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Re: Match Thread Cardiff Manager comment
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"I don't think the stadiums in League One have felt an away support like it.
We have been to different grounds and all the home supporters say the away support from our people is incredible"
They travelled in numbers on a shitty night weather wise. So credit due for that.
But for the most part, on the telly all I could hear was us? Is that microphone placement and were they loud all game, or a genuine reflection?
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Re: Match Thread Cardiff Manager comment
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The only time I heard the Cardiff fans on the tellybox was when they responded to our fans' chant about being sheep-shaggers calling themselves sheep-shaggers.
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Yeah I heard "one nil to the sheepshaggers" but wasn't sure if it was them or is singing it š¤£
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Our fans sounded decent last night, but the mic placement is right by them...
Edited by RockyBottom at 13:41:21 on 10th December 2025
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Bog standard away end. About what youād expect. Nothing special whatsoever but not silent either
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Same as thier standards on the pitch poor for a club that's top of the league.
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Thought their standards on the pitch was excellent. We defended well and unlucky not to hold out.
Best team we have seen at the Stevenage FC stadium on Broadhall way (formally known as the lamex) in sometime
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They were one of best sides off the ball I have seen at our ground for years!
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The odd chant here and there, but until they scored they were pretty reserved and quiet.
Cannot fault the numbers, but in terms of continuous noise, it wasn't there. But no surprise, Revs bigs up our fans too even if they have been quiet most of the game.
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Yeah the vast majority of games I only make the occasional grumble and still accept Revs' applause at the end like a glory hunting twat.
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There have been plenty of louder away ends at Boro, I thought they were pretty quiet overall.
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No, you're right, they only sang when we sang songs at them which they responded to, or for the last 5 minutes after they scored when they were loud
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Thereās a huge amount of moaning on here!
I was at the game as I have been for every home game this season bar one & a few away games as well. Cardiff are easily the best team weāve faced this season by a distance & deserved to win but we played really well. Considering we were missing really important players such as our set piece taker, I thought we did well. You certainly canāt criticise the amount of commitment & effort! Yes, we lacked a cutting edge but we took the game to them a number of times & had them worried. They were ecstatic on winning the game!
Houghton was superb - winning so many balls & breaking up attacks. Luther also had a very good game. The defence were solid & were unlucky to concede after a fortunate deflection & a very well taken finish. Freestone also impressed me & won a lot of headers.
Letās not be too downhearted. Weāve had a bad run but things will pick up again. Anything above mid table will be more than we expected!
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good post we are a small club in a big pond. we dont HAVE to win promotion unlike probaly 8-10 others that MUST, so yes apart from not scoring enough we aint doin to bad.
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We donāt have to win promotion and in isolation there wasnāt a lot wrong with last nights set up but overall, our approach to games is not what it was at the start of the season. 2 goals in 7 games and 3 shots on target in our last 3 home games is poor. Thereās no other way to dress it up. Whilst the Vertu cup is not alway high on the agenda it wouldāve been great to put together a proper run in that competition but we crashed our rather meekly. Weāve also picked up unfortunate injuries whilst playing very few games.
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Glad you saw Houghton the same way I did.
This is in no way a criticism of anybody not being at matches, for a host of possible reasons, but you miss so much of what goes on on the pitch when watching on TV rather than seeing the whole view of the pitch and player's positioning, runs off the ball etc., especially at this level with fewer cameras/them seemingly more zoomed in, and it really does skew the view on how certain players perform (and the team).
Houghton oozes experience and class for me when I watch him play, his positioning is rarely wrong and he does so much good work for us. Having him out for a few games was an enormous miss.
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Houghton does so much off the ball, hence people like me who watch us on a screen, don't see it unless we look hard away from the focus of the camera.
I have, like many, in all honestly not been sold on him until just before he was injured relatively recently. But he is quality. Doherty should watch him closely.
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Always been a fan of Houghton. And Phillips.
