Match Thread Middlesbrough - Coventry City Match Thread - Saturday 2nd Nov (4 Viewers)

Ooh Ah

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If your parking near the ground there is a Greene King/Hungry Horse near called the Six Medals

If you are parking in the town then most pubs in centre are okay with away fans and the Riverside is about a 10/15 min walk from the town centre - lived in Middlesbrough during my undergrad uni years and the folk up there are decent enough and caused me no bother whenever we played them (albeit that was before we did them in the Play-Offs)

There are some really cool bars on Baker Street and Bedford Street in the town centre (just off the uni campus) that you probs wouldn't expect to find in a pretty industrial place like Middlesbrough

Really helpful, thanks. PUSB
 

mmttww

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I believe you wear one of them in order to accommodate the other.

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Hobo

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Might be wrong but he played RWB at Cardiff last season and was pretty rubbish. I think MR mentioned it in his interview.

I'd stick with Rudoni. He didn't look out of place and played well in that role.
Also you play Sakamoto at left wingback we are back to having to small players at wingback At least Rudoni is 6'1"
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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I’d start the team that started other than Rudi in for Kitching, Torp will be a class supersub as the egg chaser Eddie Jones would call him one of our finishers. Tatsu tires players out and filters out wide offering more support to the wide backs which will help so much to pin back Middlesbrough’s main threats more. Torp definitely deserves a start though just think Tatsu is the best option for this game
 

Nuskyblue

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I’d start the team that started other than Rudi in for Kitching, Torp will be a class supersub as the egg chaser Eddie Jones would call him one of our finishers. Tatsu tires players out and filters out wide offering more support to the wide backs which will help so much to pin back Middlesbrough’s main threats more. Torp definitely deserves a start though just think Tatsu is the best option for this game
Sakamoto played great in the 10 role I thought. I hope he starts there again tbh, he is a busy little bastard who picks up great positions.

His off the ball work is fantastic, real proactive stuff which we have lacked of late.
 

skybluecam

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In one very specific game to target a specific threat. That’s not the same as screaming “everyone targets Dasilva!!1!!1?1” every time he walks on the pitch.
His height is a problem in a back 4. Not really in a back 5.

He’s also just terrible defensively.
 

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Mucca Mad Boys

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It was basically the reason why Kitching started in front of him vs Luton though.
Robins pointed out the experience of when we got battered 5-0 against Luton away and how they targeted that gap between Maatsen and the LCB (probably JCS).

Kitching looked alright at LWB. It’s probably given us food for thought should we choose to play 4-2-3-1 again.
 

Macca1987

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Robins pointed out the experience of when we got battered 5-0 against Luton away and how they targeted that gap between Maatsen and the LCB (probably JCS).

Kitching looked alright at LWB. It’s probably given us food for thought should we choose to play 4-2-3-1 again.
Were you watching the same game as me, I thought Kitching was like a rabbit in the headlights, didn't know where he was supposed to be, but we all have our own perspective on games
 

skybluecam

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Were you watching the same game as me, I thought Kitching was like a rabbit in the headlights, didn't know where he was supposed to be, but we all have our own perspective on games
It’s revisionism coz we won, Kitching at wing back was a failure and that’s why he was hooked.
 

Hincha

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I would start Rudoni at LWB for the next few games.

The current successful 3-5-2/3-4-3 teams (Sporting/Leverkusen) play wingers/midfielders in the wing back position, not full-backs, as they can get you up the pitch better.

It's not like Dasilva is solid defensively anyway so I don't think it will make too much of a difference in that sense.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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Were you watching the same game as me, I thought Kitching was like a rabbit in the headlights, didn't know where he was supposed to be, but we all have our own perspective on games
Robins felt he had a decent job. If we weren’t 2-0 down he wouldn’t have got subbed.
 

Gibbo

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A couple of posts above that do it for me.

- Swap Kitching and Binks (who played a lot of the second half like a left wing back. The poor old Luton right back must have felt he was being picked on as he had Binks, Rudoni and Wright all at him).

- Torp for Tats. Hard on Tats, but Torp is more combative and has a better positional sense

We can't keep on doing well against Boro, but then we seem to be quite capable of always doing badly against Preston, so who knows?
 

JohnWH

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Looks like I'm missing the game oh bother, should be able to see a replay next week I suppose? I'll check back with you lot on Monday.. predict 2-2, Simms for both
 

skyblue_55

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Please no Kitching ……
Let’s just hope we can string 2 good performances together, but hope Middlesbrough have an off day to preserve our good run against them going .
 

Gint11

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I would start Rudoni at LWB for the next few games.

The current successful 3-5-2/3-4-3 teams (Sporting/Leverkusen) play wingers/midfielders in the wing back position, not full-backs, as they can get you up the pitch better.

It's not like Dasilva is solid defensively anyway so I don't think it will make too much of a difference in that sense.

Not a good sign for JDS that robins is putting non LWBs in there.
 

skybluecam

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His stats are miles better than Bidwell's this season and actually probably the best overall in the squad for defence.


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Ironically Bidwell's attacking stats are better than Dasilva's this season.
Yeah I think Bidwell has been poor this season.

Dasilva hasn't actually played that much though, suspect he may be benefiting from sub appearances.
 

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