I think Fry might come in for this. I think Ayling might be running on empty. I also think there is a question to ask as to whether there is anything to lose by giving Ibeh a run out up front. So a potential line up, assuming no new injuries and no returning players

Ibeh

Whittaker Gilbert Silvera

Hackney Morris

Targett Malanda Fry Browne

Brynn

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This is a huge game, the biggest game. It's very bigly. You never saw a game like this before. When I saw the fixture list come out I thought, "Wow, that's a massive game.

It reminds me of a Great Dane I saw once, when I saw it I thought, "Wow, thats a huge dog, a massive dog." It was a really beautiful dog though, of course we don't like most Danes now. Sneaky people. Trying to claim a dog is theirs because they found it 400 years ago. You wouldn't see an American trying that. We're gonna rename the Great Dane into The Great Yank. It's what the dog would want. It's what the American people will want. They'll love me for it.

We need to win - it’s as simple as that really. I think we need to win 14 games minimum now to get top two.

I somehow missed that they've signed Bazunu on loan, that's hilarious

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1 hour ago, Denzel Zanzibar said:

I somehow missed that they've signed Bazunu on loan, that's hilarious

They've lost Johansson for a large part of the second half of the season I think, which is a kick in the nuts.

Replacing him with bazunu is just a second kick in the nuts

11 minutes ago, Brunners said:

They've lost Johansson for a large part of the second half of the season I think, which is a kick in the nuts.

Replacing him with bazunu is just a second kick in the nuts

Stoke will put us to the sword 🗡️

Stoke 3-Boro 0

Bazunu looked like a great upcoming Keeper a while back but as his career progressed he now seems to have become some sort of comedic Pantomime villain. Just hope he has a few clangers in him on Wednesday and not do what most stand-in Keepers seem to do against us!

19 minutes ago, Redcar Rioja said:

Bazunu looked like a great upcoming Keeper a while back but as his career progressed he now seems to have become some sort of comedic Pantomime villain. Just hope he has a few clangers in him on Wednesday and not do what most stand-in Keepers seem to do against us!

Lumley (which my phone keeps trying to autocorrect to Lumpy) was also a comedic pantomime villain...until he played against us. Expect a worldie from Bazunu midweek.

Looking and reading their forum, I didn't realise the extent of their injuries. Sounds like they really are threadbare, especially in attack.

Looks like this could be a great opportunity for us to take advantage of their fringe players.

We aren't fully fit neither, but their situation does sound much worse than ours.

Ideally we'd have Brittain, Jones, McGree, Strelec all in the first 11...but Ayling, Silvera, Gilbert & Browne are slotting in very very well.

Both Cov & Ips play before us (which I usually hate), but let's hope one (or both) slip up.

Cov v Millwall

Ipswich v Bristol City

Neither are easy games, and both opponents are genuine PO challengers.

Coburn doing us another favour could be useful.

4-0 to the boro, shove ya bet365 up ur bum

Is anyone else waiting patiently for @TheJew to make his prediction given the return of a popular feature to the forum...?

3 minutes ago, Neverbefore said:

Is anyone else waiting patiently for @TheJew to make his prediction given the return of a popular feature to the forum...?

9,000,000 penguins lined up and waiting 😂

Massive game and one in which we need to win.

Think it will be similar to the WBA game with Stoke employing a low block to frustrate us.

If we can keep a clean sheet and score first which we are very capable of then we could have another fine road trip.

Games to watch out for on Tuesday

Coventry V Millwall

PNE V Hull

Ipswich V Bristol City (should be harder than the Blackburn game)

Watford V Portsmouth on Wednesday

5 hours ago, Rob said:

4-0 to the boro, shove ya bet365 up ur bum

I'll raise your 4-0 with a 5-0.

Stoke have beaten us 5-0 recently, so we owe them a five-fer..