Smokedsalmon
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Time to gooooo!
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There are continents sliding apart from each other at a quicker pace than we move the ball in attack.
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Painful this. What an advert for Championship football.
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If I had to choose, I'd like a German coach from the 2. Bundesliga or something.
Otherwise, of those available locally, I think Roy Keane would be a fun punt. Big name, elite mentality, wouldn't let anyone get away with half-hearted performances. Depends if he has the tactical mind to back it up.
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29 minutes ago, mendieta420 said:
Yup, signing players the manager doesn't want is always the key to success.
What's the point in bringing in a manager with a proven record at getting promoted then changing our mind without even trying?
Payero and JLS are going to spend the season sat on the bench whilst Paddy, Howson, and Tav play in midfield.
We brought in Warnock to save us from inevitable relegation under Woodgate. He was a short-term fire-fighting option, and he was kept on because we had no money to spend during Covid and a safe pair of hands was necessary to steer us away from being relegation candidates.
Anyone who thinks Warnock was brought in to mastermind some sort of promotion effort with this group of players is way wide of the mark, in my opinion. He's a caretaker until Scott brings in the next long term plan.
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54 minutes ago, Hendrie_7 said:
"When asked if he spoke to Warnock about leaving, Morsy replies: “Basically it was a decision from upstairs really, a decision over him.
“There is a lot of transition going on at the club at the minute, a new director of football and lots of change really.
“I was the first casualty of the regime really."
Music to my ears that Scott is able to pull rank on a manager who will be gone at the end of the season (if not sooner).
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Personally going to be pouring out a nice glass of red this weekend in celebration that I will never watch Djed Spence kill the momentum in another attack with his trademark run it out wide, try and do a step over, slow the ball down, get doubled up, fall over and lose it.
Horrific player who should have been nowhere near our team from the start and we are a much, much better side without him.
Cheers!
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13 minutes ago, Will said:
I would take Robbie Brady, hasn't he played at LB/LWB quite extensively?
I think he's permacrocked nowadays.
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Something like this must be our strongest team now? Just need a LB/CB cover like Bryan in on a free.
All we need is for them to stop playing low percentage balls into the channels and play through that midfield pairing and we might start to look like a team. Lots of ifs and maybes, but cause for optimism.
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2 minutes ago, ManBearPig said:
I’ll miss Morsy for his ability to break play up and was one of those players who you need to *** house occasionally. He’s not flashy, forward thinking or a catalyst for attacks, but sometimes you just need to have players like that in the championship.
Sad to see him leave, but I’d have let him go if it means we get JLS in. A bit of quality and composure on the ball is needed and from what I’ve seen JLS is better than Morsy so it makes sense.
Im interested to see how Warnock will now utilise this squad. Surely Howson’s days as a regular starter are looking slim?
You say he was good at breaking up play but his last action in a Boro shirt was getting sent off.
He always tried too hard to be a bully. The master of the cynical foul was Adam Clayton - knew how to stop counters and attacks without going too far. Morsy just kicked everyone and left his foot in constantly.
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Just now, Uwe said:
Over 200 replies. 👀
can someone just gimme the ins and outs please.
Apologies for being a lazy git
IN:
Sporar and Siliki
OUT:
Wood, Walker, (probably) Morsy
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1 minute ago, Daveymfc said:
This sounds very much like what Southgate would have said to Gibson when we sold Clattermole for Digard
Digard was definitely a better player than Cattermole, he was just injured all the time. Went on to have a half-decent career in France.
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Defensive midfield players who run about, kick people, and give away stupid fouls all the time are dime a dozen.
He's not quick, athletic, creative, or a goal threat. Good to get rid for some cash and replace him with more technical quality.
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Just now, Mr_Maz said:
so we were after this lad as well
We've probably been after double digits in terms of players we've enquired for and it not come off, to be fair. You'd like to think we have at least 3 choices on the go for each spot at any one time.
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2 minutes ago, Smogzilla said:
It's been quite a departure from Micheal Smith et al only a couple of months ago.
I'm quietly confident that we agreed the Scott deal mid-way through the transfer window and he's taken 1 look at Warnock's planned window and said "yeah no ta lads".
Warnock at first was getting exactly what he wanted - Lumley, Ikpeazu, Crooks et al.
Then all of a sudden we've gone in for all these random Europeans and South Americans and he has hardly seemed delighted by it.
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Just now, Mr_Maz said:
imagine going from
Howson, Morsy Saville, Spence, Watmore, Akpom
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Payero, Silik, Jones, Tav, Hernandez, Sporar
Keep imagining because Payero and this new lad will literally never be on the pitch together, put your house on it.
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The fact we're gonna have a Champions League and Copa Libertadores midfield pairing sat on the bench watching Howson and Morsy chase shadows for 90 minutes because they've got northern accents (are ya with me?) is gonna be brutal viewing.
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The minimum for me is Sporar and a LB.
Being greedy, I'd like another striker/winger and a CM.
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1 minute ago, DevKWat said:
Don’t think I’ve ever been more frustrated with Boro both on and off the pitch
It's not quite as bad as when we signed Chris Killen and Lee Miller, or when we were relying on freebies like Bart Ogbeche and Maxi Haas.
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I'm sure this guy has torn us apart a couple of times before?
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1 minute ago, Denzel Zanzibar said:
I wouldn't expect him to get into double figures but I'd play him alongside big Uche.
Not sure going with 2 strikers who aren't going to get into double figures is a promotion master-plan like, but it is a very Boro thing to do so yeah will probably end up happening.
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3 minutes ago, Denzel Zanzibar said:
Reckon Burke would be good in the Championship. I don't think he's a PL player though. Sort of like David Nugent. Sign him to get us the goals to get promoted, but buy better if we go up.
Man's scored 7 goals in the last 9 years. He is proper, proper dire.
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1 minute ago, DurhamRed said:
Van Bergen was the FM wonderkid, 😩
He was quality on Fifa last year. Only reason I'm gonna be upset if we don't get him tbh.
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It's so weird to think that, in the same summer, we have signed:
Matt Crooks from Rotherham, League 1.
Martin Payero from Banfield, Argentine Primera Division.
It's the sort of thing I do on FM. Nuts.
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Reading v Boro 1-0
in Match Day Threads 2021/22 Season
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In fairness, the worse it goes, the closer we are to being rid of this washed up has-been, so by all means go ahead and bang another 4 Reading.