Well 7 games now with 2 points on the board, bottom of the championship & following our draw away to Sheff Weds, who for me, showed the 2 worst teams in the championship, we now face a Southampton team at the Riverside who have lost 3 on the bounce & in the process have conceded 10 goals with only the one goal themselves in those 3 games, they have shipped goals regularly this season, as well as those 10 when they let in 4 at home to Norwich, while Gillingham beat them 3-1 in the league cup, so we will be given chances to score, hopefully we capitalise on our chances & get a much needed win, 3 points & fingers crossed out of the bottom 3
Each game we live in hope the Boro turn the corner & start producing the performances that Michael Carrick says he sees during training
With confidence low at the Boro we need to start on the right foot on Saturday, dont let Southampton settle on the ball, If Coburn doesnt start then Latte has to come, he doesnt let the opposition settle at all & against a jittery Saints defense we'll get chances, we have to start converting those opportunities, score an early goal, take the lead, that could make all the difference, lets put this awful run without a league win since beating Hull on the 19th April to bed
lets kick start our season on saturday
My preferred team
Dieng
Smith/Dijksteel
McNair/Fry
Lenihan
Coulson - best option for me
Balasar - his range of passing maybe vital
O'Brien - played well v Sheff Weds
Jones
Hackney
McGree
Coburn/Latte
Bench
Forss - Would start but coming back from illness
Balarsar
Latte
Fry
Clarks - Hopefully fit
Start with Coburn, bring on Latte late in the game
Please no Rogers, Silvera or Greenwood on the bench, if were chasing the game what will these bring to the team
Though there maybe looking at some of those selection theres a reason i'm not a football manager & Carrick is
06/12/1924 - Second divison Boro 0 Southampton 0
This will be the 29th meeting between both teams on Teesside with the following record
Won - 13
Drew - 7
Lost - 8
Goals scored – 46
Goals against - 32
A number of players who played for both team
David Armstrong
Neil Maddison
Phil Kite - Our 45th goalkeeper - Our 6th loaned player, 4 were keepers
John Gittens - 15th loaned - Loaned from Southampton. Played 12 games, one goal & what a goal to score for your only goal, signed permanently the following season
Ian Baird
Jack Stephens - 40th league cup debutant - 75th loaned player - Loaned from Southampton - 53rd at the Riverside
Sam McQueen - 90th loaned player - Loaned from Southampton - 57th at the Riverside
Gaston Ramirez - 79th loaned player - Loaned from Southampton & after 18 games, scoring 7 goals he signed permanently the following season - 57th at the Riverside
Frazer Richardson - I was at his debut away to Charlton Athletic, under Mogga, Boro winning 1-0
Tom Coxon
Norman Highman
When David Armstrong singed for Southampton for £600k in the summer of 1981 he become their record signing
In 1979 I remember Spike taking & missing a penalty at home to Southampton, the penalty was re-taken as the keeper moved to soon & Spike had his 2nd spot kick saved, we lost the game 1-0
In the opening season of the Riverside our 1st home game was to be against Southampton, the club went to the PL asking if we could have an extra week to play our 1st home game due the the stadium not been ready in time so the league allowed us extra grace & we played Chelsea for our 1st game with Southampton a midweek fixture as our next (2nd) home game
No home hat tricks v Southampton
Home debuts v Southampton
20/3/1926 - Phillip Cartright 1st division - won 3-0
11/1/1936 - Eric Weightman FAC - won 1-0 - 1st FAC debutant
30/1/1982 - Stephen Bell 1st divison - lost 1-0
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Absolutely outstanding Erimus.
:bigjack
2-1
:carrick4:
Quote from: Johnny Thunder on September 22, 2023, 10:53:38 AMAbsolutely outstanding Erimus.
