Boro v Norwich City match thread

[erimus74]

Again, we'll start off with another best wishes to Tony Mowbray

3rd month of 2024 & we're still searching for our first home league win of this year, hard to believe with the horrendous run we're having at the Riverside that our only home win this year was against Chelsea, a team who we've failed to beat on Teesside for 20 years & to win without conceding, unreal

Our last home performance against Plymouth was shocking, our last fixture away to Stoke was worse, we are slowly dropping towards the trapdoor, among the relegation fighters, yet when the turn of the year & into January our thoughts were looking to sneak into the playoffs

Wednesday's game couldn't be more opposite to the last fixture between us & Norwich played at The Riverside last season, back then, we were scoring for fun, almost guaranteed our playoff spot when thumping them 5-1 & we still had a month or so to go before the season ended, on Wednesday we are struggling badly, playing awful, boring football, unable to keep a cleansheet & going backwards

I know Michael Carrick has only been in the hot seat just over 14 months & learning but he has to start showing he has more to his game than the football his team are serving up, every team that comes to the Riverside press us so high we cant seem to get past the halfway line with the opposing team having opportunities to score, he has to change the way we play, he has to learn that making subs can change our playing style, stop just replacing players like for like hoping they'll improve us, they don't, that's not so much the issue, it's our overall playing system that's the problem

There's talk of Michael Carrick been offered an extension to his contract, I really want him to stay & have voiced my support of him on here many times, I'm just fed up with replacing managers at our club every 18 months/2 years, we need to build something here, hopefully talks are put on hold till the summer, we improve on the pitch, Carrick is learning, we start to climb back up the table & look forward to a summer of high-profile incoming transfers
Part of me thinks the reason we didn't spend any money during January was to give the manager the money to bring in players during the summer, players who he thinks will take us forward next season, whether that's Carrick time will tell

Maybe pie in the sky but we have to cling onto something

I can see our lowest attendance of the season & if things go badly the crowd will turn


15th October 1960 - our 1st ever home fixture with Norwich City seen the Boro win 2-0 in a 2nd division fixture, this will be the 30h meeting on Teesside with the following home record

Won - 16
Drew - 6
Lost - 7
Goals scored - 54
Goals against – 21


No home hat tricks v Norwich City


Debuts/final game v Norwich

24/10/1964 - Don Masson home won 2-0
22/10/1965 - Derrick Downing made his debut after joining from Frickley Colliery in February. Stanley Marshall made his debut after moving from Goole Town in August 1963 lost 1-0
30/3/1968 - Don Masson made his final appearance before moving to Notts County in September – won 2-0
8/4/1969 - Dicky Rooks made his final appearance before moving to Bristol City in June drew 0-0
6/4/1976 - Alan Foggon made his final appearance before moving to Manchester United in July lost 1-0
14/10/1978 - Terry Cochrane home won 2-0 - Record signing
14/09/1985 - Mitch Cook home drew 1-1
8/5/1993 - Andrew Collett, William Falconer, Dwight Marshall & Jimmy Phillips all made their final appearances drew 3-3
22/03/1998 - Hamilton Ricard home won 3-0


A few players who played for both team

Dave Hodgson - Our 8th loan signing
Johnny Howson
Gary Rowell
Ben Gibson
Daniel Ayala - Scored on debut - 59th loaned player - Loaned from Norwich & after 13 games & 3 goals signed permanently - 37th at the Riverside
Aaron Ramsey - 111th loaned signing- Loaned from Aston Villa
Matty Bates
Trevor Putney
Mark Barham
Don Heath
Jacob Butterfield
James Husband
Andy Townsend
Danny Mills - 35th loaned player - Loaned from Leeds - 13th at the Riverside
Richie de Laet - 77th loaned player - Loaned from Leicester City - 55th at the Riverside
Patrick Bamford - 66th loaned player - Loaned from Chelsea - 45th at the Riverside
Onel Hernandez - Our 101st loan signing
Patrick Roberts - 14th FAC debutant - 93rd & 98th loaned player - Loaned from Man City - 60th & 65th at the Riverside
Leroy Lita
Keith O'Neil
Jordon Rhodes
Carlo Nash
Kyle Naughton - 45th loaned player - Loaned from Spurs - 23rd at the Riverside
Kei Kamara - My younger late brother sponsored his away games
Yanic Wildschut
Chris Killen
Rio Ferdinhand had trials at both Boro & Norwich as a youngster


15th October 1960 - The day after I was born
Boro 2 Norwich City 0
Ray Henderson put the mighty Boro one nil up in the first half with Brian Clough adding the second after half time

9/10/1976 - Graeme Souness scored the only goal of the game at the holgate end to put the Boro at the top of the 1st divison

31/12/1977 - Graeme Souness & Pat Cuff played their final Boro game on this day against Norwich at Ayresome Park in a 2-2 draw, Stan Cummins scored his 1st Boro goal in the game

14th October 1978 - My 18th birthday
Boro 2 Norwich City 0
David Armstrong & a Martin Peters OG
Terry Cochranes Boro debut on our first home win of the season

14/9/1985 - Gary Rowell scored the fastest penalty at Ayresome Park when he scored the penalty within 30 seconds for Boro's 193 home penalty

September 1988 - Mogga scored his 1st top flight goal in a 3-2 defeat at home to Norwich City

