Barnaby 957 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Barnaby said: Bets for Saturday Edited February 3, 2020 by Barnaby 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Liquid 284 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Nice job Bear 😄 New Players? Yea, I think we should start both Moukoudi and Morrison. Why waste time, get them straight in there, bear. Cars? We are the mighty VW Bora of course✊🏻 Roberts? Yes, we miss him like a Diesel with a busted turbo. Hopefully Morrison will prove to be the replacement and remap that we need to put away the BM. Defence? I'd go with the back four and put Howson/Mcnair in that deeper role in the midfield. Score? 3-2 Boro with Assombalonga and Fletcher up front. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OldManGravz 1,350 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, SmogDane said: Pears Shotton, Moukoudi, Fry, Coulson Paddy, Howson, Saville Nmecha, Fletcher, Johnson Wing and Tav need a rest, I think. Shotton will do a decent Job at RB again. Paddy and Howson back in the midfield anc can still help out in defense when Brentford have the ball. Then I would later try Rav and Britt from the bench and big Rudy as a joker for the last 15 minutes if needed. They've just had ten bloody days off! 😂😂 Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,320 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) Brilliant thread as usual Bear...best gif user on the forum by far! 😂👏 The Big Questions: Will we see Moukoudi and Morrison for this fixture? I'd like to see them start, as I think we need to shake things up a bit, after some lacklustre performances. However I don't see Woody throwing them straight in to a tough away game. Maybe on the bench? If Brentford's front three is a 'BMW', what car best describes our attackers? How much do we miss Patrick Roberts? THIS MUCH!!! How would you line up for this match? Back 4? Or 3 with wing backs? We seem to work better with a back 4. But given the quality of the players at our disposal, I'm not sure it'll make much difference in this game. In lieu of that Woody really needs to focus on having a strong midfield platform that will allow us some control of the game...also putting less pressure on the defence. This is another game where I'd be really happy with a point, but am quite prepared for a defeat. Brentford are 5th in the table, 6 points off the top and have a ridiculous GD of +26 (best in the league)! Frankly if we do get a draw it'll be a minor miracle. However, I really think it will be "null points" for Boro this time around. Could be in for a thumping. Prediction: Brentford 3 - 0 Boro EDIT: I really think we are going to regret signing Morrison. A player with his history, joining a struggling team, where he could be in and out of the starting XI spells trouble IMO. You heard it here first. Edited February 3, 2020 by AnglianRed 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,055 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 29 minutes ago, OldManGravz said: They've just had ten bloody days off! 😂😂 You know what I mean, Silly Face 😉 Do you think they looked good v Rovers? They need a rest mentally more than physical... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,063 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 and Fulham...(would like WBA result, would settle for Fulham result,but don't want rerun of Leeds is what I was trying to put across) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maccarone 265 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Let's have a re-run of the playoff semi final against Brentford, dramatic injury time winner........ Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,299 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 On 2/2/2020 at 10:52 AM, Dan1234 said: Dont want to see the 3 at the back anymore. Pears Spence Fry Moukoudi Coulson McNair Howson Tav/Wing Nmecha Fletcher Britt This was the team I had in mind. Coulson and Spence both have the pace to try and deal with their quick outside forwards. I don't wan't them too far up field for this game and I'd like Fry and Moukoudi to just do what they do best and concentrate on being central defenders. Moukoudi has played enough to be match fit. I'd probably start Wing ahead of Tav as he has a better passing range to get it forward to our attackers. I'm not expecting anyhting from the game as Brentford are on a roll and we still have a squad that's been limping along for a months now. Hopefully we will see a performance like away at WBA. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Johnson 616 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Remain to be convinced with Nmecha, doesn’t do it for me. As a striker he is poor. Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,339 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 6 hours ago, sanddancer said: It would be heroic to predict anything but a Brentford win. I'll always answer the call when heroism is required 💪 Boro will scrape a completely undeserved draw in a game in which we are completely dominated and look like a pub team 👍🤸♂️ 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
BoroMart 139 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, SmogDane said: Pears Shotton, Moukoudi, Fry, Coulson Paddy, Howson, Saville Nmecha, Fletcher, Johnson Wing and Tav need a rest, I think. Shotton will do a decent Job at RB again. Paddy and Howson back in the midfield anc can still help out in defense when Brentford have the ball. Then I would later try Rav and Britt from the bench and big Rudy as a joker for the last 15 minutes if needed. Shotton has only had 60mins after 3 months injured. I'd be surprised to see him fit enough to start. If he was fit enough I'd probably play him. They play a front 3, so a back 4 would be a better plan than a back 5. I'm going for : .............Pears Howson...Moukoudi...Fry....Coulson ....McNair....Clayton....Saville ......Nmecha...............Tav .................Fletcher Subs: Stojanovic/ Spence/ Shotton/ Johnson/ Wing/ Morrison/ Britt That squad has effectively got 4 new/returning players: Moukoudi, Stojanovic, Shotton, Morrison. In the coming weeks we should get these back in roughly this order: Friend (2 weeks), Ayala (3 weeks), Roberts (6 weeks), Dijksteel (6 weeks). That could give us a hell of a selection problem in the last month of the season. Edited February 3, 2020 by BoroMart Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 2-1 to us. Amorebieta with a last gasp winner. In all seriousness on current form, this has the hallmarks of a proper battering. But we always seem to do well away at Brentford, so it wouldn't surprise me if we got a result. We haven't lost in our last 5 trips to Brentford in the league. Won 4 drawn 1. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,063 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Just hope we don't get the same set of match officials we had up here Link to post Share on other sites
Dynamo Kev 1,557 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 i'd like to see this team: ----------------------pears spence fry moukouli(sp) johnson ------------howson mcnair nmecha-------morrison--------coulson ---------------------fletch subs: britt, tav, wing, rudy, wood, sav, Link to post Share on other sites
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