Leeds - Middlesbrough

hope we dont lose.

 

Kewell out tomorrow.
Matteo out tomorrow.
Kelly out tomorrow.
Duberry out tomorrow.
Johnson out for the season. (surgery)

 

we actually really battled at the end today.

The two goals we scored were very soft though. The first was Schwarze clattering into Boateng leaving Viduka with a tap in. The other was a fairly weak shot from Milner that he for some reason couldn't hold onto. another easy finish for viduka.


Boro's penalty was on the other side of the pitch and i haven't seen it on video, so i can't comment. No players really complained though. Macarone sent Robbo the wrong way. Boro's other two goals were quite good though. The first was in the 3'rd minute of the 3 minutes of injury time in the first half. He had the ball about 20 yards out and it went in off the post. Geremi scored boro's third with a quite magnificient chip of Robinson. (it looked a class finish from where i sat)

We did deserve to be beaten on the day, but we did show some pride.

Mills had a great match and worked his socks off. At one point he ran the entire length of the pitch WITH the ball at his feet and then was hacked down in the box. again, i haven't seen replays, but he was FURIOUS that it wasn't a penalty. It was the linesman's job to call it, and the guy was incompetant anyway. I sat directly even with the sideline.... The linesman wouldn't even give us throw-ins when the ball would cross the line. Mills got booked for complaining about this when the linesman wouldn't call 2 in about 5 seconds. The man in the middle did do a fair job though.