's opportunistic finish left no chance of a reprieve.
Cheltenham's victory was an astonishing outcome for a team who, until yesterday, were bottom of League One with two wins from 16 games.
The Gloucestershire club have been cannon-fodder this season and their manager, Keith Downing, was waited patiently for a result capable of providing his squad with impetus. He could not have asked for better than the win that came their way yesterday.
United's defeat, however, distorted the facts of a game which, in the home of National Hunt racing, Dennis Wise's team should have won at a canter.
Lucas will rue the manner of Gillespie's late winner, but his rash header was only partially responsible for the expensive loss of three points which should have been added to United's League One total.
Leeds produced 19 efforts on goal and had enough opportunities to settled the fixture several times over before Cheltenham successfully chanced their luck during the final minutes.
Jermaine Beckford hit the crossbar in the first half and had a header disallowed by a marginal offside decision in the second, summing up a day when both the prolific striker and his club seemed destined to leave Whaddon Road empty-handed.
Wise has rarely been asked to count the cost of missed chances this season, but that failing did arguably greater damage to Leeds yesterday than Lucas' error. So intent was United's manager on finding a winning goal that he boldly reverted to a 4-2-4 formation with 17 minutes remaining, fielding Beckford, Tresor Kandol, Mark De Vries and Tore Andre Flo in attack. It is doubtful, given that strength of personnel, whether a goalless draw would have satisfied Wise any more than a 1-0 defeat.
His side were considerably better than Cheltenham, who had little intention of playing their way through United's defence and were no more adept at employing direct tactics. Had Downing's backline given way once, it is possible that an avalanche of goals would have followed.
But United's string of missed chances combined with the minimal pressure on Lucas and his defenders suggested - as is so often the way - that an unpleasant surprise might be waiting around the corner. Though Cheltenham had offered nothing up front before Gillespie's goal, it almost felt as if his strike had been coming.
For all Leeds' dominance, Wise left Whaddon Road acutely aware of problems that require attention before Port Vale arrive at Elland Road a week tomorrow.
United were productive in attack, yet their crosses into Cheltenham's area were consistently inaccurate and wasteful of valuable possession. Their passing, meanwhile, was ambitious to the point of hopeful, often punctuated by 40-yards balls which bypassed their target. Still, it was difficult to be critical of a team who might have had the result sown up by the time the interval arrived.
It aided Cheltenham's cause that Beckford's afternoon became a mixture of misfortune and inaccuracy.
The striker was denied in the 38th minute when he spun clear of Shane Duff inside Cheltenham's box and crashed a shot against the crossbar, and on three occasions the hosts' clean sheet was spared by the margin of a foot.
Beckford drove a volley narrowly over Shane Higgs' goal in the ninth minute, and placed a lob to the wrong side of the post after running onto Kandol's flicked header six minutes after half-time. When Beckford flashed another chance over an open goal in the 66th minute - an opportunity which might have been take more easily with a header - it seemed possible that the match might be heading for an unlikely ending.
But Cheltenham's victory did not come without a moment of controversy, and the decision to deny Beckford the opening goal in the 77th minute.
The forward was first to react after Douglas' free-kick rebounded off the body of Higgs, but his cushioned header into the net was adjudged to have come from an offside position. It was a close call, and one which favoured Cheltenham more than Downing could have imagined.
Lucas promptly damaged his shoulder after conceding a corner in a challenge involving him, Manuel Rui Marques and Cheltenham substitute Guy Madjo, and ramifications were serious.
The keeper collected the resulting set-piece safely under his bar but was visibly in pain as he launched a wayward throw in the direction of Douglas. Sinclair was first to the loose ball, and his looping pass to the edge of United's area forced Lucas to commit himself with a headed clearance which Gillespie exploited brilliantly.
His strike brought the first league win of Downing's reign at Whaddon Road, and bowed United for only the second time this season. Suddenly, top by Christmas is not quite the formality is seemed.

YEP

[kjelvi]

Leeds' David Lucas throws it away

Cheltenham Town (0) 1 Leeds United (0) 0
It has been a season of firsts for Leeds and surely the most unexpected came with defeat on their inaugural visit to Cheltenham, brought about by a bizarre goal four minutes from the end of a game they dominated.
The League One table disguised the fact that Leeds had accumulated 29 points more than their West Country rivals, who had escaped bottom place only thanks to Luton's 10-point deduction.
As if to emphasise the gulf in circumstances, the home team had hired the neighbouring bowls club to entertain 100 guests in a crowd of 7,043.
Leeds, attempting to put their FA Cup defeat by Hereford into perspective, wasted a clutch of decent chances. All that changed, however, after keeper David Lucas, making his league debut, was flattened by sub Guy Madjo and referee Lee Probert awarded Cheltenham a corner.
Lucas required several minutes' treatment and was still visibly struggling when he caught the corner and bowled the ball out for a last Leeds assault.
His action failed to reach its intended target, though, and Lucas' next intervention was to rush from his area to head the ball clear. Unluckily for him, it fell to Steven Gillespie, 25 yards out, and he nonchalantly lobbed the ball into the unguarded net.
Cue riotous celebrations in the home ranks. For Cheltenham manager Keith Downing, it was a first win in eight leagueattempts: "It was a long time coming. We rode our luck a bit but it was an exceptional finish."
Dennis Wise, the Leeds manager, said: "It was a free kick but we had the ball in the goalkeeper's hands. He made a mistake giving it back to them."
In the first half Cheltenham looked like being unpicked by the trickery of Seb Carole and Jermaine Beckford. The latter clipped the crossbar, lobbed wide when put through by Tresor Kandol, and then had an effort ruled out for offside.
Lucas, the former Preston and England Under-21 keeper, had nothing of note to do prior to his collision, but will have a long time to reflect on the perils of trying a quick throw with a suspect shoulder.

Match details
Cheltenham (4-4-2): Higgs; J Gill, Caines, Duff, Wright; Vincent (Lindegaard 73), Bird, Sinclair, Spencer; Connor (Madjo 77), Gillespie.
Subs: Brown (g), Gallinagh, D'Agostino.
Goal: Gillespie 86
Leeds (4-4-2): Lucas; Richardson, Marques, Heath, Parker (De Vries 73); Prutton (Flo 73), Douglas, Hughes, Carole (Westlake 56); Kandol, Beckford.
Subs: Huntington, Kishishev.
Referee: L Probert (Wiltshire).

Telegraph