Happy anniversary Michael Carrick & what a tremendous 12 months
Another excellent performance & 3 more points in a 2-1 win at Norwich City on Tuesday
Due to our remarkable run of 6 consecutive league wins we find ourselves on the edges of the playoffs (7 consecutive wins on the bounce in all competitions) an unbeaten run that goes back to the 16th October when Blackburn beat us 2-1 at their place
Are we now back to showing our form from last season!
Not forgetting, IMHO, our best keeper since Schwarzer, Dieng has conceded just the one goal in 270 minutes of football, coming in the final minute of that run
I cant really fault him for any goals we've conceded this season, his commanding confidence must surely rub off on the players around him & on the odd occasions Norwich got behind our defence he was there to clear the danger
We've had our fair share of injuries this season, either long term injuries, or illness, which hasn't really affected the form the team is showing one iota, we were missing up to six 1st teamers against Norwich in McGree, Forss, Lenihen, O'Brien, Smith & Latte lath, with 2 of those long term absentees, now we have Hackney suspended due to an incompetent ref & possibly Engle missing with a groin strain for the Stoke game, talk about the walking wounded, who could be available for the Stoke game is anyone's guess
Some vital positioned weakened, yet Michael Carrick has the players coming in & performing to such a high standard that its not only a credit to Carrick & Woodgate but a credit to the recruitment team & Gibbo, not forgetting Bauser too
Certainly wont be the same team on Saturday that started v Norwich, that's for sure, probably the team that finished the game with the added bonus & welcome return of Dijksteel to the team
If we score v Stoke on Saturday it will be the 100th we scored past them in a home fixture
14/3/2022 - This fixture last season seen Chuba score our 1,000th goal at the Riverside in all competitions, in a hard fought 1-1 draw
25/04/1902 - 1st home game against Stoke City ended in a 1-1 draw, it was our final home fixture at our Linthorpe Road ground before moving to Ayresome Park
It'll be the 53rd meeting between both teams on Teesside with the following record
Won - 32
Drew - 12
Lost - 8
Goals scored – 99
Goals against - 44
4/11/1933 - Biggest home win v Stoke 6-1 (included in the photos), with a few 5 goal wins thrown in
Home hat tricks v Stoke City
7/04/1906 - Boro 5 Stoke City 0 - Alf Common became the 7th different hat trick goalscorer when he notched his 2nd Boro hat trick, the clubs 7th hat trick, 3rd at Ayresome Park & 8th in total
4 goals v Stoke City
7/09/1904 - Boro 5 Stoke City 4 - Micky Fenton became the 18th different Boro player to score 4 in one game 14th time 4 had been scored at Ayresome Park & 18th out of the 30 in total we've scored throughout our history
Home penalties v Stoke
16/12/1922 George Elliott became the 13th different penalty goalscorer Boro won 3-1 1st division
22/04/1950 Wilf Mannion became the 31st different penalty goalscorer Boro won 3-1 1st division
21/02/1981 Bosco Jankovic became the 46th different penalty goalscorer Boro won 3-1 1st division
Home Boro debuts v Stoke City
25/10/1924 - Hugh Good won 1-0
22/09/1934 - Ernest Coleman lost 2-0
16/04/1960 - Bob Appleby won 1-0 - Our 29th goalkeeper
26/09/1981 - Bobby Thomson won 3-2
13/08/2016 - Alvaro Negrado drew 1-1 - 81st loaned player - Loaned from Valencia - 49th at the Riverside
13/08/2016 - Marten de Roon drew 1-1
13/08/2016 - Antonio Barragan drew 1-1
13/08/2016 - Victor Valdes - Our 72nd goalkeeper
A number of players who played for both team
John Mahoney –John Neal 1st signing & our record signing at the time, joined the Boro in July 1977 for £90,000. "I didn't want to leave but when I looked at the fixture list, Stoke were away at Mansfield & Boro at home to Liverpool, I knew I had to go." He spent two seasons at Ayresome Park making 90 appearances.
Robert Huth – signed for Stoke for £5 million on a 4-year contract on 27 August 2009.
Tuncay Şanlı - signed for Stoke for £5 million on a 4-year contract on 28 August 2009.
