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The days immediately after Christmas are traditionally a time
for taking things back, items that do not fit or are just plain
unacceptable. Sadly for the 38,000-odd here, they will never be
able to get these 90 minutes back, not even with a valid
receipt.
An afternoon that was meant to be about spice, bile and
personality clashes - well, David O'Leary was making his first
return to Elland Road - turned out just bland.
No goals, no real football of notable flow, not even O'Leary's
presence could provoke malevolence from Leeds fans, disgruntled at
his part in their demise. Not a smidgen of ire was in evidence, but
then again O'Leary and his counterpart Eddie Gray did had not much
to discuss either, certainly not what each had just witnessed. Both
were relatively happy with a point, but the neutral left a game in
which the first serious shot on target came in the 81st minute from
Alan Smith feeling a lack of seasonal brotherhood.
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