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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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That's 2 defeats and a draw snatched from the jaws of victory in our last 4.
I'm choosing to stay positive and it's certainly no time to panic.
But we've now used up all the slack we really had over those around us so this patchy form needs to conclude with tonight's disappointment.
Still confident Evans will get us back on track though and I'll be getting ready to book my travel south for Wembley before long.
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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I think we really miss Gilbey. We need more energy and bite in midfield
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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This blip isn't as bad as last year's blip. We are playing reasonably well and just not getting results. We were never going to be winning every game so you take the rough with the smooth.
Last year we randomly started playing like shit all of a sudden and the blip was a lot more concerning because it looked like a potential sign of things to come. I don't feel the same way this season.
I would like us to try and switch the formation up a little though and try the 5-3-2 again. It worked well for us last year and I think suits the players we have.
I also think Evans needs to start hooking Roberts at half time when he's clearly having an off game. He rarely turns it out around if he starts the game poorly, so I'd rather we just cut our losses. He has 1 bad game in every 3, which is fine, but let's either rotate better to keep him sharp, or hook him when he's not doing well. When he's off the boil it's like playing with 10 men. This has nothing to do with last night btw, I didn't even watch the game. I just mean as a general rule of thumb.
Edited by AgentEves at 15:39:11 on 14th February 2024
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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Agree with all points.
Although I wouldn't even say we are in a blip, so really no need to panic at present. Three games without a win (which is nothing), not even three straight defeats, and we won the three in a row before it.
For me you need to have a five or six match winless run to start to worry, and the fewest points we have got in a five match spell this season is seven. If we don't beat any of Derby, Wycombe or Cambridge then we can start to worry about how our season ends, but not yet, for me.
Edited by Chuds at 20:26:32 on 14th February 2024
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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Our blip last year coincided with the goalkeeping merrygoround when AH was injured...
This is the start of a blip, and AH has been dropped inexplicably, coinciding with it, coincidence?
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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From the ET, not too sure if anyone else noticed Hemmings. His face of anger when he turned round to face MacGillivray. It was after MacGillivray blasted a kick right into touch during the second half. He wasn't a happy bunny, telling a story of little faith.
WE WANT TAH, WE WANT TAH!!!
Edited by Telboy at 18:18:08 on 14th February 2024
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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Totally agree.
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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Could have been a lot, lot, worse if the sides around us didn't drop points. But going into a tough game against Derby we should arguably be 8 points better off in the table. I was sure a couple of weeks ago we were starting to look favourites for that last playoff spot. Now I think it's going to be very tough going to get it.
Evans blaming the ref again last night is nothing short of pathetic.
Edited by RockyBottom at 08:13:48 on 14th February 2024
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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If your saw the same post match interview l did he mainly blamed us..
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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That£s disappointing. The ref was fine.
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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Agree, perhaps he should have yellow carded one of theirs a little earlier though .
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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Hiya, Gashead in Peace here. How the fudge do you read this thread in chronological order? Its just all over the place.
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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I'll be a little kinder... It is a hard format to get to grips with and probably needs an overhaul.
But it keeps outsiders confused so maybe not ?
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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I think the format is great. Rather than quoted posts and having to scroll through stuff you?re not interested in you can quickly and easily decide what posts/sub threads you?re interested in and ignore the rest.
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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One day support for this forum will be withdrawn and we will only be able to discuss Boro on TikTok through the medium of dance.
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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The debate would probably be much improved.
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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Simply read the top post, then use the "next unread article in this thread" button/hyperlink.
Edited by BALDOCKBORO at 14:07:54 on 14th February 2024
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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first you have to learn to read :-)
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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And on that basis one of ours too. He was very lenient at times, but let the game flow.
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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The only time to panic would be if we were in danger of going down. We?re not and we won?t be this season.
Very frustrating tonight but there?s still a lot of football to be played. Hopefully we can take something from Saturday (and Taye plays).
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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Yeah the TAH situation is really odd.
I've got a mate who keeps an eye on your scores and has watched a few games this season and even he asked why TAH has been dropped.
Makes no sense.
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Re: Match Thread - He got it wrong tonight
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We all have bad days at work and today was one of those for Evan?s.
They went 2-0 down made the change and that changed the game. We made our changes too late and possibly the wrong ones. The subs killed what rhythm we had at the time although they did get that back but way too late.
It?s been said many times about TAH being dropped, but that back 4/5 does not look anywhere as composed as we do with TAH. Granted keeper is as not to be blamed for any of the goals but as a unit we are no where near as composed and solid. I think we are owed justification for the GK situation it?s just baffling.
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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Evans was out managed tonight.
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Re: Match Thread - No time to panic, but certainly time to sit up
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Bollocks
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Re: Elsewhere
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Mansfield 9 Harrogate 2. Wow.
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Re: Match Thread
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Thats all folks!
We will be leaving Derby empty handed no doubt and itll be too much for us to do from there.
It was fun whilst it lasted. Really really disappointed with the goalkeeper situation.
