[Archived] Rovers 0 V 4 Middlesbrough review

[joey_big_nose]

Hmmmmmmmm..... News just out is that Todd and Reid are available for selection while Thompson is going to have to wait for another week.

We have so many players now it is hard to see who to pick. Friedel, Short, Gray, Ferguson, Djorkaeff, Emerton and Dickov are- at the moment- automatic picks but beyond that it is all much of a muchness.

I desperately want to see Stead, Pedersen, Reid, Bothroyd and particularly Gallagher given a decent crack of the whip but the only real likely starter out of that is Pedersen coming in for Jansen. Gallagher and Reid are going to struggle to even make the bench.

Paul has a great range of passing, movement and finishes well- in many ways he is exactly the kind of player we need at the moment. Is there no way we can fit him into the team? I know it would reap dividends.

[Blackpool_Rover]

Friedel

Neill Amoruso Matteo Gray

Emerton Ferguson Tugay De Pedro

Dickov Djorkaeff

Subs... encks, pedersen, jansen, stead, todd

[Alan75]

and the ref..................Mike Riley

[den]

Whether we have a fully experienced team or not, we are good enough to beat Blackburn

The Middlesbrough perspective.

[AussieinUk]

Doesn't Rovers have a complete squad to choose from? Its quite been a while since Rovers have had all players available

[MCMC1875]

Doesn't Rovers have a complete squad to choose from? Its quite been a while since Rovers have had all players available

How long is it since none of the first team squad were injured?

[Finch]

hmmm havn't won away yet

and we won't now

2-2

Actually that was last season score (at home) that's the only reason I picked it.

[Oklahoma]

when i look at the defense, i almost lose all my hopes of a win.

But i'm an optimist!!

So, 2-1 for us. Jansen and Djorkaeff.

[bob fleming]

Don't think this has been posted... Sky Sports Preview. They reckon we'll win.

[Quack]

1-2 to Boro - I cant see our defence keeping out Downing / JFH / Viduka - sorry for the negativity.

[John]

Getting a weird feeling for this one. Does not feel like we have a match tomorrow for some reason.

Think he will play the same side against Villa- hopefully a 1-0 win against an off colour Boro.

[des]

its a 2-1 for us

[jim mk2]

Middlesbrough have far too much quality for us.

Plus our international players will be knackered.

Rovers 1 Boro 2

[Alex Rover]

Middlesbrough have far too much quality for us.

Plus our international players will be knackered.

Rovers 1 Boro 2

Boro have got one point from the last possible nine and they have only scored one goal in five hours and 12 minutes of Premiership football.

I think we can beat that. Blues 2 - Reds 0.

[rebelzero]

Rovers 3 Boro 2

Emerton Hasselbank (2)

Stead

Gray

[Alan75]

Boro have got one point from the last possible nine and they have only scored one goal in five hours and 12 minutes of Premiership football.

aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I hate stats like that, especially when Rovers are involved.

Looks like a shed full of goals and max points for Borough.

[BRFC4EVA]

C'mon the Rovers, we can do it. We need to be postitive and start defending set pieces and the results will come. The new regieme has started!!

[Alex Rover]

Boro have got one point from the last possible nine and they have only scored one goal in five hours and 12 minutes of Premiership football.

aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I hate stats like that, especially when Rovers are involved.

Looks like a shed full of goals and max points for Borough.

Alan.....Believe.

[frosty]

Middlesbrough have far too much quality for us.

Plus our international players will be knackered.

Rovers 1 Boro 2

International players? Exactly how many of them do we have? Boro have way more internationals than us, so that's a positive thing.

[92er]

I'm with you Alan75.

[McClarky]

We really need 3 points tomorrow don't we with the next couple of games coming up. Who's going to be available of Fergie, Emo and Neill?

Either way I see us getting a 0-0 with 21,012 in attendance.

[RoverDrake]

Will be tough, Boro are good defensively, plus JFH and Viduka are always going to be a threat.

However, I'll go for 2-1 to Rovers but we will go a goal behind.

My team would be:

Friedel

Neill Todd Amoruso Gray

Emerton Ferguson MGP

Djorkaeff

Dickov Gallagher

[mode_m]

Emerton seems to be on some what of a run so I'll go with him to score. "Boro has a good team so it will be a tough game, but with most of the blues back from injury hopefully Hughes will put together a good team. When are the set peices going to improve?

Stead is gonna have to break this goal drought, he has been close lately with england so he is up for a streak.

Rovers 2 - 1

Stead

Emerton

[SAS]

2-2 for me, boro have been poor in their last few games.

[roversmum]

GGGGRRRRR, have just been watching Sky Sports news and previews of the matches. First we get " It's 8 years since Arsene Wegner came to Arsenal and here is a clip of his first match" - a win against guess who and they show one of the goals.

Then when they get to the Boro/Rovers preview, what do they show but a clip of Boro scoring against us.

In the light of that, I'm all fired up now.

The score will be:

Rovers 3: Mark Hughes, Mark Bowen and Eddie Neddy

Boro 1; Own goal by the Linesman.