Leesider 1,145 1.3k Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Anyone think we will go 5 at the back tomorrow & be a bit more conservative? If Fry is out ,we might even see Paddy back in the fold. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnglianRed 6,494 15.8k Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) Good one @Smogzilla - even if you did nick it from someone else! I'd go with the 5 Gorillas and 15 wolves. Wolves hunt in packs to overwhelm prey and gorillas are intelligent enough to make use of any stuff lying around as a weapon...not to mention hugely big & strong! First (and most important) the wolves could take down the hunter, so you could nick his rifle. Then you have a gun and 2 sets of animals. The hawks I feel would be a bit of a stalemate. They couldn't do a lot of damage and it would be hard to take them down...unless they were like the T-virus infected birds from Resident Evil. Crocodiles are relatively slow on land and big targets. Even if you're not a crack shot it shouldn't be difficult to kill them. Same with the buffalo. Bears are definitely scary, but less so if you have gorillas and wolves to help you. Lions are generally pretty lazy and only fight for territory / mating rights. Again the odds would be pretty much in your favour. 10,000 rats is definitely a lot...possibly too many. I feel they'd get in each others' way a lot and even though you'd run out of ammo for the rifle, you could still use it as a club to smoosh them with...again with help from your animal allies. As far as the match is concerned... Safe to say I don't have a good feeling about this one... Edited February 16 by AnglianRed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaCider24 13,945 18.6k Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) Decent interview with Azaz. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunthorpered 2,114 2.8k Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 19 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said: Decent interview with Azaz. Some will read the caption and completely misinterpret it all still though haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erimus74 3,569 3.7k Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Listening to fans on the Preston game, as mentioned I didnt catch a minute due to been on nights but the overall assumption is we were by far the better team & if we had a striker we would have won on the night We went through an awful period under Wilder before he was rightfully sacked but I think things are different this time, even though we're struggling in the league with just the one league win this calander year, the players still seem to be behind Carrick, we just need a bit of luck, Prestons winning goal sort of summed up our year, well our season really, thats what we need TBH, s msssive slice of lady luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martonboro 406 419 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 32 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said: Decent interview with Azaz. Interview was good but BBC Tees have done Azaz dirty with that caption. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanco 5,129 6.8k Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 4 minutes ago, martonboro said: Interview was good but BBC Tees have done Azaz dirty with that caption. They certainly have. It makes it out that he was complaining about the outside noise (fans) when he wasn’t doing anything remotely like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsoncgp 9,488 19.5k Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 1 minute ago, Erimus74 said: Listening to fans on the Preston game, as mentioned I didnt catch a minute due to been on nights but the overall assumption is we were by far the better team & if we had a striker we would have won on the night We went through an awful period under Wilder before he was rightfully sacked but I think things are different this time, even though we're struggling in the league with just the one league win this calander year, the players still seem to be behind Carrick, we just need a bit of luck, Prestons winning goal sort of summed up our year, well our season really, thats what we need TBH, s msssive slice of lady luck Yeah, I think Preston were probably a major contributor in us being the far better team to be fair, if we played like that against anybody else than I'm not sure we'd have given away as few chances and had as many as we did but we were the better team for sure. Like, honestly, my only concern about having a dull patch to end this season is what impact it has on the players. For me, I'm quite happy to wait and see what happens but I think there will be players and possibly even coaches who wonder about the aspirations of a club willing to throw away half a season of football regardless of how much better an opportunity next season looks like it might be. I like having Carrick in charge. He's difficult to get a good feel off of because he keeps things close to his chest but I don't doubt his desire to succeed here. I like the way we try to play even if we are making mistakes. We've played this way and performed very well doing it on enough occasions that I'm not getting Monk vibes, where the ideals were greater than the strength of the plan. And I remember plenty of times when we didn't take risks in our backline and still conceded crap goals so it's not like turning it off will immediately rectify our woes either, Pulis was the worst for that. I'm actually quite comfortable watching Carrick make the mistakes he makes in line-ups and such too, I think a lot of other managers would have persisted with Hackney at #10 against