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Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By WASP (Original Mr Wasp)10/1 12:58Sat Jan 10 12:58:41 2026

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The Ref is bent

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Well at least one football result gave me a smile today

By WASP (Original Mr Wasp)10/1 17:01Sat Jan 10 17:01:34 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Exeter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Re: Well at least one football result gave me a smile today

By Paulio - the Tony Thorpe of Mods (Paulio)10/1 19:59Sat Jan 10 19:59:41 2026In response to Well at least one football result gave me a smile today Top of thread

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10p in the £1 or something?

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Re: Well at least one football result gave me a smile today

By Sev10/1 20:58Sat Jan 10 20:58:47 2026In response to Re: Well at least one football result gave me a smile today Top of thread

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"10-1 is coincidentally also the ratio of pence to pounds that Exeter paid it's creditors"

Would be what I would write if I'd been clever enough to have connected the two.

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Re: Well at least one football result gave me a smile today

By Paulio - the Tony Thorpe of Mods (Paulio)10/1 21:45Sat Jan 10 21:45:08 2026In response to Re: Well at least one football result gave me a smile today Top of thread

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That was my joke. Wanker

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Re: Well at least one football result gave me a smile today

By H Bomb10/1 22:40Sat Jan 10 22:40:42 2026In response to Re: Well at least one football result gave me a smile today Top of thread

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Wasn’t it 7p anyway?

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Re: Well at least one football result gave me a smile today

By HITCHIN CALLING11/1 08:31Sun Jan 11 08:31:44 2026In response to Re: Well at least one football result gave me a smile today Top of thread

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TBF they are note the only one seems Sheff W will exit Admin asd keep league status but only paying so called footy creditors , , and it won't be full amount but a set percentage.Everyone else Inc local traders get nil

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Re: Well at least one football result gave me a smile today

By Sev10/1 17:02Sat Jan 10 17:02:20 2026In response to Well at least one football result gave me a smile today Top of thread

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Meltdown when we lose to them next weekend.

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Re: Well at least one football result gave me a smile today

By WASP (Original Mr Wasp)10/1 17:23Sat Jan 10 17:23:48 2026In response to Re: Well at least one football result gave me a smile today Top of thread

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Justified.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Newbie_Boro (Yorkshire_Boro)10/1 16:52Sat Jan 10 16:52:48 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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It's feels like this defeat is a bit of a marker in the season for me.

I think if we'd have won today, and I thought it looked like we would win for a long period of that game, then the playoff chase continues.

But after losing, it feels like we're going to settle in to mid table mediocrity, which is of course still good going for us and we mustn't lose sight of that.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Chuds10/1 15:18Sat Jan 10 15:18:34 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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We have taken the lead in the second half in four of our last five matches. We have won none of them.

Our defensive unit that was so strong previously, is faltering at the time we most need it.

We really are not far off stringing a bunch of wins together and cementing our place towards the top of the table, but need it to happen rapidly where we see out these leads and hold on to the three points.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Jason (Jason)10/1 16:36Sat Jan 10 16:36:28 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Are you starting to lose faith in Revell now, after this recent poor run of results?

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Chuds10/1 16:41Sat Jan 10 16:41:23 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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My view hasn't changed any more during the past few games where we have struggled a bit than it did during the first stretch of games in the season when we won most of them, as ten matches doesn't determine a season, nor a manager.

As said, we have led in the second half in four of our last five matches. See even just a couple of those games out and these conversations aren't happening. Fine margins.

Edited by Chuds at 16:42:01 on 10th January 2026

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Jason (Jason)10/1 17:01Sat Jan 10 17:01:03 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Fair enough point. 🙂

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Revell

By WASP (Original Mr Wasp)10/1 14:27Sat Jan 10 14:27:14 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Thank God he’s got such a long contract to try and get us back to winning ways.

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Re: Revell

By Telboy10/1 18:41Sat Jan 10 18:41:13 2026In response to Revell Top of thread

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Fancy trying it on a shoestring?
Every match in League 1, we are punching above our weight and on minimal finance.
I take my Stevenage Boro hat off in admiration of our achievements so far.
Look at the money Wilshere has at his disposal and we made him and his team look like a conference team first half.
Just enjoy the ride and see where it takes us.

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Re: Revell

By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)10/1 18:46Sat Jan 10 18:46:52 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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We aren't operating on a shoestring.

