v Middlesbrough (h) - 29/12/22

[DE.]

By Sunday evening Tony Mowbray's Sunderland could be ahead of us in the table. By Monday evening we could actually be as far down as 8th. I mean, on the plus side we won't have to hear the head-buried-in-the-sand "WE'RE 3RD" rebuttal to any and all criticism, but still... we're likely to be looking down rather than up pretty soon now which is quite sad. 

[Dan]

Sam Gallagher at right back? Is JDT Mowbray’s mate sent to haunt us? 

[roverandout]

Why can't Adam Wharton get in this mince midfield 

[BigBar]

12 losses as it stands...12. WTF!

[Dreams of 1995]

2 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Absolutely disgraceful. 

JDT out.

Grow up

[Dreams of 1995]

Honestly believe our problem with this passing from the back is Kaminski

Some of his passes are weighted awfully and not quick enough 

 

[superniko]

9 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Well Id definitely appeal it. If you asked a 100 people I think roughly 50 would say it should be a warning from the ref, and 50 a yellow card.

Not sure that’s how it works  

[Tom]

I’ll be honest I’ve zoned out, however I’d be just as confident we wouldn’t be getting back in it even if the numbers were reversed 

[Dan]

No way we’re getting back into this with 9 men. 

[davulsukur]

We're absolutely horrific, can barely string 2 passes together. 

STILL trying to play it out from the back and failing.

 

[Dan]

3 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Why can't Adam Wharton get in this mince midfield 

No idea. He’s better than Travis and Garret combined. Maybe doesn’t run around enough in training. 

[Riversider28]

Fortunately, there is a technical issue on the red button, so I don’t have to watch us falling apart. 

[ItsRoverZ]

Would of loved to have seen markandy today,  Wharton in the middle too

Just so disappointed..

[Dan]

1 minute ago, davulsukur said:

We're absolutely horrific, can barely string 2 passes together. 

STILL trying to play it out from the back and failing.

 

We’ve got the Scandinavian Mowbray. 

[G Somerset Rover]

It’s just so bloody boring as a Rover when we fall behind. We all know you can get your mortgages on us not coming back. It’s been going on for years, indicating a huge mentality issue within the club. 

[Upside Down]

5 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Honestly believe our problem with this passing from the back is Kaminski

Some of his passes are weighted awfully and not quick enough 

 

Then surely the manager should be telling him to not play a short pass then

[DE.]

It is a bit worrying that we don't seem to have a Plan B. Typically when you go down to ten you get compact, make it tough for the opposition, play a bit more direct. Not us though. Same irredeemable style of football and zero-impact subs. Concerning. 

[BigBar]

JDT has not got a clue. Camera pans to him every time we are in this position and his face just screams "what do I do?"

[Nuttall is lost]

Another shit night. 

[Upside Down]

1 minute ago, DE. said:

It is a bit worrying that we don't seem to have a Plan B. Typically when you go down to ten you get compact, make it tough for the opposition, play a bit more direct. Not us though. Same irredeemable style of football and zero-impact subs. Concerning. 

Plan B, what's plan A?

[roverandout]

It's time to cash in on jdt while we are in a good position 

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Grow up

I'm not quite in the JDT out camp yet but I really don't see where we're going with this. We were playing badly even when we somehow found ourselves in second and now results are reflecting performances which is what we anticipated. Gallagher who has been stealing a living since returning to the Club mysteriously finds himself more or less an automatic  pick, JRC is back in the first X1, our only credible striker seems to have finally lost interest,  Dack's been marginalised and our own young talent in the form of the two Whartons and Phillips can't get any game time.

At least Liverpool will be happy when the ordinary Morton returns having played every minute of every game. We'll have "added value" to him all right.

[Bethnal]

A better team would have finished us off here, so that’s worth bearing in mind, but an improvement in terms of mentality and desire to chase it when you’ve felt an injustice go against you.

Gally probably tired here, but not taking up good enough positions consistently. So difficult to defend him as a player.

Wharton should’ve been on instead of Garrett. Needed some creativity and Garrett is not creative enough.

[DE.]

1 minute ago, Upside Down said:

Plan B, what's plan A?

Something to do with a Dutch Disease I think.

[Blackpool_Rover]

14 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Absolutely disgraceful. 

JDT out.

Grow up