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Re: Match Thread
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Enjoy Derby. Get pissed and sing. The support tonight was abject. I?ve been in less than 3,200 and it?s been electric. If we don?t make the pjay offs is it the end of the world?
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Re: Match Thread
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If we?d been offered staying up in August we?d have taken it. To be in the discussion to potentially go up again at this point of the season is brilliant.
There?s too much Chicken Little syndrome going on with every result that isn?t a win these days. It?s quite boring and will only get worse the higher we get up the pyramid, which ironically will bring more ?negative? results.
Just enjoy the football, don?t shit the bed every time anything at all happens and put Taye back in the team.
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Re: Match Thread
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Like AgentEves said, there's been at least part of all the games lately that have been enjoyable. I'd trade it for creating fewer chances and winning, but there you are.
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Re: Match Thread
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If we fail to make the play-offs, looking on the bright side, you know what is a good feeling, knowing we will be a league one club still next season when the bookies persumed we would be back in league 2 next season.
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Re: Match Thread
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Terrible that we won't be in the champions league next season.
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Re: Match Thread
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Who wants Champions League when there's the Herts Senior Cup to play for?
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Bends a corner off the pitch
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What a shambles
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Oh dear
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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He's been poor for a long time. Missed a trick not getting Saxon back. Even if he wouldn't be fit straight away.
I'd say less than half this starting XI deserve to be out there on merit atm. Guess we don't have a lot of options though.
Still absolutely dogshit from attacking throw ins and now it's spreading to the rest of the set pieces.
Edited by RockyBottom at 21:30:49 on 13th February 2024
Edited by RockyBottom at 21:32:25 on 13th February 2024
Edited by RockyBottom at 21:32:36 on 13th February 2024
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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You are talking complete crap here
One bad corner out of plenty of good crosses on a rainy night tonight isn?t the problem
Lack of composure and lack of concentration is what cost us tonight.
Plus the keeper is fucking ridiculous??? Are we doing MK a favour by playing him??? We aren?t a training ground
Bring TAH back
Enough said
Cheers,
InvaderOfPitches
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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He did it twice
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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He didn?t. JFC hit the first one out, Butler the second.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Someone did it in injury time on Saturday too
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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So which one of the goals would be lay the blame on the keeper tonight? It's a factor certainly, but it's so much more than that.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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The only thing he had to do tonight was pick 3 balls out of the net and that was down to our defending.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Just a pointless distraction with no need for it to be changed. No trust in the keeper from our defence and it?s so obvious.
Cheers,
InvaderOfPitches
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Well said.
Absolutely no need to change the position. Whether he had a chance for any of the goals tonight or not, TAH has not done anything to warrant being dropped and we've conceded goals ever since.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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I'm not disagreeing with that. I said it was madness at the start of the season when we were chopping and changing every game.
My point is that it isn't just changing the gk that's going to solve everything.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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What do you suggest for a change then?
TAH back in would be my first priority
These loan deals are so perplexing? we?ve signed a L2 level keeper, L2 level left back and a L2 level striker??????
Recruitment and Evans need to admit their mistakes and fuck these loan players off.
Enough said
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InvaderOfPitches
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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No, it's not.
But basic psychology, if it's going wrong then go back to the point where it was better.
If changes have made things worse...revert back.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Agree. He has to start Sat, along with Wildin.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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And also please bench Finley Burns.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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That would be nice!
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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As you say... I don't think it will 'fix' what's happening at the moment, but it is a start.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Why do you bother in following Boro still, when your so clearly against the team and fucked off every week it seems ???????
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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That was shit. This is why I don?t bother any more.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Good for you.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Rattled
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Not at all. I'm all good.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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If he was against the team he wouldn£t be upset when we lose
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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He's constantly seems to find a way to have a dig at players and be negative every week. Whatever the result is.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Only a fool could be happy with this?
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Your never happy it seems, so does that mean when we have picked up good results like for example, beating Wigan away, Derby and Blackpool at home,you wasn't happy with that??
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Wasn't I?
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Well you seem to enjoy making negative comments each week. Wow!!!!
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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You keep living in your little positive bubble. I'll live in reality. We've no right to be in the league position we are, but why should I be happy when we are masters of our own downfall? The last month, and arguably before, simply haven't been good enough. If you can walk away from that smiling then great, but I can't.
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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I haven't got a reason to be happy with the result and performance tonight,but to be where we are considering we we're relegation favourites, that's why I've been more happy then pissed off and moan and groan each week.
Edited by ForestBoro35 at 21:59:12 on 13th February 2024
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Alright Jake Humphries
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Re: Bends a corner off the pitch
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Unfortunately it's cool to be a Roy Keane or Chris Sutton grump bucket these days
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Re: Match Thread
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Played so well the first 25 then threw it away. I know Reid has had a good season but he misses sooooo many crucial chances. Had he taken them tonigjt we would have been out of sight
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Re: Match Thread
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That's why he's still here. His workrate, positioning etc. are first class but not that clinical.
