oldman 155 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Amazing how many simple chances Hasselbank and Viduka missed that night. I know Assombalonga isn't half the player they were but he would have been slaughtered by todays so called fans. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 55 minutes ago, Neverbefore said: Boateng was incredible from the 30mins mark. BUT he and rocky put in a 2/10 performance up until then- I've never seen so many misplaced passes in my life! I think it was the tactics more than anything at that point, the wing-backs system was not working at all, the whole team wasted so many simple chances to play the ball and were just lumping it up into areas nobody was. And Hasselbaink and even Viduka were gonna struggle to win the balls coming forward. The link from defence to attack was almost entirely broken. Once we changed from that (and perhaps more importantly started putting them on the back foot), Boateng indeed was incredible. Link to post Share on other sites
Duvel 2,446 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, oldman said: Amazing how many simple chances Hasselbank and Viduka missed that night. I know Assombalonga isn't half the player they were but he would have been slaughtered by todays so called fans. Britt shouldn't even be in the same discussion as Hasselbaink and Viduka! Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,718 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, wilsoncgp said: I think it was the tactics more than anything at that point, the wing-backs system was not working at all, the whole team wasted so many simple chances to play the ball and were just lumping it up into areas nobody was. And Hasselbaink and even Viduka were gonna struggle to win the balls coming forward. The link from defence to attack was almost entirely broken. Once we changed from that (and perhaps more importantly started putting them on the back foot), Boateng indeed was incredible. All very true. I found it funny that bernie talked the whole first half about how we had 5 forwards and not one can do anything in the air. Cue two great headers in the second half! Link to post Share on other sites
RealSlimSladeyy 766 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, Neverbefore said: All very true. I found it funny that bernie talked the whole first half about how we had 5 forwards and not one can do anything in the air. Cue two great headers in the second half! I love how he slags off McClaren for putting Maccarone on the wing about a minute before Maccarone pops up with the first goal Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,818 Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 51 minutes ago, RealSlimSladeyy said: I love how he slags off McClaren for putting Maccarone on the wing about a minute before Maccarone pops up with the first goal Luckily I think Ali was talking over the top of him at that point so nobody heard 😄 Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,818 Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/vote-for-the-next-borowatchalong Get your votes in for the next one folks Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,718 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I went for the city one but in all honesty I'm very unlikely to watch it. They're too recent. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I went for City FA Cup yeah. I would love the 8-1 but that would mean watching Adam Johnson too... Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, wilsoncgp said: I went for City FA Cup yeah. I would love the 8-1 but that would mean watching Adam Johnson too... The 8-1 would be my vote too. Link to post Share on other sites
Duvel 2,446 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 3 hours ago, boro-unger said: https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/vote-for-the-next-borowatchalong Get your votes in for the next one folks I think the Brentford game was the best performance out of that lot Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,453 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I went for Brentford. I think the games I'd like to see are the last game at Ayresome Park, Boro 4-1 vs United and Man City 8-1. The last 2 would be a great reminder to the recent Boro teams you are allowed to win by more than a goal and score more than 3 on occasions. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,718 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 2 hours ago, smogsterking the Inspirati said: I went for Brentford. I think the games I'd like to see are the last game at Ayresome Park, Boro 4-1 vs United and Man City 8-1. The last 2 would be a great reminder to the recent Boro teams you are allowed to win by more than a goal and score more than 3 on occasions. Funnily enough enough as far as I remember that 8-1 was the only game that entire season when we scored more than 2 goals. I may be wrong but it's what I remember, didn't bother checking haha. Link to post Share on other sites
Duvel 2,446 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Neverbefore said: Funnily enough enough as far as I remember that 8-1 was the only game that entire season when we scored more than 2 goals. I may be wrong but it's what I remember, didn't bother checking haha. That City game was a freak game rather than a brilliant performance. It was common knowledge that Ericsson was going to be sacked after the game so I don't think their players were fully motivated, City went down to 10 men and a few of their players threw the towel in after that. We scored a few great goals in that game but it felt a bit like a friendly game towards the end of the match. I think that result has become more famous over the years because of how big City have become, before they had the money they were no bigger than us as a club and it felt like we used to beat them every season. Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,453 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 22 minutes ago, Neverbefore said: Funnily enough enough as far as I remember that 8-1 was the only game that entire season when we scored more than 2 goals. I may be wrong but it's what I remember, didn't bother checking haha. I think you may be right. I seem to remember moaning about the lack of goals we scored that season. Link to post Share on other sites
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