SouthernSmoggie 4,223 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 hour ago, DanFromDownSouth said: I missed the game today, due to being a rugby since 1pm. How did Spence get on a right-back? Looked absolutely class mate 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,218 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 19 minutes ago, DurhamRed said: I reckon we'll see Gestede starting at Forest 🙈 Nah, we'll just push Tavernier further forward and bring back McNair I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
TLF10 4,440 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, Changing Times said: Nah, we'll just push Tavernier further forward and bring back McNair I reckon. Agree CT but think i would rather see Paddy behind Fletcher and just leave Tav&Sav where they were today. I think Paddy burst in to box from that no.10 role could bring some success Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,218 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 minute ago, TLF10 said: Agree CT but think i would rather see Paddy behind Fletcher and just leave Tav&Sav where they were today. I think Paddy burst in to box from that no.10 role could bring some success Aye could do that. Could push them both forward and just tell Clayton and Saville to sit. Link to post Share on other sites
TLF10 4,440 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, Changing Times said: Aye could do that. Could push them both forward and just tell Clayton and Saville to sit. Yeh that would work even better. Paddy and Tav tucked in playing either side of Fletch. Spence and Coulson providing width. Team is sorted for Tuesday 😊. We will speak on Wednesday @Changing Times and sort the team for Swansea then. Wont take us long. Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,817 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 2 hours ago, DurhamRed said: I reckon we'll see Gestede starting at Forest 🙈 Probably at right back. Get that Spence lad back in the under 21s! Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,039 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Another refreshing thing about today was that players showed the right emotions when they didn't convert chance....no cheesy grins...Walker actually thumped pitch in frustration when he realised he had delayed too long and Tav had head in hands.....but they both got on with it afterwards and made sure we kept possession when we needed to.....and fair play to Pears for being a virtual spectator for 75 minutes and still producing a couple of good saves.....and we are getting the points from the teams we need to be getting the points from......we might not have turned the corner, but the fog has cleared enough for it to be visible would settle for a point against Forest...but that would be a bonus....though Millwall showed that if you go at them with speed, they can be upset..... Link to post Share on other sites
BoroAbroad 321 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Well I'm pleased with the result. From all accounts we missed a fair few sitters again. So it's not just Britt. However, it sounds like we played a decent game. Charlton are a competent side. Granted they have issues with injuries at the moment. But then again so do we. So to come out on top is a big lift. I am well happy that the youngsters took their chance. This is exactly what we want. Hungry, work hard lads who are going to give their all for the duration of the game. Good result. certainly one we needed and the table looks more palatable now. Hopefully we can keep it going. Well done Boro. Keep battling and we will get out of this mess. Link to post Share on other sites
Downsouth 6,175 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 12 hours ago, northern boro said: Britt left the Riverside on crutches tonight Good job Gestede is back in training! Gestede lent them to Britt stating "as long as he gives me them back soon" 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,229 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 17 hours ago, Denzel Zanzibar said: And when those kids get dismantled midweek by Forest then what? Honestly I don't think anyone will be surprised. Hell, we have a history of losing at Forest even with full strength teams. Its not a happy hunting ground for us. Right now though, given the state of our squad, I think we just need to be happy if we can beat the teams around us. Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,229 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 16 hours ago, SmogDane said: The next six games .. 4 very hard away games (Forest, Swansea, WBA and Preston) and 2 must win at home games (Stoke and Huddersfield) Oof! Think we need to brace ourselves for some more doom & gloom. 😁 Still, if we can get maximum points from those home games, we should just about keep our heads above water. Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,229 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 14 hours ago, Oslo_Syd said: Let's just get a bit of perspective. Once again we SCRAPED a home win by one goal. Charlton were there for the taking. The stats speak for themselves - 23 shots on goal, 3 on target, Charlton 5 shots on goal, 2 on target. OK, we did not concede - finally - but it was far, far away from a convincing win. Well for the first 75-80 minutes I thought Boro looked very convincing. As I said at half time, we were "battering" them 1-0. But, as usual they made us bite our nails for the last 10 or so. Pears had his busiest spell of the game and Charlton actually managed some sustained pressure. Lucky for us Aynsley was alert and their finishing was as bad as ours. Considering we had nothing like a full strength team, I thought it was a good effort. But to give it some perspective we have far tougher matches to come and likely some more ugly results, so we shouldn't be getting carried away. But given how this season has panned out so far, we need to celebrate the positives wherever we can find them. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Looking at the highlights, it seemed that Coulson and Spence gave us some really good width going forward from the wing-back positions. I'd also say we seemed to have plently of chances for us to get more goals. Tav hitting a cross in from Spence over the bar, was a great opportunity. Similar chance for Britt but from Coulson crossing from the opposite side of the pitch. And Walker had a great chance too. On another day it seems (impression from the highlights) we could have won 3-0/4-0. Obviously it is difficult to get a accurate representation of the the game from just the highlights, but it seems yesterday was a game we comfortably won. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,952 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 32 minutes ago, DanFromDownSouth said: Looking at the highlights, it seemed that Coulson and Spence gave us some really good width going forward from the wing-back positions. I'd also say we seemed to have plently of chances for us to get more goals. Tav hitting a cross in from Spence over the bar, was a great opportunity. Similar chance for Britt but from Coulson crossing from the opposite side of the pitch. And Walker had a great chance too. On another day it seems (impression from the highlights) we could have won 3-0/4-0. Obviously it is difficult to get a accurate representation of the the game from just the highlights, but it seems yesterday was a game we comfortably won. You have got the correct impression there. We should have been up 2 or 3 comfortably by midway through the 2nd half. Tav, for me, has to bury at least one of the two chances he gets - and the way he hugged the post after the second miss tells me he knows that too. Britts chance (if it's the header) actually deflected off the defender and took all the pace out of it unfortunately As for Walker, I think the occasion got to him just a little bit, he seemed so eager to score that his decision making wasn't quite up to snuff. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,218 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Brunners said: You have got the correct impression there. We should have been up 2 or 3 comfortably by midway through the 2nd half. Tav, for me, has to bury at least one of the two chances he gets - and the way he hugged the post after the second miss tells me he knows that too. Britts chance (if it's the header) actually deflected off the defender and took all the pace out of it unfortunately As for Walker, I think the occasion got to him just a little bit, he seemed so eager to score that his decision making wasn't quite up to snuff. Yeah, he got a bit too excited when he had a chance to score. Just needs to settle down and it'll happen. Link to post Share on other sites
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