We have a competitive budget according to Phil. It won't be massive but it's enough to sign and retain players like Houghton, Marschall, Luther and Goode who could all realistically play at 'bigger clubs'.

Luton are a bigger club with 5k more punters coming through the gatea every week, plus parachute money etc. But they're the anomaly, along with 3 or 4 other big spenders.

Edited by BALDOCKBORO at 18:49:15 on 10th January 2026

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Re: Revell

By Telboy10/1 19:44Sat Jan 10 19:44:21 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Ok, let me change the word shoestring. Perhaps for a club without the riches of many of the others we are competing with at the top end of the league.

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Re: Revell

By StirlingBoro9111/1 09:53Sun Jan 11 09:53:18 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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But we're not really competing anymore are we. We had an astonishing start but we've been sussed quickly the moment we've started playing the tougher games. We're a mid-table side and that's fine if we'd not handed an unprecedentedly long contract to Revell.

I'm under no illusions about our resources but we keep having these colossal drop offs. The issue this season is it happened after about 10 games rather than halfway through the season.

Mid-table isn't an awful place to be for a club like us, but don't say we're competing with the top teams because right now, barring the home win against Luton, and the away win against Stockport we haven't. We've played 10 games against the top 10 (with Bolton being the only team we've not played). We've got 10pts from those 10 games and if you narrow it down to teams in the playoff places and higher it's 6pts from 7 games.

We're not competing for promotion right now.

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Re: Revell

By Tucks11/1 13:40Sun Jan 11 13:40:39 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Points earned in the first 10 games count for the same as those gained in any other games. We’re two points outside of the play offs with two/three games in hand on the sides above us. That is competing. The season is a whole, not taken in parts.

It’s funny how those who were jizzing themselves posting every few days about Championship ground regs in August and September are now those wetting themselves because we’ve had a rough spell yet we’re still very much above where we expected to be before a ball was kicked.

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Re: Revell

By StirlingBoro9111/1 15:52Sun Jan 11 15:52:36 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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I feel like people need. To stop using how we were playing months ago as a defence for how we're playing now. We had our best ever start but that ended months ago and what has followed has seen us start to drop.

Are we going to continue to use that start as a shield from any criticism for the whole season? How far do we have to drop before certain people will stop saying we're competing with the top teams?

I've said a mid-table finish would be great for a team of our size.

As for that quip about Championship regs, we were having an interesting hypothetical conversation.

Go back and look how multiple times I kept saying it was too early for us to start talking concretely about us going up.

The regs conversations.were more about the general direction and growth of the club whether it were next season or ten seasons from now so don't read into them too much.

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Re: Revell

By Tucks11/1 17:38Sun Jan 11 17:38:48 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Come on now. It wasn’t hypothetical for the people who drove the discussion, it was pant jizzing pure and simple.

Is the ground up to Championship standard? Are the players good enough for the Championship? Will a Championship club poach Revs? All early season topics here. Now all of a sudden the sky is falling because we’re outside the play offs.

We’ve tailed off a bit, absolutely. But we’ve not taken the nose dive some are making out. There have been signs that the early season form and patterns of play are still in there though. This is a very strange time for the knives to come out. It’s also ironic that those making the most negative noise are in the main those who were full of promotion and Championship chat early doors.

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Re: Revell

By AndyC11/1 23:19Sun Jan 11 23:19:50 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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The Sky commentator for the Plymouth game on NYD was talking about how championship clubs will be noticing what Revell had been able to do with us this season BTW

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Re: Revell

By Sev12/1 07:55Mon Jan 12 07:55:51 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Does BTW mean before the wobble?

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Re: Revell

By AndyC12/1 13:06Mon Jan 12 13:06:53 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Ha, it could well be

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Re: Revell

By Chuds11/1 17:17Sun Jan 11 17:17:39 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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"We had our best ever start but that ended months ago"

Had we held on and won yesterday we would have been on our best ever start in League One right now. Today. Halfway through a season. As it is we are a mere three points off our best ever start, and one win off our most ever wins at this stage.

Win one of our two or three games in hand and we are in the playoffs. That is very much competing, in my eyes.

Revs out.

Edited by Chuds at 17:20:34 on 11th January 2026

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Re: Revell

By StirlingBoro9111/1 17:27Sun Jan 11 17:27:12 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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I'm not calling for Revs out by any stretch but the reason this would be our best start is because of just how insane that start to the season was.

