Boro Post Match thread

jaigurugoat said:
Should have started them and I suspect he knows it. It would be refreshing to see him take responsibility for his mistakes every now and again.
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He takes absolute responsibility for mistakes all the time, moreso than any manager I can remember.
rnblade said:
68% possession but only 4 shots on target. IF we could only convert shots on target into goals eh?
Admittedly Sané is a pest to defences, but he needs a space behind to utilise his pace. Hopefully it will be brighter next season.
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In the 2nd half Boro were so deep it was crying out for shots from 18/20 yards. They were too deep to cover it. Enough attempts must surely end with a goal or with the defence having to come out to block yet we kept avoiding it.

Barca, Bayern would just smack it in the net in the same situation.
 
I find it quite funny that the scummy red b*@stards are on here and some even starting to wear their scummy red shirts again outside in the real world. Not seen them for ages, had we won on Thursday - as we should, wouldn't have seen or heard from them again til next season.
Scum scum scum.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
No it isn't. We had one game to play last season and it was out of our hands. It is still in our hands this season. Nothing about Pep, nothing about next season.
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That comment by me was admittedly hasty. Our hope is we bottle it a little less in the last few games compared to Arse, Utd and Liverpool and nick top 4
 
IcriedwhenTueartleft said:
different era?...take a look at the "quality" of the pitches back in those days, far more energy sapping than the carpets they play on today...factor in poorer medical support (ask Paul Lake), far tougher tackling/kicking week and things are not so different...todays's players are pampered prima donnas in comparison...
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They are pampered these days but the game is radically different. The pace of the modern day game is so much quicker; the balls and the surfaces. If we had access to the kind of stats we do now I bet it would show the players didn't cover half the distances they do nowadays.
 
flb said:
I get that but what more could he possibly learn about his players at this stage of the season away at a team scrapping for their fucking lives ? He gambled today and completely fucked it up- not the time or place to learn about your fucking players away at Middlesbrough- top four is nowhere near guaranteed, he should be battening down the hatches- not fucking experimenting with players that are complete dogshit and are beyond any fucking help.

We are on a downward spiral with 2 wins in 9, not fucking good enough.
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I don't think he has any choice but to experiment.

Sané Sterling etc have quite clearly been running out of steam recently. Silva Yaya missing.

He chose the wrong team imo but no way can he keep starting the same people. We would end up like the rags, withe everyone breaking down.

People have been asking for Garcia & two upfront. Fair request. Didn't work.

No shame in trying it though.
 
Paulmcfc2703 said:
Is this where we are now. Calling me a rag. Brilliant!
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Sorry, but to say we got top four with relative ease, then say West Spam were always going to win their last game at Upton Park was always going to invite ridicule, the point being, you make light of the fact it took another team to help us get top four, hardly relative ease :-)
 
Neville Kneville said:
I don't think he has any choice but to experiment.

Sané Sterling etc have quite clearly been running out of steam recently. Silva Yaya missing.

He chose the wrong team imo but no way can he keep starting the same people. We would end up like the rags, withe everyone breaking down.

People have been asking for Garcia & two upfront. Fair request. Didn't work.

No shame in trying it though.
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With four matches remaining and only one midweek fixture, I'd like to think he can start to put out what he sees as his strongest team for most if not all of them. Assuming he has the slightest idea what his best team is. Surely there's no real need for wholesale changes from here on in?
 
Poor display. Same mistakes and issues every single game, why is Pep not changing tactics? So much build up around the box, and it's not working. Not impressed with Sane for the dive, but there's plenty of legit appeals we've had turned away this season so I'll take it. I trust Boro will be charged for failing to control their players, of course...
 
Lancet Fluke said:
With four matches remaining and only one midweek fixture, I'd like to think he can start to put out what he sees as his strongest team for most if not all of them. Assuming he has the slightest idea what his best team is. Surely there's no real need for wholesale changes from here on in?
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Sergio will be out for rest of season now so assuming Merlin is fit for next week then the side pretty much picks itself now, at least the midfield and forward line does anyway.
 
I was fucking fuming after that but I've calmed down and had a beer. In hindsight I'm now thinking that after two energy sapping games, missing key players and playing a team battling for their lives... a point is not great but not terrible.... especially now Arsenal are losing
 
80s Shorts said:
Put a shift in a some brilliant link up play that the forwards didn't take advantage of. Couldn't disagree with you more.
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Nah, he's supposed to be our "creator", final ball fucking woeful, continually fails to pick out the correct pass and has no urgency whatsoever. Can't remember the last time I saw him have a decent game.
 
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