Seems to be a bit of an over reaction on here tonight, maybe due to the final scoreline....
For the first half hour, I thought we played ok with Albert and Yanick combining a couple of times to look like they could be a potent threat together, Leeds certainly offered little in this time and I thought their back line looked a bit ropey.
I said to my mate after 20 minutes that we need a 2nd striker up front as yet again, a couple of excellent balls were played across the box in front of goal that were just BEGGING to be put in the back of the net but in the time honoured City fashion, we had no forwards attacking the near post or indeed, the ball. This is the one thing that needs sorting NOW...
But this is the $64m dilema, whether to stick or twist. DM has repeatedly stated that his preferred method is to play 2 up front BUT, we are playing pure survival football this season, WHATEVER IT TAKES....
Then, one single missed tackle (NOT Wilson) changed the shape of the game completely when the left winger got the ball to be converged on by 3 City players, who failed to make the tackle. From that point onwards, it was easy. Leeds had an overlap and they just passed the ball along the line until it reached the free man, Snodgrass at the far post who finished well.
Then Wilson, who was excellent up to that point clipped McCormack (and IMO also got the ball) who DIDN'T go down but stopped and appealed to the ref for the red card at which point there was only one outcome....
There is no discipline problem at AG, Yanick was "enthusiastic" to play after not featuring for so long and he will learn from this and up to that point, I thought he was a force and put in several shuddering (and fair) tackles. Very strong on the ball this lad, got a touch of the Essen's about him...
As for the ref, he was not even handed as he did nothing about the Leeds player who quite blatantly jumped into McGivern with no intention whatsoever of playing the ball - a red card for me as well.
This was undoubtedly not our day but I thought the players worked their socks off 2nd half rather than caving in like we would have done before and in the first 30 minutes, there were just a few little signs of a change in the playing style, for the better.
We need 7 more wins (or 5/6 with draws) and we will get them and next year, with 10 plus departures in the summer, DM will build his own team and on we go...
For the first half hour, I thought we played ok with Albert and Yanick combining a couple of times to look like they could be a potent threat together, Leeds certainly offered little in this time and I thought their back line looked a bit ropey.
I said to my mate after 20 minutes that we need a 2nd striker up front as yet again, a couple of excellent balls were played across the box in front of goal that were just BEGGING to be put in the back of the net but in the time honoured City fashion, we had no forwards attacking the near post or indeed, the ball. This is the one thing that needs sorting NOW...
But this is the $64m dilema, whether to stick or twist. DM has repeatedly stated that his preferred method is to play 2 up front BUT, we are playing pure survival football this season, WHATEVER IT TAKES....
Then, one single missed tackle (NOT Wilson) changed the shape of the game completely when the left winger got the ball to be converged on by 3 City players, who failed to make the tackle. From that point onwards, it was easy. Leeds had an overlap and they just passed the ball along the line until it reached the free man, Snodgrass at the far post who finished well.
Then Wilson, who was excellent up to that point clipped McCormack (and IMO also got the ball) who DIDN'T go down but stopped and appealed to the ref for the red card at which point there was only one outcome....
There is no discipline problem at AG, Yanick was "enthusiastic" to play after not featuring for so long and he will learn from this and up to that point, I thought he was a force and put in several shuddering (and fair) tackles. Very strong on the ball this lad, got a touch of the Essen's about him...
As for the ref, he was not even handed as he did nothing about the Leeds player who quite blatantly jumped into McGivern with no intention whatsoever of playing the ball - a red card for me as well.
This was undoubtedly not our day but I thought the players worked their socks off 2nd half rather than caving in like we would have done before and in the first 30 minutes, there were just a few little signs of a change in the playing style, for the better.
We need 7 more wins (or 5/6 with draws) and we will get them and next year, with 10 plus departures in the summer, DM will build his own team and on we go...
