Dan_Boro_Till_I_Die 1,181 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Enjoyed that, annoyed with Britt but I don't feel it's two points dropped we got what we deserved missing the pen. Great game to watch. Agree with what's been said. We need to get our defensive targets in and into the team so we can have a settled back four. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,283 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Randolph - 6 Howson - 6 Ayala - 7 Shotton - 3 Coulson - 6 Wing - 7 Clayts - 6 McNair - 6 Johnson - 7 Britt - 6 Fletch - 6 Browne - 6 Saville - n/a I could have gave full-backs 5s but as others have said, it's more the tactical side of things. That's got to come with time, it's a team thing and we need to get it right as a team to avoid those players being so stretched. Coulson hasn't had to deal with the physical aspects of it yet but certainly on the ball going forward, he looked better, as did Howson in his own way. Gave Ayala a 7 simply because he's got to have some credit when his partner has had such an awful game. Shotton's distribution and defending was woeful tonight, rather than just the former. I was going to say we desperately need to replace him in this team but considering the transition we're going through, we can make do for now to allow Fry time to come back. I wouldn't say we're under threat of getting relegated for keeping him in there. Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,972 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, BoroSmoggie said: Yeah but the sacrifice doesn’t have to be 3 goals... *** hell, you just can't win with some people can you? 7 Link to post Share on other sites
BillinghamBoro 229 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, Smogzilla said: He got better as the game went on. And still managed to do his weekly supersave ? Oh yes, as a Randz Super Fan, I'll appreciate that ? Link to post Share on other sites
BoroJoey 33 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Far too open for me. Defence a massive concerning. We looked bright going forward though which was pleasing Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,055 Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 I knew Britt would send that ball to the moon... Just knew it. He should never take a penalty again. If we end up in a penalty shoot out, I would sub him, so he doesn't have to be the 11th shooter, if the game goes like that Liverpool cup game a few years back ? I am still optimistic. We will sort the defence with a new signing and the return of the Fry... When Bola is up to speed, I would play him as FB and then move Coulson to LM .. He is a brilliant attacking player and he can help the fullback too, when needed. He himself didn't get any defensive help from Fletccher today and Luton doubled up on poor Coulson... Shitton can *** off Link to post Share on other sites
Duvel 2,446 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 First time I've watched Coulson and I was impressed, think he has the potential to be good attacking full back. Link to post Share on other sites
Smoggydownsouth 1,621 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Enjoyed it... love the high press when we get it right..little bit open at times but we knew that was the way woody wants to play. Had plenty of chances but for our first competitive game and for a club that has had monotonous footy for last few years I'm not gonna complain. Few signings to bolster the ranks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LBP 3,035 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Refreshing hearing Woody back Britt on the radio there, must be good for Britt to hear too "No blame on him at all. He's my 9, he's gonna score goals" 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,982 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 1 minute ago, LewisBoroPalfrey said: Refreshing hearing Woody back Britt on the radio there, must be good for Britt to hear too "No blame on him at all. He's my 9, he's gonna score goals" Exactly what I was gonna post, what a beautiful thing this is to hear after last season. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
J.T. 640 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, BoroJoey said: Far too open for me. Defence a massive concerning. We looked bright going forward though which was pleasing Would you prefer to go back to 11 men behind the ball at all times? Honestly, I don’t get some fans on here. Complain game after game last season about the negativity. Play open, positive, attacking football tonight and all I’m seeing is “far too open”, “full backs too high up the pitch”, etc etc. Defensively we were naive, 100%, but we are playing with a right back as a centre back, a central midfielder at right back, and arguably a winger at left back. Get Fry, Bola and Dijksteel in that back line and we will look much more secure. At at the end of the day, if Britt concentrates more on the ball and less on imitating Paul Pogba, we win away from home on the opening day, having scored 4 goals. As it is, it’s massively frustrating but I’d take that any day over the crap we had to put up with last season. And did I see someone slating Clayton? Seriously? 11 Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,972 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Some Boro fans are just bad. Link to post Share on other sites
DurhamRed 2,047 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 This was a proper game of football and was a pleasure to watch Boro play tonight not a slog like it was under Pulis. They is the elements of a promotion winning side on this performance as it was a makeshift team at the end of the day. Next week when hopefully Boro recruite a RB, winger's and CB or Fry returns Boro will be alot stronger. Atleast this performance should attract potential loan players to want to come to the Boro as we've shown we'll play attacking football which we simply didn't under Pulis and turned signings such as Bolaise away from signing last season. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Smogzilla 7,484 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 I reckon there's gonna be a few crazy games like that this year. Pulisball is dead. Welcome to Woody's Wild Ride. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Youngy228 1,444 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 What a game! lets all remember - this was game 1 of a hugely transitional year. +ves passion - fans, manager, coaches and players i loved hearing woodgates name sung repeatedly. He’s proud, he’s one of us and he’s our manager. We must get behind him and we did. randolph - looked a little rusty but he’s missed most of pre season. Still showed his class at times - wonderful save from Collins. Coulson was a plus. He’s not our number 3 for 46 games but he’s going to be a great squad player this year and with the right coaching can continue to make great progress this year. high press (at times) was good to see. It’s game 1 using it. Let’s judge after 30. 2nd half - yes we gave away a sloppy goal at the end but we were massively improved. So maybe someone in that dresisng room is getting a message across. Let’s hope it’s mainly woody, with some coaches and some players thrown in to it. number of touches in opponents box. Almost as many as last season in total ??? -ves some sloppy mistakes shotton unfortunately isn’t going to be good enough in that role. fletcher (thought he had one of his best games) but he’s still a worry long term if we go into the season with the mentality that we are prepared to give the manager and coaches time and if we end up 12th we end up 12th the it’ll be a great season. It takes time - let’s judge him in 2021 providing we seen small signs of progress along the way. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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