MMC 1,000 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Got a bad feeling Traore will be dropped today. I hope not. Thought he was one of our better players midweek. Although he did become a bit tired/anonymous in the second half. He was by far our best player midweek imo, just something about the way him and monk behaved as he was taken off... If he doesn't get dropped for a straight red after 3 mins I doubt he'll be dropped for having a little huff cause he was subbed. Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,972 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Absolutely NO valid reason not to win. While some have loyally attempted to paper over cracks and justify a poor start, If we don’t win I would be asking question and seriously thinking of making changes at the top. Seriously, you need to behave yourself now. You don't half post some utter tripe and then have the audacity to play the victim when called on it. Link to post Share on other sites
northern boro 449 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DK-TnCPXUAAHM-e.jpg[/img] Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,972 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Nice team, that. I agree with dropping Fry, the lad is young and making silly mistakes, best to take him out of the firing line for a bit. Give him some u23 games over the international break so he's not rusty when he comes back into the fold. Interested to see how Shotton performs, personally I think he could be the perfect partner for Gibson so fingers crossed. Link to post Share on other sites
Dan1234 1,056 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Happy with that. A little harsh on Fry but I think the fact he has a experienced reasonable money signing waiting in the wings has gone against him. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,283 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Shotton and Braithwaite in for Fry and Baker. Got one of the changes right. Don't particularly agree with the other but we've actively tried to bring in Shotton for most the transfer window so I'm expecting a good start from him. Who knows, maybe it will be the end of all the defensive errors? Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,870 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Looks like a winning team that! Looking forward to seeing Braithwaite in the middle. He looked lively on Tuesday there when he came on. Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,940 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Clayton will have a busy game, that front four wont offer much in terms of protection! Link to post Share on other sites
northern boro 449 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Nice team, that. I agree with dropping Fry, the lad is young and making silly mistakes, best to take him out of the firing line for a bit. Give him some u23 games over the international break so he's not rusty when he comes back into the fold. Interested to see how Shotton performs, personally I think he could be the perfect partner for Gibson so fingers crossed. He's with the England U21's Link to post Share on other sites
mendieta420 1,006 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Clayton might actually do something then, because lately he's being pure garbage. Looks a good line up, but I thought that before the Norwich game so.. Link to post Share on other sites
p_mards 1,365 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Braithwaite looked technically solid on Tuesday so I'm fairly optimistic of his chances of playing in the #10 role. The one disappointment is that Friend hasn't come in for Fabio as he provides more natural attacking balance. If we don't win today then some big questions will start being asked of Monk. Link to post Share on other sites
Boro Badger 87 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 BELTING TEAM SELECTION! So much attacking by threat and for the first time this season it's BALANCED - two wingers, a #10 and a #9. 4-0 UTFB! Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernSmoggie 4,242 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Happy with that.. Excited to see what Braithwaite can do, and hoping he gets closer to Britt than Baker did. Shotton will add some muscle to the back line. No harm in dropping Fry, he'll have learned a ton and will take that experience into the England squad plus our U23s and continue to develop. Agree with others that today is a must win... Any home game against a bottom half team is a must win for a side aiming for top 2. Will do us the world of good to go into the break positive off the back of 3 points. Link to post Share on other sites
northern boro 449 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 2 games running Downing hasn't even made the bench Link to post Share on other sites
Sarumite 86 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Got to be close to our strongest starting line up. It will be nice to see Shotton get his first Boro start - Fry has done well, but Shotton is a far more experienced player. Braithwaite at 10 is also interesting - potentially lots of attacking intent in this front 4 with support from the full backs. Fabio maybe on his last chance, needs to improve on his performance against Norwich or I think we will see the return of Friend. Link to post Share on other sites
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