Mark Crossley - 2003 Boro loaned Crossley to Stoke where he played in 11 matches helping the club avoid relegation from the First Division.
Johnathan Woodgate - Between 2006 & 2016 he played 103 games for the Boro over 3 different spells,scoring 2 goals, our 37th loaned player when he 1st arrived of his 3 spells. 2011-12 he played 17 games for Stoke, without scoring
Chris Kamara - February 1993 LL signed CM on a one-month loan, his spell at the Boro lasted just five games, the Boro couldn't afford to offer him a permanent contract.
Andrew Davies – Played twice for Stoke following a £1.3million transfer from Southampton.
Ritchie De Laet - On 17 August 2007, he signed a 3 year contract with Championship club Stoke City for an initial £100,000 fee, didn't play a single game for Stoke, played 10 games on loan for the Boro.
Graham Kavanagh - Has the honour of scoring Stoke's first goal at the Britannia Stadium in a League Cup match against Rochdale. He left Stoke in the summer of 2001 after making 244 appearances, scoring 45 goals.
Mick Kennedy - Made 39 appearances for Stoke in 1990–91 scoring three goals in a poor season which saw Stoke finish in their lowest ever league position of 14th in the third tier.
John Eustace - 2003 loaned from Coventry he only made one substitute appearance for the Boro, away to Liverpool, where he appeared for only the final two minutes of the game, signed for Stoke the following season.
Shay Given - Kept ten clean sheets in 16 league games while at the Boro.
Nicky Mohan – 99 games for the Boro, 92 games for Stoke.
Dean Whitehead – 132 games for Stoke, 55 games for the Boro
Brian Horne - 1992 he played in goal 4 times for the Boro & one game or Stoke
Dave Kitson – Stoke 34 games 3 goals, Boro 6 games 3 goals.
Frazer Richardson – Stoke 13 games, 1 goal, Boro11 games 0 goals.
Managed Stoke & connections with the Boro:
Chris Kamara Played for the Boro
Brian Little brought as 1st team coach by Bruce Rioch, before becoming Darlington's manager in 89
Boro stat
Cameron Jerome, who between 2011 & 2014 played 50 games for Stoke, was released from the Boro in 2003, was a 92nd-minute substitute, along with David Murphy & Stuart Parnaby 2 ex Boro players, as Birmingham won the 2011 League Cup, defeating Arsenal 2–1 at Wembley
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Anyone remember the horrific home defeat at Ayresome Park on New Years Day?
We were fucking awful and the ref was one of the worst I'd seen....
Quote from: tunstall on October 26, 2023, 11:52:57 AMAnyone remember the horrific home defeat at Ayresome Park on New Years Day?
We were fucking awful and the ref was one of the worst I'd seen....
Yes 0-0, remember it well, awful game
Paul Kerr kicked the ball at the ref, within a few minutes Bruce subbed Kerr before the ref sent him off
We also played em 1st jan 1975, at home, Peter Shilton in goalnfor Stoke, again 0-0
Oh. I thought we lost?
Maybe it just felt like a defeat because of how bad we were
1-1
We never won on new years day while playing at Ayresome Park in my lifetime
I've no real stand out memories of any matches against Stoke, which is odd.
Other than Souness scoring a cracker in a white shirt on MOTD.
Mate just texted me to say Forss is out for upto 6 weeks, picked up injury playing for Finland
Engle, big doubt for tomorrow with most likely Bangura getting the nod, if things go for us & we have the luxuary then late in the game, Dijksteel replaces Bangura, both have had little minutes on the pitch
Hope Latte Lath is available, he's a must to come on against a tiring defence
1926/27 season was the 1st time we won 6 league games on the bounce
After starting the 2nd division season with 3 consecutive defeats we drew 0-0 draw at South Shields, then won 6 on the bounce, losing our 7th game 4-3 away to Forest, went up as champions that season
1st division 1937/38 season, we won 7 on the bounce, drew the 8th & won the 9th, we actually started the 7 game run with a draw too
2nd divison 1973-74 we won 9 consecutive games on the bounce, drawing our 10th in a goaless home draw with Bolton
1-0 mighty Reds
Keep the faith
BORO LIONS 🦁 2
THE POTTERS 🍙 1
COBURN
LATH
💪💪💪
HAD A WHISPER OF THE TEAM SATURDAY 😉
DEING
RVB
FRY
MCNAIR
ENGEL
HOWSON
JONES
CROOKS
BARLASER
ROGERS
COBURN
2 v 1 based purely on guess work and our home history against them.
