v Middlesbrough (a) - 15/10/22

[ItsRoverZ]

That's a huge huge sucker punch after such a good half .. right back in this now boro, we should of been out of sight 

[roverandout]

Wharton has to start every game.  He's that good.  He's got Michael carrick potential 

[booth]

Unbelievable, against run of play 2-1 but if I'm honest, no one was getting stuck in thinking the half was over.

Daft from Rovers.

[simongarnerisgod]

ffs boro will come out 2nd half steaming,typical rovers😒

[BigBar]

Midfield guilty there of not closing down... Criminal!

[The Mighty Chaffinch]

Game over 

[roverandout]

Typical rovers.  Poor

[jim mk2]

Tricky second half we could rue not scoring that third 

[WacoRover]

Bah

[BankEnd Rover]

Playing really well however that conceding in the very last minute is simply not good enough. Sets the second half to be a very nervy one. 
 

Can see Boro getting back into this.

Postiives…A Wharton is making a huge difference.

[booth]

Boro didn't deserve that goal, Rovers like to gift teams goals.

[Ricky]

We’ll be punished for the missed chances and the lapse of concentration. Should have been out of sight but some great saves from their keeper. 

[chaddyrovers]

Rovers have been really good today apart from the one moment. 

We must carry on performing like the first half.  

Gallagher has been outstanding in that first half. 

[BigBar]

Just now, booth said:

Boro didn't deserve that goal, Rovers like to gift teams goals.

Really was a gift. Unacceptable after a great first half. We always make it difficult.

[roverandout]

Phillips poor positioning 

[booth]

Just now, BigBar said:

Really was a gift. Unacceptable after a great first half. We always make it difficult.

Two goals conceded in two games that were easily avoided.

[joey_big_nose]

Great half where we did everything really well except the last minute of the half.  Combination of several individual errors... not closing, Phillips and Brittain not picking up their man. Annoying as we have really restricted Boro till that point.

Need to just stick with it, we should be able to maintain our dominance. We'll get a lot of chances on the counter. 

[AllRoverAsia]

8 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Muniz is an absolute cunt

I had as a twat but I think you are correct.

Deliberate stamp, should have been red. He even changed direction to do it, so bloody obvious.

[yankfan]

Great first half, tainted by the late goal. Midfield should have been tighter but Shyam also dropped behind Phillips to keep Watmore on. Got to come out sharp and get the next goal. 

[Andy]

Shame to concede when we did, but otherwise, very good first half.

Really pleased for Gallagher, I've always said he'd get a good 15-20 goals if he was played as an out-and-out striker in this division (and you gave him the ammunition). But for their GK, he has 3/4 in that first half alone.

A.Wharton is a class above, even at this age.

Boro are shite and their fans are on their backs. We'll go on and win this one quite comfortably.

[joey_big_nose]

Just now, AllRoverAsia said:

I had as a twat but I think you are correct.

Deliberate stamp, should have been red. He even changed direction to do it, so bloody obvious.

VAR would probably still have been yellow. Didn't look forceful enough on the replay for a red imo.

And if he went off probably Travis would have too for raising his hands.

[roversfan99]

Really poor time to concede after a good performance, it felt when Gallagher missed a few chances and when Brittain missed a one on one that it could cost us and 

Adam Wharton has been the best player, Morton has also done well bar one big mistake and Gallagher has been good but needed to be more ruthless.

[yankfan]

2 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Phillips poor positioning 

Between him and Hyam there. One is holding the line the other dropping deep. For me Hyam has the position to see Phillips holding higher and has to stop drifting towards his own goal. 

[AllRoverAsia]

1 minute ago, joey_big_nose said:

VAR would probably still have been yellow. Didn't look forceful enough on the replay for a red imo.

And if he went off probably Travis would have too for raising his hands.

He stepped on, deliberately, to get over.

Edited October 15, 2022 by AllRoverAsia

[joey_big_nose]

Just now, Andy said:

Shame to concede when we did, but otherwise, very good first half.

Really pleased for Gallagher, I've always said he'd get a good 15-20 goals if he was played as an out-and-out striker in this division (and you gave him the ammunition). But for their GK, he has 3/4 in that first half alone.

A.Wharton is a class above, even at this age.

Boro are shite and their fans are on their backs. We'll go on and win this one quite comfortably.

I agree Gallagher with a proper forward partner playing narrow, fed by a number 10 in behind and wing backs sending it in is perfect for him. He's someone who is always going to struggle tightly marked or expected to carry the ball, but give him the support and let him play through the middle onto through balls and crosses and he will do well.