Think Goode is over hyped. A good player at this level but not as magnificent as people make out.
Doherty good potential but again getting a bit overhyped by people.
Also rate Ahadme as a "non-scoring" striker. Would like to see more of Reid and Ahadme together as a front two.
Everyone else tend to follow the popular opinion. Marschall has proven himself now to be number 1. Had to wait a while to be able to judge him.
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Goode is the 3rd highest scoring defender in EFL Fantasy, and has played fewer games than the two above him.
The stats don't like.
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He actually did a long throw yesterday (not the first one) and it bounced in the box in a dangerous area. Naturally none of our players were expecting it so just stood around in shock before they cleared it, but was there to be pounced on for a second.
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Ha, I commented to Ridley that that was the first long throw he has ever done that was actually long and landed in a dangerous area!
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It's infuriating. If we can all see it then why the hell are we persisting with it. At least mix it up a bit. He'd be far more dangerous actually in the box!
Saxon's throw ins from the other side went further and were more effective.
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Right, but have you considered that it's funny?
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Oh right, maybe we should play me in goal, because that would be funny as well.
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We are blessed to have LJW, Pidge and Luther, and if Freestone keeps developing we have a ready replacement when Pidge calls it a day.
Saxon is easily good enough for the top of L1, shame he's made of glass... But we took a gamble on Goode who had an awful recent injury record and he's very resilient now, so maybe Saxon can do that too.
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Freestone has been absolutely tremendous this season (and I thought pretty good to end last season too).
Our spending money on him was criticised quite a bit early on, but looks like a good bit of business now.
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Early on last season when Freestone had some pretty clunky games I still thought he was a trier and brought the right attitude, been pleased to see it pay off.
One of the many things that seemed to have hit a brick wall at Lincoln was him reaching the limit of his usefulness as a LB after surprising in that role.
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The problem with both Freestone and Pidge is while they are great defenders (the stats show this), they are very limited on the ball. It absolutely kills us when going forwards (as the stats also show).
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Then they simply need to play it short to the FB or CDM where it is *safe* otherwise, get rid, as far as possible.
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Just watch how many times a move breaks down with one of them in possession. With two of them on, sure we won't concede many but there's a big reason why we are having zero shots on goal. We could have a leading Championship forward and they would struggle to find goals in our team at present.
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Iād say Houghton has been our best player this season. Heās incredibly consistent & organises the midfield. I like Phillips but heās more of a headless chicken! I was at the Wigan game last week where it was patently obvious that Houghtonās absence affected us badly
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I liked Luther JW last night. He never looked out of depth
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Always rated LJW even when he was the fault of every goal conceded according to some. "His positioning it terrible blah blah".
Hope we keep him until he retires.
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Houghton was excellent. Luther too, as rightly pointed out above
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Luther is quality every single game. If he could cross he'd be playing Championship football.
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He can cross. He just canāt get into a position to cross.
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Shame, thought a draw would have been deserved from that. A solid, hardworking performance where I felt they didn't look like scoring (same as us).
The lack of goals lately is of course a concern, but in isolation, and with the team available, no issues with the approach or performance from me today against the top scorers and top team in the league.
Great to have Houghton back, and Doherty didn't look at all out of place. Our best two players today.
Phoenix showed in his 25 minutes exactly why he doesn't start games. His lack of strength or defensive offering led to them breaking, which fell (via a fortunate deflection) to their guy to score, with a tidy finish. And every time he had the ball to create something, he put it straight out for a goal kick. Playing against L1 sides is a very different thing to playing against Palace U21 or Wimbledon reserves.
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I thought we were quite shite tonight. Cardiff were a different gravy when it came to som slick intricate passing. We seemed to hoof lost causes as if we were simply trying to win pitch territory. Canāt do that in L1.
Cardiff are worthy of their top spot.
