It wasn’t a night for dicky hearts at Falmer last night. A scintillating game of football that had me out of my seat all night.
The Leeds away crowd were great, best banter at the Amex yet. Loads of big fat Yorkies with no tops on screaming abuse and singing their hearts out. They were almost as entertaining as the match itself.
Almost identical to the Liverpool game, we didn’t turn up in the first half, and Leeds punished us more than the Premier League outfit as a result. Second half started with Nooney replaced by the dagger, and Vicente was ace. We battered Leeds, a complete turnaround from the first 45. Vicente was pulling the strings and LuaLua, Barnes and CMS had a great performance each.
Mackail-Smith’s first was a beautiful turn and finish, and he rounded off his man of the match run out with a second and winning a penalty which Barnes put away easily, he does take a good penalty.
Leeds were allowed to come at us for the last 5, and Ankergren inexplicably punted the ball down to his opposite number Lonergan in the Leeds goal. Lonergan hoofed it back and it ended up in front of McCormack who tucked it away with 94 minutes up of the 95. Lumps of blubber exploded in the away end and Leeds sneaked a draw when they looked down and out.
Great game, but I felt we gave away three points when we had fought so hard to take the lead. Southampton and Middlesbrough drew today though, so we’re still very much in the mix and it’s Crystal Palace Tuesday night, with Glenn Murray fully fit. I cannot wait.
The Hovian’s Team performance : 7.5 out 10
The Hovian’s Man of the Match : Craig Mackail-Smith
Attendance: 20,646 (2,361 Leeds United)
As it stands - Championship table
Projected table based on latest scores
| Position | Team | P | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Championship table | ||||
| 1 | Southampton | 8 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Derby | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | West Ham | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | Brighton | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Hull | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Cardiff | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Blackpool | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Leeds | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Leicester | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Peterborough | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Ipswich | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Portsmouth | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Reading | 8 | -1 | 8 |
| 16 | Birmingham | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Barnsley | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 18 | Watford | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 19 | Millwall | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 20 | Burnley | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 21 | Coventry | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 22 | Nott’m Forest | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 23 | Bristol City | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 24 | Doncaster | 8 | -9 | 4 |
Tags: Brighton & Hove Albion, Championship, Craig Mackail-Smith, Football, Leeds Utd
September 25, 2011 at 12:30 pm |
Hi I was happy with a point even at 2 up I knew we would not keep a clean sheet.I was on nights and did not see the match live.Brighton have the balls to stay up there now I would think looks like you had a blinding time at the game.I travelled once with the Leeds fans away in 1990 old division 2 when I was over from Ireland for a weekend something I wont forget to easy that year they were preparing for the invasion of Bournmouth.T shirts were being sold 4 weeks before that match about it.
Take care
September 25, 2011 at 1:56 pm |
Great game John, best at the Amex yet. Leeds have great away support, still fancy you to be in the play-offs in April 2012
Cheers
October 5, 2011 at 4:50 pm |
Where’s the palace game mate its been other a week . You must have got over it by now. What a night.