We're going off the first 10 games and then downplaying or flat out ignoring the form over the last 13 games.

As I've said repeatedly I'm happy with a mid-table finish. I just cannot understand why some on here are so dead set against any criticism because we started well.

There has to be some sort of balance here where we acknowledge the insane start but also the stagnation that came later.

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Re: Revell

By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)11/1 18:01Sun Jan 11 18:01:35 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Calm your tits everyone, it's not like we've only won 2 league games since the beginning of October or anything...

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Re: Revell

By Rob SBFC (Big Robbie (SBFC))11/1 20:05Sun Jan 11 20:05:45 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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I have asked my tits to calm down, but they just jiggle around regardless

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Re: Revell

By Sev11/1 20:40Sun Jan 11 20:40:36 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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A sight to behold.

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Re: Revell

By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)11/1 20:52Sun Jan 11 20:52:15 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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One for the bank or the mind bleach, depending on taste

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Re: Revell

By Rob SBFC (Big Robbie (SBFC))11/1 15:33Sun Jan 11 15:33:20 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Exactly. We are in a great position

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Re: Revell

By Freemo11/1 14:33Sun Jan 11 14:33:54 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Plenty were certain we wouldn't revert to the mean when we shit the bed at the top of L2, but we did it just in time.

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Re: Revell

By Telboy11/1 10:35Sun Jan 11 10:35:34 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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The five year contract is neither here nor there, it can be terminated at any time. Granted, there would be cost implications. To believe this means we are bound by the contract for five years is a misnomer. As said before on Borochat, the contract gives our club the insurance that if he is coaxed away, we are compensated. All this said, I am more than happy with what Revs and his coaching team have achieved up to now. Look at the first 55mins of the Luton game and the beginning of the second half against Plymouth, that shows what the manager has portrayed to the team. It's not the manager fault all the time or his inability, it is more the players that are not responding to instructions.

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Re: Revell

By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)11/1 11:15Sun Jan 11 11:15:58 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Couldn't agree more with your opening lines.

I wish people would stop banging on about the 4 year bloody contract.

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Re: Revell

By Sev11/1 13:01Sun Jan 11 13:01:45 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Next manager we get on a one or two year contract after every win I'm going to post "I can't believe we only gave him a one year contract"

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Re: Revell

By Freemo11/1 13:27Sun Jan 11 13:27:37 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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I'm on a permanent contract, which means I will eventually drive my employer bankrupt if I live long enough. What idiot signed that off?

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Re: Revell

By SFCfox11/1 10:30Sun Jan 11 10:30:34 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Disagree. We've had key players out injured who are now back.

We take our chances in the first half yesterday, it's a different story. We're back competing and i'm confident we'll turn a corner soon.

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Re: Revell

By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)10/1 19:57Sat Jan 10 19:57:35 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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I agree

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Re: Revell

By SFCfox10/1 21:19Sat Jan 10 21:19:39 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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I saw a video of the "Top 10 earners in League 1 this season"

5 Cardiff players and 5 Luton Town players. Some of the Luton players are on 15k+ a week after their back to back relegations.

That's if the video was 100% FACTS like.

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Wallace gamble backfires

By Rotterdamboro10/1 16:04Sat Jan 10 16:04:22 2026In response to Revell Top of thread

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Revell was only handed a long deal because Wallace gambled that another club would try and lure him away and have to pay hefty compensation. But its evidently clear clubs have sussed Revell couldn’t direct piss into a bucket so now we’re lumbered

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Re: Wallace gamble backfires

By Owen B10/1 16:36Sat Jan 10 16:36:34 2026In response to Wallace gamble backfiresTop of thread

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I see you're glass half full, as usual!!

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Re: Wallace gamble backfires

By Sev10/1 16:21Sat Jan 10 16:21:47 2026In response to Wallace gamble backfiresTop of thread

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I fully expected us to never go through a sticky patch in those 5 years.

Jesus wept.

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Re: Revell

By Jason (Jason)10/1 15:35Sat Jan 10 15:35:25 2026In response to Revell Top of thread

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Given the strong start Boro made to this season, along with the fact Revell did enough last season to keep us in League One, thats probably why Wallace placed a great deal of trust and confidence in him to offer a 5 year contract. That level of belief would explain why Wallace saw Revell as the right long-term choice to take the club forward and rewarded him with a five-year contract.

