Cardiff here we come!!!


Excellent result last night and fair play to KB he got the tactics spot on by spoiling Preston‘s game in the first half then stepping it up in the second.


The team selection surprised me a bit but playing with just one recognized striker was the right thing to do as the name of the game in the first half was definitely to frustrate the opposition, the decision to go with no substitute keeper was more of a worry, especially when Sully went down a couple of times.


Leeds did some great work in defence especially in the second half after we went down to 10 men but there were times when Kelly and Gregan together on the right side of defence looked very dodgy, Killa was immense all night.


The game itself was only 10 minutes old when Ormerod had to be carried off after a challenge by Douglas. That was the first bit of luck and it definitely threw Preston.


Fraser Richardson had the best effort by either side in the first half, bringing a good save out of 'lucky to stay on pitch', Nash. Preston were showing very little and Nugent was his usual useless, whinging self.


HT 0-0 and so far so good.


Preston replaced Stewart after an extended half time due to a power cut, as the over confident Preston manager's decision to start with 4 strikers clearly was not working, the tosser was definitely guilty of underestimating the Whites. Agyemang who came on for him was shite, in-fact their only real threat was Dichio due to his power and size.


We started the second half in a different gear and pressed them lot from the start, it was no shock when Rob Hulse headed us in front from a corner, their fans could not believe it.
Five minutes later and it was 0-2 to the Whites when this time Hulse shook off a defender or two to pass the ball across goal to Richardson who slotted home

Half an hour to go and we would now have to do something really stupid to lose this one, though we are capable of that.


For the next 10 minutes we were looking comfortable until Crainey, who was having another decent game brought the whinging Nugent down and having already been booked he was off, 20 minutes to hold out but we need not have worried. In fact I forgot we were down to 10.


Cresswell replaced Hulse with 10 to go and almost immediately got booked but we were still looking comfortable at the back.
They had one goal diallowed but that was clearly the right decision as the ball went out of play and came back in from a corner, prior to the goal.


By the time the 90 minutes were up, and with the only Leeds players not booked being the keeper and the 2 wide men, Preston had run out of ideas. But there was still time for one more booking for Cresswell, his second in 12 minutes and he was off for kicking the ball away, if I was him I would tell them I mis-controlled it, that’s what it looked like to me.


Fantastic night and we are in the final, probably against Watford.


FT: 0-2 Leeds