[tunstall]

Excellent stuff mate

[LIDDLE_TOWERS999]

BORO 1 CANARIES 3

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[TMG501]

Quality stuff Erimus. Thank you

[teamboro]

Excellent read again Erimus we need to get out of this rut we are in and dig out results instead of playing patient football from the back and stop passing back to either the keeper or defence

Mighty Reds 1-1 Canneries

[erimus74]

Excellent stuff mate

Cheers tunstall 👍

[erimus74]

Excellent read again Erimus we need to get out of this rut we are in and dig out results instead of playing patient football from the back and stop passing back to either the keeper or defence

Mighty Reds 1-1 Canneries

Cheers teamboro

[erimus74]

Quality stuff Erimus. Thank you

Cheers TMG501

[AtomicDog]

6-0


We goin Mr Erimus we always go, we going offit n'all.
Shouting, swearing, drinking, vaping, smoking, dancing.

We BBC,

 Boro Bullie Crew.

Get in for nowt too . . . don't say owt though!

We all gonna buy you loadsa beer when we see ya.

We fink you are f***ing class!!

"Alouette, Gentille Alouette"

Eio eio eio eio!

Up the f***ing Boro

🐾

[Nosmo-King]

Excellent as usual, Erimus. Your vast collection of material would be almost impossible to match.

I wish I could summon up some enthusiasm for the game tomorrow. Find it very dispiriting Carrick vows to continue with more of the same - especially as we have the knowledge it simply isn't working and a change in formation and tactics is way overdue.

0-2 for me.

[erimus74]

6-0


We goin Mr Erimus we always go, we going offit n'all.
Shouting, swearing, drinking, vaping, smoking, dancing.

We BBC,

 Boro Bullie Crew.

Get in for nowt too . . . don't say owt though!

We all gonna buy you loadsa beer when we see ya.

We fink you are f***ing class!!

"Alouette, Gentille Alouette"

Eio eio eio eio!

Up the f***ing Boro

🐾

😁🐶🐕👌

[erimus74]

Excellent as usual, Erimus. Your vast collection of material would be almost impossible to match.

I wish I could summon up some enthusiasm for the game tomorrow. Find it very dispiriting Carrick vows to continue with more of the same - especially as we have the knowledge it simply isn't working and a change in formation and tactics is way overdue.

0-2 for me.

Cheers Nosmo-king

Cant really disagree with you, i'll be walking to the ground expecting another boring performance with Thomes & Ayling awful, Ayling started off so well & sort of fell away, maybe a confidence thing, Greenwood, if started, wil just run around clattering in to opposing players, giving away needless free kicks
Hopefully im wrong & we put in a perform under the lights & fecord our first league win of 2024

[Nosmo-King]

I really hope whatever team is chosen they turn up and give it a real go - recent games don't give you confidence though!

[LIDDLE_TOWERS999]

I really hope whatever team is chosen they turn up and give it a real go - recent games don't give you confidence though!

IT'S A DEAD RUBBER FOR US 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄


BUT NOT FOR NORWICH WHO ARE CHASING THE PLAY OFFS....



THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE LIKE A FUCKING FUNERAL WAKE AND GIBBO THE LITTLE TWAT DESERVES ALL THAT'S COMING HIS WAY....NOT BRINGING A STRIKER IN....IN JAN TOLD ME ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE SEASON.....😡😡😡

[Redsteel]

The club need to come out and tell the fans they are backing MC for next season, and not just verbally but on the pitch also.  Five to six top end chumps players on top of what we have now, and the shit we have on loan never to return. Carrick needs to learn that he can't get players to play his tippy tappy out from the back with what he has. It isn't that hard to kick a ball over oncoming players when we are being high pressed ffs.

I'm going 0-0, nobody happy with the result.

[LIDDLE_TOWERS999]

The club need to come out and tell the fans they are backing MC for next season, and not just verbally but on the pitch also.  Five to six top end chumps players on top of what we have now, and the shit we have on loan never to return. Carrick needs to learn that he can't get players to play his tippy tappy out from the back with what he has. It isn't that hard to kick a ball over oncoming players when we are being high pressed ffs.

I'm going 0-0, nobody happy with the result.

IF ITS 0-0 THEN THAT MEANS DIENG HAS PLAYED A FUCKING BLINDER   

[Johnny Thunder]

1-4

[tunstall]

I hope he plays Greenwood and Balaser

[erimus74]

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/middlesbrough-injury-latest-ahead-norwich-28758915?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

As usual, say a lot but doesn't say anything at all

[erimus74]

Swansea away to Watford are the only team who can overtake us over these two midweek set of matches, but worryingly bottom half clubs can get closer to our 44 pounts, a win tomorrow night is a must

[tunstall]

Absolutely

The entire club and everyone connected with it needs a boost, and that can only come from the pitch

[erimus74]

Hill beating Birmingham 1-0 which puts them 4 points clear of 7th placed Norwich, meaning Norwich will be going flat out for the win tomorrow night, especially knowing the form we're presently in

[teamboro]

I have a feeling it could be another Leicester type game I will stick with my original prediction but knowing the Boro they will probably suprise us as usual hopefully sticking plaster on a crap season

[RiversideRifle]

Well win 2-1 tomorrow

[borope]

See you in the Pig Iron Rifle ?