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  1. Got back about half an hour ago - What a great evening. My first visit to Elland Road and have to say, you can see why their fans have a rep as some of the best in the land (in terms of atmosphere), they were magnificent tonight, and majority applauded Howson''s goal - classy move I did not expect. One of the best home crowds I''ve seen for many a year and no bother as far as I''m aware.

    My view was awful - 2nd row back from the pitch about level with the edge of the area. Could barely see what was happening at the far end, however had a perfect view of both our goals.

    First half we were pretty poor, Dorrans and Whittaker could not stop passing the ball to Leeds players and we looked pretty toothless in attack. Second half was a different game however and we really took it to them. Howson absolutely bossed it in Midfield - looked the best player on the pitch by miles. Hooper was outstanding when he came on too, he only had limited minutes, but he made a real impact and his touch was incredible. Nice bit of skill to set CJ away down the wing to set up the second too.

    Dorrans went mental when he scored and sprinted straight into the front row of the crowd, followed swiftly by several of the others! Got booked for it, but you could see how delighted he was.

    The celebrations at the end were great too. Tettey had the biggest smile on his face! He was clearly loving it, but all the players showed that they were up for the fight, and that dressing room seems to be closer than I''ve ever seen.

    Two away trips in 4 days, 6 points, 4 goals including a last minute winner. It doesn''t get much better! Just hoping I can get a Rotherham ticket now!

  2. The whole back four looked dodgy for almost the entire first half yesterday.

    There was a period of about 7 or 8 minutes, where Russ miskicked clearances from crosses 3 times in a row.

    Whittaker played a ball towards Martin but sold him woefully short and was nicked by the striker which fortunately we got away with. Got turned for the goal, with a pretty terrible effort at a tackle and then couldn''t get back quick enough to cover.

    Seb also played himself into trouble a couple of times, and lost his man for the goal.

    Olsson was the only one I wouldn''t have picked out as having a poor first half but most of Bolton''s attacks were chipped through balls over the top, or came down their left wing.

    We were much better second half, but I wouldn''t be comfortable with Norfolk Cafu at CB and Whitts at RB if we went up. Whittaker isn''t good enough for that level and Martin is an adequate if unspectacular Right Back in the Prem but not even close to being good enough at CB to do the job at that level. He''s not big enough and doesn''t read the game well enough imo.

  3. Keeper was timewasting from the first half I noticed the first instance of taking forever over a goal kick in the 37th minute. Total pr1ck.

    Le Fondre was probably being a cnut because he wasn''t well received when he brought his show "Bambi on ice" out in the Cardiff game. Diving little tosspot couldn''t wait to throw himself on the floor everytime we went within 20 metres of him. He got a fair bit of stick for his diving round where I was at least (block next to snakepit). Was stunned to see him remain upright for most of yesterday.

  4. Hooper''s late beauty yesterday gave AN a record to date of:

    13 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats in 18 games. An average of 2.33333 points per game.

    If you apply 2.33 points per game across 46 games, then by my reckoning you get to 107 points. The current record is Reading with 106 points in 2005.

    Ok so 18 games isn''t definitive evidence we would have achieved 107 points across a whole season, but it does just put a bit more context onto what an incredible job Neil is doing.

  5. If they did, then they sat in the "home" section, as there was no away section at all - Cardiff officially declined the allocation so there were no tickets officially available to Cardiff fans.

    Fair play to them for doing it though, Cardiff didn''t decide to boycott until Wednesday/Thursday so I''m sure other fans would have made travel arrangements and likely attended in the home end.

  6. Anyone got any ideas on what our allocation is or how many we''ve sold?

    I saw Cardiff were only offered 500 tickets or 1000 with escorted travel so decided to boycott the match, although I understand that''s to do with police concerns about their fans behaviour in previous years, and I doubt we would be subjected to restrictions of that manner.

    I would assume in a 38k stadium with an average crowd of 24k that we could have almost as many as we like, however with it being a Tuesday night and a fair old trek from Norfolk, we probably won''t travel in our usual numbers.

    I''ve got my tickets, but just wondered if anyone has any ideas on how many of us will be there?

  7. Just back from the game (I live in Derby) - what a day! Ref had an absolute shocker. Denied two pens for handball, one of which was absolute stonewall. We couldn''t shoot for toffee, epitomised by Russell Martin shooting and it going out for a throw in. However, when that ball crossed the line, what a celebration. The comparison to Derby 3-2 earlier in the thread is perfectly apt, I was there when Simeon''s 3rd went in, and the scenes today were very similar. You could see what it means to the players too, they went mental! Well worth the drive - great trip.

    Next up is my first visit to Elland Road. Can''t wait! :)
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