But we have some key players missing, we are where we are and Iām happy with that. Agree Doughty looked pretty decent
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must have been watching it on tv we did we well considering Cardiff MUST get promoted and to have 4 key players out we did well
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We wouldnāt have scored or even strung three passes together had we been playing the Bedwell Girl Guides u11 reserves
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We could have played Bedwell u11s girl guide reserves for days and not scored. Did we have a shot on target? Maybe the deflected shot at the near post but couldnt see from where I stand whether it was on target or not.
Good defensive performance but not much else and, even taking into account the injuries, we set up far, far too defensively for a home game at this stage in the season. If the intention is to grow crowds and attract more people than surely some sort of attacking intent is quite important
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I thought Houghton was poor, very slow and wasteful in both possession and at set pieces.
Pidge's ability on the ball absolutely kills us at times.
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Seriously? Houghton was superb - easily our best player. He won so much in midfield & worked his socks off
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That is the reason I hate watching games on TV, because you truly don't see the whole picture.
Set pieces were poor, I'll give you that, but all three players who normally take them for us were unavailable today (still should be better deliveries from professional footballers, mind).
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Fair enough, if he was better than that in person then so be it.
I'm actually surprised Revell changed the game when he did, I didn't see that coming.
The way the ball looped to their forward for the goal was cruel, but these things happen when you dominate the possession.
Not taking this game in isolation the lack of goals is very, very worrying. For me it's as much about mindset as it is players on the pitch. It's worse than relegation form in that department (both shots on target and goals) . Hopefully some of the more creative players are back for Saturday and we have a slightly more positive gameplan!
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Players need to be more clinical too. Against Walsall we had 19 shots and only one on target.
Which is partly where the criticism of our current striker options comes in (some justified, some harsh, IMO), but as one of the smallest clubs in the division, with some of the smallest crowds, how are we going to be able to afford top strikers? The only way is to lose millions a season like other clubs in the division, and quite honestly I would much rather have a sustainable club that has to take chances on young players from levels below or that other clubs deem not good enough, and try to get a result from, knowing if it doesn't work we can release them and try other options, than threaten our future chasing a dream, which may not even pay off anyway.
Edited by Chuds at 22:50:10 on 9th December 2025
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Yeah I'm all for sustainability, but I don't really think the way we are playing at the moment is doing us any favours with the limited options we have.
To me it doesn't feel like in most games we are creating chance after chance and squandering them, more that we aren't creating chances at all. That should be a whole team concern, starting at the back. It's too simplistic just to blame the forwards.
I feel we got the balance between risk and reward right in the first few months of the season, but feel like we have regressed massively. This to me feels like Rev's first spell. We are in a great position, with relegation concerns lifted. Would just hope to play a bit more positively, especially when the players come back. No concerns with trying to play like this in a one off game, but it's started to happen too much.
Edited by RockyBottom at 23:07:31 on 9th December 2025
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Agreed, but as I just posted elsewhere in the thread, I am not sure it is entirely a conscious mindset of wanting to be more defensive, on the whole.
I believe we were a surprise to many teams, in how we played as much as our results, early on, and now they are working out how best to stop us doing so, and without us having that extra quality to be able to just carry on as we were and being able to beat them anyway, we are trying to find other ways of doing so, and struggling to do so. Not helped by missing some of our better and more creative offensive players, at present.
If expecting us to not win at Stockport, Burton feels like a rather big game now, and one where we really do need to get a win, ideally scoring two or three goals in the process!
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Last 5 league games we've had 10 shots on target!!!
Wouldn't make a difference if we had Ronaldo up front if you create sod all. That's just embarrassing for a team in the top 6. Yes we are punching above our weight but for goodness sake sort it out. We are right back to last seasons form. Gotta change things in order to actually threaten the opposition goal. Can't rely on a set piece week in week out. Last goal from open play was 25th October.
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Kemp was our most creative and potent player last year. We changed formation this year and he's been no way near as effective.