Bristol City after the comments he made in the build-up but he and his staff saw it for what it was and decided to change it. I have a fair bit of trust in what he's trying to do. I don't care that much that he plays Forss on the right when we don't have a recognised striker either because I don't think we've actually seen Forss looking out of place there, his best games last season were certainly there and with Jones out, I'm not convinced there's anyone who looks as good there. So play him up front or play him wide, one way or another, one position doesn't look as good as it can right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaCider24 13,945 18.6k Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Bet it was Mark Drury that told them to use that tag, he loves to stir the pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanddancer 1,975 6k Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 12 minutes ago, Erimus74 said: Listening to fans on the Preston game, as mentioned I didnt catch a minute due to been on nights but the overall assumption is we were by far the better team & if we had a striker we would have won on the night We went through an awful period under Wilder before he was rightfully sacked but I think things are different this time, even though we're struggling in the league with just the one league win this calander year, the players still seem to be behind Carrick, we just need a bit of luck, Prestons winning goal sort of summed up our year, well our season really, thats what we need TBH, s msssive slice of lady luck The league table and stats doesn’t lie so it’s hardly luck we need. It’s not a bad patch it’s either the players aren’t good enough or the manager isn’t doing his job. The only people who deserve credit are the fans who put up with the **** show. I had seen it all before under Charlie Amer. What people should ask themselves. Is mid table in the second devision a fair reward given the size of our town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce 1,951 1.7k Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 11 minutes ago, sanddancer said: What people should ask themselves. Is mid table in the second devision a fair reward given the size of our town. Do you honestly think anyone at the club is aiming for us to be a mid-table Championship club? I don't. Gibson is spending £10-£15m a year just to keep us afloat. Everyone I see at the club is ambitious to get us into the Premier league. Since the failed Monk boom, we have tried just about every idea possible to get promoted. They have all failed and now we are trying, again, to build a push for promotion that we can sustain for as long as it takes without ripping it up every time and starting again. Sure, you can point to a lot of bad decision making, most of it starting at the top with Gibson. What I don't see is a lack of ambition. As for a "fair reward" there is no such thing in football. Anything else is entitlement. As for the comparison with Charlie Amer, that's ridiculous. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erimus74 3,569 3.7k Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 20 minutes ago, Bruce said: Do you honestly think anyone at the club is aiming for us to be a mid-table Championship club? I don't. Gibson is spending £10-£15m a year just to keep us afloat. Everyone I see at the club is ambitious to get us into the Premier league. Since the failed Monk boom, we have tried just about every idea possible to get promoted. They have all failed and now we are trying, again, to build a push for promotion that we can sustain for as long as it takes without ripping it up every time and starting again. Sure, you can point to a lot of bad decision making, most of it starting at the top with Gibson. What I don't see is a lack of ambition. As for a "fair reward" there is no such thing in football. Anything else is entitlement. As for the comparison with Charlie Amer, that's ridiculous. Spot on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Goat 171 293 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I fear for Boro on Saturday. Leicester are really on form and are running away with this League. Our defending being of the schoolboy variety, no striker, and midfield about as affective as a chocolate fireguard.Not to mention Glover. I'm afraid Carrick only has these players to work with, but I feel he's ran out of ideas. That is if he ever had any in the first place.Let,s hope my natural pessimism is clouding my judgement. I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitchy 139 85 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 14 hours ago, OldManGravz said: That's him. Just needs to let in some saveable shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendieta420 1,101 2.4k Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 2 hours ago, Erimus74 said: Listening to fans on the Preston game, as mentioned I didnt catch a minute due to been on nights but the overall assumption is we were by far the better team & if we had a striker we would have won on the night We went through an awful period under Wilder before he was rightfully sacked but I think things are different this time, even though we're struggling in the league with just the one league win this calander year, the players still seem to be behind Carrick, we just need a bit of luck, Prestons winning goal sort of summed up our year, well our season really, thats what we need TBH, s msssive slice of lady luck the "if we had a striker" argument doesnt hold much water when it wasn't our no.9 on the night missing chances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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