Just one example. There have been a few more as well. Furlong??
Sakamoto does dive like a rag doll on occasions. He did it front of where I sit v Ipswich when the Ipswich player pulled out of a challenge. Sakamoto kept his head down while the ref gave him a knowing look and gave the throw to them.
All footballers try and con refs. Grimes and Eccles are probably the best for us at buying cheap free kicks.
Eh?Stop trying to control people with your lefty crap
Stop trying to control people with your lefty crap
I thought the point was, it isn't Great anymore and we Need to Make it Great Again?Hey up its Mr Aggro. Hates everything Cov & Great Britain
He’s lost the plot and windmilling hard.
Not really worth changing anything tactically for the next 2 games, but away from home we need to set up with more behind the ball out of possession. A proper 4-5-1, not this 4-1-3-2 that we do.
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The only good thing about today is that it has taken some of the pressure off me.
In late November, when we were flying high, I started worrying that we would collapse in the same way that we did in 2015/16 under Mowbray. As our performances dipped, I became increasingly stressed.
The stress has been lifted today because I’m now 99% sure that we won’t be promoted, so there is no point in worrying. If by some miracle we do go up, it will just be an unexpected bonus.
I’ll start worrying again next season because I don’t think it impossible that we could be struggling near the bottom of the Championship.
Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
i like Loftus Road but it was a bit hairy on the left had side, a steward forcing people into rows that were already fullWell. 3rd away game of the season and what a game to choose.
Negatives: Probably been covered Ad Nasuem
Positives: Despite the small spaces (yay me), I actually liked Loftus Rd. Proper old school ground. Got home to see the kids before bed.
Next three are must wins. If we get one or two more in to shake things up and do that, then we're still in pole position.
Something needs to change though. Today was dire. And I'm normally one of the more positive ones.
Still in our hands. Don't fuck it up boys.
Paints roundabouts.What do you do @CovValleyBoy? I imagine you are a partner at a law firm or forensic scientist maybe?
Looked like he was holding his Achilles’ tendon, so that could be a bad oneHow serious was EMC injury?
Unfortunately football does seem to entice the "cry in a minute" types.One other thing from yesterday. I was next to a fella, probably mid/late 50s with his wife and daughter i assume. He was standing next to me and when a couple of QPR fans were goading us from below, he tried to spit on one of them.
Not cool, if he's on here and read this. Take the goading like a man and don't try and spit on someone. Disgusting. Thankfully his aim was on par with 95% of our passing yesterday.
False modesty my arse. Like I've already said previously, I'm over the moon with how we're doing. I'd be a complete plantpot not to be, especially when weighed up against how our last decade has gone overall. And I'm certainly not hiding it.The false modesty from this Boro guy is growing tedious. He’s no doubt buzzing beneath it all.
False modesty my arse. Like I've already said previously, I'm over the moon with how we're doing. I'd be a complete plantpot not to be, especially when weighed up against how our last decade has gone overall. And I'm certainly not hiding it.
But I've had over 40 years of supporting Boro now and whilst that's long enough to have remembered some truly exhilarating times (mainly from the mid-90s for about a dozen years) I, like most of my contemporaries, have learned that nothing is cut and dried until it's mathematically possible. Middlesbrough FC found many ways to kick you in the nuts when things appear home and dry over the rest of the time, so through experience we've learned the hard way not to get carried away, remain understated with any signs of triumph until it actually occurs, otherwise the more likely kick in the pods will hurt all the harder when it comes, as it often does.
But that goes both ways. When it comes to absolute doom and gloom mongers, of which we have a contingent on our board (prime example, some whopper stating we'd miss out on the top 6 and that appointing Hellberg was a mistake a fortnight ago mid-game just because West Brom had equalised during the match at theirs FFS) equally it's important to not let it consume you as rarely are things THAT much of a lost cause as some think.
Oh and another thing. We take hoodoos VERY SERIOUSLY. For an age in the 90s and 00s we had a chalk and cheese home and away thing with Sunderland. Didn't matter what form either of us were in, the home team would win. Our two Hoodoos now are yourselves and Bristol City and have been for a few years. We've learned through bitter experience that form goes out the window in such games.
Could we win at the CBS? It's possible. And I'm sure pundits, experts, bookies, whichever supposed "football oracle" you wish to consult would give us good odds of doing so, giving the usual arguments of "recent form", "players coming back from injury", blah,blah,blah, you know, all the stuff that usually actually means something in the overwhelming majority of games where normal rules apply.
But we fans know better. We'd give ourselves about a 10% chance of actually winning there, a figure reached by all the experience we have of supporting our club. The Hoodoo MUST be respected, and only a complete idiot, who doesn't value his mental state would do otherwise.
Conversely in our game against Ipswich I'd give us a 50/50 chance of turning them over at their place, obviously with only the relative talent and performances of our respective sides right now as a guide which has it's flaws. They are wobbling right now and at the start of a run of away games. Even if you keep up your hit and miss form of late, you could well extend your lead over them during this period, as could we. Even with a loss at your place.
As I'm not just referring to any chance Boro and Cov have in relation to each other in that game, I'm talking about the other sides in the mix, which you should be far more focussed on than our results. Hull are riding a huge wave right now which is understandable, a side who escaped relegation on GD in May, slammed with a transfer embargo, storming up into the playoffs and getting talked about finally in the autos picture. However they have less squad depth than any side in the top 4 right now though which could be their undoing.
Now if they beat a recently crap Watford at home midweek, there's a half decent chance that at some point during next weekend's fixtures they could take the lead against Bristol City (or Barcelona to us) and actually go top during the match at some point and I can imagine the holy hell and meltdown that will occur on both our boards if they do so.
But I'd say the same as I am right now if that happens, to both our sets of fans. It's a case of holding your nerves. Hull too will get injuries in the remainder of the season, injuries that hurt them more than ours would hurt us. Form is temporary, it always is. And any easier run they have right now, means they have a harder one around the corner. They have their limitations, which is plainer to see. They managed to smash and grab a 1 nil against us during our slump, we on the other hand battered 4 goals past them in the first half in front of their own stunned fans whilst they won every other of the 5 game period around it. They have a defence that is far weaker than yours which means they can be and will be got at.
Aside from us two, a needing to be respected as a contender but IMHO long-term limited Hull (though they could just end up winning the playoffs) and an on paper strong, but pretty travel-sick Ipswich, who else is going to emerge as an autos contender? Wrexham?
So whilst you're right to be concerned about your club's form drop-off of late it's hardly worthy just yet of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
....SighDefeat incoming with that defence
Having read these posts match comments, it's embarrassing.
I've supported this club for over 60 years through the bad times and the good times.
Yes it's frustrating with the recent bad results but if you're a true supporter you don't just give up, unless you're a glory hunter, because if that's the case go and support Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea or even Man United
i think that's a little harsh.He was dreadful for their winner , far too weak .
Fact is hes another player that gives us moments rather than consistentcy
my dad's bigger than your dad.Duration of support has nothing to do with anything.
He’s got eight cars and a house in Irelandmy dad's bigger than your dad.
Some people on here post like they taken more drugs than a touring funk band.He’s got eight cars and a house in Ireland
Especially if we take the lead. How hard is it to tell the fullbacks to not be virtually stepping on the toes of the wingers and the CB's to not be defending 5 yards into the opposition half?Not really worth changing anything tactically for the next 2 games, but away from home we need to set up with more behind the ball out of possession. A proper 4-5-1, not this 4-1-3-2 that we do.
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