BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 No excuses ..........BUT.....the only player in my team that can head a football (not the hardest skill to learn) was absent. Mowbray's right, that's not an excuse. Link to post Share on other sites
Marz 67 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 A victory last night, and we'd all be waiting patiently for Adomah to sign on the dotted line, with an optimistic view towards the weekend and convinced that Leicester was just a small hiccup. But in typical Boro style, we lose and in turn, everyone goes crazy :P Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,320 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Well, I missed the game, but read the report on the BBC website and couldn't believe what I was reading. Stats as follows: Possession % Boro 63 - 37 Accrington Shots (on target) Boro 23(5) - 4(3) Accrington Corners Boro 14 - 3 Accrington Fouls (bookings) Boro 4(0) - 9(0) Accrington According to the team sheet we only played 2 reserve / youth players in Leutwiler and Gibson...so we fielded a near full-strength side, as well as having a pretty decent subs bench. Jutkiewicz opened the scoring inside the first 10 minutes, so we SHOULD have gone on to win comfortably. But apparently we just did the same old, same old and let Accrington back into the game, equalising 5 minutes from half time and getting the winner with 9 minutes left. Sorry, but thats just unacceptable against a team that lost their previous game 4-1 against League 2 new boys Newport. We got less than 22% of our shots on target, while Accrington managed 75%. We managed to win more than 4 times as many corners as they did but couldn't capitalise on any of them. I've read Mowbray going on about needing to strengthen our striking options, but from what we witnessed last season, he would do well to try making better use of the players he's got, instead of trying to use them as makeshift wingers, or playing them out wide where they can't get near goal. Hopefully if the signing of Albert Adomah comes off, we will see less of that. On the MFC website they have Jutkiewicz, Emnes, Carayol, Ledesma and Main listed as strikers...all of whom have seen a decent amount of first team action...so why does he need more? On top of that they have up and coming youngsters Luke Williams and Charlie Wyke. Why not use this season to give them some more first team exposure and see if they have what it takes? I've said it before and I'll say it again - its not lack of striking options that is our biggest problem, its lack of organisation and discipline throughout the team in defence and joined-up thinking in attack. Signing another striker will not solve all our problems. If our strikers' shooting is so poor, make them practice more...against a keeper and defenders, rather than just whacking balls at the goal, so they learn to score under pressure. A victory last night, and we'd all be waiting patiently for Adomah to sign on the dotted line, with an optimistic view towards the weekend and convinced that Leicester was just a small hiccup. But in typical Boro style, we lose and in turn, everyone goes crazy :P A few of us maybe, but I think many of us would wait for a run of good results (maybe a small unbeaten run) before getting too cock-a-hoop. Beating a League 2 side at home in a Cup match is nothing to get carried away about. The fact we lost...and in such familiar fashion is the reason so many of us are up in arms. Link to post Share on other sites
Redcar Pebble 10 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Varga really impressed me last night. He played as a good anchoring midfielder whenever Hoyte decided to venture forward, so Mowbray is definitely using Varga's experience as a right back for his national team. Link to post Share on other sites
Conster44 4 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Its kind of ironic that even Dong Gook Lee could score against league two opposition in a cup and go on to win the game in a boro shirt. How far have we fallen? Link to post Share on other sites
tylergomez 53 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Lee Dong Gook would shine in this team... Or maybe not.. Link to post Share on other sites
Boro Scot 75 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Lee Dong Gook would shine in this team... Or maybe not.. Long Duck Dong would shine in this team! Link to post Share on other sites
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