Change curve.
No point crying about things now. Until it’s not possible it’s possible!
Match Thread Coventry City - Middlesbrough Match Thread - Monday 16th Feb (5 Viewers)
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Change curve.
No point crying about things now. Until it’s not possible it’s possible!
I also think dropping Thomas and Kitch was a wake up call to them by Frank to get back at it. They would have a had a 2 week break before the Boro game to rest as well.
The negativity on here is depressing. Do people really expect us to twin every game as if we're special in some way. We're not, but this is our team and at times like this we should all be getting behind them regardless. We know what they can do and we know that every team has it's ups and downs. And just as Middlesbrough's winning spell will come to an end at some point, so will our lean spell... fingers crossed it's Monday!
There's been a perfect storm, which we could have weathered if we'd been lucky.
While our form has dropped off, Boro have won six in a row, not the kind of thing that happens very often.
It is as it is. The playera have to knuckle down and fight. Our job as fans is to help them do it.
"Brilliant at home apparently"
Championship home records since Lampard arrived:
Coventry P 30 Pts 71
Bristol C P31 Pts 60
Middlesbrough P 29 Pts 58
Portsmouth P31 Pts 54
Millwall P 30 Pts 53
Swansea P31 Pts 52
QPR P29 Pts 50
Sheff U P 30 Pts 50
We are not good enough to maintain what we did in the Autumn. We are not bad enough to be running at a point a game since halfway. Sooner or later we will revert to something in between which given our run in may be enough. We simply can't give up now on or off the pitch
I want to see the opposite of our approach to the Ipswich game. In their faces and none of this timid backing off and letting them have the ball.
Obviously nothing is going to be mathematically sorted and rubber stamped on Monday night, but in every other sense of the word it feels like a game that we simply have to win - For our confidence, for their confidence
Middlesbrough are in a good moment akin to the one we were in between August and November but I am not writing off our chances in a home game
Worth mentioning, if we win this and win the one after that, we would be 11 points clear of Ipswich before they kick a ball again (albeit two games up on them), with their next League game being a tough away at Wrexham at 3pm after we have played WBA
Middlesbrough are in a good moment akin to the one we were in between August and November but I am not writing off our chances in a home game
Worth mentioning, if we win this and win the one after that, we would be 11 points clear of Ipswich before they kick a ball again (albeit two games up on them), with their next League game being a tough away at Wrexham at 3pm after we have played WBA
Whatever happens, bring 2 fringe/academy players on in added time and smash Hackney & friends into the stands.
Yeah, if we are going to get two players sent off for violent conduct, it might as well be kids.
Yeah, if we are going to get two players sent off for violent conduct, it might as well be kids.
I'd seriously consider it regardless of the scoreline.
Jokes aside, I hope we do get stuck into them early and have a homer ref.
We all need to get behind the team for this one as defeat here and I'm afraid it will got very toxic and all the good work done over the last few years might come undone.
Mixed emotions already on this one.
Part excited, part dread.
I certainly did not expect us to be going into this game ahead of you but the recent poor record at your place still hangs over us. It would be the best time to break that run. Your drop in form has to end at some point as does our winning run, it will be another tough game with lots of chances at both ends.
I expect the same starting XI
Brynn
Brittain
Ayling
Malanda
Targett
Morris
Hackney
Browne
Whittaker
Mcgree
Conway
We are pressing and closing down well as a team at the moment and we like to pull teams to one side of the pitch before quickly switching the play. We are very quick in transition from defence to attack and extremely direct. That said, we will give chances away as is our style.
I would take a point and keep top spot.
Monday feels like a life time away. I obviously wish you no luck at all but i do genuinely hope its you and us for top 2.
Enjoy the painful build up lads and lasses.
Part excited, part dread.
I certainly did not expect us to be going into this game ahead of you but the recent poor record at your place still hangs over us. It would be the best time to break that run. Your drop in form has to end at some point as does our winning run, it will be another tough game with lots of chances at both ends.
