Leeds out of the Johnstons Paint thingy
by Josh on November 15th, 2007It seems the only reason that Leeds are any good is they are so wound up about that points penalty, that’s what we take from their defeat in the Johnston’s Paint thingy after tepid performance in the FA Cup at the weekend. But there is more to it than that, as the Yorkshire Post reported.
“Goals from Ben Furtcher and former York City striker Andy Bishop were enough to condemn Dennis Wise’s side to a first defeat on home turf in eight months but the first-half double from the Bury duo told only half the story of a thrilling night.
Leeds, who had taken the lead through Leon Constantine after just eight minutes, had to play more than half the game with only 10 men after Filipe Da Costa was sent off on his full debut for a needless kick at a prone opponent.”
Sounds nasty, who’s his manager again? Oh right, of course. But Leeds fans won’t care too much.
Bury now stand just three games from a possible trip to Wembley in the final, though as disappointed as United were at the final whistle the overriding priority this season remains promotion.
And, let’s be honest. That’s a forgone conclusion.



john - November 15th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Promotion is NOT a foregone conclusion! There are still a lot of matches to be played. We have not had a sticky patch yet - indeed we have already been lucky in quite a few of the matches where we have by no means outplayed or outclassed opponents, but have still come away with the points (e.g. Tranmere, Brighton, Yeovil). We can get promotion - if we keep on not conceding many, the big lads up front can keep on nicking winners, and we might have a chance. It is easy to catch teams at the bottom, but not so easy to catch teams at the top. There are several decent teams, Forest and Swansea to name but two, that we would do very well to finish 15 points above, and so gain automatic promotion. We do not want to get involved with the play-offs. Who else remembers losing to Charlton in extra time of the play-off final replay at St. Andrews? Was it in ‘87? I cried after that match.