Unfortunately, we’re now on a poor run of form and have been winless since the 3–1 away victory at Stockport. Even so, things could be far worse, we could be sitting in the bottom four, but thankfully we still find ourselves in the top half of the table.

The frustration among fans is completely understandable, but realistically it’s unlikely Wallace will suddenly lose faith in Revell after a short bad spell. He has invested in him for the long term and will almost certainly believe the manager can turn things around.

However, if this poor run were to drag on over a longer period, for example six to seven games, then it would be reasonable for the board to start questioning whether Revell is the right man to change the club’s direction.

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Re: Revell

By Rob SBFC (Big Robbie (SBFC))10/1 16:40Sat Jan 10 16:40:10 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Is that from ChatGPT?

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Re: Revell

By Jason (Jason)10/1 16:59Sat Jan 10 16:59:42 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Why are you asking about my thread, if its come from ChatGPT?

Are you going to ask every other Boro fan this evening if there thread has come from ChatGPT ?

However I don't use AI, as I am not a big fan of it.

Edited by Jason at 17:15:59 on 10th January 2026

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Re: Revell

By Owen B10/1 16:35Sat Jan 10 16:35:47 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Before the season I would have been happy with somewhere in the 12th-17th range, hopefully making a bit of progress by earning more than last season's points total of 57.

Expectations have understandably gone up because of the good start. But, realistically, a top half finish would be excellent and something to build on

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Re: Revell

By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)10/1 17:19Sat Jan 10 17:19:49 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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We have a better squad than last season.

We have seen Freestone and White turn into solid L1 players.

We have a fantastic defensive group for our level.

We flew.out of the blocks.

The league is probably weaker, with fewer standout teams.

If we don't improve on last season by a decent margin I'd say the manager hasn't hit the target I had for him, and Phil probably had for him.

So he'll have failed. I wouldn't necessarily change him but I would mark his card.

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Re: Revell

By RockyBottom10/1 20:50Sat Jan 10 20:50:42 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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I'd argue that as good as the back for is from a defensive point of view, we are probably one of the weakest back fours when on the ball. I guess it's what you want from your defence, but it would have been very useful in a game like today to have a period of possession on the ball.

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Re: Revell

By Jason (Jason)10/1 17:12Sat Jan 10 17:12:20 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Well said. I agree with that completely. Expectations definitely shifted after the strong start, but realistically a top half finish would still be a very solid season and something we can build on.

While my faith in Revell has gone based on the recent run, he still has my respect. He’s clearly a good person who genuinely cares about the club, and I’m not going to start slating him just because results have dipped.

I will be more then happy to finish around 12th as that means we still remain a league one club for next season, considering I think we were one of the strong favorites to be relegated this season, someone please clarify this.

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Re: Revell

By Pete (PeteH)10/1 16:02Sat Jan 10 16:02:00 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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One issue is the fact that nothing changes from game to game. It's the same formula. On and on and on. And comments about returning to intensity levels as if that fixes our scoring woes and increasing defensive lapses.

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Re: Revell

By Jason (Jason)10/1 16:32Sat Jan 10 16:32:33 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Yes, that’s a fair point and I agree with you. My previous post was more about looking at it from Wallace’s perspective and why he was likely confident enough to offer the five-year contract at the time.

When I mentioned us being in the top half, I was simply trying to highlight one of the few positives in what’s been a frustrating period lately.

Like you, I now cant really see much changing in the short term, and it seems a lot of Boro fans feel the same way. That’s probably where the concern comes from, not just the results, but the sense that we’re stuck in the same pattern.

Edited by Jason at 16:35:14 on 10th January 2026

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Re: Revell

By Pete (PeteH)10/1 17:29Sat Jan 10 17:29:01 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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I wasn't challenging your point... just your post was the one that I ended up replying to

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Re: Revell

By Jason (Jason)10/1 18:16Sat Jan 10 18:16:00 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Sorry for any confusion. I didn’t take your comment as challenging my points, I was just explaining to Wasp why Wallace may have felt confident enough to offer Revell the five year contract, and simply continuing the discussion to you.