They were good last season but seemed to have taken a while to gel so far.
1-1 gents
Injuries may play a big part in how we perform so I'll say it will be a very tight game, similar to Brum
Mighty Boro 7 Stokeists 0
Boro 2 - 1 Jugs
Quote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 27, 2023, 01:50:47 PMHAD A WHISPER OF THE TEAM SATURDAY 😉
DEING
RVB
FRY
MCNAIR
ENGEL
HOWSON
JONES
CROOKS
BARLASER
ROGERS
COBURN
Engel, hopefully hes fit & Rogers for Greenwood
Quote from: TommyDickfingers on October 27, 2023, 02:35:51 PMInjuries may play a big part in how we perform so I'll say it will be a very tight game, similar to Brum
Mighty Boro 7 Stokeists 0
😁
24 hours to go 👍
I have a feeling these might frustrate us and end our winning run. Head says Draw 2-2 :carrick3: . The heart will go with a two-nil Boro win. :leo3:
1-1 You can't win them all
Apparently club says they are expecting 28000 plus attendance tomorrow - good going if true
Quote from: erimus74 on October 27, 2023, 02:49:47 PMQuote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 27, 2023, 01:50:47 PMHAD A WHISPER OF THE TEAM SATURDAY 😉
DEING
RVB
FRY
MCNAIR
ENGEL
HOWSON
JONES
CROOKS
BARLASER
ROGERS
COBURN
Engel, hopefully hes fit & Rogers for Greenwood
I'LL BE SURPRISED IF HE DROPS GREENWOOD LIKE 🤔
Quote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 27, 2023, 03:46:06 PMQuote from: erimus74 on October 27, 2023, 02:49:47 PMQuote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 27, 2023, 01:50:47 PMHAD A WHISPER OF THE TEAM SATURDAY 😉
DEING
RVB
FRY
MCNAIR
ENGEL
HOWSON
JONES
CROOKS
BARLASER
ROGERS
COBURN
Engel, hopefully hes fit & Rogers for Greenwood
I'LL BE SURPRISED IF HE DROPS GREENWOOD LIKE 🤔
He dropped Crooks for Greenwood & TBF Rogets has done well the past few games coming off from tge bench, maybe time to give him a start
I doubt he would drop Greenwood unless he has a knock of sorts.
The might be trying to weed the snouts out.. someone OTR kept dropping the correct team.
Its all about fone margins these days - im not doubting your snout like
Quote from: tunstall on October 26, 2023, 12:23:28 PMOh. I thought we lost?
Maybe it just felt like a defeat because of how bad we were
We did lose 1-0. Awful match, freezing cold. I was in the chicken run.1990.
Quote from: markmywords on October 27, 2023, 09:24:20 PMQuote from: tunstall on October 26, 2023, 12:23:28 PMOh. I thought we lost?
Maybe it just felt like a defeat because of how bad we were
We did lose 1-0. Awful match, freezing cold. I was in the chicken run.1990.
Thank you
Thought I was losing the plot....
Stoke have been awful. Beat Leeds and Sunderland but apart from that. Beat us 1-0
CAN WE BEAT THE ALEX NEIL HOODOO THAT IS THE QUESTION 🤔🙄🙄🙄🤔
ALWAYS HAD THE INDIAN SIGN OVER US AS MANAGER OF NORWICH PRESTON SUNLUN AND STOKE 😡😡😡
THE FUCKING BALD JOCK BASTARD 😔😔😔
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💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
Quote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 28, 2023, 07:13:25 AMCAN WE BEAT THE ALEX NEIL HOODOO THAT IS THE QUESTION 🤔🙄🙄🙄🤔
ALWAYS HAD THE INDIAN SIGN OVER US AS MANAGER OF NORWICH PRESTON SUNLUN AND STOKE 😡😡😡
THE FUCKING BALD JOCK BASTARD 😔😔😔
Didnt realsie that Lids, knew we struggled against Preston, was he their manager when Wilder had the meltdown after Preston thumped us 4-1 last game of the season?
