As a Member of a small group of travelling fans who went to Leeds today who cheered the lads on throughout the game I will be completely honest and say how bitterly disappointed I am that after the game we did not even get a thank or recognition from any of the players ! And they knew where we were !!! Not a happy supporter !!!
Agree with all the comments about BBC commentary. Very disappointing resultDand I'm sure the players are disappointed too.
How did we lose that one? As I understood the commentary we were 2 points up with 10 minutes to go against 13 men. One we should have closed out I think.
I would be interested to hear more details and the opinions of those who went (including Brian Dick).
Credit to you for making the journey. I only followed the match from the MSA feed. Bitterly disappointed.
Maybe the team is too - loosing at the last kick. Perhaps they just wanted to get off the pitch and go and punch a wall somewhere (I've been there and know how they feel)
By the way, how did you get on selling all your replica kit (your post 3rd October)
Post by reddingsnomad on Oct 16, 2011 18:25:37 GMT
Hmmm.! I really do know how disapointed the team must feel...but...& it's a big but; in a league where it seems anyone can beat anybody...we need to start beating somebody. There is a discernable gap appearing.
Leeds Carnegie 22 Moseley 21 Leeds Carnegie secured a dramatic last second win over Moseley thanks to a long range penalty from Tommy Bell. Share Leeds Carnegie returned to Headingley Carnegie for the first of two back to back home games looking to build on the win over London Scottish as they faced Moseley.
The home side were led by Mike MacDonald as he returned to the starting line up and took over the captain's armband from the injured Andy Titterrell. Scott Freer started at hooker in place of the former England international.
Leeds were dealt a blow on the morning of the game with Michael Stephenson ruled out through illness so Stevie McColl, who was due to make his return off the bench from injury, was drafted into the starting line up and David Young came onto the bench.
Leeds nearly made the perfect start when the forwards shoved their opposite numbers from Moseley backwards at the first scrum and then managed to turn over possession as the visitors number eight Chevvy Pennycook tried to get away from his retreating pack. However, just as a try looked to be coming Ollie Richards knocked on on the wing and the opportunity went begging.
Carnegie have been producing some entertaining rugby of late as they look to keep the ball alive against bigger and more experienced opponents. That seemed to be getting them the intended reward in the first half as they opened up Moseley defence on a number of occasions. A try looked certain early on with Jacob Rowan and Chris Walker combined to race down field. Moseley came through offside to stem the flow of the attack and Leeds were awarded a penalty which Tommy Bell kicked to make it 3-0 after eight minutes.
The home side continued to enjoy the lions share of possession but it became a frustratingly familiar pattern as Leeds would work hard to attack from deep inside their own half only to lose the ball just as the continuity of play appeared to be about to break the Moseley defence. The Midlanders were happy to live off scraps and counter attack whenever possible.
Leeds did get a second penalty through Bell after 21 minutes but the opening try that they desperately wanted still alluded them. Hooker Freer was the closest to get across when he cut a great line back across the flow of play to take a pass of MacDonald but was then tackled three metres short of the line.
The line was finally broken after 31 minutes when Leeds were able to make their passes count and good play between Stevie McColl and Ollie Richards created a gap for Jacob Rowan to go through to score his third try of the season. Bell added the conversion to make it 13-0.
Moseley finally produced their first meaningful attack of the game in the closing stages of the half and they got their reward when they were awarded a penalty and Ollie Thomas kicked the goal to make it 13-3 at the break.
That score seemed to give the visitors some self belief and they started the second half in much more positive style. They took the game to Leeds with several big drives by their forwards and the home side were then penalised for offside on their own line. Thomas again stepped up and make it 13-6.
Worse was to come for Leeds as they allowed Moseley in a for a try from half way. There seemed to be little danger as the visitors had the put in at a scrum 50 metres out but two quick offloads opened up a gap for winger William Robinson and he backed his own pace to go on an arcing run to the corner to score. Crucially Thomas was off target from the touchline so Leeds maintained their 13-11 lead.
The nerves were settled slightly when Bell extended Leeds' lead with a penalty almost straight away from the re-start however from then on, Carnegie were forced to fight for everything in the remainder of the game.
Moseley decided to take a route one approach and kept the ball tight in their forwards. They gained a numerical advantage with ten minutes to play when firstly Phil Nilsen, and then Phil Swainston were despatched to the sin bin within 60 seconds of each other for deliberately coming in from the side to stop a maul heading towards the Leeds line. With two extra men, Moseley applied the pressure once again and referee Michael Tutty this time awarded them a penalty try when he said the scrum had been wheeled round. Thomas added the simple conversion to give his side an 18-16 lead.
