Remembering Hav: The Official Middlesbrough Vs City matchday thread

[Dan Robin]

8 minutes ago, oldstandrobin said:

now dont **** it up City

Eh...

[RED4LIFE]

Ffs

[Alan Dicks]

Set piece yet again

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

Bugger Me!

[Mr Hankey]

I really hope we will be signing another 2 defenders if Kalas goes

[old_eastender]

Really poor goal  to concede, just pump into the box and nobody picks the runner

[joe jordans teeth]

So fragile it’s unreal 

[marcofisher]

Anyone else worried that escaping relegation would be a good season for us?

[Alessandro]

FFS - Missing a....Kalas

[cityexile]

Bloody hell. Were the better side as well.

[downendcity]

Just now, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

Bugger Me!

I hope there’s a different option available.

[Fordy62]

1 minute ago, JamesBCFC said:

One way traffic

 

Bollocks 

Out of interest, which way was it?

[Curr Avon]

Just now, joe jordans teeth said:

So fragile it’s unreal 

Brittle City

[Banjo Red]

Aaaaah **** it

[italian dave]

King and James both watching as their scorer runs in between them unchallenged

[RED4LIFE]

2 minutes ago, RED4LIFE said:

Playing much better now. Starting to create and winning second balls.

I'm a f*****g jinx

[IAmNick]

Boro second: https://streamwo.com/ft9Pwx5

[Jerseybean]

Poor defending nobody near winning the first ball which had travelled half the pitch and Crooks was left with an easy knock in. NP will rightly be fuming. 

[exAtyeoMax]

[Curr Avon]

 

1 minute ago, IAmNick said:

Boro second: https://streamwo.com/ft9Pwx5

Pathetic. Noone picks up the Crooks run.

[BCFC_95]

Atkinson should be winning that first ball, someone should be tracking that runner. Schoolboy stuff, and not for the first time.

[M.D]

1 minute ago, IAmNick said:

Boro second: https://streamwo.com/ft9Pwx5

I do appreciate your goal clips, thank you

[old_eastender]

Jannah on for Scott

[Supersonic Robin]

2 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

That's what I was told

Sorry, to clarify - you were told what exactly?

That TK has handed in a transfer request? Or that we are relatively open to selling him?

[Mr Hankey]

2 minutes ago, italian dave said:

King and James both watching as their scorer runs in between them unchallenged

The more criminal part is Atkinson not jumping for the original header, basic ******* defending

[old_eastender]

1 minute ago, JamesBCFC said:

We had been all over them since the equaliser.

indeed, then we concede a super soft goal...

[formerly known as ivan]

Their second goal is worse defending than the one they conceded.

How do we let them win two ball in our own box?!

[Loosey Boy]

CB should be clearing the first ball.....terrible defending....again!

Tomas Kalas anyone?!

[Waconda]

2 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

Poor defending nobody near winning the first ball which had travelled half the pitch and Crooks was left with an easy knock in. NP will rightly be fuming. 

How about the coaching  and organisation ?

[The Bard]

Shocking from King, Martin and James.  No of them doing anything 

[Mr Hankey]

Just now, JamesBCFC said:

Ikpeazu was very good for Boro today.

Which is hilarious, as hes actually pretty shit, but shows where we are defensively

[Simon bristol]

Just now, Loosey Boy said:

CB should be clearing the first ball.....terrible defending....again!

Tomas Kalas anyone?!

Nah, we will keep him on the bench

[chinapig]

I assumed, since we lack goalscorers, that we would focus on not conceding goals this season, especially from crosses. So far nothing has changed.

[The Original OTIB]

some of the decision making is appalling, 

[the1stknowle]

5 minutes ago, Alessandro said:

FFS - Missing a....Kalas

He is a very good defender but I just don't think - for us - he is the answer. He wasn't last season, was he.

Might be best for everyone to move on. 

[Curr Avon]

Kalas on for Vyner. Weimann playing right wing back

[City_USA]

1 minute ago, chinapig said:

I assumed, since we lack goalscorers, that we would focus on not conceding goals this seasons, especially from crosses. So far nothing has changed.

Worrying, isn't it

[Mr Hankey]

Just now, the1stknowle said:

He is a very good defender but I just don't think - for us - he is the answer. He wasn't last season, was he.

Might be best for everyone to move on. 

So then who is right for us? It certainly isn’t the current partnership.

[HappyClapper]

Maybe this season is going to be the opposite of last. Poor for the first 4 then great for the next 42

[ProfitInMyPocket]

so so so poor from Wells, why do we wanna give freekicks away there

[City_USA]

Just now, JonDolman said:

Wells back to fouling needlessly again. 14 mins left and a Warnock team use every minute of time wasting possible in these situations

Do you think they'll be able to see out a one goal lead?

[ohhhshauntaylor]

3-5-2 now? 

[The Bard]

2 minutes ago, BCFC_95 said:

Atkinson should be winning that first ball, someone should be tracking that runner. Schoolboy stuff, and not for the first time.