Quote from: erimus74 on October 28, 2023, 09:16:01 AMQuote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 28, 2023, 07:13:25 AMCAN WE BEAT THE ALEX NEIL HOODOO THAT IS THE QUESTION 🤔🙄🙄🙄🤔
ALWAYS HAD THE INDIAN SIGN OVER US AS MANAGER OF NORWICH PRESTON SUNLUN AND STOKE 😡😡😡
THE FUCKING BALD JOCK BASTARD 😔😔😔
Didnt realsie that Lids, knew we struggled against Preston, was he their manager when Wilder had the meltdown after Preston thumped us 4-1 last game of the season?
NOT SURE ABOUT THAT ONE BUT I KNOW PRESTON BEAT US WHEN HE WAS MANAGER...
We've got super MC , end off 👍 UTB
Who will play the Hackney role, he'll be a big, big miss today, mind I thought that of O'Brien & especially McGree v Sunderland & then Birmingham, but we coped just fine
Quote from: erimus74 on October 28, 2023, 09:27:36 AMWho will play the Hackney role, he'll be a big, big miss today, mind I thought that of O'Brien & especially McGree v Sunderland & then Birmingham, but we coped just fine
BARLASER IS TAKING HIS PLACE....
Different style but he has the tools to do the job UTB 👍
Quote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 28, 2023, 09:29:40 AMQuote from: erimus74 on October 28, 2023, 09:27:36 AMWho will play the Hackney role, he'll be a big, big miss today, mind I thought that of O'Brien & especially McGree v Sunderland & then Birmingham, but we coped just fine
BARLASER IS TAKING HIS PLACE....
For me Balasar is ideal when we're on the front foot, he's very good at picking out a perfect pass, keeping us moving forward, don't think he has the energetic, in the oppositions face side of Hackney, which we could miss big style today
UTFB
Looking forward to this one today
Few pints, match, few more pints, steak.
Then I'm on the bevvy....
:monkeyman:
Quote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 28, 2023, 07:13:25 AMCAN WE BEAT THE ALEX NEIL HOODOO THAT IS THE QUESTION 🤔🙄🙄🙄🤔
ALWAYS HAD THE INDIAN SIGN OVER US AS MANAGER OF NORWICH PRESTON SUNLUN AND STOKE 😡😡😡
THE FUCKING BALD JOCK BASTARD 😔😔😔
Hoodoo my arse.
I've just checked and we've played his sides 13 times.
Won 6
Drew 4
Lost 3
10 against Preston (W5, D3, L2)
2 against Norwich (W1, L1)
1 against Stoke (draw)
None against Sunderland.
Some fucking hoodoo that
:ray:
Quote from: John Trebor on October 28, 2023, 12:39:20 PMQuote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 28, 2023, 07:13:25 AMCAN WE BEAT THE ALEX NEIL HOODOO THAT IS THE QUESTION 🤔🙄🙄🙄🤔
ALWAYS HAD THE INDIAN SIGN OVER US AS MANAGER OF NORWICH PRESTON SUNLUN AND STOKE 😡😡😡
THE FUCKING BALD JOCK BASTARD 😔😔😔
Hoodoo my arse.
I've just checked and we've played his sides 13 times.
Won 6
Drew 4
Lost 3
10 against Preston (W5, D3, L2)
2 against Norwich (W1, L1)
1 against Stoke (draw)
None against Sunderland.
I WONDERED WHO THE PEDANTIC ARSEHOLE WOULD BE WHO GOES THROUGH ALL THE STATS FOR ABOUT 8 HOURS 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 TO PROVE SOMEONE WRONG 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
I HAD YOU DOWN AS EVENS FAVOURITE YA DAFCUN.....
:leo: :rudi: :sid: :unbelievable: :winston:
I remember a night match v Preston a few years back when Alex Neil was their manager, at the time I was envious of Preston as he's a manager ive wanted here, but not now, we have the real deal in Michael Carrick
Quote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 28, 2023, 12:51:03 PMQuote from: John Trebor on October 28, 2023, 12:39:20 PMQuote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 28, 2023, 07:13:25 AMCAN WE BEAT THE ALEX NEIL HOODOO THAT IS THE QUESTION 🤔🙄🙄🙄🤔
ALWAYS HAD THE INDIAN SIGN OVER US AS MANAGER OF NORWICH PRESTON SUNLUN AND STOKE 😡😡😡
THE FUCKING BALD JOCK BASTARD 😔😔😔
Hoodoo my arse.
