Wrong-Direction
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- Mar 10, 2013
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That'll be fun, first vs second to decide who's top on the last day!
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Boro will claim top spot within 3 games?
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pb21
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- Apr 23, 2010
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In the sense that Middlesbrough's recent form is better i.e. winning and not drawing and Brighton could be 4 first team players down for the next few games.
Not that I'm saying Middlesbrough are better than Brighton, or vice versa.
pastafarian
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will they heck
(fingers crossed touch wood)
(fingers crossed touch wood)
martin tyler
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All I know is we will be top when we kick off against Cardiff.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Why four players down?
pb21
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Potentially Murphy, Bruno, Lua Lua and Hemed. Although potentially all four could feature in the next game. I'm not saying Middlesbrough are going to win all their remaining games and Brighton lose theirs, just answering the pole question based on the most recent form and our potential squad of fit players!
mreprice
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Our good start was largely due to having a full squad with zero injuries. Over the season you would usually expect at least four our. Take out those four and you have March and Elvis or Calderon starting and no strikers on the bench (again). Shows how thin the squad still is.
West Hoathly Seagull
Honorary Ruffian
I think we have to face the fact that Middlesbrough have a superior squad, particularly in terms of forwards, seeing that they could afford to sell Lee Tomlin to Bournemouth and Jelle Vossen to Burnley (interestingly he hardly played for them last season except towards the end) and were able to replace them with Christian Stuani and David Nugent. I was rather disappointed that we didn't make a greater effort (or maybe we were pipped at the post by Middlesbrough) at signing Stuani. I have a strong inkling (that notorious list that he was supposed to have given Tony Bloom) that he was one of the players Oscar wanted, and I think Frutos posted at one point that we were in for him.
OzMike
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No 'maybe' option?
Stato
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It seems worth noting that Boro's good start to the season has been mainly against teams in the bottom half of the table. They have only played three teams who currently sit in the top half and nobody higher than 8th placed Derby who they didn't beat. The strength of their squad has to make them contenders, but until they have played and beaten teams in the top six, it seems presumptuous to assume that they are a shoo in for the top two at the end of the season.
Going into this round of games Leeds (10th place) were the highest placed team Boro would have faced.
I'd rather be a layer than a backer at 10/11 for the league.
GT49er
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No 'don't know, my name's not Petulengra' option either, unfortunately!
We're top at the moment. Let's keep looking forwards. One way guaranteed to cock it up is to keeping looking over our shoulder.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Absolutely.
And we need to focus on a professional performance, get 3 points, and then look at the table over the international break.
In dreamland, we'd be 6-7 points clear of 2nd place.
Seasider78
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We have built up a solid gap between us and 3rd which will take some run from the pack to displace us from the auto spots. Some very winnable games coming up at home and if we keep this run going we could be in a very strong position come Xmas.