Edited by RockyBottom at 21:23:30 on 13th February 2024
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2-2
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We fucked that right up. They have had hardly anything
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Re: 2-2
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Absolute joke. Keep chucking points away. 2-0 up at home no excuse.
Edited by RockyBottom at 21:07:22 on 13th February 2024
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Re: 2-2
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I got slaughtered for suggesting that Boro Charity was such a thing.
But after watching us miss sitters and then concede a last minute penalty on Saturday and then watching us throw away a 2 goal lead against probably the worst team I've seen all season...
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Self destruct button pressed.
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What a shambles
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Re: Self destruct button pressed.
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Fucking bellends.
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Re: Self destruct button pressed.
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Oh dear it has gone pear shaped lately hasn't it!!!!
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Boro Charity
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There you go... I called it last Tuesday.
I'll say it again
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Re: Boro Charity
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Oh well, only Derby away on Saturday ?
Edited by RockyBottom at 21:15:31 on 13th February 2024
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Re: Boro Charity
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TBH we'll probably win that.
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Re: 2-2
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It absolutely is a thing. Whenever we get ourselves in a good position we conspire to balls it up in games we should win.
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Half time game
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Didn?t that bloke used to play most of the other HT games we had?
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Elsewhere
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Pretty much perfect results elsewhere coming up to half time. Only Orient winning again.
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Re: Match Thread
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STOP FUCKING PLAYING MACGILLIVRAY.
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Re: Match Thread
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Taye would have saved their goal....
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Re: Match Thread
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The useless bugger has conceded eight goals in five games with just a solitary clean sheet, has zero communication with the defensive unit, is slow as fuck coming off his line, leading to issues every game, and is worse than Taye in every single way other than perhaps slightly his kicking. The whole defence looks far less comfortable and confident with him behind them.
AND he isn't even ours.
It is bloody ridiculous.
#TEAMTAYE.
Edited by Chuds at 23:38:09 on 13th February 2024
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Re: Match Thread
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Tend to agree, positioning all wrong for the first goal.
Edited by colombiaboro at 14:14:27 on 14th February 2024
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Re: Match Thread
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I mostly trust Evans' judgement, but what on earth is going on today. No Taye. No LJW. Team is stacked with defensive players but still conceded 3.
I wish we'd revert to the 5-3-2 / 3-4-1-2.
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Re: Match Thread
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We've not been good for a long time really, just managed to grind out a few results like Shrewsbury away.
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Re: Match Thread
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But for a long time we've been able to grind out results, or hold on, or push for a later winner.
I'm really struggling to see any of that at the moment.
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Re: Match Thread
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Blackpool aside, we've conceded 8 in four games against bang average opposition. We need to stop being pushovers at the back.
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Re: Match Thread
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I don't think it's just at the back though. As I said before the match, certain players in midfield just don't do enough for me.
Regardless, hopefully Chuds gets his wish. Taye has to come back in for Saturday doesn't he?
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Re: Match Thread
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Can we also so something about Finley Burns? Our midfield just seems to be AWOL whenever he starts.
And if LJW is fit, why isn't he starting?
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Re: Match Thread
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Annoyed me with Hegyi at the start of the season so don't even get me started on now. That said it's far from the only issue the last few games. No way we should lose this after the first 20mins, but you knew we would.
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Re: Match Thread
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He kicks it like a rocket tbf
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Re: Match Thread
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Simply put. Big Steve has to change something.
Psychologically, whether the keeper had a chance or not, we need TAH back.
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Re: Match Thread
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Lol. Great strike to be fair.
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Re: Match Thread
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Much better performance today but need to keep the pedal to the floor
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Plus size Lino
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Nothing wrong with that.
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1-0
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Rovers look shit. We have to win this.
Edit. I've never seen a side play themselves into trouble as much as these.
Edited by RockyBottom at 20:06:43 on 13th February 2024
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Re: 2-0
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Should be game over now. These are the worst side I've seen this season.
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Re: 2-0
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I'd say Burton might be pushing them but it is pretty diabolical.
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Re: 2-0
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At least Burton had some shape to their side.
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Re: 2-0
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Tell you what, they're fucking quality these
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Re: 2-0
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Boy am I glad we got the second while we were well on top
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Re: Match Thread
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Hopefully this means three at the back with Freeman at RWB as having TVC at right back was hampering us going forward the other day.
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Poor weather again.
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Could be a leveller for Bristol.
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Re: Poor weather again.
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Brian Clough would not agree.
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Re: Match Thread
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Not sure why Foster Caskey keeps getting starts, for that one good pass he does every 3 games. Burns still isn't a midfielder either. At least he's dropped Oliver who's been shite after his first good 45mins.
Need to win this...
Edited by RockyBottom at 19:35:36 on 13th February 2024
Edited by RockyBottom at 19:36:17 on 13th February 2024
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Re: Match Thread
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I was secretly hoping he'd do that! To be fair he's been good tonight. We are actually playing football!
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