I apologies if that wasn’t clear. 🙂

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Re: Revell

By H Bomb10/1 16:20Sat Jan 10 16:20:14 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that AIMITA. 😎

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Re: Revell

By H Bomb10/1 14:29Sat Jan 10 14:29:31 2026In response to Revell Top of thread

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I don’t know why he was awarded a 4 year contract when he’s repeatedly demonstrated he can’t get any energy from the team.
One assumes Phil has some watertight performance-related release-clauses if the worst comes to the worst.

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Re: Revell

By WASP (Original Mr Wasp)10/1 14:35Sat Jan 10 14:35:31 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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1 win in last 10 games isn’t that bad. He will get them back on track soon

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Re: Revell

By H Bomb10/1 15:47Sat Jan 10 15:47:25 2026In response to Re: Revell Top of thread

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Feast or famine. No inbetween. 😏

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Copes (CDawg)10/1 14:24Sat Jan 10 14:24:02 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Luton shit.

Luton manager proactive.

Luton manager makes changes.

Luton do better.

Stevenage then shit.

Stevenage manager does nothing.

Stevenage concede.

Stevenage lose.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Freemo10/1 14:27Sat Jan 10 14:27:52 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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On this FA Cup third round day, Luton Town were able to step up in the second half to overcome the plucky resistance of The Dog & Duck FC.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By BedsBoro (peanut)10/1 14:27Sat Jan 10 14:27:21 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Sadly that's pretty accurate

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By BasingstokeBoro10/1 14:27Sat Jan 10 14:27:00 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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You can't say stuff like that on this forum... its almost anti-Revs.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By H Bomb10/1 14:26Sat Jan 10 14:26:49 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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I am disappoint.

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Kemp off for Malcolm

By WASP (Original Mr Wasp)10/1 14:13Sat Jan 10 14:13:49 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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That’s a positive move from Revs

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Copes (CDawg)10/1 13:45Sat Jan 10 13:45:34 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Kemp has to make way for Louis or Houghton here.

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1-0 Freestone.

By WASP (Original Mr Wasp)10/1 13:44Sat Jan 10 13:44:10 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Get in

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Re: 1-1

By WASP (Original Mr Wasp)10/1 13:44Sat Jan 10 13:44:57 2026In response to 1-0 Freestone. Top of thread

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Ref pandered to the crowd and gave a free kick

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Re: 1-1

By Copes (CDawg)10/1 13:45Sat Jan 10 13:45:50 2026In response to Re: 1-1Top of thread

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that was a fun 45 seconds

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Re: 1-1

By NorfolkIAN10/1 14:35Sat Jan 10 14:35:56 2026In response to Re: 1-1Top of thread

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And seeing the highlights.Lewis Freestone was fouled when Luton equalised

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Re: 1-1

By ltn10/1 15:50Sat Jan 10 15:50:56 2026In response to Re: 1-1Top of thread

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And your goal was hand ball in the build up

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Re: 1-1

By Copes (CDawg)10/1 16:05Sat Jan 10 16:05:08 2026In response to Re: 1-1Top of thread

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Evened out your penalty.

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Re: 1-1

By ltn10/1 16:07Sat Jan 10 16:07:19 2026In response to Re: 1-1Top of thread

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Was a definate penalty. Shitly taken but a penalty

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Re: 2-1

By BasingstokeBoro10/1 13:55Sat Jan 10 13:55:04 2026In response to Re: 1-1Top of thread

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Well, they are premier league!

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Re: 2-1

By Copes (CDawg)10/1 13:56Sat Jan 10 13:56:29 2026In response to Re: 2-1Top of thread

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I am stewing. We’ve been getting tormented for the last 10 minutes and Houghton/Louis are still sitting on the bench

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Re: 2-1

By SFCfox10/1 14:26Sat Jan 10 14:26:48 2026In response to Re: 2-1Top of thread

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Agreed. Apart from a 5 minute spell they had nothing.

So frustrating, how have we lost that?

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Re: 2-1

By WASP (Original Mr Wasp)10/1 13:56Sat Jan 10 13:56:01 2026In response to Re: 2-1Top of thread

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Ref caving in to all the home fans demands

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Copes (CDawg)10/1 13:07Sat Jan 10 13:07:31 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Great save. Penalty decision was unreal. Absolutely unreal.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Stevenage fan10/1 13:06Sat Jan 10 13:06:20 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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If that was a penalty football is finished. They are shit get into them.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By FingersLily10/1 13:24Sat Jan 10 13:24:10 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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I had the perfect view - I’m stood about 6 rows back directly in line with the challenge. They both just went for the ball. No way was that a penalty.

