Championship Thread 26/27 (2 Viewers)

[David O'Day]

What i've seen of Wolves and West Ham this season i think Boro are better and Lankshear is going to get a load of goals in the form he's in. He seems to read the game so well right place rice time nothing flashy

yes, but what I am saying is they have better quality players so Boro would need they to underperform all season.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Maybe I refer you back to 696.Just my thoughts on what i've seen

 

[fernandopartridge]

Middlesbrough highest xG in the league as has been the case for the last few seasons, they have now got a striker to make the most of it. As long as they keep relatively injury free they'll go up imo

 

[Sick Boy]

You just said I called him a tactical genius lol. Same as loving him

I would have thought him consistently dominating games for 2 seasons now might have made you chill a bit on the overrated tag? Only promotion will make you think he's not an overrated manager?

As David has just said he doesn't have the best squad so bit harsh to say promotion or failure for him as a manager

I meant the wider perception of him rather than you and at this point considering the hype around him he needs to win promotion to back it up.

He seemed to get a lot more plaudits than Lampard who proved that he’s a superior manager.

 

[Ipad Boro]

yes, but what I am saying is they have better quality players so Boro would need they to underperform all season.

On paper, even halfway through the season last campaign Ipswich had the best squad. They just didn't make the most of it or have the balance quite right either.

Whereas you recruited to fit what you had and Lampard marshalled them more effectively than McKenna. Hellberg actually even managed more effectively than McKenna did, given that he had far less depth and starting eleven. And both of those are without even factoring in the enormous amount of help the Tractors had from the refs.

What did for Hellberg more than anything was A) Not recruiting a decent striker in Jan and B) that our 3 most creative players in Hackney, McGree and Conway as a wide man all collapsed with injuries for a decent amount of time in our final 10 games. If either of those hadn't happened we'd have likely gone up. Not taking anything away from Lampard as you'd have still won the title IMHO but it would have been a lot closer.

Thankfully for us, we've belatedly put right part A) and with Hellberg rotating players a fair bit this time due to having his fingers burned (ie Lankshear getting rested and Ayling's inclusion more than needed raising eyebrows) he's taking some steps to lessen the impact of a B).

 

[covcity4life]

I meant the wider perception of him rather than you and at this point considering the hype around him he needs to win promotion to back it up.

He seemed to get a lot more plaudits than Lampard who proved that he’s a superior manager.

I'm not sure he does. Was just a brief month of praise when they rose to top spot sure but also understandable

 

[Liquid Gold]

How are things in the lower leagues these days?

They probably can't get games on because of a bit of rain. Peasants.

 

[Flying Fokker]

How are things in the lower leagues these days?

They probably can't get games on because of a bit of rain. Peasants.

Just wondering? Who are ‘they’? Blackburn/Portsmouth?