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Leeds manager Steve Evans was told not to speak to the media by owner Massimo Cellino after his side were handed a 4-0 thrashing by Brighton on Monday night. Assistant Paul Raynor was left to answer questions after what he termed a shambolic display in which Leeds conceded four times in the space of 20 minutes.Owner Cellino did not stay for the second half and subsequently told Evans to skip the post-match interview. Leeds assistant coach Paul Raynor said Leeds were shambolic in the first half Leeds are now 17th in the table, having won just one of their last 11 matches.Asked why Evans did not speak to the media following a fifth game without a victory, Raynor told Sky Sports: We know you are going to ask questions and we know you want answers.We are trying to give answers to the players on what we think of that first-half performance which was absolutely shambolic, not good enough, and certainly not good enough for Leeds United.We cant worry about the chairman. If I was him I would have gone as well to be fair, because he doesnt want to see his football club playing like that and I dont blame him for that. Tomer Hemed celebrates scoring Brightons first goal against Leeds The defeat was Leeds heaviest since Evans took charge in October and Raynor was frustrated by the display, despite an improved effort in the second-half.Our defending was atrocious and the manager is going to dissect it with the players, he added.We only had 15 minutes at half-time to try and put a shape together and to show a bit of pride and commitment and heart out there, and I felt we did that in the second half.But the first half was absolutely shambolic and it simply was not good enough. Chris Hughton joins Ian Holloway and Scott Minto to analyse Brightons 4-0 victory Some Leeds players took to social media after the game to apologise to fans for the sides first-half performance.Winger Mustapha Carayol tweeted: I want to apologise to the fans 2night that was totally unacceptable 1st half performance..Wish all the travelling fans a safe journey home! Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Brighton and Leeds His team-mate Toumani Diagouraga also apologised, saying Leeds players intend to bounce back when they welcome fellow strugglers Bolton to Elland Road on Saturday.He tweeted: That 1st half performance wasnt good enough sorry to everyone who travelled all the way down we be looking to put it right on Saturday. Also See: Brighton hit four past Leeds As it happened Hughton praises efficient Brighton Leeds United news Adidas Yeezy Italia Online . Ouellette, from Montreal, already has three Olympic gold medals since joining the team in 1999. Adidas Yeezy Scontate . They were putting most of their energy into a record-setting offensive display. http://www.adidasyeezyscontate.it/ . -- Nathan Pancel scored twice as the Sudbury Wolves defeated the North Bay Battalion 4-2 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Adidas Yeezy Vendita Italia . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. Scarpe Yeezy Scontate . Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the April 15 race in an area packed with fans cheering the passing runners. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured, including at least 16 who lost limbs. When Annika Sorenstam played in the 2003 Bank of America Colonial amid much fanfare as the first woman to compete in a PGA Tour event since Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1945, Lexi Thompson was only 8 years old.Ive seen highlights, but I didnt watch too much golf then, Thompson says. I was a little younger and too busy practicing myself.The work paid off. Thompson is 21 now, No. 5 in the Rolex Rankings -- the highest-ranked American golfer -- with seven career LPGA victories, having won her first title in 2011 at the then-record age of 16.Thompsons presence in this weeks Franklin Templeton Shootout, an unofficial PGA Tour team event in Naples, Florida, certainly isnt wrapped with the hype of Sorenstams appearance at Colonial, where she shot 71-74 to miss the 36-hole cut by four strokes while impressing with her skills and grace under pressure.Still, when Thompson tees off with PGA Tour rookie Bryson DeChambeau on Thursday at Tiburon Golf Club in the first round of the 54-hole event, it will be her first time competing against men in this type of scenario. She partnered with DeChambeau in the 36-hole CVS Health Charity Classic earlier this year, tying for sixth in the unofficial event, but played shorter yardages on most holes.A few holes were from the same tees, Thompson says, but for most part they were up.No woman might have a better background for venturing to the back tees in a mens tournament than Thompson, the first LPGA participant at the Franklin Templeton since Sorenstam paired with Fred Couples in 2006. Her two brothers, Curtis, 24, and Nicholas, 33, are professional golfers -- Curtis is on the Web.com Tour, and Nicholas has been on the PGA Tour for a decade -- and she learned how to play alongside her siblings.It helped me out a lot, Thompson says. It made me a lot stronger as a player and as a person. They got me started in the game, and they were always there to help. Growing up with two older brothers who played is the main reason I swing as hard as I do. I always tried to outdrive them, to be able to handle the golf course, and it definitely made me a lot longer.Thompson has been one of the LPGAs most powerful players since joining the tour as a teenager. She averaged 277.40 yards to rank second behind Joanna Klatten (281.37 yards) in driving distance during the 2016 season, the fourth time she has been No. 2 in the category. (Thompson was fourth in 2015.)The length will be needed. Thompsons 2016 drives would have ranked 178th on the PGA Tour. And the demands at Tiburon Golf Club will be much different for Thompson this week than they were in the LPGAs season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. The women play par-72 Tiburon at 6,540 yards; it will measure 7,271 yards on the scorecard for the Shootouts 12 teams in scramble, modified alternate shot and better--ball formats.ddddddddddddIts going to be different for her, playing the distance that the men do, says Curtis Thompson. But shes going to embrace whats going on and enjoy it. When she plays a couple of rounds before the tournament starts, shell adapt, shell figure it out. The par 5s and shorter par 4s is where shell succeed, and on the long par 4s and par 3s, Bryson will have to take over.Tiburons front nine, with three par 4s of 440 yards or more, will be a test for Thompson. So will three of the layouts par 3s, which will measure at least 205 yards, something she doesnt encounter on the LPGA.There will be a few holes that definitely can play very hard, that will be tough, says Thompson, who doesnt plan to carry any different clubs to take on the longer set-up. The par 3s will be a good amount longer than in our tournament, and I already have a 6-iron into two of them.Sorenstam and Couples finished last 10 years ago, shooting 18-under 198, 13 strokes behind the winning team of Jerry Kelly-Rod Pampling. The intimidation factor never really went away because theyre such good ball strikers, Sorenstam told reporters of competing with men at the end of the 2006 Shootout, which occurred during a decade when women were getting opportunities to test their games as Zaharias had in the 1930s and 1940s.A couple of months after Sorenstam played at Colonial, Connecticut teaching professional Suzy Whaley was in the field at the Greater Hartford Open. Michelle Wie, only 14, played in the 2004 Sony Open in Hawaii, the first of 14 tournaments in which she competed against men on a handful of pro tours. Se Ri Pak and Laura Davies also made appearances in mens tournaments, Pak tying for 10th in a 2003 event in South Korea.Thompson, who got the Shootout invitation from tournament host Greg Norman, vows to enjoy the experience playing with DeChambeau, 23, who approaches golf like a physics class and in 2015 became only the fifth player to win the mens NCAA individual championship and U.S. Amateur in the same year.I dont look at it as pressure. Overall, its to have fun, Thompson says. I think its good for the LPGA to have someone out there playing out there playing against the men, and it will bring a bigger fan base to the LPGA. It was a huge honor to be invited. People on tour have been encouraging and theyre excited.Regardless of how Thompson fares in this different environment, the appearance is unlikely to shake up her career path too much.I really havent had an interest, she says of playing in an official mens event. My only interest is if my brothers are playing and if the golf course suited my game well. The LPGA competition makes it hard enough to win. ' ' '