TeaCider24 12,642 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Delighted with the point, very frustrated with the performance. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,870 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Great result. Especially after going 1 down. Good to show some grit to get back into it vs a decent team 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Downsouth 6,327 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Welcome point happy with the result but not overly with the performance. We are much better when in attacking mode 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SouthWest Boro 26 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Valuable point, but yeah, this won't change anything in Woodgate's mindset, it will be more of the same at Swansea. Link to post Share on other sites
White Band 831 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 If you'd told me beforehand - or even at half time - that we'd manage a point, I don't think I'd have believed you. Still completely inept management though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dan_Boro_Till_I_Die 1,181 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) Average performance but a vital point against a top six side. Well happy with that as I expected us to lose. Anyone who doesn't think this is a good result given our position in the leauge needs to give there head a shake. You can all slam Woodgate but he went back to two up top before we got the penalty and went more attacking so he does deserve some credit for at least having a go and then getting some luck. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Lord_Moose 387 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I've just been a bit sick in my mouth when he said 'Middlesbroughs revival under Woodgate continues' 😅 A good point which we probably don't deserve but I won't lose any sleep over that! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,942 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 No getting away from how poorly we were set up for that first 60 mins. HOWEVER There are a lot of positives from that game - The result- very few thought wed get anything from this, weve got a point. Could be massive - the reaction when we went down- couple of good substitutions from woodgate and a complete mentality switch. - we are absolutely injury torn and playing away from home against one of the divisions top sides and had 6 academy players on the pitch and came away with something. Regardless of how we got it, that's to be admired. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,283 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Was listening in the background of doing other things, have to say from my POV I'm delighted with that point, great result all things considered. It's without context of the performance and everything else but no doubt about it in my eyes, right now Forest should be beating us and we've snatched something out of it, roll on the weekend! Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,982 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 minute ago, TeaCider24 said: Delighted with the point, very frustrated with the performance. I hope that final 20 minutes is evidence to Woodgate that it's much better to actually play football than come and try and Pulis your way into a result. After they scored and we started to get a bit more expansive they didn't even threaten again really, apart from a couple crosses that Pears claimed well. The way we tried in that final 20 minutes just pisses me off more that we played so badly for the first 70. Link to post Share on other sites
RiseAgainst 3,793 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) Good result, shame about the first 70 minutes. Haven't we established by now that our team doesn't perform well with a lone striker? Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,301 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 What an unlikely point. Not deserved at all up until 70 mins but we changed tactics and stepped it up. Still needed a piece of brilliance from McNair. We need to play on the front foot from the start and stop playing like a relegated team like the first 70 mins today. Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,347 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Just now, Neverbefore said: No getting away from how poorly we were set up for that first 60 mins. HOWEVER There are a lot of positives from that game - The result- very few thought wed get anything from this, weve got a point. Could be massive - the reaction when we went down- couple of good substitutions from woodgate and a complete mentality switch. - we are absolutely injury torn and playing away from home against one of the divisions top sides and had 6 academy players on the pitch and came away with something. Regardless of how we got it, that's to be admired. I thought we'd win 7-0 so I'm disappointed. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Excellent point away at a ground that has been awful for us. Still lots of work needed as we looked pretty poor until Forest went a goal up. Then we seemed to play with a bit of pace and urgency attacking wise, which we looked a lot better for. On to the next. Hopefully Woodgate takes the last 20 mins or so and starts the next game with that tactic and intent. Link to post Share on other sites
BoroMart 139 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 That's a good point against a half decent team, and considering we were down to the bare bones Link to post Share on other sites
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