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I log on to see talk of Wing being linked to both Sunderland and Liverpool... Go home transfer thread.. You are drunk!4 points
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Would I be surprised if we sold Wing?? NO. Have I heard anything?? NO Just as I said everyone will have a price that the club thinks is exceptional.4 points
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I'd have to disagree with both parts of that statement. Paddy has been one of the few players running through walls for us this season, and some of his performances have been immense. Though I agree his penalty taking needs work! I think most Championship managers would welcome McNair straight into their matchday 18s, and I think it would be difficult to replace his versatility and commitment. And while I agree he's not a Roberts or Ramirez-style onto-the-attack playmaker, I think he's one of the most important players in our youthful and inexperienced squad. I wouldn't let him go unless4 points
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He’s leaving this window, won’t be involved until it’s done. Had another disagreement with Dyche3 points
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Saville has been our best midfielder along with Tav in our recent upturn in performances.3 points
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Oh right unaware as usual, Elvis was dead and buried 6 months before I realised,In my defence I was on a deployment with the RN at the time and Her Majesty failed to inform me of her demise3 points
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Bellingham will never hit the heights of the Oxo ads again.3 points
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I must be watching different matches if Saville has been our best midfielder. He was good against West Brom, as the whole team was and hes ranged from average to invisible the rest of the time. I'd love to know what his qualities are that make him a good midfielder because from what I can see he can't run (don't think I've seen him do a sprint), has absolutely zero dribbling skills, can't pass, isn't exactly a threat going forward and isn't exactly a defensive linchpin either. Basically he's crap.2 points
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Agree mate. He looks bloody lost when he gets played in the Clayton role especially last night . Either play him where he thrives or don't bother. Agreed - not to mention when he has played further forward or as the 10 they have been his best games of the season. The talent is still clearly there, just think we're using him pretty poorly atm. Need him driving forward and being around for shots, not trying to ping 50 yard cross field balls from the centre spot.2 points
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Players I'd accept us selling this window without a replacement: Clayton and Gestede Players I'd accept us selling with a replacement: Assombalonga, Johnson and Shotton I'd keep everyone else because our squad is very thin as is and we're heavily reliant on academy players plugging the gaps now.2 points
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Could SG just give him a really generous christmas / birthday present that coincidentally covers that exact amount? 😛2 points
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What stands out as the most annoying frustrating thing, a catalyst for everything else to go bananas... We all knew, that Paddy McNair would place the ball exactly where he did.. Not in the area of .. but exactly where he did! I expect goalkeepers do some research of the opponents penalty takers so it was an easy save for Lee Camp... Britt for sure isn't the answer and we thought Paddy maybe was... But Boro really need to find a good penalty taker.. One who doesn't blast the ball sky high because it has to look fancy ... one who can place the ball in both sides of the goal, both h2 points
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Well yeah, missing a penalty wasn't ideal. I'm not sure if we'd have controlled things that much had we scored, just because we did look so flat regardless. I think the truth is that we aren't a good side yet, and other than a few good performances out of nowhere, most of what we've done this season has been lacking in something, whether it's been energy, quality, direction or whatever else. We looked empty on Friday night for a decent chunk of the game, we looked no different today really but we were playing an inferior side. The break should help us out, hopefully get one or two back fro2 points
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I've just watched the Tav incident on replay, I'm absolutely baffled that the ref didn't deem that a foul. Even if he hadn't been knocked out by the second Birmingham player's elbow, he was completely wiped out by the first. Pathetic.2 points
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I just want one thing, junin... I mean Patrick Roberts on a permanent ✅2 points
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Thanks @Brunners. Just listened to it and just to add to your points. - asked about Gibson and said lets wait and see. It seems clear we want him. - asked if the 2 signings he expects are both defenders he said lets wait and see. - said fry not for sale unless someone offering £30m - britt back for blackburn. Shots and Friends to play in 2 reserves game. I elieve there are 2 games on Sun 2nd Feb and Fr 7th Feb. - was confident about fry and roberts. These 11 days should do both them world of good in terms of rexovery.2 points
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They were at pool hospital. Downing bought 2 plots at Grey Towers to build one house on1 point
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we are hard enough to take it......wait a minute, maybe I should rephrase that1 point
