Middlesbrough (A) - Match Thread

[Wegerleswiggle]

1 minute ago, OnePhilT said:

Defence and midfield look knackered to me. They did in the last match. Are these foreign training camps in the space of eight days really worth it?

Too much lemon drizzle ?!!

[Husky]

I think I preferred the game without the visuals.

[Fraserkirky]

Holtby is an absolute sick note

[Husky]

3 minutes ago, OnePhilT said:

Defence and midfield look knackered to me. They did in the last match. Are these foreign training camps in the space of eight days really worth it?

No! Anyone that's been anywhere 'warmer' needs 2 weeks to recover after coming back to the middle of winter.

[Fraserkirky]

Lucky to be 0-0, we have been insipid all over the pitch 

[DE.]

Just now, Fraserkirky said:

Holtby is an absolute sick note

That's why he's here in fairness. Much like Mulgrew in 2016 wouldn't have been anywhere near us otherwise. 

[Husky]

Just now, Fraserkirky said:

Holtby is an absolute sick note

Darrrrreeeeeennnnnnnnn!

I think that's why he's here. Only 29, yet 4 games out of 5 seems more like 49.

[OldEwoodBlue]

Totally lost our way now.

turned into a shit game after we have come down to their level.

[yellowsubmarine]

11 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Assuming Holtby was in behind Arma, where has bennett come on?? 

Please don't say it was a straight swap.

In Mowbray's world, Bennett is an automatic sub for any position on the field.

[bluebruce]

Just now, Fraserkirky said:

Lucky to be 0-0, we have been insipid all over the pitch 

That's a stretch. Looked like scoring a few times, so did they. A draw is the correct HT score.

We were coming into the ascendancy until the JRC and Holtby knocks.

[roversfan99]

What an utterly horrible first half of football, devoid of any quality at all. No attacking threat whatsoever.

[philipl]

Anybody's game to lose this one.

Probably seen about ten minutes between signal hangs.

[Roverthechimp]

Just now, bluebruce said:

That's a stretch. Looked like scoring a few times, so did they. A draw is the correct HT score.

We were coming into the ascendancy until the JRC and Holtby knocks.

 

Just now, roversfan99 said:

What an utterly horrible first half of football, devoid of any quality at all. No attacking threat whatsoever.

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[bluebruce]

1 minute ago, roversfan99 said:

What an utterly horrible first half of football, devoid of any quality at all. No attacking threat whatsoever.

Disagree. Before the knocks it wasn't that bad. There were even a few brief passing moves where I thought the link up play was lovely. Flashes of what we showed against Sheff W and the first half of QPR. Ever since JRC went down the momentum died though and it has been utterly turgid.

[Fraserkirky]

I think Brereton might be more useful on the right wing Gallagher. Certainly deserves a shot, Gallagher is embarrassing out there 

[Roverthechimp]

Not popular opinion but Bennett was the best option available on the bench IMO.

 

[yellowsubmarine]

4 minutes ago, OnePhilT said:

Bell is the only one who looks sharp and is winning some intelligent free-kicks. Who'd a thunk it?

Agreed. For Bell to be the stand-out Rovers player for this half - it means the rest of the team has been shite really. I thought we looked quite comfortable and working hard trying to break Boro down just before JRC got his head injury. Since then, it has been a bore.

[Fraserkirky]

3 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

That's a stretch. Looked like scoring a few times, so did they. A draw is the correct HT score.

We were coming into the ascendancy until the JRC and Holtby knocks.

More of a reflection on us, losing 50/50’s, slow to the ball, etc.

Boro look dodgy at the back.

[simongarnerisgod]

i`ll take a point out of this,we don`t look like we`ll score if we play till midnight

[philipl]

There were 10 shots (5 each) in the first 20 minutes. Just one shot (by Boro) in the last 30 minutes of that half.

[matt83]

Just now, Roverthechimp said:

Not popular opinion but Bennett was the best option available on the bench IMO.

 

Why so?

[Stuart]

19 minutes ago, Gogger said:

Omfg, Bennett on... good thing we used the transfer window so well.

Bennett will always be first man off the bench. Mr Utility.

Forget FFP, our problem is NFP. No F’ing Plan.

[Roboftherovers82]

if i was tony i be on phone to Tom Carroll agent after the game he is free agent we could give him 6 month deal to help us out if he decent sign him on 

[roversfan99]

1 minute ago, bluebruce said:

Disagree. Before the knocks it wasn't that bad. There were even a few brief passing moves where I thought the link up play was lovely. Flashes of what we showed against Sheff W and the first half of QPR. Ever since JRC went down the momentum died though and it has been utterly turgid.

No clear cut chances created by us and plenty of technical incompetence on both sides. 

[Wegerleswiggle]

Commentators on Middlesbrough Ifollow are actually quite good. Usually very biased but this lot are pretty fair.