:bigjack
Cheers Johnny
2-1
:carrick4:
Great stuff Erimus
Boro 2 Saints 4
No idea how long these take you Erimus but they are brilliant , nice to know we are top of the league in something , well done 👏👏👏
BORO PUDDINGS 1 SAINTS 3 🙄🙄🙄
THEY HAVE LOST THE LAST 3 SO YA KNOW THE DANCE 💃💃💃 🙄🙄🙄
A TON ON THE SAINTS AT 5/2 MAKES GOOD SENSE 👍💷💷💷👍
After the midweek draw the comeback is on.
2.0 Boro!!
Up the football league we go :carrick2:
Quote from: Mike Peeler on September 22, 2023, 11:11:51 AMAfter the midweek draw the comeback is on.
2.0 Boro!!
Up the football league we go :carrick2:
:alf:
7-2
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Another decent crowd expected not bad for a bottom-of-league team, and winless to boot in the league.
26K give yourself a pat on the back lads and lasses.
Be there or be square.
Follow Follow Follow! :leo2:
https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/2023/september/22/Matchday-Info--Boro-v-Southampton/
They have signs on the A66 saying to expect delays for the match tomorrow.
I wish someone could hack in and say 'Delays in winning a fucking game of football'
:supremeleader:
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:leo: :rudi: :rav:
Quote from: TeessideTopgun on September 22, 2023, 11:04:58 AMNo idea how long these take you Erimus but they are brilliant , nice to know we are top of the league in something , well done 👏👏👏
Cheers Topgun 👍
Here's hoping it's a new start.
Quote from: Blott on September 22, 2023, 01:36:13 PMHere's hoping it's a new start.
Nights tonight, up at dinner time tomorrow off to match then 2nd nightshift
0-2
2-1 to the Boro
A bit of heart over head in this prediction like
Not wanting to doubt you Erimus but I am sure we were always down to play Chelsea at Riverside on 1st day of season-there were doubts stadium would be ready and game only confirmed as being played on the Friday
I can see the poor run of form finally coming to an end...
3-0 to Southampton.
Boro 0-2 Southampton can't see us winning this
Quote from: TheWalker on September 22, 2023, 04:26:20 PMNot wanting to doubt you Erimus but I am sure we were always down to play Chelsea at Riverside on 1st day of season-there were doubts stadium would be ready and game only confirmed as being played on the Friday
Yea Southampton were supposed to play us on the 22nd, knocked back a week, Chelsea then become the 1st visitors to the Riverside
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One of the posters OTR triggered my memory over the last time we played the Saints at home in the Karanka era in the prem.
Brad Guzan our keeper at the time was having a stinker, and committed a foul and gave away a penalty and the ground started shouting OFF OFF OFF, which gave me and plenty of others a chuckle at the time.
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🙏🙏🙏
Quote from: erimus74 on September 22, 2023, 10:59:12 PMQuote from: TheWalker on September 22, 2023, 04:26:20 PMNot wanting to doubt you Erimus but I am sure we were always down to play Chelsea at Riverside on 1st day of season-there were doubts stadium would be ready and game only confirmed as being played on the Friday
Yea Southampton were supposed to play us on the 22nd, knocked back a week, Chelsea then become the 1st visitors to the Riverside
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I've got a crap memory-I was sure our first game of season was Chelsea at home but have discovered we drew 1-1 at Arsenal then would (as you say Erimus)have played Southampton in first home game before Chelsea match
Apologies for doubting the Boro expert👍😁
Quote from: TheWalker on September 23, 2023, 09:52:57 AMI've got a crap memory-I was sure our first game of season was Chelsea at home but have discovered we drew 1-1 at Arsenal then would (as you say Erimus)have played Southampton in first home game before Chelsea match
Apologies for doubting the Boro expert👍😁
Wasn't that a Barmby goal on his debut?
