Boro Badger 87 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 My mates a palace season ticket holder. He reckons the loser goes down. Not sure I agree but I'd guess both sets of supporters look at this as one of the few we should win I have a mate who is a Palace season ticket holder too, and he reckons they will be in 20th place come May. (So let's hope we don't lose to them)! My Palace supporting mate thinks the same too - let's not give them any hope! Link to post Share on other sites
Uwe 3,545 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I'm not one for the dramatic but I think if we lose this we go down. If we draw we very probably go down. By my reckoning we need 5 more wins and looking at our last 13 games this is one we can win. We have to play most of the top 6 in our run in. So this game is absolutely MASSIVE!!! Be under no illusions Saturday starts our fight for survival Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,261 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 It will be a nail in the coffin that's for certain but with us still left to play Hull, Swansea and Sunderland, we'd still have a few "outs" left. The Boro family will go into melt down if we do lose though Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rocket 244 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Given that some of them go into meltdown about Stuani coming off the bench, I don't think it's indicative of how bad a season is going. It's a big game for sure but I'm quietly confident. That performance against Everton was excellent and if we can replicate that, I think we'll win. Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,261 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Agreed. I don't need a mass crowd reaction to tell me the season isn't going as well as expected. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_Maz 2,899 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 so far we're one place above the position that was this seasons acceptable expectation Link to post Share on other sites
roldez77 1 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Hi mates. Here I am again. I think so we can't think about the 20th place. We must think about win, win and win. Go Boro. Go... Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,261 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 so far we're one place above the position that was this seasons acceptable expectation I couldn't care less what position we're in, we're two points about the relegation zone with a hellish run in. I don't think anyone at the start of the season would've been happy to be in this position at the start of the season, given the way we've performed. Link to post Share on other sites
Downsouth 6,326 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 All 3 players mentioned earlier have been confirmed as not available for the Palace game Barraghan, Chambers and Friend by Sky Sports Link to post Share on other sites
Tom 2,492 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 All 3 players mentioned earlier have been confirmed as not available for the Palace game Barraghan, Chambers and Friend by Sky Sports Sky will just be taking their information from the press conference. I'd be amazed if neither Chambers or Friend were in the squad. Link to post Share on other sites
Boro Badger 87 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Prediction: We start brightly in front of a nervous crowd. Leadbitter's scuffed shot in off the post puts us one up before the break. In the second half, we sit back and try to protect our lead. Eventually, we're undone with a Zaha cross and Benteke header, after he easily out jumps Bernardo. 1-1. The draw is not good news for either team, but both managers claim it's an important point. Swansea, Sunderland and Hull all lose and we live in hope that we're going to survive on the lowest points total since West Brom with 34 points in 2004/2005. Link to post Share on other sites
Downsouth 6,326 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Personally I think we need to take the game to Palace straight away and to do our outmost to score first, if we do surely then we can control a panicking Palace team. Do others think we should be careful and cautious or set about them in a ruthless manner? I expect also to see Leadbitter further up the field in support as I do not know if Forshaw will be playing due to being dropped or having an injury Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Changing Times Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I was going to say that Palace are one of the few teams that will have even less confidence than we do and that if we don't go after this lot tomorrow we'll be letting ourselves down. But it's us and we don't go after anyone so it's unlikely that we'll take that approach and that might just allow Palace to ease their way into the game unfortunately. We do have other games remaining that we can win but then we've only won four games this season, fewer than everyone else, so I don't see any reason to be confident that should we fail to win this or even worse we lose it, that we'll be ok anyway cos we'll just beat other teams. I think we're more likely to draw those winnable games than win them and the longer we go without winning the harder it will become. We need a win for the points and we need a win for the confidence/belief. I'd like to think it comes tomorrow but in all honesty I just don't see it if we go there and play it safe. I Hope I'm wrong and Palace are so bereft of confidence that we can keep it tight, keep them nervy and then get ourselves into the lead at some point. Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,261 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I sensed you wrote that with such a sad face. Link to post Share on other sites
OldManGravz 1,350 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I sensed you wrote that with such a sad face. He writes everything with a sad face Link to post Share on other sites
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