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Re: My view on things

By BedsBoro (peanut)18/3 20:20Wed Mar 18 20:20:00 2026In response to Re: My view on things

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I dont think we lack quality but we prioritise stability. Other teams in the league get numbers forward in the box and make scoring goals look far easier, and the lack of off the ball movement or risk taking has to be by design. Not sure what the stats look like now but around Xmas we were in the bottom 4 in the league for chances created, and the midfield and supporting players aren't incapable in that respect.

Kemp has been crap all season, but we know he can score and create, and Campbell, Phoenix, White, Thompson and several others are all good players for this level - the interest shown in some of them from bigger clubs supports that. For balance, we do also have Bez and co who clearly aren't good enough and who we've had to rely on too much.

Most of us will have seen several far less talented Boro teams score more goals and look more threatening than we do now, and it's not solely due to the opposition either. I can think of two teams I've been impressed by this season, although i do agree with your recent point about that being partly down to us nullifying them rather than just them being crap. That's also from watching games we're not involved in.

To echo Sev, I would like to see us get wide and put cut backs into the box more often rather than playing narrow and trying to batter our way through. Maybe it is down to the volume of injuries but it has to be structural to a degree. We scored a brilliant goal like that last season with Freeman and Wildin playing a couple of one twos and cutting back for Reid (i think), and Phillips' goal the other week was also a good example, albeit with only him and Reid anywhere near the opposition box, so we definitely can do it, but should do more often IMO.

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