Phillips has had a storming 1st half. This Luton side are really poor!

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Jason (Jason)10/1 13:03Sat Jan 10 13:03:34 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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As I am unable to watch the game on TV, is there any updates regarding our performance so far ? Cheers

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Copes (CDawg)10/1 13:08Sat Jan 10 13:08:41 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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We’re playing well. Roberts missed a great chance.

Kemp had a chance to put Pheonix in but he is right foot is woeful.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Owen B10/1 13:21Sat Jan 10 13:21:29 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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I think we've been much the better team in the first half. Not sure how the commentator thinks it has been even. Soft penalty. Phillips has been all over the Luton players pressing well. And, of course, Marschall has been immense

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By BedsBoro (peanut)10/1 13:30Sat Jan 10 13:30:19 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Agreed, very good performance so far with Phillips and White in particular standing out. Just need that goal now...

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Copes (CDawg)10/1 13:23Sat Jan 10 13:23:02 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Probably because Luton finished stronger, but yeah we were better over the full 45

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By H Bomb10/1 13:00Sat Jan 10 13:00:11 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Very soft.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By BasingstokeBoro10/1 12:59Sat Jan 10 12:59:38 2026In response to Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Philips shouldn't have given the Ref a decision to make. No idea why he jumped at the running player.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Tucks10/1 13:38Sat Jan 10 13:38:51 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Yep. It was a pen. Soft maybe but more a head rush from Phillips who has otherwise been excellent.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)10/1 14:47Sat Jan 10 14:47:30 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Yep, very soft and stupid.

And caused by Goode giving away a stupid free kick immediately before.

A game of moments. They took their chances, we had several but couldn't take them.

Disappointed that we can still produce two halves that are poles apart in terms of quality, tempo and tactics. Our best half in weeks, mo rhs maybe, followed by a collapse.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Owen B10/1 16:32Sat Jan 10 16:32:20 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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It was annoying to lose. And looking at the stats, it was a real game of two halves.

Positives:
We came out of the traps and were at them from the get go, a really good first 25-30 minutes. A lot of fans wanted to see a good start to games, me included
Phillips looked good harassing anyone with the ball in that period
Marschall looked immense. Not just the penalty save, he was impressive throughout
Phoenix looked dangerous
Corners were really good, could have got a few more from set pieces

Negatives:
With a start like that, I'd like to see us score at least 1 or 2 while on top
We completely run out of steam after Luton pulled it back to 1-1
Reid looks off the pace - we need a fit striker that we can either rotate with him or play up top with him, he looks knackered
Roberts was a lucky boy not to get a second yellow for the incident near the Luton bench - brainless and not a great performance either

Overall, I was pleased to see the start and get straight out of the traps. Luton will be up there and we could have or should have nicked a point. Onto the next one

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Sev10/1 17:06Sat Jan 10 17:06:17 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Again we suffer from not being able to put away chances, or make the most of when we are dominating. If other teams had the possession/corners etc we had first half they'd be leading 2 nil so when the inevitable change comes from the opposition and they have a good spell, conceding one doesn't matter so much.

With us we play well for large periods but get nothing for it, then the other team gets a chance and scores it.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By RockyBottom10/1 13:24Sat Jan 10 13:24:30 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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A much better first half, high pressing and work rate was more like the start of the season. Frustrating not to be ahead and with a bit of luck we might have been. Not sure we can keep this tempo up all game though.

Edited by RockyBottom at 13:24:40 on 10th January 2026

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By RockyBottom10/1 14:27Sat Jan 10 14:27:04 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Yep, sadly tired in the second half.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Mocheeba10/1 14:33Sat Jan 10 14:33:40 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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We do look very leggy. A downside of operating with such a fierce press while on a stretched bill of health. Players have come back but we don't look full fitness at all. Feels like we're only able to play 1 half of football and then other feels reliant on the opposition making an error.

Was frustrating to see the substitutions come as soon as we conceded the second. I suspect they already had them planned but we need to be much more on the pulse and not give them time to build momentum like they had did.

We desperately need another option up top. Reid looks so tired up there alone, even with Roberts who clearly offers a different dynamic to Chem/Patterson with him being a bit more physical/direct.

