Well, the blog is back after a break, and I have alot to talk about, so i’m going to get straight on with it.
A couple of weeks ago, our 100% league record went down at Southend, with the match ending in a 0-0 draw, luckily for us, that weekend Charlton Athletic drew, so we were still joint top of the league. Anyway, back to the Sarfend game. It was a bore draw really, neither team created many chances, and the 0-0 score showed that, one chance the had Leeds fans hearts in their mouths was the Lee Barnard penalty, which was given away by Leigh Bromby. Luckily for us, the almighty Shane Higgs pulled off a fantastic save, and kept us in the match at that point. To think, if it wasn’t for him we would have lost that game. Becchio’s face here sort of somes up the evening.
As you can see, Becchio looks a bit fed up, and who can blame him, it was a boring match by all accounts, and it was also the end of our 100% record, but at least we were still unbeaten in all competitions.
After that match, Leeds United entertained Gillingham at Elland Road, and Scally’s scumbags came to Leeds very confident, and they had right to be, they had won their last 2 games in a row, but this was to be the end of their mini run, after they were crushed by the might of Leeds United, 
and they succumbed to a 4-1 defeat, after 2 goals from goal machine Brad Johnson, a stunning volley from Jonny Howson, and a header from goal machine Jermaine Beckford. Another good win for Leeds and we left Scally looking very embarresed! Luvly Jubbly!
Next up, Liverpool came to Elland Road and took on Simon Graysons Barmy Army, and the Scousers, who supposedly create the best atmosphere in the country, but they only sang one song all night, and that was fields of Anfield Road, compared to our fans, who barely stopped singing all night. My man of the match from the night had to be Patrick Kisnorbo, he was winning everything in the air and on the ground. Also, Shane Higgs had a blinder of a night, keeping everything out of the net, well almost everything. Liverpool made a breakthrough in the 66th minute through David N’Gog, but we never stopped singing, and fair play to the Leeds players, they worked hard, and in all honesty, we deserved to win, but 
unfortunatly, we didn’t, and that’s the way it goes sometimes!
Next up, Leeds travelled to Milton Keynes, to take on Paul Ince’s MK Dons at Stadium:MK. This was a big game for both sides, MK Dons were looking to jump into the top 2 for the 1st time, and Leeds were looking to maintain their fantastic run. It was another eventful game for both sides, first, Jason Puncheon put a 2 footed, career threatening tackle in on Michael Doyle, and in retaliation, Robert Snodgrass smacked Dean Lewington in the back of the head, which, compared to Jason Puncheons 2 footed assault on Michael Doyle, is nothing. Predictably, Dons boss Paul Ince only saw one side of the story and branded Snodgrass ‘a disgrace’ before sheepishly conceding that Puncheon’s tackle deserved ‘something between a yellow and a red’.
In the absence of an orange card, we’ll have to take this to mean he believes that Puncheon should have stayed on and Snodgrass gone off. When you consider that the consequences of Puncheon’s actions could quite easily have been a broken leg for Doyle, it makes Snodgrass’ retaliation, petulant though it was, seem far less significant.
His justification for this? “I was sent off once in the Premier League for raising my hand to Niall Quinn.” Bravo, Paul. What do you want, a gold medal for saying “I tried to punch out the nicest man in football?”
Totally justified I think! Anyway, joking aside, Carlisle made the trip from Cumbria for our next match, and it was another boring match by all accounts. The game never really lit up, and the first bit of action came in the 29th minute when we got a penalty, and suprise suprise, Beckford missed, but he pounced on the rebound to put us 1-0 up. The rest of the match nothing much happened, until the 75th minute, when Carlisle’s Scott Dobie headed the ball in from a corner, then Leeds got going, but it was already too late, we weren’t going to score again, but at the end of the day, it’s a point, and with Charlton losing 3-0, we went 3 points ahead at the top of the league.
Next it was Charlton who travelled to Elland Road, and they also only managed a point out of us. When I saw Charlton’s line-up, I thought it was a reunion of our old players! There were no more than 4 ex-Leeds players in the Charlton line-up. Anyway, this was a game that was ruined by the wind, neither side could break the deadlock. It was a goalless draw, and neither side could really get their chances away. Leeds’ best chance came in the first half, and Charlton’s best 
chance came in the second. It was a game where we missed Snodgrass on the right side. He had picked up an injury in training and was unavailable for selection, as was Shane Higgs and Jason Crowe. But it was Snodgrass who we missed the most out of the 3. As the match went on, more injury concern came for Leeds. With about 30 minutes gone, one of our star strikers, Luciano Becchio went down injured, it looked serious, and according to sources, he could be out for as long as six months, who knows, I certainly don’t!.
Next, Darlington came to Elland Road for the Johnstones Paint Trophy, and it was another game in which Leeds didn’t play well. A couple of different faces were in the Leeds side, like new boy Davide Somma, who made the bench. But on the pitch, it was Andy Robinson and Tresor Kandol who did the talking on the pitch, both scoring fantastic goals, with Sean Convery scoring for Darlington on the stroke of half-time. After the match, something rare happened, with Simon Grayson coming out in public and criticising his players in public, but it was totally called for, as the manner that the players went about the win wasn’t the best! But at the end of the day, a win’s a win, and thats excatly what Leeds are doing at the minute.
The last match i’m going to talk about this week is Leeds vs. Norwich, which was on Sky Sports. The game was end to end, and the game had a very fast tempo. In the 16th minute, Leeds got a corner, Robert Snodgrass whipped it in and Bradley Johnson got his head on it at the far post and put it in for his 6th goal of the season. Then Norwich piled on the pressure, and Norwich eventually got an equaliser in the 38th minute through Grant Holt. They then piled on more pressure in the second half, until Max Gradel was introduced for Leeds, who gave Leeds an extra spark, they then pushed on, but Jermaine Beckford just couldn’t hit the target, until the 93rd minute, when the Norwich keeper, Fraser Forster, made a clanger and handed a goal to Jermaine Beckford, who happily put the ball in the net, the kop went wild and Jermaine Beckford got his 8th goal of the season.
Thats all really from this blog, but it’ll be back on Monday after the Millwall game, and i’ll be talking about this years Leeds On The Road.
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of both teams. The attendance for the game was 14, 165, this was Millwall’s biggist League attendance since November 2004. Nearly 2000 of these were Leeds fans, and the rest were probably thugs who fancied a fight. Towards the end of the match, Millwall started putting pressure on again, and they got a 2nd goal in the 83rd minute through Gary Alexander. The cross was put in, and Casper Ankergren could have gone for it, in fact, he barely had to move, the ball was right next to him nearly! But Alexander scored and it proved to be the goal that killed our unbeaten run. As the match came to an end, Tresor Kandol gave his ex team a severe scare by blasting a shot towards the Millwall goal, but it wasn’t to be as the ball cannoned off the crossbar and the match finished 2-1 to Millwall.