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Wing going to Sunderland on loan one minute, then Liverpool the next. Can’t write it1 point
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It's difficult to tell because Bellingham is also ahead of the defence as he plays the ball in and if you look at the line where the grass changes colour, they look about level. I think if it was a VAR call, it might be one of those absolutely miniscule offside calls based on where his shoulder is or some *** like that.1 point
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Wing was abysmal in the build up to Birmingham’s disallowed goal. The whistle hadn’t gone yet but he still does nothing to tackle the Birmingham player breaking forwards with the ball. There’s no chance Clayton would have done that. Wing is not a holding midfielder so Woodgate needs to stop playing him there, and instead play him further forward so that he can be far more of a goal threat with his creativity and long shot ability.1 point
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I love bourbon but can't stand any of the Scottish/Irish stuff. Bulleit Frontier is my drink of choice at the moment1 point
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hardly a utility player mate. He's barely got one good position nowadays, let alone multiple.1 point
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McNair is somewhat older than Fry and probably the one player in the squad I'd think could be outright classed as a utility player by anyone, he's been that for most his career so far. This absolutely sounds like McNair.1 point
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BD...there are some players who are happy to stay at club and others who have no real attachment to area ...Dael likes club and loves area...all I am saying is he does not want to leave and Woody does not want him to go....paper talk is sometimes just paper talk..if what I was told is correct (stressing the if) then there is another player more likely to be moving on..1 point
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As we need to sell players in order to strengthen other positions, I hope that we think long term about building a squad around our young/academy lads who we should not entertain selling unless we get offered crazy money. The likes of Pears, Spence, Wood, Fry, Coulson, Wing and Tavernier should fall into that category. They'll be on more manageable wages, will only improve with the game time that we're in a position to give them and are far more likely to stay here for the longterm, so we need to prioritise keeping them and building around them. I'd hope that we'd be more open to selling the p1 point
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A lot of mentions about how tired some of our players are and rightly so but that can not be labled at Rudy Gestede. Apart from one swallow in a summer he simply has not re-invented himself by showing that he can be a footballer. If this form is whilst he is fit what on earth would a tired Rudy be like? Sorry but for me he has not taken the chances given to him to allow him to get back on side1 point
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We got lucky last night let's face it! The break will do us the power of good1 point
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After reading back through reports it’s numbing knowing the amount of points we have coincided by referees and our own stupidity. I said in a early post we should be 10 to 15 points better off and I think that’s conservative. I also stated the team is better than Woody and I’ll stick with that thought too. The issue I have with Woody being he does not seem to learn lessons very well or quickly, but he comes across as a determined individual which may prove an advantage next season as the rookie learns his trade. Woody will be with us quite sometime and we will remain in the Championship po1 point
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Watching the non-goal back, Jutkiewicz isn't offside I don't think so Woody got that bit wrong, pretty sure he's behind the ball as Maghoma touches it. Maghoma, however, is a tight one. He's definitely ahead of the Boro defence as the ball is played in. Question is whether the ball is played from in line with Maghoma to begin with as the lad on the left is beyond Spence and seems to be ahead of the entire Boro defensive line. It looks tight, if you take it from anything he can play the ball with, he's probably marginally offside at least.1 point
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In a team full of 6s, I'd give man of the match to Pears. He couldn't do sod all about the goal from what I saw, he made one save in the first half which made me think oh dear (came out to collect low down under pressure, got to it but it spooned out of his grasp) but made one very good save in the second half to his left and got a tremendous punch on the ball in the final moments. Not to mention that Brum really pressed high onto him tonight, particularly in the first half, and he dealt with it superbly every time, good to have a young keeper who is confident with the ball at his feet. S1 point
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Eventful game to say the least....Tav looked out of it at the final whistle ..and if Brum fans thought he was milking it, wonder what their opinion was of their two players collapsing in their penalty area two minutes later while we were pressing them, then miraculously recovering when manager signalled them to get up......I have seen us lose too many games like that to not be happy to get point in the end. Johnson looked as though he was limping for long spells and thought Pears had a pretty decent game. Couldn't do much about goal, but did well on a couple of occasions with his blocks and pu1 point
