Match Day Miracle?
So I called it wrong again - there's a theme brewing folks. First leg v Norwich was supposed to be a great big flop, but it wasn't. The second leg was supposed to be a cruel nailbiter going into extra time before we lost out - but it wasn't.
So here we are. Wembley. Home of heartache and failure for Leeds Utd decade after decade. What better place for our team to break our hearts if they insist on dragging our pain out through the playoffs.
Since we beat Liverpool in the Charity Shield in 92 (needed that kung fu loving traitor to help us out) we've fallen short v Aston Villa, Watford and Doncaster. Who better to come up against than the one team that's done the double over us this season. Ace. 0-3 Armstrong hattrick and abject misery incoming.
Now that's that out of the way....
Sunday is quite simply the richest game in sport - £136M is the least you get for winning, but it could lead to much more. Leeds are now a well run and stable club, something we're not used to since Leslie Silver's time so this feels like a massive sliding doors moment for us - victory and we could be watching European football in a 55,000 Elland Road by 2030. Defeat and we could find ourselves being the new Burnley bobbing up and down with talented kids and untried young managers.
We all know Sunday will be a one-off - roll the dice and let's see who has the minerals for the big occasion.
My Team is not a surprise - even if others are fit, we stick by the ones we know.
Meslier
Gray Rodon Ampadu Firpo
Gruev Kamara
Gnonto Rutter Summerville
Piroe
Weather: again it's perfect for M'Lud, warm and wet
This time Leeds. This time.
So sat and watch it with a Liverpool and Newcastle fan.
5 minutes in they both said Leeds will lose this game as the keep passing backwards slowly which is inviting Southampton forward into a easy press.
I was disappointed with Farkes today as our side did not seem to have a tactic to beat Southampton...