Don't get me wrong I like playing with wingers but I feel we need to find a way to get Kemp more involved as he is one of the few players that can unlock things and do something a bit special. Just seems to be marked out the game and not involved as much this season.
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Went better than I expected to be honest.
However, I am now even more angry about the Wigan performance.
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We brought on Phoenix and Campbell to go for the win and end up losing. See that's what happens when you try to win instead of see out the 0-0 š
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Felt Cardiff had several extra gears, and when they put it together down the flanks they created some very good chances. Their 6 and 12 were properly influential, and the rapid right wing back was v dangerous
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They impressed me. Good on the ball, and incredibly good off it.
They knew they had been in a game too, as two of their players falling to the ground on the final whistle showed.
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I can't understand all the criticism either. Our team played their socks off for our club. Cardiff were very classy, had some very good players who shone, probably costing Ā£m's. I bet their wage bill would make ours look like petty cash. Not the result we wanted but a really good effort...if we can keep that up it will bear fruit.
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Donāt encourage the idiots.
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Went for the win against top of the league, but not against 15th. Lmao
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Re: I love a good defence but come on!!!
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1 goal in our last 5 league games.
We can defend all we like but if we're all going for is 0-0 draws, with the odd defeat we're headed for mid-table.
Mid-table isn't anything to be ashamed for a club of our size but it really feels like we've hit our ceiling.
Let's just ditch the promotion talk for now and lower expectations. Maybe that will take some pressure off the lads.
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The people jizzing themselves in August should not be those now leading the charge to temper expectations.
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Well that was abject at best. A clear exercise in trying not to lose, rather than actually trying to win. Tonight was a free hit really. Nothing to lose, so why not give it a go rather then this lame performance. Just don't understand the mentality
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This.
I don't think we go out to draw (every) game 0-0. Yes, we rely on our defence and hope to nick games occasionally, but we have also shown that we can play some good stuff.
I definitely think a certain proportion of our fanbase has, and will always, get ahead of themselves and excited at the prospect of promotion or any other traditional form of measuring success (such as a cup run). When in reality, most of us know that survival at this level is our first and main priority. We may have the resources to consolidate and finish mid table in any given season, with the potential to push occasionally when finances allow, but ultimately we are punching above our weight and the fact we had got ourselves into such a strong league position early on simply means we don't have to look over our shoulder at a relegation scrap.
It is highly possible that we lose more games than we win from now until the end of the season, and that's okay because we can afford to. I agree that I would like to see some more entertaining football from this team and encouraging individual performances, but let's not overreact to a tough defeat at home to Cardiff.
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What a Piss poor performance.we lacked everything tonight against a very poor Cardiff side yes they played better than us but they was up for the taking tonight.I can't see them winning the league on that performance tonight they was bang Average.
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The second half against Bradford - we shouldāve beaten them, they were there for the taking. Cardiff were not
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Cardiff were, we just didn't try. Blackpool put 3 past them ffs.
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That's the point, there shouldn't be any pressure, so let's go out and have a go, not just slide down the table with a whimper.
Down to 6th now and only Stockport away on Saturday...
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Someone will be along with some stats in a minute to tell you that despite what you see in front of you you are WRONG!
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Stockport score goals we donāt so incoming defeat before we even start !
Reid starts putting a few performances together gets picked for Ireland and again thinks heās an international superstar since playing for Ireland seems like he has given up trying and got lazy
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He had absolutely zero service as well and was playing up front with one of the worst forwards I have ever seen in a Boro shirt.
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That's being kind. He had two bits of play in the first half that genuinely had me questioning how he is playing at this level
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Don't know what our scouts saw, but I called him in about 20mins of watching him play. Beyond awful. As I said, I've seen better forwards at Conference North/South level.
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Win our game in hand and back up to 2nd.
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Whoās going to score ??
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White free kick, Reid penalty, and Kemp. Robbo off the bench too. 4 goals in one game.
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No threat whatsoever !!!
