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Reply | WBA v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 08:57 2 Sep 2024
Well many of us have seen a pattern of play developing under LW and it’s exactly the same as it was under Russell Martin at its worse. Slow turgid football - possession for possession sake, passing around the defenders deep in our own half, playing players out of position, lack of creativity, lack of urgency, lack of through balls, failure to use pace, failure to recognise that time in opposition half & passes into dangerous areas create goalscoring opportunities, failure to get many shots away, failure to get shots on target.
There is definitely a clear pattern to our play & it needs a radical change. That is the job of the coach no matter how thin the squad is on quality or quantity |
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Reply | Virgin Media problem
at 21:47 17 Aug 2024
Nice one. Googled it - job done for now.
Has Virgin actually changed the settings then for some reason ? For some reason my streams only started playing up today … hopefully this will fix it |
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Reply | Middlesbrough v Swansea City : Match day thread (pre & post match)
at 14:51 12 Aug 2024
It seems as if we are saying the same thing in different ways except my glass is more than a little half empty. I want to see some passion, leadership & direction from the players, coach & most importantly the ownership. Until I see at least a glimmer of that it’s gonna take more than a well deserved 1-0 defeat to lift the doom & gloom. I would settle for mid table Championship right now. I fear our decline will continue & get even more uncomfortable unless something seriously positive happens before the end of the transfer window |
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Reply | Middlesbrough v Swansea City : Match day thread (Updated Thurs)
at 09:33 12 Aug 2024
Has he identified the issues though ?
He is right in that we need more players in (stating the bleeding obvious) but:
- Why does he continue to play Grimes & Fulton together ?
- Why does he think Cullen is a starter good enough for the Championship ?
- Why does he persist in letting Grimes drop so deep ?
- Why is he picking players out of position ?
He has clearly been let down by the rate of recruitment by the club. The new signings must be asking themselves what have they let themselves in for. I see his lack of passion uninspiring not refreshing |
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Reply | Boro fans talk about an ‘easy win’ plus Providence latest & Williams int
at 14:27 9 Aug 2024
Yes mate, I remember that day in Oldham too, the football was easy on the eye & gave us something to look forward to. Wouldn’t it be great to see something to give us that hope & optimism tomorrow. I have primed myself to expect the worse and hope for the best. Have a good trip & enjoy if that is possible (never found the smoggies to be the most welcoming lot) |
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Reply | Boro fans talk about an ‘easy win’ plus Providence latest & Williams int
at 08:59 9 Aug 2024
We sold out our 3200 allocation for Charlton away. There was confidence & optimism in abundance in the fan base at the time. Most felt the same coming away from there after a 2-0 defeat.
Confidence & optimism is pretty low with most fans at the moment & we will take less than half that number on Saturday. I’d take a draw right now |
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Reply | Friendly thread
at 21:38 3 Aug 2024
It was as bizarre a decision at the time as it seems now not to proceed with O’Riley even with hindsight. Especially when he must have sanctioned £400k for Fisher when we didn’t even need a keeper at the time as we had Hamer & Benda on the books |
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Reply | Never underestimate an old man
at 21:28 28 Jul 2024
Fish n chips & Whitby can’t be faulted. But Middlesbrough, been there twice, worked with many of them, possibly the roughest, toughest place in the country …. ? |
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Reply | Sulking entitled footballers
at 14:09 18 Jul 2024
Not sure if this is disrespecting the tournament.
Bad losers (aren’t we all ?), it is petulance at its absolute worst, setting a poor example to kids too. This type of display by English football & rugby players has become all too common, losers. |
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Reply | Looking at what we have
at 15:25 16 Jul 2024
Well I did say ‘without further additions’. Our new signings may give us some steel in the middle, energy & pace but will they make us more goals? Don’t underestimate the loss of Lowe, Paterson & Yates - that’s over 20 goals not near replaced yet. You may have faith in our recruitment set up but many don’t based on their track record |
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Reply | Looking at what we have
at 11:28 16 Jul 2024
Nowhere near enough goals in the attacking options. Pretty average to weak central defence. Without a decent striker, goalscoring midfielder & another centre half option this looks like yet another tough season possibly relegation battle without further additions |
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