I expect the same starting XI
Brynn
Brittain
Ayling
Malanda
Targett
Morris
Hackney
Browne
Whittaker
Mcgree
Conway
We are pressing and closing down well as a team at the moment and we like to pull teams to one side of the pitch before quickly switching the play. We are very quick in transition from defence to attack and extremely direct. That said, we will give chances away as is our style.
I would take a point and keep top spot.
Monday feels like a life time away. I obviously wish you no luck at all but i do genuinely hope its you and us for top 2.
Enjoy the painful build up lads and lasses.
I would play KKH at left back to counter Whittaker who cuts inside a lot and also get that little disaster out of the side as he will be standing upfield while they are breaking away. As said above they go side to side a lot and Dasilva likes to stand next to the left centre back and let his man go wide.
need to get in the ref’s ear constantly about Hackney and get at him in old football you would absolutely hammer him either on or just after his first touch.
Also let’s not be fooled by a clean sheet against Oxford and get back to the normal centre backs.
The fans need to be up for it.
need to get in the ref’s ear constantly about Hackney and get at him in old football you would absolutely hammer him either on or just after his first touch.
Also let’s not be fooled by a clean sheet against Oxford and get back to the normal centre backs.
The fans need to be up for it.
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I'm not sure how the pressure is off. We have Boro in front and then hull and Ipswich waiting to take over second place.
Think Millwall will be more of a threat to the auto spots than Hull between now and the end of the season.
Hull are punching well above their weight imo and only have a point in their last two home games.
Proper elite tactician. Dont get why we don't let people take bookings or cards for the team.
Some would do well to learn from Bamford that strikers don't score with every attempt either, neither does it make them sh1t!
Our goals from midfield have dried up, so too the CBs and the no10 position has been pretty unproductive, we can't put it all on Haji! An average of 1 goal in three games or so is all we can expect of any striker, others have to step up now.
It's good we have Boro next up if we can put them back in their place
Sounds about right. They've been in great form, and do have two winnable home league games coming up so who knows, but I just suspect they might not be good enough to go the full way
Could a back 3 of Thomas , Lati and wolf work at home with wingbacks of MVE and KKH ?
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Frank the tank and EMC back in changes the dynamic of the team. Especially Frank. He’s the missing ingredient as a proper box to box midfielder. Will be a great midfield battle between Hackney/Morris and Grimes/Tank.
Boro aren’t going to sit with a low block for the whole game like Oxford. They will be on the attack and leave gaps on the counter.
Boro aren’t going to sit with a low block for the whole game like Oxford. They will be on the attack and leave gaps on the counter.
Fuck it, i'm going all in for a 3-1 win.
Onyeka WILL make a difference in the middle of the park.
Rudoni will rediscover his form from last season.
EMC and Esse to cause havoc down the wings.
Haji will spend all week hitting a cows backside with a banjo, remember where the goal is, and grab a coupe of goals.
Sorted, back top by 10pm on Monday night
Onyeka WILL make a difference in the middle of the park.
Rudoni will rediscover his form from last season.
EMC and Esse to cause havoc down the wings.
Haji will spend all week hitting a cows backside with a banjo, remember where the goal is, and grab a coupe of goals.
Sorted, back top by 10pm on Monday night
Let’s hope they’re kind enough to keep those gaps while we knock it around the back for 90 seconds.
I can't see him rediscovering that form this seasonFuck it, i'm going all in for a 3-1 win.
Onyeka WILL make a difference in the middle of the park.
Rudoni will rediscover his form from last season.
EMC and Esse to cause havoc down the wings.
Haji will spend all week hitting a cows backside with a banjo, remember where the goal is, and grab a coupe of goals.
Sorted, back top by 10pm on Monday night
He is so clearly playing through a pain barrier with his shoulder, wouldn't surprise me if he actually needs surgery on it and the club did not want to risk losing him for as long as they would have done when he suffered the injury
Brau hasn't played a lot of games in the Prem league. He isn't called "The tank" He doesn't play defensive midfield.
Certainly the better team for 10/15 mins, but Boro could have scored 4 by half time.
FWIW I do think if Rothwell isn't a blithering idiot and doesn't go seizing into a needless tackle a proper grandstand finish is set up there last night