Bell and Thomas then traded penalties as the game built to a climax and it looked as if Leeds would suffer a heart breaking defeat. With time running out the visitors were in possession but they knocked on to give Leeds one last chance at the scrum. They moved the ball back along the line and Moseley were penalised for coming over the top to kill the ball.
Tommy Bell was then given a penalty kick from 40 metres out to win the game and the young full back coolly slotted his attempt between the posts to seal a memorable win.
Report from Brian Dick in the Birmingham Post web site. . I've no idea how to do a link to the article so apologies if this has not worked.
Leeds Carnegie 22
Moseley 21
Once again Moseley emerged from a strong half-time coffee with their faculties restored to survey the wreckage of the half before.
Once again they came mightily close to clearing up all of the mess and claiming a precious Championship victory. But once again they narrowly missed out. And agony, upon indignity, upon torture, what a way to miss out.
Tommy Bell's last kick of the game, a penalty from head on and 40m, which rescued Leeds' victory was a dagger through the heart for Mose after their resolute comeback from 13-3 down at the break.
As is their way at the moment Kevin Maggs' men put in a dopey opening 40 minutes. They conceded too many penalties, their set-piece creaked and while they defended with grim determination, in truth they should have been further behind at the midway point.
Only Jacob Rowan managed to find a way across the visitors' line, after 35 minutes by which time sloppy Leeds had left at least a couple of other tries on the pitch as their American prop Mike MacDonald butchered two overlaps.
But credit Moseley for showing the resolve and for hauling themselves back into proceedings.
Ollie Thomas started the tidy up with three points, on Moseley's first incursion into the Leeds 22, just before the interval and sustained the momentum soon after the restart.
He and Bell kept trading penalties right until the end but if anything Mose were more superior in the second half than Leeds had been in the first.
That was once their forwards got stuck in and their centre pairing of Andy Reay and Greg King began to unsettle the hosts with their off-loading.
On the hour the excellent Reay scythed through midfield where he sprung Billy Robinson for a breathtaking try from first phase.
Although Thomas missed the conversion, how that would come back to haunt Moseley, it didn't seem to matter when their pack waded into Carnegie's.
David Lyons, Neil Mason, Chevvy Pennycook and the impressive debutant, Drew Harper, dual registered with Bromsgrove, led the charge.
At 16-11 down and with six minutes to go they opted to punt a kickable penalty into the corner. Up went Lyons, whose impressive return was a massive boost to Mose, on came the drive only to be illegally hauled down for the concession of another penalty and a yellow card. Twice.
With Leeds' front row Phils Nilsen and Swainston in the bin the Mose scrum won a penalty try. Thomas converted and at 18-16 Moseley were on their way.
But seonds later Bell tolled again, after Sam Brown was adjudged to have held on after fielding a grubber kick in his own 22, although the scrum half felt he had not been allowed to return to his feet.
No matter, Thomas made it 22-19 with a brilliant touchline penalty with three minutes on the clock. Leeds were still two men down, they will forever wonder if they should have gone for the corner.
Nevertheless, they had done enough but when they claimed the restart instead of putting the ball behind Leeds they fiddled and fidgeted within kicking range and eventually Craig Voisey went off his feet.
Up stepped Bell and down came Moseley's colours in an epic, if deflating finale.
The one consolation Moseley will have, more than the loss bonus, is yet more evidence they can master most teams in the Championship - providing they learn how to play in the first half the way they do in the second.
Post by Westcountry Mose on Oct 17, 2011 11:04:45 GMT
Looking at some of the postings we appear to have lost this match right at the end when Leeds only had 13 players on the pitch. Whilst that is bad enough the players then seemed unable to acknowledge the travelling support at the end. At the start of the season I read that there was a new attitutude and positivity around the squad. However, the 'win column' and league position are looking very similar to last season. It's about time all the players (some already do) started delivering on the pitch and repay the commitment shown by the directors, volunteers and supporters who all keep the club going.
JHM, thanks for the reply i understand how disappointed the guys were. We just couldnt believe it that while everyone else walked out the ground we stood their waiting for some acknowledgement and they just walked off the pitch without looking we were gutted ! but the lads have made apologised to us through twitter link.
To answer your question about the items for sale i have got the splash top and polo shirt left if you know anyone that is interested.
