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Boro v Aston Villa - Playoff Semi Final (First Leg) 0-1


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Quick question..

What result tomorrow would people see as one which would leave you confident enough that we would be able to go through over both legs?

I’d say 3 goal difference and I’d be very confident.

2 goal margin and it’s still anyone’s tie. So close too call

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Quick question..

What result tomorrow would people see as one which would leave you confident enough that we would be able to go through over both legs?

I’d say 3 goal difference and I’d be very confident.

2 goal margin and it’s still anyone’s tie. So close too call

 

2 goal lead, then shut up shop pulis style at villa park. Cranie will be subbed on in the fifth minute, well concede after 20 minutes and it'll be the most nail biting game we've ever seen...

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2 goal lead for me, I'd snap your hand off for any lead though being honest. A scruffy 1-0 would do. Going to villa park at 2-0 id be pretty confident, but still quitely confident at 1-0.

 

Not sure if its been mentioned anywhere on here, but I was reading the Villa forum and they might be without Johnstone, and the Villa fans are a little anxious about Bunn playing in goal.

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While a 6-0 win would suit me fine, reality suggests any win. Fulham must be having doubts now (nice run of results and now 2 defeats in a row), a defeat would put some real pressure on Villa also. The longer they don't score the more the pressure builds

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just been trawling through the villa talk forum at our game thread. my god some crap spouted on there. one guy commented we are like villa in that we have failed to score 3 in a game in our first season down. i just checked we have scored 3, 8 times in total, 7 in the league and once in the cup. he's confused me like how did he figure we never?

 

anyhow after seeing derby win vs fulham, i have a feeling we will be beating these chumps.

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Winning 3-0 at home would make me relatively confident of Wembley. Only Sunderland have managed to score 3 past us under Pulis and with them significantly chasing, we might have a couple of counter attacking opportunities at Villa Park to put the game to bed.

 

Anything less than that and I think it's still a wide open affair.

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Been interesting chatting to all the different fans down here. Collectively West Brom, Birmingham, Wolves and Walsall fans all reckon we'll win 1-0 at home and Pulis will 'Park A Thousand Busses' at Villa Park to see us through to the final.

 

A two goal cushion I'd be quite comfortable with. Fulham showed yesterday that it's whoever deals with the pressure best - so we need to stay calm and try to play our own game. We all know how nervy and unentertainig these games can be; given the managers and magnitude of what's involved, I doubt today will be any different.

 

Anyway, wish me luck. I'll be watching from a pub in Brum, so if you never hear from me again you know why... :D

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