Boro v Bristol City 1-3 (Assombalonga)

[ManBearPig 588]

Are our young crop of players good? Or do we overhype with rose tinted specs?

[J.T. 353]

2 minutes ago, tmcc said:

although i agree were terrible, i still dont think were going down, hull are terrible, so are stoke hudds and charlton. luton and barnsley are pretty much down and theres also wigan who might get a 12 point deduction. were terrible, but there are several teams below us who are just as bad if not worse below us. we just have be less *** than the teams below us which we should be able to do. 

I think our problem is the fixture list. A lot of the teams below us play each other which means that plenty of them will pick up points between now and the end of the season. Whereas I can’t see us getting a single point in our remaining games. 

[White Band 473]

Fry is better when he has a leader next to him.  We don't have that leader to pair him with 

[Johnny A 21]

3 minutes ago, BillinghamBoro said:

Maybe in Zimbabwean dollars... 😅

A swap for Ben Gibson will do nicely...and quickly!

[Neverbefore 2,820]

1 minute ago, TeaCider24 said:

Cursed at home.

Not cursed. Just a poor squad with zero confidence and manager with no ambition or tactical nous. Playing to our ability given those factors really 

[White Band 473]

1 minute ago, ManBearPig said:

Are our young crop of players good? Or do we overhype with rose tinted specs?

We overhype them.

[TeaCider24 3,285]

***'s sake, Roberts.

Sick of seeing it, feels like an early Traore again.

[Changing Times 4,937]

Good feet from Roberts but couldn’t do anything with it. Shame for the lad. 

[BillinghamBoro 229]

Just now, ManBearPig said:

Are our young crop of players good? Or do we overhype with rose tinted specs?

Controversial opinion alert: 

 

I don't think our young players are that good whatsoever. Coulson has a bit of pace but no defensive awareness and gets torn to pieces by any half decent winger. Spence can be ok on his day but seems a bit hit and miss sadly. Fry is a donkey in the back line. Tav is probably the brightest spark. Maybe I'm being overly critical but that's how I simply see it 

[LBP 645]

Just please god let us have Karanka back, remember how much our defenders improved after 1 preseason with him

[Uwe 2,503]

Roberts getting into good areas but trying to do too much

[DurhamRed 1,124]

Robert's seriously trys to beat every player to score never looks up and passes

[AnglianRed 2,747]

1 minute ago, ManBearPig said:

Are our young crop of players good? Or do we overhype with rose tinted specs?

They could probably become good, with the right coaching. But they have probably been tarnished at least by a few seasons of inept management.

Still time for them to come good...but only with the right staff in place.

[boro-unger 1,699]

3 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said:

Cursed at home.

The Fought-Less Riverside!

[Skinemrippers 367]

Worried again. Sick of feeling we might have found a formation that works, a bit of form and confidence and then another rubbish performance.  Back to square one. 
 

And sick to death of Maddo suggesting players should go down when they’re tackled in the box every week as well. It’s cheating Maddo. And not what we want to see.