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  1. Last night highlighted just how weak we are on the right, we have no threat whatsoever.

    Towards the end of the season, teams learned that if they stopped the space in the middle for Akpom, Archer and McGree we really didn’t have anything else.

    Giles puts great balls in, but it’s too easy to mark Archer out of the game.

    I hope we move Jones on. All that pace is wasted as he has no ability to cross the ball and attacks break down. 

    If we want to go for top two next season, we’ll need to recruit well to have a much more balanced attack, so we can play around teams who defend deep.

  2. On 3/8/2023 at 10:10 AM, edinboro said:

     

    I'm not sure any premier League clubs will sack their managers now. It's very late to have any real impact.

    Spurs might. I hate to even type it in case it happens, but Carrick would be a great fit there.

    Not only because of his history with Spurs, but it’s a very similar situation to when he arrived here, getting away from a turgid 5-3-2 and allowing the players to express themselves and enjoy it. 

    Hopefully Daniel Levy doesn’t realise any of this and keeps hiring washed-up and burnt-out managers still living off their previous glories.

    Having said that, I don’t think this is likely and I don’t think there’s any chance he’ll move before the end of the season.

  3. 6 hours ago, Rob said:

    hope we back to the team that beat sheff utd and been playing great again, than the qpr line up vs wba

    I’m sure we will, nice little rest for Howson and Forss and thoroughly deserved.

    Only a couple more mid-week League fixtures now until the end of the season, so hopefully we get our full strength team out most games.

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  4. 17 minutes ago, ScarBoro said:

    That’s the only point I might disagree with you on. Leo said specifically that he though Hackney would link up better with the forwards and drive forwards himself. Whether you think driving forwards  is making the midfield quicker is maybe debatable, but I think it improved the midfield.

    I also thought Hackney improved the midfield. Whether running with the ball or passing, he was always trying to get the ball forward quickly, rather than sideways or backwards slowly.

    I would like to see him get a run in the team so he can keep improving. I think he has a higher ceiling than the rest of the plodders we have.

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  5. 4 hours ago, Borodane said:

    You just know that Howson will start again and Muniz will be isolated up front on his own. Not confident for this game after watching the abject cardiff performance and Wilders negative lineups.

    Think you’re spot on, sadly 😞 

    How many times have we seen managers refuse to change towards the end of their tenure?

  6. 2 minutes ago, Neverbefore said:

    Honestly I think a bit much is being made of our defensive shape last night. They weren't getting chance after chance or carving us apart at will. We conceded because of 3 individual defensive blunders. Again. This time McNair, howson and fry at fault. 

    Wilder is the one picking the players and in charge of organising and motivating them so ultimately the blame lies at his door - but I do have some sympathy with him that these players keep on making this huge errors that seem to invariably lead to goals against. It's incredibly frustrating to watch. 

    I think the way we’re setup helps create the errors we’ve seen all season.

    The opposition are happy for our back 3 to have the ball and play it sideways/backwards.

    There’s no forward options for them to play to (because we play one striker and they double up on our wing backs) and then we get easily pressed off the ball. 

    The lack of mobility also leaves huge gaps through the middle of midfield and down the channels and our slow midfield and defenders are getting exposed.

    We’re so easy to play against it’s almost a joke, except it’s not funny.

    The first 45 minutes were a shambles last night.

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  7. 1 hour ago, Johnmfc81 said:

    I can't find the video to his post match reaction, seen the Web page but it has no video in it?

    Were his comments so bad that the club has taken the video down…

    I think his number is up. On going tensions behind the scenes. He didn’t even look at Fry as he came off.

    He’s stubbornly sticking to tactics that clearly don’t work and not astute enough to make changes.

    Shame Mogga just committed elsewhere as I think he would get a lot more out of this group of players overnight.

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  8. 4 hours ago, Brunners said:

    Does anyone know if this game is on the Boro site tonight?

    I know it's a red button game but that's usually one camera angle & no replays so if it's available on the site I'd rather watch it there!

     

    4 hours ago, TeaCider24 said:

     

    It should be, though the link is currently dead.

     

    3 hours ago, TeaCider24 said:

    @Brunners It's available now.

    Where’s the link please chaps?

    I can see ‘Match Centre’ but can’t find any video links.

    Do I need to set a VPN to a particular country for it to show?

    Thanks!

  9. We’re so light in midfield - remember when we were stockpiling centre mids under Pulis? Where did they all go 😂

    It’s now feeling more like another ‘transition season’ given the lack of investment in this area.

    Feels like such a waste, I really think one more player could have made all the difference.

    Still, only 19 matches until we can buy or loan someone in January…

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