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Leeds went 59 matches without a penalty (up to 201 . We have had 5 penalties in the last 4 home games. Opponents cannot cope with our attacking pressure and direct runs into the box. They panic. Long may this continue. Maybe the vociferous home fans and large crowds also unsettle defenders? Cannot remember when we were last top. We were top of the Championship when England beat Germany 5-1 away. (A bit tenuous but there was the same score line this week for an English team playing away. When Liverpool won 5-1 away at Porto).
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We must have been top at some point when Hurst was here last time?
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We must have been top at some point when Hurst was here last time?
I don't think we were top at any point during our previous stint in non-league.
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We briefly went top around 2012 after beating Wrexham at home.
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Leeds went 59 matches without a penalty (up to 201 . We have had 5 penalties in the last 4 home games. Opponents cannot cope with our attacking pressure and direct runs into the box. They panic. Long may this continue. [/b] Maybe the vociferous home fans and large crowds also unsettle defenders?[b]Cannot remember when we were last top. We were top of the Championship when England beat Germany 5-1 away. (A bit tenuous but there was the same score line this week for an English team playing away. When Liverpool won 5-1 away at Porto).
I'd have thought it must have an impact on refs too, not many will have reffed games with such large vociferous crowds baying for a pen. We certainly weren't as large or noisy crowd wise last time we was down here.
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Some of the decisions yesterday were baffling. Throw ins clearly given the wrong way and the fourth official must have been drunk because I don't think he got the numbers right for any of the substitutions!
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I'd have thought it must have an impact on refs too, not many will have reffed games with such large vociferous crowds baying for a pen. We certainly weren't as large or noisy crowd wise last time we was down here.
This is something we were discussing yesterday. For the vast majority of games down here, even if we were doing well, the atmosphere was flat and only ever an opposition goal away from turning negative. It’s very, very different this time around and it undoubtedly makes it harder for the opposition. Before, they knew that frustrating us or scoring early would turn the crowd against the team, but that’s no longer the case. I can’t imagine BP is a place teams will relish coming right now. Some tasty home games up next; Yeovil, Notts County, Boreham Wood and Chesterfield are the next four.
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Some of the decisions yesterday were baffling. Throw ins clearly given the wrong way and the fourth official must have been drunk because I don't think he got the numbers right for any of the substitutions!
Unfortunately, you'll soon get used to being baffled by National League officiating. Comes with the territory...
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We were top for a good couple months in 2013. You only ever saw it going downhill from there though…
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Unfortunately, you'll soon get used to being baffled by National League officiating. Comes with the territory...
Though it’s not good enough the officiating seems better than I remember it from when we where down here before and no different to some of the muppets we had in L2.
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If this trend is going to continue, think PH needs to nail down a penalty taker - McAtee has missed 2 now and Taylor's effort yesterday wasn't exactly clinical. It's another of those little things that could make the difference between winning and losing
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If this trend is going to continue, think PH needs to nail down a penalty taker - McAtee has missed 2 now and Taylor's effort yesterday wasn't exactly clinical. It's another of those little things that could make the difference between winning and losing
Not sure how you can class Taylors effort as not exactly clinical? Keeper went the right way and it rolled into the side netting. About as clinical as it can get really.
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Though it’s not good enough the officiating seems better than I remember it from when we where down here before and no different to some of the muppets we had in L2.
I think our view of officials is directly related to our league position and results. Had we not won yesterday we would have slaughtered the ref for the yellow instead of red card incident. It’s only when a team gets a poor result the fans tend to look at reasons and question officials. I thought yesterday’s ref actually let the game flow more than most and didn’t blow up for every slight contact.
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Not sure how you can class Taylors effort as not exactly clinical? Keeper went the right way and it rolled into the side netting. About as clinical as it can get really.
Looked like it only just trickled in.
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Looked like it only just trickled in.
Again, the keeper (that had already saved 1) went the right way and the ball hit the side netting. Mental to think you cant score a penalty well enough.
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Looked like it only just trickled in.
If Hunt is on the pitch, I wouldn't imagine anyone strikes a dead ball better. However, we always said you keep your penalty taker until he misses two on the bounce. Taylor must now be on them.
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If Hunt is on the pitch, I wouldn't imagine anyone strikes a dead ball better. However, we always said you keep your penalty taker until he misses two on the bounce. Taylor must now be on them.
Hunt wanted to take it but Taylor shooed him away pretty quickly!
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Again, the keeper (that had already saved 1) went the right way and the ball hit the side netting. Mental to think you cant score a penalty well enough.
I would have said their keeper didn't save the first. It hit his leg as McAtee hit it straight down the middle. Looking at Taylor's pen again, he hit it harder than it seemed on first viewing.
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This is something we were discussing yesterday. For the vast majority of games down here, even if we were doing well, the atmosphere was flat and only ever an opposition goal away from turning negative.
It’s very, very different this time around and it undoubtedly makes it harder for the opposition. Before, they knew that frustrating us or scoring early would turn the crowd against the team, but that’s no longer the case. I can’t imagine BP is a place teams will relish coming right now.
Some tasty home games up next; Yeovil, Notts County, Boreham Wood and Chesterfield are the next four.
I recall reading an article by an ex Sunderland player I think it was about the early or mid 90s when they were in the championship. He was saying how the opposition would play to keep it tight for the first 20 minutes or so and that was all it took for the crowd to start to get inpatient and then not much after begin to turn, and home advantage became disadvantage. It was a known issue with their fanbase that opposition teams exploited. I think that was true to a lesser degree with our home matches last time around.
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We were top for a good couple months in 2013. You only ever saw it going downhill from there though…
Aye, were top pretty much from November to February, with Braintree bookends. http://codalmighty.com/site/ca.php?article=season (change the season on the right and Robert's yer uncle)
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Aye, were top pretty much from November to February, with Braintree bookends. http://codalmighty.com/site/ca.php?article=season (change the season on the right and Robert's yer uncle)
Actually Roberts my step dad, and my step brother, and my name.
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I’ve said before that teams get penalties and lots of last minute winners because they’re spending more time in the opposition’s box because they’re a good team . When you’re a shite team the opposite happens. There’s no such thing as good or bad luck just hard work and skill , plus the odd poor refereeing decision
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When Jolley kept us up we got more penalties as he was getting more players into the box. Admitted the one at Swindon away must come under the category of lucky.
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