No attacking just lump to front for nobody
Reid is a lazy bastard
Revell set up for a point š«£
Edited by Junction 7 at 21:51:48 on 9th December 2025
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Zero shots on goal
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I think they only had 2
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Losing 1-0
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Watch him take the ball down and give home time to get his shot off!
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Good shift. Hopefully hold out for 0-0
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Good shift ??
No attack no passion no goals again
Whereās the midfield that started the season and the attacking down the flanks gone ??
Edited by Junction 7 at 21:58:58 on 9th December 2025
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No passion? Do fuck off!
The midfield that started the season? Well two of them were unavailable and the other playing his first game back for weeks.
Probably stick to watching Leeds I reckon.
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My comments about the midfield was the style not the players ā¦
I do stick to watching Leeds because people like you donāt allow anyone else to have an opinion on here still I seeā¦ last time I looked it was a STEVENAGE FC forum for opinions for people that follow Stevenage !! after all these years your still in charge and nobody can have a different opinion to you ..
Probably stick to talking bollox I reckon
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It was 100% clear you meant the slyle not the players, oh yes sirreee.
I heard Leeds shyte themselves when Cardiff are about
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Used to mate when they werenāt two leagues away !!
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Every single player worked their bollocks off for 90 minutes and you crawl out from under your rock for the first time in years to claim they had no passion, so the bollocks chatting is firmly in your court.
Glad to see after your time away that you are still as fucking miserable as ever though.
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Out from under my rock ?? š¤£š¤£
Just because I donāt come on here anymore due to patronising little bearded elves like you donāt mean Iāve been under a rock ..
Sorry I didnāt agree with you on your opinion tonight Iāll try not to if I come again in the future š«£
Glad to see my time away hasnāt changed you either , your still a horrible little self opinionated cock š«µ
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So you are allowed to disagree with my opinion and post yours, but I am not allowed to disagree with yours and post mine, and it is me not welcoming other viewpoints, rather than simply debating them? Cool cool.
FWIW I wouldn't have even replied to you originally, but whenever we have fall into a rut you always claim there is a lack of passion and that really pissed me off after watching every player give it their all and work their arses off tonight against a very decent side. A wholly unjust accusation against our team, both tonight and this season.
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I didnāt disagree with your opinion you jumped on mine ..
Ok maybe the lack of passion wasnāt warranted I retract that š¬
My point was Boro started the season pushing forward controlling the midfield and attacking teams ā¦ now even though they have the best defence in the league seems that is Revlels focus and not that they arenāt scoring and are relying on Reid who seems to be well off the boil now heās playing for Ireland again isnāt boding well ..
This is all about opinions .. I know you go to all games thats great but I have watched every game this season and thatās just my opinion
Ps you always have to have a little Leeds pop when replying to me š«£ fuck me donāt you think itās hard enough being a Leeds fan as it is !!! š¤£š¤£
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And that is a point we have been discussing during matches the past few weeks, why we have gone from looking dangerous whenever we attack and creating lots, as with early in the season, to now creating little and scoring very rarely.
The change is personnel owing to injuries is definitely a factor in having to play a different way as not every player plays the same or fits the same style (and our signings this season appear to be intended for us to be able to play a number of different formations and styles), but I also think a big issue is that we were probably a surprise package early on as it was a very different style to last season. But as clubs cottoned on, they have countered it and made it far harder for us to succeed playing the same way as a result. And whilst we have a good side, we aren't like Birmingham or Wrexham last year where our players are too good for the level so we can just play how we want and be better than and beat most sides. Also with us doing so well, sides started coming to us with defensive set ups, which are harder to break down. And I cannot really ever remember is dealing with that, going back decades with different managers, coaches and players, we always struggle to break down defensive sides.
This is where Revs is going to have to earn that new contract of his, and going to have to come up with a way we can mix it up and get back creating good chances, taking them, and winning again, regardless of how sides defend against us. Hopefully sooner rather than later before we start to drop down the table and out of contention.