Think so Lad
Yep
Was a cracking goal
Quote from: TheWalker on September 23, 2023, 09:52:57 AMQuote from: erimus74 on September 22, 2023, 10:59:12 PMQuote from: TheWalker on September 22, 2023, 04:26:20 PMNot wanting to doubt you Erimus but I am sure we were always down to play Chelsea at Riverside on 1st day of season-there were doubts stadium would be ready and game only confirmed as being played on the Friday
Yea Southampton were supposed to play us on the 22nd, knocked back a week, Chelsea then become the 1st visitors to the Riverside
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I've got a crap memory-I was sure our first game of season was Chelsea at home but have discovered we drew 1-1 at Arsenal then would (as you say Erimus)have played Southampton in first home game before Chelsea match
Apologies for doubting the Boro expert👍😁
If I didnt have it in my scrapbook I would have forgotten about it TBH
Wasn't that a Barmby goal on his debut?
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Yes & his 1st ever Spurs goal was the equaliser against us at WHL
We were leading 2-0 at HT, they pulled a goal back & later brought on a young, up & coming English international who scored the equaliser & thats how it finished
Went to the game, Lennies time as manager in the PL, September 1992
Quote from: erimus74 on September 23, 2023, 01:15:47 PMWasn't that a Barmby goal on his debut?
Yes & his 1st ever Spurs goal was the equaliser against us at WHL
We were leading 2-0 at HT, they pulled a goal back & later brought on a young, up & coming English international who scored the equaliser & thats how it finished
Went to the game, Lennies time as manager in the PL, September 1992
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I was there too
Getting escorted through that part of London....it was rough as fuck, managed to sneak off to a pub for a few pints with some of the locals
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GLAD COBURN IS PLAYING 👍💪💪💪👍
Howson right back or 3-5-2?
Go on Crooksy lad
Put the cunts to the sword
:leo1:
2-2.
Cloughie hat trick.
The Ghost of Spike (RIP X) to score a wordly.
Quote from: erimus74 on September 23, 2023, 01:05:44 PMQuote from: TheWalker on September 23, 2023, 09:52:57 AMQuote from: erimus74 on September 22, 2023, 10:59:12 PMQuote from: TheWalker on September 22, 2023, 04:26:20 PMNot wanting to doubt you Erimus but I am sure we were always down to play Chelsea at Riverside on 1st day of season-there were doubts stadium would be ready and game only confirmed as being played on the Friday
Yea Southampton were supposed to play us on the 22nd, knocked back a week, Chelsea then become the 1st visitors to the Riverside
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I've got a crap memory-I was sure our first game of season was Chelsea at home but have discovered we drew 1-1 at Arsenal then would (as you say Erimus)have played Southampton in first home game before Chelsea match
Apologies for doubting the Boro expert👍😁
If I didnt have it in my scrapbook I would have forgotten about it TBH
Reported for Boro misinformation on message board. Must try harder . . . Could result in a straight :redcard: with no appeal at the RR inquiry
Other pundits, namely w00fie are available for such sought after slots . . .
:westy: :redcard:
FFS here we go again :unbelievable: 0-1 Southampton
No clean sheet again
Tore us to bits there
We scored a goal get in Mgree 1-1 Jones playing fantastic
GREAT GOAL BY RILEY MCGREE 👍👍👍
THEIR GOAL THE DEFENCE AND KEEPER TO BLAME 👎👎👎
Enjoyed the first half apart from the defending for their Goal
Quote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on September 23, 2023, 03:50:32 PMGREAT GOAL BY RILEY MCGREE 👍👍👍
THEIR GOAL THE DEFENCE AND KEEPER TO BLAME 👎👎👎
Dead right, if we play a sweeper keeper there's no margin for error, you cannot afford to give the ball away and that's what happened to our cost
Total lack of confidence in the final third,, I still fancy a win though
Fucking get in 2-1 Howson penalty yesss
Jones man of the match and mine to played brilliant
Jones
Coburn
McGree
Johnny and Hayden did well an all
UTB
Yes yes yes what a win :leo1: :leo2: :leo3: :morgan: :supremeleader:
:leo2:
Get the fuck In lads!!!!!!
