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Not too worried about Hackney. It would only make sense to sell now if we needed the money for a £10m + striker this month and there is no evidence we are in that market at this time. if we go up I would imagine he stays but if not then he would probably go. If teams want him they will pay the money we want.

Good call had forgot about Forss. Might be asking a lot after such a long injury but he would be better than a L1 or L2 gamble for sure.

If we had been in this position with a fully fit squad I would probably agree with you but having the likes of O’Brien , Magree and Azaz available for the run in it is all to play for. Not particularly interested in the top 4 running away with it as Hull and Sunderland are our competition not Leicester. We do need a striker though. I think Coburn is a perfectly good championship striker and will only get better but the lad looks to be carrying an injury and for all his energy LL is still getting used to the league. As a solution I don’t think we gamble on the future but go for as muc

I hope his interview wipes away any pre signing negativity there was on here. The lad has a reputation as a leader so this makes it doubly impressive in my eyes. Welcome to the Boro Luke

On this one I agree with CT as I think Engel still has a tendency to getting sucked into rash challenges. That said I thought he was very good last night , just not the best. Fry was my MOTM , closely followed by Clarke All in all though every one of them was a hero

About to post the same thing . Don’t get the criticism of what is a perfectly sensible short term option. No one is saying he is the future but after the good work Scotty and his team have done this far maybe we need to give them the benefit of the doubt on this one.

Bloody Fry - Headed everything!! Heroic defending very proud tonight

Aye and the 2 Chelsea goals will of course be Fry’s fault even if he is on the bench.

Good luck to Coulson. By no means the worst defender we have ever had but never really developed into the 7/10 performer we need. As other have said our other defenders ,whilst worse than Coulson on occasion , have shown signs they can reach that level , albeit not regularly enough. League 1 is probably his level but in fairness the lad needs a run of games to show if he can do it

If fit and Carrick thinks he is up to it Clarke has to play. I would probably go Coburn first half and LL second but other than that I agree. I think it’s a no brainier to play all of the 3 in midfield for this one. Again with the caveat over whether Hayden can be risked after such a long break. A creditable 1-1 and close defeat in London the most likely outcome but if we can catch Chelsea on one of their frequent bad days then any sort of lead will give us a chance down there.

Morning after - Really pleased for Glover. He will no doubt drop a clanger in a future game ( all keepers do) but I would hope he now has some credit in the bank with the half emptiers The Villa fan page shows them to be arrogant knobheads - They are second in the premier league and we are a team of injury ravaged , mainly , kids - we didn’t park the bus but tried to pass it and it took the removal of our best players (protection for Tuesday) and the use of their multi million cavalry to beat us. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Howson, Barlaser and Hackney on Tuesday with Johnny in a s

Proud of the boys today. Let’s be honest their bench against ours!! Some really solid performances though - Glover , Barlaser , Bangura , Hackney on to Tuesday now

Fat fingers - meant Glover!

Decent first half. Different team with Hackney. Clarke and Barlaser excellent and maybe the gag lover haters will give it a rest now as he has been good also

Great post Alan. RIP to a great servant of our club. Condolences to his family and friends

Ridiculous comments about Carrick not being up to it - team running on empty and kids on the bench - what on earth do you expect! First half we were by far the better team but fair play to them they outplayed us second half. Returning players and the transfer window massive for us now and playoffs odds against but tough times at the moment. positives were Coburn first half and Rogers all game .

Really good first half. Coburn stretching them , Rogers excellent and deserve to be ahead. More of the same second half will do

Point for me is that with a reasonably fit squad we would walk a top 6 spot , so in many ways the fitness of key players will determine where we finish. Because of the injuries I think it is unfair to blame the team too much for inconsistency as MC has been rotating a paper thin match day squad. As it stands we could finish anywhere between 5th and 10th. so 5th it is then😀

Merry Christmas Alan to you and the family also Best wishes to all of the Oneboro family and hoping for a prosperous New Year Already 3 points better off than last Christmas……in Michael we trust

Fair point. My frustration is in losing a game we should so patently have won, if for no other reason than Hull were rubbish. I know we have played worse but this is definitely 3 points thrown away

I am not sure where Carrick can take the positives he said on Sky . I thought Crooks and jones were as bad as I have seen them. Dijksteel again showed he has a costly mistake in him. Barlaser was slow . I guess the only small positive was that Engel looks good going forward , RDV is a huge prospect and Latth scored a decent goal but that’s about it praying we can stay within reachable play off distance by January but it’s pretty obvious that without Hackney and Magree this team isn’t going to do it.

As bad as it gets - we desperately need players back. Hard to find any positives

A poor game with some shocking final balls. Engel is shaky at the back but a great outlet in their half. Crooks having one of his shockers so no doubt he will grab a goal second half. Jones has been poor , so combined with Crooks it means our right hand side has been very weak. Hull can’t be as bad second half so think we need a second here.

Surprised you are in the minority as Mogga has been great for you , getting such a young team to the playoffs last year and in an around it this year as well, all without a recognised CF. I am one of Mogga’s biggest fans (wanted him back before Carrick came and would take him back in a second if and when Carrick leaves) so my views are tainted but this strikes me as the most ridiculous sacking I have ever seen.

How have we not won that game. Great entertainment but sloppy defending and some poor finishing.Two pointer thrown away in the second half