I've just checked and we've played his sides 13 times.
Won 6
Drew 4
Lost 3
10 against Preston (W5, D3, L2)
2 against Norwich (W1, L1)
1 against Stoke (draw)
None against Sunderland.
I WONDERED WHO THE PEDANTIC ARSEHOLE WOULD BE WHO GOES THROUGH ALL THE STATS FOR ABOUT 8 HOURS 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 TO PROVE SOMEONE WRONG 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
I HAD YOU DOWN AS EVENS FAVOURITE YA DAFCUN.....
:leo: :rudi: :sid: :unbelievable: :winston:
Better than being a dafcun drama queen that posts made up shite 😉
(Took 5 minutes by the way 👍) :vyvyan:
Quote from: John Trebor on October 28, 2023, 01:09:45 PMQuote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 28, 2023, 12:51:03 PMQuote from: John Trebor on October 28, 2023, 12:39:20 PMQuote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 28, 2023, 07:13:25 AMCAN WE BEAT THE ALEX NEIL HOODOO THAT IS THE QUESTION 🤔🙄🙄🙄🤔
ALWAYS HAD THE INDIAN SIGN OVER US AS MANAGER OF NORWICH PRESTON SUNLUN AND STOKE 😡😡😡
THE FUCKING BALD JOCK BASTARD 😔😔😔
Hoodoo my arse.
I've just checked and we've played his sides 13 times.
Won 6
Drew 4
Lost 3
10 against Preston (W5, D3, L2)
2 against Norwich (W1, L1)
1 against Stoke (draw)
None against Sunderland.
I WONDERED WHO THE PEDANTIC ARSEHOLE WOULD BE WHO GOES THROUGH ALL THE STATS FOR ABOUT 8 HOURS 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 TO PROVE SOMEONE WRONG 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
I HAD YOU DOWN AS EVENS FAVOURITE YA DAFCUN.....
:leo: :rudi: :sid: :unbelievable: :winston:
Better than being a dafcun drama queen that posts made up shite 😉
(Took 5 minutes by the way 👍) :vyvyan:
GOT YOU AGAIN DICKHEAD.... 😁😁😁
🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣
:morgan:
I KNEW GREENWOOD WOULD GET THE NOD OVER ROGERS 👍👍👍
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0-1 Stoke :unbelievable:
Shocking start.
Engel and Barlaser giving the ball away under no pressure.
All asleep for their goal.
Stoke done their homework on us.
Barlaser is outstanding at losing 75:25 challenges. Him and Engel's weaknesses being exposed. Neither are anywhere near good enough.
How the fuck can we play this shite after the way we have played the last seven games,,
Lots of tired legs, injuries and psychology. Been a lot more mentions of 2 more won games to equal a record in the press. All adds pressure
Never got going there
Midfield were hibernating
Barlaser and Howson don't work together
Full backs were poor
Jones was wank
Poor day for us
Fair play to Stoke, they played well and were much smarter than us
Barlaser clearly hides behind Hackney a lot - disappeared for their goal (near post was his job) and generally useless
Howson should be break glass emergency now
Dieng might have done better for the first
Engel back to being poor again
They all looked a yard off the pace
Stoke not much better but took two chances - we didnt take ours
Thats it - on to Exeter
We ran out of luck and fit players. As simple as that. Shit happens.
All credit to Stoke though, they nullified our tippy-tappy passing game from minute one with their high-press. So how did our manager counter this? By keeping the same formation throughout, of course! Stoke's manager & players must've thought all their christmases had come at once by this - coupled with Carrick's decision to to withdraw our only tall attacking players, effectively making us ineffective from corners/set-pieces for the rest of the game.
I don't blame MC for trying to keep the formation as stable as possible after such a run but by half-time he should have seen it wouldn't work against a team drilled to counteract it.