Yep. They were all over Baker and King,James and Martin did nothing 

[old_eastender]

Vyner off for TK

[Jerseybean]

7 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

Poor defending nobody near winning the first ball which had travelled half the pitch and Crooks was left with an easy knock in. NP will rightly be fuming. 

Nearly a carbon copy on 77 minutes 

[Alessandro]

1 minute ago, the1stknowle said:

He is a very good defender but I just don't think - for us - he is the answer. He wasn't last season, was he.

Might be best for everyone to move on. 

I'm not saying he is the answer, whatever the question is.

What I do believe however, he is currently our best CB and with a team struggling to keep the goals out, seems less than ideal to be sat on the bench.

[Fordy62]

Just now, Alessandro said:

I'm not saying he is the answer, whatever the question is.

What I do believe however, he is currently our best CB and with a team struggling to keep the goals out, seems less than ideal to be sat on the bench.

I think from that we can deduce that he doesn’t want to be here. NP doesn’t want to play players who don’t. It’s the only rational explanation. 

[Ska Junkie]

3 minutes ago, HappyClapper said:

Maybe this season is going to be the opposite of last. Poor for the first 4 then great for the next 42

I don't think you should hold your breath HC.

My lad just asked me what would happen if he put a tenner on City this season? 'You'll lose a tenner son' wasn't the response he expected.

[bexhill reds]

2 minutes ago, the1stknowle said:

He is a very good defender but I just don't think - for us - he is the answer. He wasn't last season, was he.

Might be best for everyone to move on. 

Think it all just got to him, being made captain, playing in a shit team, not knowing where the next point was coming from, taking responsibility for it as captain, worrying about making the Euro squad. 

[Alessandro]

Just now, Fordy62 said:

I think from that we can deduce that he doesn’t want to be here. NP doesn’t want to play players who don’t. It’s the only rational explanation. 

Agreed.

[The Bard]

1 minute ago, Fordy62 said:

I think from that we can deduce that he doesn’t want to be here. NP doesn’t want to play players who don’t. It’s the only rational explanation. 

More likely to be about him being match ready. He is 2 to 3 weeks behind the others.

I bet he starts v Reading

[petehinton]

Playing Martin up top by himself with Palmer left wing is going to do us absolutely 0 favours

[Dan Robin]

Any signs of a City goal to come?

 

Third assist for Reid: we're really missing this sort of players...

[Banjo Island]

Just now, Dan Robin said:

Any signs of a City goal to come?

No

[Fordy62]

Just now, Dan Robin said:

Any signs of a City goal to come?

Yep. 2 games, 2 last minute equalisers. 2 draws. 2 points. 
 

Heard it here first. 

[Ska Junkie]

Just now, Dan Robin said:

Any signs of a City goal to come?

Not really Dan, sadly.

[luke_bristol]

1 minute ago, Dan Robin said:

Any signs of a City goal to come?

Just above the relegation zone I should think 

[joe jordans teeth]

8 minutes ago, the1stknowle said:

He is a very good defender but I just don't think - for us - he is the answer. He wasn't last season, was he.

Might be best for everyone to move on. 

I think today shows how much we miss him

[M.D]

Whats the odds of an ironic injury time equaliser?

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

I think from that we can deduce that he doesn’t want to be here. NP doesn’t want to play players who don’t. It’s the only rational explanation. 

 

5 minutes ago, Alessandro said:

Agreed.

he said that about Nagy then started him next game.......NP now has 3 out of the 5 on subs bench he should have started with....just 2 more to go.....Bakinson and Nagy for Wieman and James

[old_eastender]

Just now, petehinton said:

Playing Martin up top by himself with Palmer left wing is going to do us absolutely 0 favours

Absolutely right. Without Semenyo and COD, we need Jannah or Wells up top with Martin. Thsi 4-2-3-1 MIGHT work with COD & Semenyo but no chance with Palmer and Weimann.

[the1stknowle]

1 minute ago, joe jordans teeth said:

I think today shows how much we miss him

I just can't agree. He played a lot last season in one of the worst City defences I've ever seen.

[cityexile]

Not so fussed about the chances we create. Much more of a worry for me is how dysfunctional we are in defence. We are conceding poor poor goals.

[old_eastender]

Just now, the1stknowle said:

I just can't agree. He played a lot last season in one of the worst City defences I've ever seen.

Kalas and Webster were a great combo, see no reason why Kalas and Atkinson could not be good.

[City_USA]

Winless since March.

Terrible stat

[Ska Junkie]

Crikey Rob A, that was sloppy, you're better than that.

[RED4LIFE]

4 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

I think from that we can deduce that he doesn’t want to be here 

I've supported us for 40 years and I'm not sure I want to be here.

Unfortunately, I'm an idiot so will continue to heap misery on myself for the foreseeable future 

[Alan Dicks]

Got to say we are no better than we were under Holden

[Curr Avon]

5 minutes added time.

[swanker]

1 minute ago, cityexile said:

Not so fussed about the chances we create. Much more of a worry for me is how dysfunctional we are in defence. We are conceding poor poor goals.

All inside the six yard box this season apparently?