swfcgal Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 3 - 2 final score.... We may have had Tudgay sent off but at least we beat 'em! :clap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F. Sidebottom Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Brilliant win, but why do they have to torment us this way. I was nearly sick! Still, up the owls!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally68 Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 Nerve wracking stuff at the end there but it wouldn't be Wednesday otherwise. Can't wait to see Brunt and Johnson goals! :clap: :clap: :clap: L**ds... I can hear the fat lady warming up! Let's laugh at L**ds! :hihi: UP THE OWLS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaytsev Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 The one and only time I am genuinely happy you have won. Oh sweet joy, Leeds heading for oblivion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnie41 Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 I agree with the above, nice one Wendy, for today only! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F. Sidebottom Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 I think that's our first target of the season pretty much reached - the last two games have effectively made sure we are safe this season, which is what we needed to achieve. If we can end in mid table then we'll have achieved our overall plan for the season. BUT. We definately need to start planning for next season now, and we need to strengthen, because without that little run of good results we had under Mcauley and Laws when he first came in, then we would be in trouble now big time. We need to spend some of the Bourgherra money on a few decent defenders for next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally68 Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 Just seen the goals Fantastic strike from Brunt, superb quick thinking. Class header from Tudgay and a wonderful drive from Johnson. Pity about the own goal and the scrappy 2nd from Cresswell. Turner played a blinder in goal as well - good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madowl Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Leeds rooted to bottom.... Reports from BBC sport & Football365.com Leeds' woes show no sign of ending after 10-man Sheffield Wednesday secured a 3-2 victory in an extraordinary Yorkshire derby at Elland Road. Marcus Tudgay's header gave Wednesday a seventh-minute lead and then two contenders for goal of the season from Chris Brunt and Jermaine Johnson put the visitors in control. Not even the dismissal of Tudgay early in the second half could stop the rampant Owls sweeping into a three-nil lead to leave Leeds rooted to the bottom of the table and staring at the abyss with only 10 games remaining. Lee Bullen's late own goal was met with ironic cheers from Leeds fans, then Richard Cresswell clipped home a second a minute later, but it was too little too late. After Tudgay's early opener, Leeds had more than their fair share of chances to equalise and looked for long spells in the first half the more threatening side before Brunt's brilliant second. The home side were then left crest-fallen after Johnson finished off a sweeping Wednesday move with a thumping drive just after Tudgay's early second-half dismissal. New loan signing Radostin Kishishev made his debut for Leeds, but skipper Kevin Nicholls missed out due to a thigh injury. Sheffield Wednesday were forced to make just one change with Richard Wood stepping in for Graham Coughlan, following the sudden death of his teenage brother. Wednesday's travelling hordes, who had wasted no time in taunting their relegation-threatened Yorkshire rivals, were given more to cheer in the seventh minute when Tudgay opened the scoring. Deon Burton had just hit the crossbar with a header from Brunt's corner and when the ball broke for Tommy Spurr on the left, the young left-back swung over a pin-point cross to where the unmarked Tudgay looped a fine header over Leeds goalkeeper Graham Stack. Leeds almost equalised in the 15th minute when Wood's scuffed pass back fell to Cresswell 10 yards from goal, but visiting goalkeeper Iain Turner bolted off his line to smother the former Wednesday striker's shot. Healy squandered another gilt-edged chance to haul Leeds level in the 22nd minute when mis-kicking Kishishev's neat pass into the box. Turner saved smartly with his feet to deny Healy again after the little striker had wriggled clear in the penalty area in the 30th minute. Moore was thwarted by a last-ditch tackle and Rui Marques' volley from the subsequent corner was headed off the goalline by Frank Simek. But just as Leeds looked likely to equalise Brunt delivered a cruel blow in exquisite fashion, robbing Frazer Richardson 35 yards from goal wide on the left and within the blink of an eye clipping the ball brilliantly home to give Wednesday a two-goal advantage. Wednesday were down to 10 men four minutes after the restart when Tudgay was sent off for a second bookable offence. The Wednesday goalscorer, shown a yellow card at the end of the first half for a foul on Moore, was given his marching orders for kicking the ball away. But Leeds were three down soon after, cut to shreds by a picture-book effort worthy of goal of the season. Brunt's arrowed pass down the line found Burton, he picked out Whelan and, having swept the full length of the field, the Republic of Ireland international fed Jermaine Johnson, who smashed the ball home first time from 20 yards. Cresswell clipped the crossbar with an overhead volley in the 71st minute, but for all their possession Leeds created few chances against Wednesday's 10 men, now content to sit on their lead and catch their rivals on the counter-attack. Wednesday skipper Lee Bullen put through his own goal in the 87th minute and a minute later Cresswell clipped home a second following Robbie Blake's through ball to ensure a frantic finale. But time ran out for the home side and the damage had already been done.... Leeds manager Dennis Wise: "It's better that the fans have a go at me. Bring it on. Have a go at me. "They have got to be disappointed with the position we're in, but have a go at me, don't put my players under more pressure. "It's not fair to say the players are not giving me everything." Sheffield Wednesday boss Brian Laws: "I enjoyed the game apart from the last 10 minutes. "I thought we were excellent, fast out of the blocks and creative. We had a bit of an edge to our game. "That last five minutes when it got to 3-2 seemed like a lifetime. If you had a heart monitor on me it would have gone right through the roof." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 :hihi: Well done Owls. :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuffinel Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Well done Wednesday, You gave them a goal and a man advantage and still beat them How the mighty have fallen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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