Howson and Barlaser are too leaden-footed to pick a way through without HH so personally I would have left Josh on but added Latte Lath.
I would have withdrawn Barlaser to play a quarter-back role giving him more time to either slide diagonals for LL, feed Isiah and Lucas or even to lump balls up to Josh for LL to feed off.
1st off Crooks was my MOTM
We seemed to be lacklustre from kickoff, whether it was down to Hackney missing, who for me is so important stopping the opposition, starting moves etc, such a vital player, or if so many 1st team players were missing added to the slow start, poor passing, maybe both
After the run we've been on it was expected we'd hit a wall, even when the rare odd chances fell to us we sort of missed the opportunity to capilise
Dieng, for me still, cant be faulted for any goals we've conceded, the free header from the corner was a poor goal to concede but it was slowly building up to that for me, the hard a couple of snap shot chances, then the 2nd from our attack breaking down & within 20 seconds in the back of the net & game over
We huffed & puffed in the 2nd half, to slow & ponderous, thats not an attack on the team as I think it was a one off & the bigger picture we're a team on the up, these results will happen through the season
Think Alex Neil outsmarted Carrick today. They played the day after us and he freshened their side up by making 4 or 5 changes to the side that beat Leeds. I know we had Hackney missing but we needed some fresh legs an a bit more pace in there today. Berg is not the answer for right back at home, he doesn't get forward. Should have had Djiksteele in there and Morgan in for Crooks, Lath for Coburn. I know Carrick likes to stick with a winning side but it can lead to a jaded performance when you don't freshen things up from time to time - he needs to learn from today.And our passing was shocking from start to finish - dunno what that was all about like. Bad day at the office as they say i guess
Quote from: Keanu_Reeves on October 28, 2023, 08:33:47 PMThink Alex Neil outsmarted Carrick today. They played the day after us and he freshened their side up by making 4 or 5 changes to the side that beat Leeds. I know we had Hackney missing but we needed some fresh legs an a bit more pace in there today. Berg is not the answer for right back at home, he doesn't get forward. Should have had Djiksteele in there and Morgan in for Crooks, Lath for Coburn. I know Carrick likes to stick with a winning side but it can lead to a jaded performance when you don't freshen things up from time to time - he needs to learn from today.And our passing was shocking from start to finish - dunno what that was all about like. Bad day at the office as they say i guess
Agree with that, though I think Crooks was our best player, struggled to think of another one
Yes, our passing was shocking from the off
Quote from: erimus74 on October 28, 2023, 08:49:46 PMQuote from: Keanu_Reeves on October 28, 2023, 08:33:47 PMThink Alex Neil outsmarted Carrick today. They played the day after us and he freshened their side up by making 4 or 5 changes to the side that beat Leeds. I know we had Hackney missing but we needed some fresh legs an a bit more pace in there today. Berg is not the answer for right back at home, he doesn't get forward. Should have had Djiksteele in there and Morgan in for Crooks, Lath for Coburn. I know Carrick likes to stick with a winning side but it can lead to a jaded performance when you don't freshen things up from time to time - he needs to learn from today.And our passing was shocking from start to finish - dunno what that was all about like. Bad day at the office as they say i guess
Agree with that, though I think Crooks was our best player, struggled to think of another one
Yes, our passing was shocking from the off
Love Crooksy and he did at least spark a few moves first half - no one deserved any plaudits today really though. Very disappointing, and Carrick needs to learn when to change things to suit the situation with the players he has available and when to freshen things up. Neil outsmarted him today
3 more things
Thought Gilbert done ok when he came on, plenty of running, some neat touches
Disappointed with the booing at the final whistle, yes I get that everyones upset, annoyed, but we've been on such a great run over the past 8 games & results like this happen
Big cup game midweek, was hoping to get a ticket but missed out😔
I think people over react far too much to a defeat - it happens, it's a hard league and you only need to be a bit below par to get beat. We aren't suddenly a bad side because we lost to Stoke. To win six in a row isn't just good luck, those wins had to be earned and we worked hard to get them. We have a decent squad and an up and coming manager who's still learning (he'll make mistakes !), people just need to realise we aren't going to win each game playing champagne football every week !
