boroinbishop 65 Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Everyone is Alan Link to post Share on other sites
Batmalan 50 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo my individuality has been destroyed. We are the Borg, Resistance is futile! Link to post Share on other sites
2plus2 290 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 ----------------- Given ----------------- - Varga - Woodgate - Gibson - Friend - --------- Williams - Smallwood -------- ----- Adomah --- Emnes --- Carayol ----- ----------------- Kamara --------------- Could definitely get behind this team. Similar team as against Bolton (rightly so) with basically only forced changes. And in this relatively experimental early stage of Karanka's management, it does seem like a good opportunity to test Varga's current credentials at RB and Williams in CM. Those are, afterall, probably two of the main positions where an individual hasn't truly convinced in staking a claim to make that position their own. Link to post Share on other sites
"KM" 1,656 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Where is Varga these days? Was he on the bench on Saturday, I can't remember Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Spirit of 86 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Derby 2 Boro 0 Link to post Share on other sites
Northstandmanc 4 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Given Varga Woodgate Gibson Friend Whitehead Williams Butterfield Adomah Emnes Kamara Link to post Share on other sites
MMC 1,000 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I have a policy of only predicting boro wins, so 2-0 to the boro with Kamara and Adomah to score :p Would like to see the following team: -------------------Given--------------------- Varga-------Woodgate---Gibson--------Friend ----Leadbitter---------------Smallwood------- Adomah------------Emnes------------Carayol -------------------Kamara------------------- Picked that team as we're playing away from home, so I feel the 2 more holding midfield players are required. I also think we need to try and play fast, fluent counter attacking football, which in theory is ideal as Carayol in particular is absolutely rapid, and Adomah, Emnes and Kei all also have a decent burst of pace on them. Think it's crucial to play Emnes alongside Kei, as Butterfield doesn't seem to ever be close enough to Kei to collect any of his flick ons, and if there's one thing which can be guaranteed in this match, it's that Kei will be dominant in the air as per. Derby don't have a defender bigger than Kei, and I'd bet good money that none of their defenders are able to leap half as high as him. I don't think we have the quality to play through Derby's midfield, so knocking it long up to Kei and using the pace of our other forwards will be key methinks. Leadbitter and Smallwood should hopefully shield the defence. We'll need all the help we can get to try to stifle the highest scoring team in the league. Link to post Share on other sites
p_mards 1,365 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I hope we set up as solid as we were against Bolton for the first half, even at the expense of a bit of attacking threat. The one thing that stood out v Bolton was that the emphasis was on being organised and hard to beat first and foremost, which is pretty much everything that the Championship is about so if that's anything to show how Karanka will approach games in the future it's good to see that he is adapting and won't be stubborn. Link to post Share on other sites
LukeR 44 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I have a policy of only predicting boro wins, so 2-0 to the boro with Kamara and Adomah to score :p Would like to see the following team: -------------------Given--------------------- Varga-------Woodgate---Gibson--------Friend ----Leadbitter---------------Smallwood------- Adomah------------Emnes------------Carayol -------------------Kamara------------------- Picked that team as we're playing away from home, so I feel the 2 more holding midfield players are required. I also think we need to try and play fast, fluent counter attacking football, which in theory is ideal as Carayol in particular is absolutely rapid, and Adomah, Emnes and Kei all also have a decent burst of pace on them. Think it's crucial to play Emnes alongside Kei, as Butterfield doesn't seem to ever be close enough to Kei to collect any of his flick ons, and if there's one thing which can be guaranteed in this match, it's that Kei will be dominant in the air as per. Derby don't have a defender bigger than Kei, and I'd bet good money that none of their defenders are able to leap half as high as him. I don't think we have the quality to play through Derby's midfield, so knocking it long up to Kei and using the pace of our other forwards will be key methinks. Leadbitter and Smallwood should hopefully shield the defence. We'll need all the help we can get to try to stifle the highest scoring team in the league. No leadbitter MMC :( Link to post Share on other sites
boksicdink 1,942 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I have a policy of only predicting boro wins, so 2-0 to the boro with Kamara and Adomah to score :p Would like to see the following team: -------------------Given--------------------- Varga-------Woodgate---Gibson--------Friend ----Leadbitter---------------Smallwood------- Adomah------------Emnes------------Carayol -------------------Kamara------------------- Picked that team as we're playing away from home, so I feel the 2 more holding midfield players are required. I also think we need to try and play fast, fluent counter attacking football, which in theory is ideal as Carayol in particular is absolutely rapid, and Adomah, Emnes and Kei all also have a decent burst of pace on them. Think it's crucial to play Emnes alongside Kei, as Butterfield doesn't seem to ever be close enough to Kei to collect any of his flick ons, and if there's one thing which can be guaranteed in this match, it's that Kei will be dominant in the air as per. Derby don't have a defender bigger than Kei, and I'd bet good money that none of their defenders are able to leap half as high as him. I don't think we have the quality to play through Derby's midfield, so knocking it long up to Kei and using the pace of our other forwards will be key methinks. Leadbitter and Smallwood should hopefully shield the defence. We'll need all the help we can get to try to stifle the highest scoring team in the league. No leadbitter MMC :( He is suspended mate Link to post Share on other sites
