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Boro v Chelsea (League Cup Semi Final 1st leg) 1-0 (Hackney)


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3 hours ago, Old Codger said:

Referee appeared to be operating on the assumption that if a player was still conscious after a tackle, there was no need to give a foul and allowed Josh and Crooks to be battered all night. Kept the game going I suppose, but that sort of attitude is why players get bad injuries.

No, that's what keeps players from rolling around trying to get the play stopped when there is no need for it. Crooks went over his ankle when he went in for the ball. It was never the Chelsea players fault and there was no reason to stop play for it before the ball was back in chelseas half. You stop play for head injuries and I'll applaud refs for letting play on when a tired player is staying on the ground. Letting play on is not why Coburn and Crooks were battered all night. It was simply just the Boro players battling with everything they had. You can't stop play every time a player don't get up.

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3 hours ago, Bruce said:

I guess Hackney's goal sealed his fate. Scoring in a semi-final against a Prem league team pretty much guarantees some hefty bids for him in the summer and it will be hard for him or us to turn them down if we don't get promoted.

Was thinking that too. Certainly also about Jones. Feel like Jones added some "Spence value" like when Spence earned all those plaudits after Forest played Arsenal in the cup. Things will go nuts when Rogers bags a hattrick at the Bridge.

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36 minutes ago, SouthernSmoggie said:

He was brilliant on loan there. Surprised he's not kicked on since. 

Looked one of the only Chelsea players who was arsed last night, even if things weren't coming off for him.

He suits playing for a low possession team, really good at pressing and work off the ball but doesn't have the skill at the elite level to break teams down.

Would thrive at West Ham or Everton under their current managers.

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