match thread Middlesbrough (H)

[ChrisPriceBaldSpot]

Just now, Madon said:

That side is play-off material. 

The side that Mowbray will pick is bottom half/relegation material. (Square pegs, round holes)

Just give me the job now!!!! 

[stinny1]

32 minutes ago, Madon said:

That side is play-off material. 

The side that Mowbray will pick is bottom half/relegation material. (Square pegs, round holes)

I totally  agree with you thats a very good team with a great shape too it

[rigger]

42 minutes ago, Madon said:

That side is play-off material. 

The side that Mowbray will pick is bottom half/relegation material. (Square pegs, round holes)

Also if tactics needed changing, you could change very easily with no disruption to the rest of the team by taking off Graham and Dack, and bring on Gally and Brereton 

[MarkBRFC]

There is no way Mowbray will ever start Rothwell, Dack and Chapman together in a league game.

[BlackburnEnd75]

Just now, MarkBRFC said:

There is no way Mowbray will ever start Rothwell, Dack and Chapman together in a league game.

One can but dream.

I have a large suspicion that to allow Graham to return up front Gallagher will be shunted to the wing.

[Tom Stinny]

19 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

There is no way Mowbray will ever start Rothwell, Dack and Chapman together in a league game.

Then he needs sacking sooner rather than later for someone who will. It's a risk for reward league. You don't get up on 1-0 unless you have a team that is head and shoulders above the rest.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Mowbray needs a win here but I fear he's losing the team.

1-1.   13,350

[stinny1]

32 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

There is no way Mowbray will ever start Rothwell, Dack and Chapman together in a league game.

WHY ?

[Peteb2014]

I couldn't see any pictures of Tosin or Lenihan on the training gallery that has just gone on the rovers website

[MarkBRFC]

2 minutes ago, stinny1 said:

WHY ?

Because Gallagher, Armstrong, Downing & probably Brereton & Bennett are well ahead of Chapman for a league start in the "front 3" in Mowbrays eyes.

[BlackburnEnd75]

Just now, MarkBRFC said:

Because Gallagher, Armstrong, Downing & probably Brereton & Bennett are well ahead of Chapman for a league start in the "front 3" in Mowbrays eyes.

Also he doesn't trust Rothwell then he certainly won't trust Chapman, he only started him once when we were in League 1

[blondie]

16 minutes ago, Peteb2014 said:

I couldn't see any pictures of Tosin or Lenihan on the training gallery that has just gone on the rovers website

By the looks of the weather, presume this was from yesterday.

[AllRoverAsia]

Just now, blondie said:

By the looks of the weather, presume this was from yesterday.

And it was yesterday that Mowbray reported that Lenihan was back in Training.

[pick32]

Walton

Bennet Williams Lenihan Cunningham

Travis Johnson

Rothwell Dack Downing 

Graham 

i think that’s the lineup Mowbray will go with.

[Stuart]

5 hours ago, ChrisPriceBaldSpot said:

If Lenihan and Tosin are fit this is how I would line up. Get at them early from down the wings. 

That’s a good side but why people keep leaving Bennett out I don’t know. It’s a recipe for disappointment.

[neophox]

Nyambe was really poor against Oldham.

[AllRoverAsia]

I have a sinking feeling that Lenihan will be unavailable, a relapse needing further 'investigation'

Bennett is an absolute certainty to start as RB/Captain. I do not know if Bookies do odds on such things but this is a 'banker' at pathetic odds.

To select a starting 11 without Bennett is part of the 'denial' stage of ultimate acceptance of the Madness of Mowbray.

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, neophox said:

Nyambe was really poor against Oldham.

Was he?

I thought he was good when he was actually allowed to defend.

[Gone to seed]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Was he?

I thought he was good when he was actually allowed to defend.

A lot of huff and puff and passing square, but left us exposed when charging forward and totally so for their first goal, where he was nowhere. Other than that, top bloke...

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, WIR Second Coming said:

A lot of huff and puff and passing square, but left us exposed when charging forward and totally so for their first goal, where he was nowhere. Other than that, top bloke...

You think he's playing RW when we have the ball of his own accord, or do you think perhaps the manager has asked him to play there?

[Gone to seed]

Actually I was led to believe he is a defender, with attacking capabilities. From recent evidence it appears I may have been misled. I'm sure there is a player in there, and yet due to the square peg / round hole approach, it looks like something is going wrong. More than happy to be re-educated about Nyambe, on the pitch, of course

[bluebruce]

Just now, WIR Second Coming said:

Actually I was led to believe he is a defender, with attacking capabilities. From recent evidence it appears I may have been misled. I'm sure there is a player in there, and yet due to the square peg / round hole approach, it looks like something is going wrong. More than happy to be re-educated about Nyambe, on the pitch, of course

Whatever your belief on Nyambe it can't sensibly be argued that Bennett is a better right back.

[rigger]

Just now, WIR Second Coming said:

Actually I was led to believe he is a defender, with attacking capabilities. From recent evidence it appears I may have been misled. I'm sure there is a player in there, and yet due to the square peg / round hole approach, it looks like something is going wrong. More than happy to be re-educated about Nyambe, on the pitch, of course

He is a defender, that is constantly overlooked for an inferior player at right back. This must affect his attitude.

[Tugay's Right Foot]

48 minutes ago, WIR Second Coming said:

A lot of huff and puff and passing square, but left us exposed when charging forward and totally so for their first goal, where he was nowhere. Other than that, top bloke...

Perfect then if you have Chapman in front of him. One is still learning about football and tracking back (before he was broken and sent back to Boro last season) and the other may be much more comfortable just defending. Let them meet at the halfway line.

[m1st]

6 hours ago, Madon said:

That side is play-off material. 

The side that Mowbray will pick is bottom half/relegation material. (Square pegs, round holes)

I agree; that's the team that should start. But as we all know, it's not the team that will start.

This is, of course, our latest 'Must Win' match. So, being the eternal optimist, I'm going to say we'll keep up the tradition - this week's tradition, anyway of winning in the 95th minute with a melee in the Boro box and rebounding into their goal off Bennett's arse.

Thereby giving the manager a justification - surely the only one for selecting him - for selecting Bennett!?