LukeR 44 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I have a policy of only predicting boro wins, so 2-0 to the boro with Kamara and Adomah to score :p Would like to see the following team: -------------------Given--------------------- Varga-------Woodgate---Gibson--------Friend ----Leadbitter---------------Smallwood------- Adomah------------Emnes------------Carayol -------------------Kamara------------------- Picked that team as we're playing away from home, so I feel the 2 more holding midfield players are required. I also think we need to try and play fast, fluent counter attacking football, which in theory is ideal as Carayol in particular is absolutely rapid, and Adomah, Emnes and Kei all also have a decent burst of pace on them. Think it's crucial to play Emnes alongside Kei, as Butterfield doesn't seem to ever be close enough to Kei to collect any of his flick ons, and if there's one thing which can be guaranteed in this match, it's that Kei will be dominant in the air as per. Derby don't have a defender bigger than Kei, and I'd bet good money that none of their defenders are able to leap half as high as him. I don't think we have the quality to play through Derby's midfield, so knocking it long up to Kei and using the pace of our other forwards will be key methinks. Leadbitter and Smallwood should hopefully shield the defence. We'll need all the help we can get to try to stifle the highest scoring team in the league. No leadbitter MMC :( He is suspended mate I know. I'm pointing out to MMC that leadbitter won't be able to play Link to post Share on other sites
p_mards 1,365 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 ---------------------Given------------------- ---Williams--Woodgate--Gibson--Friend--- -Adomah-Whitehead-Smallwood-Carayol- --------------------Emnes------------------- -------------------Kamara------------------- Link to post Share on other sites
boksicdink 1,942 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I have a policy of only predicting boro wins, so 2-0 to the boro with Kamara and Adomah to score :p Would like to see the following team: -------------------Given--------------------- Varga-------Woodgate---Gibson--------Friend ----Leadbitter---------------Smallwood------- Adomah------------Emnes------------Carayol -------------------Kamara------------------- Picked that team as we're playing away from home, so I feel the 2 more holding midfield players are required. I also think we need to try and play fast, fluent counter attacking football, which in theory is ideal as Carayol in particular is absolutely rapid, and Adomah, Emnes and Kei all also have a decent burst of pace on them. Think it's crucial to play Emnes alongside Kei, as Butterfield doesn't seem to ever be close enough to Kei to collect any of his flick ons, and if there's one thing which can be guaranteed in this match, it's that Kei will be dominant in the air as per. Derby don't have a defender bigger than Kei, and I'd bet good money that none of their defenders are able to leap half as high as him. I don't think we have the quality to play through Derby's midfield, so knocking it long up to Kei and using the pace of our other forwards will be key methinks. Leadbitter and Smallwood should hopefully shield the defence. We'll need all the help we can get to try to stifle the highest scoring team in the league. No leadbitter MMC :( He is suspended mate I know. I'm pointing out to MMC that leadbitter won't be able to play Sorry long day! Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,870 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Boroinbishop's Random Question: What is your favourite zoo animal?[/align] Surely you mean a Lion. :P I don't think this post got anywhere near enough credit :D Going to be a tough game. Reckon we'll get a score draw. My favourite zoo animal is that great hairy orangutan, picking its nose and scratching its big red ar... oh, wait, no... that's a mirror isn't it?... oh :( Link to post Share on other sites
MMC 1,000 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I have a policy of only predicting boro wins, so 2-0 to the boro with Kamara and Adomah to score :p Would like to see the following team: -------------------Given--------------------- Varga-------Woodgate---Gibson--------Friend ----Leadbitter---------------Smallwood------- Adomah------------Emnes------------Carayol -------------------Kamara------------------- Picked that team as we're playing away from home, so I feel the 2 more holding midfield players are required. I also think we need to try and play fast, fluent counter attacking football, which in theory is ideal as Carayol in particular is absolutely rapid, and Adomah, Emnes and Kei all also have a decent burst of pace on them. Think it's crucial to play Emnes alongside Kei, as Butterfield doesn't seem to ever be close enough to Kei to collect any of his flick ons, and if there's one thing which can be guaranteed in this match, it's that Kei will be dominant in the air as per. Derby don't have a defender bigger than Kei, and I'd bet good money that none of their defenders are able to leap half as high as him. I don't think we have the quality to play through Derby's midfield, so knocking it long up to Kei and using the pace of our other forwards will be key methinks. Leadbitter and Smallwood should hopefully shield the defence. We'll need all the help we can get to try to stifle the highest scoring team in the league. No leadbitter MMC :( He is suspended mate I know. I'm pointing out to MMC that leadbitter won't be able to play Sorry long day! My bad guys! Forgot he was suspended. Varga at CM then and Rhys at RB Link to post Share on other sites
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