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The referee wasn't giving us anything all night. Some of the ones the crowd were asking for were a bit soft, like I think the penalty we asked for before the actual penalty looked a bit soft, but a lot were just over the line of what you'd consider a foul and he just didn't give a toss. Tav got bundled over 2 or 3 times after being harassed by about 3 Brum players and he was having none of it. You like to give some refs the benefit of the doubt as it must be an awful job sometimes but tonight was truly dreadful, him and his assistants truly lost control of the game. Still remember one ball cle1 point
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I'm sure not every Birmingham fan is that thick just like every Boro isn't completely stupid either.1 point
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once and never again hopefully! the man had the personality of damp cardboard1 point
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A few points from anyone who can't / hasn't watched the post match press conference. - Wants/expects 1 or 2 more players in by end of windows - Fry/Roberts more precautionary, hopefully not out too long - Fletcher has really stepped up the last couple months, works hard in training - Coulson is sick; has been since Fulham and is on antibiotics - Thinks had Roberts stayed on the pitch we'd have won the game. Says he shouldn't put too much pressure on Roberts but sometimes can't help it because he's just that good. - Thinks the reds were a little harsh, just a fraca1 point
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That was gordon cox. Media officer at boro. Lovely man and, in fairness, not a professional DJ or announcer 🤣1 point
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I would only sign players if I was Woodgate who are eyed long term either longer term loans who could carry through to next season or if a scouted target is available and you think it could be worked out permanently in the summer then do it but I really don't understand the prioritising of Gibson right now when we're going nowhere this season with or without him seems like burning cash unnecessarily. Here's a scenario we're staring at in the summer that is pretty mindblowing if we can not or choose not to renew Friend/Ayala/Shotton the only recognised senior CB we're left with will be Fry1 point
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Absolutely they should, and the sheer size of our injury list should call their effectiveness in to question too.1 point
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Also Woody confirms that the subs were more precautionary, both Roberts and Fry felt their hammy's getting tighter and tighter and tehy couldn't be risked being lost for lengthy times.1 point
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His bench at that point was: Mejias, Reading, Wood, Liddle, Clayton, Gestede Bringing Gestede on that early almost certainly would end poorly, Clayton isn't an offensive substitution, Reading is a LB, Mejias a GK. So your options are Liddle or Wood, realistically. I get what you're saying and agree in theory, I just don't really see where an effective offensive substitution is with those options.1 point
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Happy with a draw in the end. On an evening where it seems everything was goung against us, we dug in and took a point. After the pen miss, we then go lose our most creative plsyer followed by our only recognised defender. All in space of 35mins. 11pts clear of 3rd bottom. Really glad we got 11 days off. Hopefully players are now off for next 5days until Monday just to rest, switch off and recharge. Been going at full throttle since Nov 24th when we drew v Hull.1 point
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Sums up the medical staff if anything, something tells me all these injuries aren’t just unlucky 🤔🤔🤔1 point
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Not sure why birmingham fans are fuming about the decision. It is a clear foul when you watch the replays...1 point
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Johnson’s corner in the last minute is absolutely criminal btw. I wasn’t surprised, so why is he the one taking it?1 point
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We played meh, had a bunch of injuries, threw Wood in and Nmecha looks classy there's some sort of positives there. I just hope Roberts and Fry are OK watching these dead end games will be easier with those 2 on the pitch for the next 3 months.1 point
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By Neverbefore · Posted
Hackney hasn't been in the squad the last two games after making a fleeting appearance on the bench a couple of weeks ago. He's not ready to start a game. I think it'll be mcnair in for ayling like you say but I reckon vdb starts at right back like early on in the season. The rest will be unchanged but with greenwood in for silvera. -
That sounds perfect to me, thanks.
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By boro-unger · Posted
Teacider has stuck a thread up if you just want to take it easy and do the next one when you're feeling better? -
If Dijksteel does not start this, then the writing really is on the wall for him, if its jot already anyway. I actually don't think he will start. I think Paddy will come in and we will change to a wing back system with Jones and Engel - which will say a lot about what MC thinks of Dijksteel in not trusting him at RB or as a 3rd CB (he played his best football there for us) Also would not be surprised to see Hackney replace Greenwood and plsy in an advanced role but rather Silveria or Gilbert there: Dieng Paddy VDB Clarke Jones Howson O'Brien Engel Silveria LL Azaz
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Hi guys I am here Been in bed with the flu for a few days .. and haven't had my mind on anything but getting well I can have a thread up before I go to bed ..
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