Leicester City 0 Sheffield United 1, Tuesday 23 October 2007
I mentioned the lack of excitement in the Scunthorpe game, but compared to last night, that match was inspiring. Our opponents from Sheffield were not exactly the strongest side to come to the Walkers. So our failure to take anything from the game shows just how poorly we played. It was difficult to watch.
There were the usual long balls going astray, there were plenty of botched passes, and although we had more chances than on Saturday (just about), we didn’t pose any real threat.
The first half perhaps should have been the start of something good. We had plenty of the ball and I thought that sooner or later, it will all come together. Wrong! In the second half we started to run out of ideas even before Sheffield scored. After that, we looked increasingly more desperate.
And all this while we froze in the traditional football weather. Luckily the moaning old git who sometimes sits behind us wasn’t there. I dread to think what he’d have been like watching this performance. As the minutes ticked away you could overhear quite a few fans saying that if Megson goes to Bolton it wont be so bad. At the final whistle this had turned into a chant supplemented by an awful lot of booing.
I know that fans can and should get behind their team, but when you’re freezing your balls off, you need some inspiration. By the time I got home I was reaching for the gin.
FoxHole 