MMC
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3 minutes ago, Downsouth said:
But he is not adding anything tonight is he?
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13 minutes ago, BoroSmoggie said:
Don’t know if this is an unpopular opinion but during his time here I didn’t think Giles was a bad defender. I think he was a victim whereby because he was so good going forward people just assumed he was an attacking full back who couldn’t defend. He might have got caught out a few times earlier on but for the most part he was sound. Also speaks volumes that pretty much every team we used to play against actually targeted our right hand side in Smith.
I thought the opposite and it was the left side that was generally targeted. I don't think he's awful defending 1 on 1 but seemed particularly vulnerable to balls over the top.
That said he was normally pushed forwards with McGree floating in field while on the right side Smith sat deeper and Forss would bust a gut tracking back. Our tactical setup probably created more opportunities for opposing teams down the left before individual skill became a factor.
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51 minutes ago, Old Codger said:
I just hope Adam Reach doesn't get subbed on for last 15 minutes. Between him and Marvin, it is almost inevitable (to use a seldom heard phrase) that we will see a worldie to snatch defeat from the jaws of a draw. Like many others, would like to see cameos from a couple of kids if we are in a position to do so and tbh as we are out of playoff chase, do it whatever the situation is. Why not see if they can make the step up as we know what the others can do?  Â
I hope so too, especially as he plays for West Brom and Sheff Wed stealing and playing him would be quite a blatant violation of the rules.
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WHAT A FINISH
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Just now, Downsouth said:
That's the area of goal Glover has been having issues with
The bit between the posts you mean?
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53 minutes ago, Hicktonpen10 said:
Both of them are terrible in my opinion. Drury talks too much drivel trying to be funny and Maddison is clearly conflicted as he is a club employee as I understand it.
It really irrationally irritates me when Drury incorrectly commentate small moments in games. Regularly through a match he'll say a player has lost the ball despite the pass never making it to them, call tackles interceptions (or vice versa), say a player has lost control of the ball when he was never going to get close to it, etc.
Happens multiple times per game and I can't abide it!
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4 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said:
Now, and he was asked to rule out Dwight Gayle by the Geordie sounding Boro fan and he refused to do so, so that might be something.
Wilder punching air right now
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Just now, Brunners said:
That's a penalty on fry there for me. Onien all over him
The Ayala special
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40 minutes ago, LinoJo3 said:
How are we gonna replace him without having the money? What if it drags out all summer like Akpom did and we run out of time to replace him? Sorry but what you said makes no sense.
We can sell him now, sort a budget for a replacement and have 7 months to get the one we want.
That's almost half a season of games without a replacement when we're still in touch with securing a playoff place.Â
A summer sale gives us a period of downtime to replace him without impacting on our season. Sure it could drag on but we'd certainly have more time than the 1 week we currently have.
That's assuming that Azaz hasn't been brought in as his replacement mind you.
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7 minutes ago, Neverbefore said:
Of course it matters. For one thing, the value could sky rocket after tonight. If he stays and gets another 10 goal contributions between now and the end of the season were looking at a 20mil plus player on our hands. And at his current trajectory that's not unreasonable. For another thing, it means he can help us towards our actual goal, which is promotion.Â
Our goal isn't to sell players as soon as they make us a profit. Its to buy players who we feel will increase in value and sell them at the right time to maximise the profit to help us gain promotion via reinvestment. This isn't the right time to sell, I'm 99% sure of it.Â
Biggest thing for me is selling Rogers in the summer actually gives us time to properly replace him and start to embed a new signing into the team.
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55 minutes ago, macapes said:
Your digs at Humpty are getting super repetitive. Time to move on.
Have I missed something? I always thought Humpty being Bausor was just a OneBoro meme in the way CT being Vickers, us almost signing Jed Wallace and SmogDane's browsing history are.
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5 minutes ago, Neverbefore said:
What exactly was mcgrees injury? I don't remember whether it was something that happened on the pitch or not. Could well be that he was struggling with it at the beginning of the season which is why he wasn't starting and it got to the point where he couldn't play at all.
Plantar fasciitis, so quite possibly
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Just now, AnglianRed said:
Yikes - close again for Chelsea. Gallagher with a shot just wide.
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Chelsea bossing this game now. Boro struggling to hang on. Grim viewing at the moment.
Or several moments ago some would say.
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Anyone else game to fake celebrate a goal to get AnglianRed excited?
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Really *** off with that result. I thought we actually played really well, defended set pieces confidently and never let Rotherham have a sniff. We did the hard part numerous times, making gilt-edged chances against a dogged defence with no intention of doing anything but sitting deep and denying us space. So gutting to do absolutely everything to win the game barring putting the ball in the net.Â
Not going to talk about the referee's decision because I really think that with the chances we had it should have been inconsequential to the result.
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Delighted with that performance, not a single player disappointed today. We were tidy and good on the eye, only thing to let us down was a bit of sloppy finishing.
I thought our movement going forwards was a lot better too. Front 4 interchanged very fluidly and it really made the difference in making chances imo.
Special shout out to Engel for putting in a performance like that 3 months on from the worst half of football I've witnessed a player have under Carrick. Quality today on and off the ball.
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21 minutes ago, OldManGravz said:
Been out at a family reunion most of the day, how did we play? I've seen the goals but did we deserve the win?
We were flat and probably didn't deserve 3 points. Reverse of Hull where we probably did deserve to win but didn't take the chances we had.
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1 hour ago, Dynamo Kev said:
barlaser and fry were shocking when defending again, its like playing with 2 men light when defending with them in the side. good win though. they needed that.Â
You've had a real bee in your bonnet about Fry and I'm not sure why, he's definitely one of our best defenders. Don't think he really did much wrong today 🤷‍♂️.
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Our injury 11 is looking *** lethal now mind.
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Great turn from Jones, unfortunately Swansea can actually defend crosses so we get a corner.
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Half decent chance there with a poor corner. We're looking alright on the ball but the chances we're giving away are concerning.
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Just now, Neverbefore said:
Eh? That's their keeper...
Doppelgangers to be fair
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Lath's just speared the Swansea keeper onto his head challenging for the ball. Hope he's alright
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Should be 1-0. Dieing punches air trying to claim a swans free kick and they head wide with an open goal.
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Showing a lot of intent to try and play in behind Swansea's high line. Ball over the top hasn't been good enough so far however.
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That's a very optimistic if.