TeaCider24 16,196 21.2k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 (edited) 4 minutes ago, SzilardNemethsCurtains said: It wasn't a weakened side either really, we both played strong sides 3 players from that match are starting for us today. Dijksteel was 100% our backup right back when he was starting the first time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erimus74 4,335 4.5k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 Think maybe Carricks protecting Fry, two big games in less than a week, after such a long lay off, when he was, IMO, MOTM in both games & maybe thought the Ledds game coming so quick after the demands of the Burnley game was the time to rest him & save him for the Millwall game, time will tell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaCider24 16,196 21.2k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 Hoping for another Latte Lath masterclass. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcar Rioja 7,806 7.6k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 Hope Hackney steps up a few gears tonight. I'm surprised he's being entrusted with the Captains armband again. I'd have given it to Clarke or even Fridge myself. Maybe it's a burden that's weighing him down. His last few outings have been poor by his own standards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty189 1,171 2.7k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 Ell come on down...utfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SzilardNemethsCurtains 3,483 3.9k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 9 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said: 3 players from that match are starting for us today. Dijksteel was 100% our backup right back when he was starting the first time too. but he isnt now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoroSmoggie 3,713 4.1k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 Have confidence we will score. Have little confidence we will keep a clean sheet. Battles all over the pitch tonight. Doak up against Wober who’s usually a CB. Borges worries me up against Dan James. Huge pace difference between them two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denzel Zanzibar 7,667 14.8k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 Definitely not keeping a clean sheet, especially with Dieng in goal. We'll just have to score more than them 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaCider24 16,196 21.2k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 (edited) Farke winning 7 of 8 Championship games against Middlesbrough isn't a stat I fancied seeing. Break that hoodoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam P 484 1.9k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 11 minutes ago, BoroSmoggie said: Have confidence we will score. Have little confidence we will keep a clean sheet. Battles all over the pitch tonight. Doak up against Wober who’s usually a CB. Borges worries me up against Dan James. Huge pace difference between them two! Fully agree, James against Neto worries me, I'm hoping he has put Mcgree in to help try and hold onto the ball more than the Burnley first half, and also that Mcgree is more disciplined in his tracking than Burgzorg is. We need to try and get Doak running at Wober early on, that's our main threat tonight I think, and ELL loves playing Leeds of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnglianRed 7,260 17.1k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 (edited) Questions Is Leeds a local derby or just another ground to play football on? Its 80-odd miles from Boro to Leeds. Are we counting that as local? Huddersfield and even Blackburn more more local to them. We don't like them (and presumably they don't much care for us either) but I'm not sure that makes it a derby. But I suppose the mutual dislike makes it a spicier than normal fixture? With the likes of Burnley and Leeds do those teams have an advantage due to still receiving parachute payments? Depends on whether they spend that money wisely or not. We've seen Boro have a few misplaced goes at spending big to secure promotion, only to fall short. I saw a Leeds player go off injured against Derby which might be an advantage to us but did we suffer any injuries against Burnley? No idea - I think we came through that game pretty unscathed from what I can remember. According to a BBC article on the match Carrick said he was "very aware" of the threats posed by Leeds. Whether that means he'll make any changes remains to be seen. Who do you prefer to start ELL or Conway? ELL just because I think Boro need to get on the offensive early on to blunt Leeds' attack / put them off balance / disrupt their game plan. I think ELL would help us do that. Conway would make a better impact sub for this one. How important is Azaz now to Boro? Crucial part of our front 3 midfield. Provides much needed creativity and goals now. Can you see an away win for Boro? Nah. Like Burnley I think we'll be doing well to get a point from this...if we can stifle / frustrate their attackers. Our defence will need to be really on it all game. Leeds surely have to be the bookies' favourites for this one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgewhitt 1,441 696 Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 Draw please 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denzel Zanzibar 7,667 14.8k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 5 minutes ago, Georgewhitt said: Draw please 😉 Shush you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverbefore 13,720 28.2k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 Normally very optimistic but don't have a great feeling about this and have a feeling this place won't be pleasant to be around if we get beat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boro-unger 4,362 17.6k Posted December 10, 2024 Share Posted December 10, 2024 Mcgree, Azaz, Doak and LL is such a strong attacking four. There'll be some goals in this for us! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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