Brunners 7,982 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 I'll happily take a point there, along with the very many positives that came out of that performance. Dijksteel man of the match again IMO, absolutely phenomenal back there, although thought Paddy put in quite the performance too. Hopefully Fletch isn't out long otherwise we're right back to square one with our striker situation. A little bit more creativity and better play from our wingbacks and we'll be fine. Hope Coulson can get a start over Marv soon, those crosses today were awful. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BoroJake 2,345 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 If anybody deserved to win that, it was us, bournemouth barely got out of their half apart from a few counter attacks in the second half Link to post Share on other sites
BoroYorkie 94 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Point is the least we deserved. Defensively a lot better. Need to create some chances now because Britt looks sharp. His first touch and hold up play is so much better. Link to post Share on other sites
Dan1234 1,056 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 If we get Johnson and Saville out that team we might look half decent. Morsy should take Savilles place but god knows what Coulson has to do to get a game over Johnson Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,347 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 A well earned point, if only for the effort/work rate we put into the game. Improvement on the Watford game 👍 2 Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,283 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Just now, Borodane said: On a stag. How have we played. Just saw we were behind and equalized late on. Better than them, conceded a crap own goal which was largely lucky from Bournemouth. Final ball is still rubbish, Johnson has had so many wasted crossing opportunities this game it's unreal. One cracking ball from McNair and we're deservedly level, says it all really. It's still a case of a lot of hard work, a bit more constructive than last weekend, but lacking some quality in the final third. Generally, the team worked better as a unit and we pressed well as a team. We've earned the point as a bare minimum though I don't think anyone would be shocked we've only scored one goal. It's just frustrating that 1 goal really should have been enough today. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,942 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Positives - - a decent point against a side playing well below their individual ability. - intent, intensity, pressing, ball retention all improved on the previous 3 games. - mcnair was much more like the paddy of the start of last season -bettinelli much more confident display- solid and some good saves Negatives - - still giving away needless chances at set pieces, look very shakey at the back underr any kind of pressure. - johnson- obvious one. I cant think fo any contract renewal in my 20 plus years of supporting boro that is baffling and dumb as this. He was a 2 out of 10 at best. - creativity lacking again. Our chances all came from crosses or set pieces, just no incision or guile whatsoever. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Rioch's Braves 711 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Can't fault anyone in the side, they all put a shift in, a decent performance and hopefully with the new signings we can only get better. Link to post Share on other sites
sanddancer 1,967 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Only 3 points from the playoffs 😁 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,320 Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Well chuffed I was able to oversee our first point of the season. Happy to hand over to DZ who will hopefully go on to secure our first win. I said what I wanted most of all was to see better organisation and work rate ( in short a decent performance). Well we definitely saw that today. The lads looked like the knew what they were supposed to be doing (most of the time). Technically we looked much better and the attitude seemed much improved. Like BU, I also have more confidence for the rest of the season. Definitely something to build on. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
tmcc 583 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 why are the subs not used?, coulson for johnson? Link to post Share on other sites
BoroSmoggie 2,710 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 I think Akpom will be straight in the 11 next game. Think Fletch did his hamstring? Unless Browne keeps his place after his goal. Link to post Share on other sites
thatoldchestnut 583 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Neverbefore said: Positives - - a decent point against a side playing well below their individual ability. - intent, intensity, pressing, ball retention all improved on the previous 3 games. - mcnair was much more like the paddy of the start of last season -bettinelli much more confident display- solid and some good saves Negatives - - still giving away needless chances at set pieces, look very shakey at the back underr any kind of pressure. - johnson- obvious one. I cant think fo any contract renewal in my 20 plus years of supporting boro that is baffling and dumb as this. He was a 2 out of 10 at best. - creativity lacking again. Our chances all came from crosses or set pieces, just no incision or guile whatsoever. I really cant argue with any of that. Link to post Share on other sites
White Band 831 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 If anyone wants to do some more nail biting, turn the cycling on... fascinating finish and I've no idea which way it's going to go. Link to post Share on other sites
LBP 3,035 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Betinelli Dijksteel Hall Fry ? McNair Howson Tav ? Britt ? Could be such a decent team with just 3 quality additions pains me that we can't do it Link to post Share on other sites
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