Edited by Chuds at 23:08:00 on 9th December 2025
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Lincoln were the first side to come out and properly do a job on us. I feel like that was the result that shook us up a bit. As you say we aren't good enough to keep playing that same way and steamroller the opposition consistently. We also haven't found an alternative that works as effectively yet.
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Why is 0-0 seen as a good result? Especially at home. Even if we were to somehow able to draw all the games against the playoff teams and above we would likely miss out due to lack of points accumulated.
At home, if you have any kind of ambition, 0-0 should never be accepted or aimed for, even with a weakened squad.
I guess if you are aiming for a slide down to midtable, then yeah it's great. I'd prefer to risk a bit.
Edited by RockyBottom at 21:05:42 on 9th December 2025
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They are the top side.
And it's not aiming for 0-0, it's aiming for 0-0 as the minimum (as opposed to losing) and trying to win off the back of that.
We haven't got the attacking players today to have the luxury of thinking we can out score the leading goalscorers and currently best team in the league. You have to be smart.
Keep it tight, and keep chipping away at trying to score.
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Itās the best we can hope for with the XI on the pitch
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Even first half. Neither side troubled the other. Been unfortunate a few times that the ball hasn't fallen for us in the box.
Charlie Goode is suspended for Stockport away at the weekend.
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Doherty doesn't look out of place, does he.
Even enough, crucially we've got the tempo right. Keep it fast and aggressive.
Only concern is both CBs on yellows now, so might see a change at some point second half.
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Not out of place but not the same as having White or Phillips. Bring Phillips on when he gets booked.
Hopefully Reid isn't injured, as Lubala and Malcolm up front will be like the L2 season when we signed a load of conference strikers expecting to be playing in the conference before finding out we were saved.
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All these apparent non-league players we have in our team and yet we are holding a massive club with big resources, and are in the playoffs of League One, which says to me we are doing even better than it first appears. Strange if we are so full of shit players that we would line up in a way to get the best out of them rather than just going at it and being carved open.
And yet people are still moaning about it. We can never win.
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The team is greater than the individuals. Or whatever the saying is.
Edited by Sev at 21:05:54 on 9th December 2025
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Attitude Is More Important Than Ability
A noble genius once said
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You may be.posting that half in jest but it's as true today as it was then.
If.you can't afford the technical quality, and some of your technical quality is injured or otherwise off the boil (Kemp, White, Roberts, Reid), you have to level the field another way.
And that way is being organised and working fucking hard. Which we did in spades, as Chuds has said.
That Dan P tackle that crashed Fish into the advertising hoardings late on typified Boro, committed and tenacious.
Edited by BALDOCKBORO at 08:22:41 on 10th December 2025
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It was half in jest, but you're right, and Revell is channeling it now too, as least in our defensive mindset. That absolute we will not be beaten mentality and putting everything on the line to stop them getting past us at the back has been great to see. One deflection and a moment of brilliance was the only thing that got past
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Let's not forget that Robinson has also played in the Prem and is probably on a pretty penny to stay at Cardiff in League 1.
We have two of our best players injured and having to bring on a player who was playing National League 3 months ago.
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That tackle was brilliant! It happened right in front of me! Iām glad the referee didnāt listen to their whinging - it was perfectly timed
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There shouldnt be any moaning from last night. Yes we didnt look like scoring, but they are a championship quality team, and we ran them very close. A ball falling our way during a set piece and we would all have thought it was brilliant.
Doherty, Luther and Saxon were all excellent. Am not suprised we did not create much missing Kemp, Roberts and Harvey.
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That last sentence...prescient;)
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Doherty is the only positive of the game and the fact we haven't conceded yet...
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Cardiff had 2-3 brilliant chances and should really be ahead. We have Lubala, a Conference South player.
