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[Bigdoggsteel]

Was rugby played on the pitch recently? It's looks pretty bumpy. 

Ya,this is what Michael O'Neill does. There is a reason he made Northern Ireland relatively successful with the players at his disposal. 5 at the back when out of possession and look to hit on the break. Luckily their better players appear short on confidence. I think there are a couple of goals here for us 

[Bbrovers2288]

  On 26/02/2020 at 20:38, Exiled_Rover said:

What do you have against Yorkshire?

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Nothing really, but boro think they are entitled to be a bigger club, Huddersfield for the season we went down and they laughed, hull just because it’s scabby and they thought they were safe, sold their best players and now in danger 

[Pedro]

Poor half. Tinkering Tony strikes again. 

Fingers crossed for a more balanced look about the side second half.

[lraC]

Graham on after an hour will change this. Win it 2-0 after looking like a draw all night 

[Fraserkirky]

Johnson looks like he is running in treacle. Need some magic from someone

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[DE.]

Boro losing and Wigan winning means the former are only out of the relegation places on GD now. Barnsley also winning. 

[OldEwoodBlue]

If you were one of the 20 people who spent £99 on a snoozer six ticket you will be cold and pretty pissed off right now.

[AspRover]

  On 26/02/2020 at 20:45, Yoogo said:

@AspRover Stoke are struggling with Gally's aerial ability. He's won virtually every header sent to him when we've gone long. He's worked hard, too, but largely to no avail. Playing a bit more centrally than normal I think.

Johnson needs to step up his game. He seems quite lackadaisical for my liking, especially given that the current injury crisis is his chance to stake a first-team claim. He's look generally disinterested, but I recall a good few games where I thought the same.

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Cheers  - here's hoping we've got them rattled. I'm stuck down on the south coast with no way of watching so am a bit reliant on the mesageboard for analysis!

[philipl]

Got a horrible feeling that Tony Mowbray is going to cost us another 2 or 3 points at the worst possible moment of the season.

What was wrong with going with the Charlton and Brentford teams?

[DE.]

  On 26/02/2020 at 20:47, AspRover said:

Cheers  - here's hoping we've got them rattled. I'm stuck down on the south coast with no way of watching so am a bit reliant on the mesageboard for analysis!

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£5 deposit and 50p bet on Skybet will give you live coverage if you have that option. 

[DE.]

A long diagonal ball to SG on right wing straight from kick off. Sigh. 

[Exiled_Rover]

  On 26/02/2020 at 20:44, Bigdoggsteel said:

Was rugby played on the pitch recently? It's looks pretty bumpy. 

Ya,this is what Michael O'Neill does. There is a reason he made Northern Ireland relatively successful with the players at his disposal. 5 at the back when out of possession and look to hit on the break. Luckily their better players appear short on confidence. I think there are a couple of goals here for us 

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Rugby damages a pitch less than football does. 

[DE.]

Messing about at the back now and causing ourselves all kinds of problems. Keep it simple lads, for goodness sake.

[SoldierMo]

Johnson is just sooo poor today

[moerpho]

So close for Gallagher! . 

[CambridgeRover]

Johnson Downing and Gallagher off

Rankin-Costello Samuel and Buckley on 

[OldEwoodBlue]

Rothwell is shite.

Get him off.

[booth]

  On 26/02/2020 at 20:57, CambridgeRover said:

Johnson Downing and Gallagher off

Rankin-Costello Samuel and Buckley on 

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Thought he'd have brought Graham on.

[DeeCee]

Positive, surprisingly.

[West Yorks Rover]

Stoke should be fighting for their lives here, only 1 point off the bottom 3 with Wigan winning, Barnsley winning away too.

[rock steady]

  On 26/02/2020 at 20:57, CambridgeRover said:

Johnson Downing and Gallagher off

Rankin-Costello Samuel and Buckley on 

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Would be very surprised if timid Tony has ever made a triple sub on football manager. Let alone in reality. Still think we will win though.

[Tugay-is-God]

Come on lads, half an hour to get a goal. We need to win this. 

[AdamRochina]

Gallagher could of smashed it across goal but it was so timid and easily cleared 

[moerpho]

So much better this half. Change in formation has helped. Expecting a goal soon... 

[OldEwoodBlue]

time to get Rothwell and Gally off.

Samuel and Buckley on.

This isnt working. unbalanced. shit. time running out.