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Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Game 24: Sunday 19 December 2004
Leeds United 1 - 1 Millwall
(Half-time: 1 - 0)
Crowd: 26265
Referee: T Leake (Darwen)
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There was a time when John Oster and Jody Morris were both tipped
for great things. Oster was once hyped, albeit briefly, as the right
winger to help Everton recapture former glories, while Morris heard
himself hailed as "the new Dennis Wise" at Chelsea.
Mutual failure to fulfil potential allied to brushes with the law -
Morris was questioned about an alleged rape before Leeds cancelled his
contract when he turned up drunk to training last season and Oster
received a police caution after a Durham nightclub brawl last week -
has seen the pair tumble into the Championship, where their
contributions proved pivotal here.
Oster, on loan from Sunderland, began tentatively in a flexible
Leeds formation that fluctuated between 4-4-2 and, more frequently,
4-3-3. Alternately serving as an orthodox wide man and a third
striker, Oster was primarily responsible for regularly permitting the
elusive Paul Ifill to arrive unattended in the penalty area after
breaking from the left of Millwall's midfield.
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