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Never been impressed with Lubala whenever heās played to be honest. I genuinely donāt know what he adds to our game in the slightest. Felt exactly the same when Simpson played up front for us. Poor on and off the ball. The fact that young et al donāt get a look in at all over Lubala says leaps and bounds at what Revās thinks of them.
Otherwise a very sound defensive performance. Clear weāve set up for a point. Midfield does feel too easy to play through at times, would like to see Phillips introduced later. Cardiff clearly too good for the league much like Birmingham last year. But unbeatable? Never.
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And weāre in the League One play-offs at present. It isnāt pretty at times but weāre doing incredibly. The bollocks some of our fans spout sometimes beggars belief.
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True. āThe bollocks some of our fans spout at all times.ā Fixed it.
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Heās wearing gloves FFS!
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Gary Smith would have done the right thing and put his hands in his pockets.
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We did ok first half
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Needed half time though after their last onslaught
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Yeah, I love watching 90 mins of trying not to concede.
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Don't bother then
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Appears to be our "MO" in last couple of months. Avoid defeat at all costs. Not what you expect if we ARE serious about promotion. And they wonder why the crowds aren't improving
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Our second-biggest crowds in our entire history, but sure.
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Are you there?
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All respect to the commentator but god he's boring. Bring back the 3CR lads.
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Highlights of the first half, a stat coming up saying we had completed 29 passes in 31 minutes (compared to their 144) and Lubala dribbling it straight off the pitch.
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Assume all injured but thats a fair few missing:
Kemp
White
Butler
Roberts
Edit: Ahadme also missing
Anyone else? Although I admit only Kemp and White are likely starters in our best XI at the moment.
Edited by BasingstokeBoro at 19:53:08 on 9th December 2025
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In this formation, Butler and Ahadme would probably be ahead of Saxon and Lubala
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Defensive line up is what we need tonight. Think it'll work well.
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We gonna be lumping it over the midfield anyway in this weather so won't matter. Save them getting sore necks.
Just need our more agricultural players, physical game incoming, nothing can go wrong.
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If ever there was a lineup that says we are playing for a 0-0 this is it. I wonder what message he gives to the team?
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Considering the many unavailable players, and what we have left, what are you suggesting he should be doing differently?
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What's wrong with Kemp and White then?
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I quite like it as a line-up.
Wing backs alongside a back 3 so licence for Saxon and LJW to push up when rare opportunities allow. Otherwise a solid 5.
Houghton as the midfield anchor. Ryan doing wonder kid stuff Ć la Orford, Louis shoring it all up and BGR being fed by Beryl.
Not sure we'll create much pretty stuff from open play but tonight is a night for set pieces and keeping it simple no?
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You think they are available but he has dropped them from the squad entirely because he wants to go for a 0-0, but doesn't want the option of them being on the bench in case Cardiff score? Come on Harry, even you aren't that negative/anti-Revs!
You hate Sweeney and Phillips, who are both on the bench, most of our fans seem to think Taye is now a liability, Luther is better than Pattenden (and I really like Pattenden), Phoenix absolutely should not be starting today, Bez offers more physicality and experience than Malcolm, which just leaves Campbell, who I would often start but wouldn't fit into the formation today. So really dunno what else he can do considering injuries. Don't get me wrong, when I saw the team my instant thought was "losing tonight then", but we have a number of our most influential players unavailable.
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It's Campbell or Beryl, you cant play both in that shape against Cardiff.
Enjoy the slugfest I've got a lovely Bordeaux and a log fire to keep me company and I'm looking forward to it.
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5 2 1 2 tonight isn't it.
No room for Campbell/Phoenix. Lubala will be playing up top with Reid.
Get down the wings crosses into the box, bish bash bosh, goal after goal.
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Must obviously be injured otherwise theyād at least be on the bench.
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Why? Could just be illness as thereās a lot of that around at the moment.
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Ok, or Iāll, same end result.
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Perhaps it send the message that weāve got a few injuries in the squad, whoād ever think of something like that š
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