Snake 45 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, thomas said: Oww and keeper needs dropping as well as the defenders or anyone doesn't have faith in him anymore. He looks weak - NW's right hand man is supposed to be a goalkeeping coach as well so I'm not clear why Betty Nelly still gets picked. It must be a nightmare for defenders playing in front of him 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Redcar Rioja 5,872 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, edinboro said: Might have been the pitch. Might just be we've hit a wall. The pitch may have been an excuse had it not been for us having the worst form in the Championship. That performance was the crowning glory of a series or performances that makes Woodgate look like Guardiola. Rotherham, Wednesday, Birmingham and now Derby, if it was Pulis or Monk there would be conspiracy theories abound. Link to post Share on other sites
Uwe 3,543 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 What it’s like being a Boro fan just now and looking for the silver lining 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Snake 45 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, edinboro said: If as looks likely we are in this division for another season and we lose Britt, Fletcher, NML, Kebano, Bolasie and the GK we have a lot of slots to fill in the first team next season. On a good day that's half the first team. We have Bola, Fry, Hall, Dijksteel, Fisher, Howson, Saville, McNair, Tav, Morsy, Akpom, Coulson, Wing, Watmore and kids. So again we have to find creativity and strikers and probably a new goalkeeper. Scary. That was dreadful. We looked knackered. Might have been the pitch. Might just be we've hit a wall. The ones we'll lose are hardly pulling up tree stumps this season though - no great loss except for Fletch. Betty Nelly definitely not - I'd send him back now Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,229 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, GrimsbyBoro said: Akpom upfront for a season 😢 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Uwe 3,543 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Just now, Redcar Rioja said: The pitch may have been an excuse had it not been for us having the worst form in the Championship. That performance was the crowning glory of a series or performances that makes Woodgate look like Guardiola. Rotherham, Wednesday, Birmingham and now Derby, if it was Pulis or Monk there would be conspiracy series abound. I like to think about the conditions from the pitches point of view. It can’t of been happy with the crap that was just played on top of it 🤷♂️ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TeaCider24 12,401 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, Leesider said: Count yourself lucky,i had to listen to Paul Mersons ramblings on Sky.What an idiot, Paul Merson is like Morgan Freeman compared to the Derby commentators. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Redcar Rioja 5,872 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, GrimsbyBoro said: Akpom upfront for a season 😢 "Britt light" or should that be a "cheap Britt" or just a poor man's Britt and heaven knows Britt is totally dispensable with Warnock's set up. Link to post Share on other sites
thomas 501 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Just now, Snake said: He looks weak - NW's right hand man is supposed to be a goalkeeping coach as well so I'm not clear why Betty Nelly still gets picked. It must be a nightmare for defenders playing in front of him He might actually be the big problem at the back, when Dimi came in and playing in goal he gave us confidence and we stopped leaking goals at the back as the defenders knew he was a stable keeper. I wonder if we switch keeper to one that doesnt flap and makes decent saves if all of sudden them defenders start gaining confidence. Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,229 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, tmcc said: somebodies sarcasm detector is broken Nah - I figured you were joking but I just wanted to give someone a penguin slap. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
edinboro 804 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Be interesting to see what Warnock says. He cannot excuse that performance. Dreadful from back to front. Link to post Share on other sites
tmcc 583 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Just now, AnglianRed said: Nah - I figured you were joking but I just wanted to give someone a penguin slap. i guess its been that type of day.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TeaCider24 12,401 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, edinboro said: Be interesting to see what Warnock says. He cannot excuse that performance. Dreadful from back to front. I can't think of much, the pitch was rubbish but it didn't seem to impact us, their player should have been sent off for repeated simulation. Only thing we have is that we miss Dael Fry and Tavernier, but that was a known factor before the match. We have more than enough quality in the squad to beat that Derby side, it's just a poor performance from players and management. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Aye, we obviously miss players who make our first team better, every team does. Derby had the same problem, they've just lost Bielik from their midfield again and it didn't stop them from holding us off. The players we missed wouldn't have stopped that midfield 3 from starting, surely. We still lost that midfield battle. They had Knight and Shinnie in midfield who more than matched our 3, we didn't trouble them at all. Sam bloody Morsy once again trying to dribble and pass his way around players is dreadful tactically. I'll repeat the fact Morsy was caught offside from a long ball forward once too, the *** hell is he doing trying to work the channels at any point during a game? It's absolutely maddening. Link to post Share on other sites
TLF10 4,440 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Warnock in presser said: 1. Bolasie hurt his hamstring in training. Not sure how long he out for. 2. We really miss Fry and he hope he back for Reading next week 3. Scoring has been an issue at this club for years but we got what we got. We tried a few things and its not worked so will see what else we can try. 4. Was not fussed about gap to 6th as saying main issue is scoring and we wont win games if we dont score. **The striker point is interesting as in the pre match presser he said we got a lot of good things but stated we are missing a defender who can score from set pieces and a big striker up front to get his goals. Its clear its these two areas he wants to strengthen. Britt will be gone and new striker purchased in summer to fo with Fletcher and Akpom i feel. My own view is i have written off the play offs. I just want us to reach 50pts and then look towards next season. I hope Warnock stays and builds on this season. I want him managing in front of our fans. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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