Quote from: Keanu_Reeves on October 28, 2023, 09:53:09 PMI think people over react far too much to a defeat - it happens, it's a hard league and you only need to be a bit below par to get beat. We aren't suddenly a bad side because we lost to Stoke. To win six in a row isn't just good luck, those wins had to be earned and we worked hard to get them. We have a decent squad and an up and coming manager who's still learning (he'll make mistakes !), people just need to realise we aren't going to win each game playing champagne football every week !
I think people react to the performance and/or level of effort put in
We were well off in both of these hence the boos
THE DEFENDING TODAY... ESPECIALLY AT CORNERS WAS SHOCKING 🙄🙄🙄
THE WHOLE TEAM WHERE OFF THE PACE...👎👎👎
No defending yesterday's team display/team performance. We were awful I thought and not at the races all game. A big week ahead = the old saying is trying not to lose 2 on the bounce in the league if you can.
First off we need a cup win on Tuesday night.
UP THE BORO!
Quote from: John Trebor on October 28, 2023, 12:39:20 PMQuote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 28, 2023, 07:13:25 AMCAN WE BEAT THE ALEX NEIL HOODOO THAT IS THE QUESTION 🤔🙄🙄🙄🤔
ALWAYS HAD THE INDIAN SIGN OVER US AS MANAGER OF NORWICH PRESTON SUNLUN AND STOKE 😡😡😡
THE FUCKING BALD JOCK BASTARD 😔😔😔
Hoodoo my arse.
TOLD YOU.... YA BIG FUCKING....
DAFCUN.... 🙄🙄🙄
:sid:
Fans were booing after 10 minutes what was that about. Every mistake was given a volley.
I would give our fans 2 out 10 for the day. Apart from the kids in the South Stand.
We lost, it happens. Have we become Geordies?
Carrick was outsmarted by a much more experienced manager, it's as simple as that really. That's going to happen from time to time, the lad is still learning his trade and as long as he does learn from it then it's not a major problem. I think he needs to recognise when the side needs freshening up and bringing in fresh legs from the start of a game. It was our lack of pace that stood out for me yesterday - Stoke played a high line and pressed from their front, we needed some quick players in there to exploit and combat that high Stoke press. Lath Djiksteele and Bangura would have been the players to do that.
Quote from: Blott on October 29, 2023, 11:36:00 AMFans were booing after 10 minutes what was that about. Every mistake was given a volley.
I would give our fans 2 out 10 for the day. Apart from the kids in the South Stand.
We lost, it happens. Have we become Geordies?
It wasn't me mate
I walked out after five minutes
Quote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 29, 2023, 10:21:28 AMQuote from: John Trebor on October 28, 2023, 12:39:20 PMQuote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 28, 2023, 07:13:25 AMCAN WE BEAT THE ALEX NEIL HOODOO THAT IS THE QUESTION 🤔🙄🙄🙄🤔
ALWAYS HAD THE INDIAN SIGN OVER US AS MANAGER OF NORWICH PRESTON SUNLUN AND STOKE 😡😡😡
THE FUCKING BALD JOCK BASTARD 😔😔😔
Hoodoo my arse.
TOLD YOU.... YA BIG FUCKING....
DAFCUN.... 🙄🙄🙄
Nope, nothing to see here...🥱
Quote from: John Trebor on October 29, 2023, 03:26:07 PMQuote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 29, 2023, 10:21:28 AMQuote from: John Trebor on October 28, 2023, 12:39:20 PMQuote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 (MODERATOR) on October 28, 2023, 07:13:25 AMCAN WE BEAT THE ALEX NEIL HOODOO THAT IS THE QUESTION 🤔🙄🙄🙄🤔
ALWAYS HAD THE INDIAN SIGN OVER US AS MANAGER OF NORWICH PRESTON SUNLUN AND STOKE 😡😡😡
THE FUCKING BALD JOCK BASTARD 😔😔😔
Hoodoo my arse.
TOLD YOU.... YA BIG FUCKING....
DAFCUN.... 🙄🙄🙄
Nope, nothing to see here...🥱
I WAS RIGHT... YOU WAS WRONG... INDIAN SIGN... :rudi:
NOW.... :winston:
From the boss
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/23886196.michael-carrick-admits-middlesbrough-under-performed-stoke-defeat/