Season finally up and chugging - some good individual performances in there for us. Young Coburn has to get a good run in the side now after two good performances under his belt. Four defeats in a row for Southampton 😵�💫 i bet their boards are in meltdown
Best game in w years for Jones, superb today, he covered every blade of grass, no wonder he was cream crackered at the end
Yes, a great and desperately needed win but it doesn't paper over the fact that all our summer signings look to be duffers with the possible exception of Van Den Ice Berg - or whatever he's called.
No surprises O'Brien has been top drawer. Just a pity he isn't ours.
Quote from: AtomicDog on September 23, 2023, 02:36:46 PMQuote from: erimus74 on September 23, 2023, 01:05:44 PMQuote from: TheWalker on September 23, 2023, 09:52:57 AMQuote from: erimus74 on September 22, 2023, 10:59:12 PMQuote from: TheWalker on September 22, 2023, 04:26:20 PMNot wanting to doubt you Erimus but I am sure we were always down to play Chelsea at Riverside on 1st day of season-there were doubts stadium would be ready and game only confirmed as being played on the Friday
Yea Southampton were supposed to play us on the 22nd, knocked back a week, Chelsea then become the 1st visitors to the Riverside
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I've got a crap memory-I was sure our first game of season was Chelsea at home but have discovered we drew 1-1 at Arsenal then would (as you say Erimus)have played Southampton in first home game before Chelsea match
Apologies for doubting the Boro expert👍😁
If I didnt have it in my scrapbook I would have forgotten about it TBH
Reported for Boro misinformation on message board. Must try harder . . . Could result in a straight :redcard: with no appeal at the RR inquiry
Other pundits, namely w00fie are available for such sought after slots . . .
:westy: :redcard:
😁👍
Absolutely bouncing at the final whistle, couldnt fault any of the players, the attitude & commitment throughout the team from kickoff was 100% improvement & if they continue to show/play with that purpose then not only will the fans forgive the occassional concentration lapse at either end but, result & our league placings will improve
On another day we could have won comfortably with 3, 4 or 5 goals, though in the end the 2 we got were enough to win our 1st game of the season, get the 3 points & move off the bottom of the league
Jones followed very closely by Coburn were MOTM for me, with McGree back to his busy self
Forgot what it feels like to have a Boro win. Can't stop smiling. Had my weekends ruined since August with the results we have churned out. UTB
Hopefully we can carry it on now into tuesday at Bradford & then Watford next saturday
If we do then its a totally different team to pre Southampton game
Johnny Howson 17 years since his football debut, some going, hes been a cracking signing for us, pronsbly the only gpod thing about Monks time here
https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/2023/september/23/michael-carrick-post-match--southampton/?fbclid=IwAR0neynGobEO1QpGmaPlhJEKEB687PYEtO9mbDYAAbmHGT_idjjtHgQSafk
MCGREE COBURN AND JONES NEED TO START EVERY GAME.... FOR ME THEY ARE OUR 3 MOST ATTACKING PLAYERS AND WE NEED GOALS AS OUR DEFENCE IS WEAK 👍
Still buzzing after yesterdays game
I still think that performance was as good as anything I seen us play last season
Great photo, I've been critical of Silvera even to the point I didnt even want to see his name on the bench but Carrick shows here that he has confidence in the lad & as your waiting to get on the field you must feel 10 feet tall that after the indifferent start your manager has that much belief in you
https://youtu.be/lvrGKFw8IHA?si=vLYtuhg-cF2rMnKi
It really isn't too difficult - attack with pace and we can cause uncertainty, panic and the potential for mistakes rather than this tippy tippy, laborious stuff offering the opposition time to set up defensively.
Use your assets!
Significant improvement.
We have to play to our strengths and our defence is still ropey.
My significant investment in Tuesday may yet to turn out to be rewarding. UTFB.
Interesting that Southampton set up exactly the same way as us with that passing from the back nonsense, so no wonder they're struggling! An ok system providing you've got the players to implement it. Unfortunately, we haven't... anymore.
We looked at our best yesterday counter attacking, where, imo, a 3-5-2 formation would not only add to this but strengthen our suspect back line.