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

[Downsouth 6,326]

Some better passages of play but no penetration

[BegSteeleOrBoro 55]

Grealish is permanently on the floor.

[boro-unger 3,870]

Definitely got better as the half went on, but got to be better in the final third.

[Adam P 331]

I hope we win this game just to shut Hinchcliffe and the utter *** he talks up. He's so far up Villa's *** its untrue.

[Borodane 6,294]

So many poor performances so far. Pulis the main culprit with this limp attempt. Looks like the players have been on the beach since Sunday morning. At least we ended the half stronger but we still aren’t creating anything. Terry has it so easy.

[Duvel 2,446]

Not a bad half, villa and their fans look very nervous.

 

Keep this going and we'll get a few chances, we've just gotta take one. We've got striking options off the bench as well.

[Downsouth 6,326]

Less hope but anticipation that we might be better in the second half

[hanzino 4]

Get fabio on ffs

[Smokedsalmon 1,247]

Howson off for Bamford. Downing off for Harrison. This is shocking, turgid, school boy stuff. We can't string 2 passes together, long balls to one of the most experienced CB pairings in the leagues, midfield 3 with no control over the ball just losing it constantly. I'm so FRUSTRATED watching it happen.

[Andyboro 73]

if rudy is fit i'd honestley get him on, britt is just doing *** all on his own.

 

he's not made for playing a lone striker role

[Boro 86 517]

besic finally starting to come into the game , there is still hope. We looked better team in last 10 mins but no chances ,

[Dan1234 1,053]

If Gibson keeps Pulis for next season if we go out here then he's lost the fecking plot.

As a team we are far worse going forward than even under Monk. Pulis just has Traore carrying him.

[BegSteeleOrBoro 55]

Don’t think Rudy will win that many headers vs Trrry and Chester. We need to stop goofing it as they can deal with that easy. Get Bamford on alongside assombolonga and start playing Britt on the back line, they will drop deeper and we might get something from the edge of the box

[ladyspite 385]

If Gibson keeps Pulis for next season if we go out here then he's lost the fecking plot.

As a team we are far worse going forward than even under Monk. Pulis just has Traore carrying him.

 

we are still better under Puils with a Monk team then under Monk with a Monk team ;)

[pikerman 1,121]

We managed to improve after the first fifteen minutes when it looked like Villa had a couple of extra players on the field. As we had more possession the crowd got quieter and quieter, which was good, but where are we going to get a goal from, we never seem to have more than two players in the box against five defenders. Keep it tight for the next fifteen minutes and then we need to gamble.