Of the 18,433 people in Elland Road on Friday, a few loyal fans in the South Stand stood to confirm to the Kop that, yes, we had scored two goals and, yes, we'd won another match.

The 2-1 victory over Preston was Leeds United's fourth game without defeat, our second consecutive home win and the first time this season we'd come from behind to win. It also lifted us a point off the bottom of the Championship table.

After suitable celebrations, including ten green bottles that hung on to form a wall, I woke up on Saturday morning with a smile and replayed the match in my mind. I was impressed with the way Leeds battled against a Preston side seeking automatic promotion. There were some dodgy offside decisions given against North End but nobody takes any notice when Leeds fail to get the rub of the green, such as the blatant penalty not given at Southend.

Leeds created some good chances throughout and the statistic of seven shots on target from 17 attempts is far better than I expected against a team of Preston's calibre.

However, let's not get carried away just yet. While Michael Gray was excellent on his return, Frazer Richardson is never going to be a great defender and should play as an attacking midfielder. I know we need him there at the moment but let's take note now and not do an Ian Harte. Lubomir Michalik and Matt Heath were rank bad throughout, especially Michalik who reminded me rather worryingly of a certain R Junior.

For a club that can boast Jack Charlton, Norman Hunter, Gordon McQueen, Jonathan Woodgate and so on, it's a tall order to be a centre-back at Leeds. But why do we keep bringing players in who think that defence is some kind of static wooden structure?