I really don't see what harm it does us at the minute to have Young/Malcom start the odd game and bring Reid on in the second half.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By RockyBottom10/1 14:35Sat Jan 10 14:35:12 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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You can't press like that for 90mins. You need a spell where you keep the ball, that's the bit we struggle with.

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Re: Match Thread

By Big G.10/1 15:19Sat Jan 10 15:19:49 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Watching us play on TV makes it even more obvious how many long and/or hopeful balls we play forward. We rarely have a player who runs at their defence, committing defenders, putting other players in, maybe having a shot. We score so few 'constructed' goals, most are scrappy from close range. I think we can still be tight at the back but be more adventurous with the ball. We've been so frustrating to watch recently.

PS. This opinion is largely based on the second half today (and many recent home matches). I admit that we did look more energetic in the first half.

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Re: Match Thread

By Freemo10/1 15:53Sat Jan 10 15:53:32 2026In response to Re: Match ThreadTop of thread

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I think some of our attacking players who started the season well are now having a crisis of confidence due to seeing so little of the ball at their feet, not knowing how else to influence games. Like Campbell has done really well for us at points but what was he meant to do when he came on today? The exception being Roberts who seems happier to have a scrap than actually use his ability.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Borobear3510/1 14:29Sat Jan 10 14:29:23 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Im absolutely peed off with the likes of Roberts & Reid performances, Reids chances were shocking cant even hit the target from 4 yards, should have been 2-3 up before we even scored!!!

We need strikers in this market who can score goals, or we will finish mid table at this rate.....

Pheonix lovely cross into the box for Freestone, Roberts is lazy, couldnt be bothered 2nd half to chase the ball

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Mocheeba10/1 14:57Sat Jan 10 14:57:08 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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It's too easy to say " we need strikers who can score goals" every football team wants that.

I wouldn't be surprised if we missed a few targets in pre-season that would have prevented situations like this, but the fact is we don't have huge budgets are goal-scoring strikers are a luxury.

We seem to be extremely poor when it comes to scouting strikers when it comes to impacting the first team.

Young, Pressley, Simpson, Apere, Malcom, Ahdme & Lubala - if you can include him. I'm sure there's others I'm missing too. None of these players have come close to being regular starters for us for varying reasons. We've done some absolutely scorching business elsewhere, but when it comes to forwards, whatever we're doing just isn't working.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By BedsBoro (peanut)10/1 14:51Sat Jan 10 14:51:35 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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The continued faith in Reid is insane - we can't just keep waiting for him to magically find confidence whilst missing easy chances every week. When he's not scoring he offers very, very little, and he's not been in proper goalscoring form for months now. I would say we need to bring in some new options but Revs would probably keep picking Reid anyway

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By SFCfox10/1 15:06Sat Jan 10 15:06:54 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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Reid isn't the problem. He's chasing shadows for 99% of the game.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Sev10/1 16:22Sat Jan 10 16:22:59 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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He's not that good though is he. Unfortunately we have no one better.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By BedsBoro (peanut)10/1 15:13Sat Jan 10 15:13:24 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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We don't make enough chances for him, but he has to offer more than he does at the moment. Even holding the ball up more effectively would at least offer something

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Chuds10/1 14:50Sat Jan 10 14:50:07 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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If I never see Roberts in a Boro' shirt again I will be a very happy man.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)10/1 14:55Sat Jan 10 14:55:46 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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He was fine today for the first hour.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Chuds10/1 15:14Sat Jan 10 15:14:15 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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"Fine".

Oh, well that's great then.

I view him in the same way I viewed Anthony Grant. This is not a good thing. The fact he has far more talent than half our squad but is the one I will be most pleased to see gone says it all.

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)10/1 15:18Sat Jan 10 15:18:40 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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I'm not a fan either. Too often goes missing.

Today he was one of our better players, in a good first half and a shit second. His levels dropped same as everyone else's but no further

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Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty.

By Chuds10/1 15:23Sat Jan 10 15:23:25 2026In response to Re: Match Thread. Never a penalty. Top of thread

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He also would have been sent off today by a number of referees.

Already on a booking (as so often booked for dissent or petulance) and decides to wrap his arm around the opposition's neck and sling him to the floor, right in front of their bench. So so dumb. As always from him.

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