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Opinion from Boro fan board tonight
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Machiavelli
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Don't bring bears, Joey Barton and the woods into things.
Whitechapel
Famous Last Words
Jesus Christ.
2 people on another forum make comments that could be seen as overconfident or cocky. This results in a thread full of here full of numerous posts that could be seen as overconfident or cocky. No doubt somebody from their forum will see this thread, pick out a couple of posts that most resemble arrogance and post them on there, which will lead to a thread on there forum full of posts that could be seen as overconfident or cocky followed by... etc etc.
Boro are the best and most complete team we've played this season, in fact they're probably the best team we've played since we've been at The Amex. They took us apart and whilst we are much stronger than we were then, they have also strengthened, most notably with Rhodes (6 in 17 which is a decent enough record) and Gaston f*cking Ramirez who's scored 7 in 16. They've also let in just 7 goals at home all season and haven't conceded two goals in a home game since last summer. We are on a brilliant, brilliant run of form and I get why everyone is so excited but even after todays result I would make Boro favourites to get promoted on the last day of the season. Away to Boro is the hardest possible game in the league IMO and we'll need everyone to be bang on form if we're to get 3 points up there... and we need to look at it as us needing three points until Tuesday when/if we beat Derby.
2 people on another forum make comments that could be seen as overconfident or cocky. This results in a thread full of here full of numerous posts that could be seen as overconfident or cocky. No doubt somebody from their forum will see this thread, pick out a couple of posts that most resemble arrogance and post them on there, which will lead to a thread on there forum full of posts that could be seen as overconfident or cocky followed by... etc etc.
Boro are the best and most complete team we've played this season, in fact they're probably the best team we've played since we've been at The Amex. They took us apart and whilst we are much stronger than we were then, they have also strengthened, most notably with Rhodes (6 in 17 which is a decent enough record) and Gaston f*cking Ramirez who's scored 7 in 16. They've also let in just 7 goals at home all season and haven't conceded two goals in a home game since last summer. We are on a brilliant, brilliant run of form and I get why everyone is so excited but even after todays result I would make Boro favourites to get promoted on the last day of the season. Away to Boro is the hardest possible game in the league IMO and we'll need everyone to be bang on form if we're to get 3 points up there... and we need to look at it as us needing three points until Tuesday when/if we beat Derby.
ExmouthExile
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- Feb 11, 2005
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Leadbitter didn't hit the bar, the keeper palmed it onto the bar, it was never going in, bloody good save!
Disagree with first part. The Derby team, for one, that beat us in the playoffs was miles better. I'm not even sure they're the best team we've played this season. Big, strong, organised and able to ruthlessly exploit a very weakened side. Agree with the second part. We will have to be at our very best. But you seem to be falling into the same mindset as the national media and in thrall to the team with the big money signings and big names. Brighton have been playing the best football for weeks, have spent more than their fair share of time top of the table, and thoroughly deserve to be taking on Boro as equals. On current form, only home advantage favours them.
Captain Sensible
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Brough we ruthless on that day at the Amex and scored off set pieces. Our defence now has Rosenoir, Dunk & Goldson and we have Skalak and Knockeart on the wings with an increadably strong bench. We also have Baldock back stretching the play.
Also our performances have changed. We now soak up pressure and hit teams on the break. Look at our stats v Middlesbrough and then v Fulham where we scored 5.
V Brough
V Fulham
We can mix it up and we are a different team that's only lost away twice all season.
It shows that we really need to beat Derby to heap the pressure on Middlesbrough.
Also our performances have changed. We now soak up pressure and hit teams on the break. Look at our stats v Middlesbrough and then v Fulham where we scored 5.
V Brough
V Fulham
We can mix it up and we are a different team that's only lost away twice all season.
It shows that we really need to beat Derby to heap the pressure on Middlesbrough.
KLF
Albion Boleh!
I just hope we take advantage of the situation on Monday to put the pressure on Krankie. It's starting to show...
warmleyseagull
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General point about cockiness spot on. Why wouldn't you big up your chances. Plenty on here doing same.
Not so sure they are favourites though. The balance for me is who needs the draw, tbc Monday. Although they haven't conceded much at home, they do away and the problem with having great records like not conceding two at home all season is that they have to go at some time. TBH, thought they looked dodgy at the back last night, Knockaert, Baldock and Skalak/Murphy will worry them.
At the end of the day this is effectively PO final 1 and anything can happen. It is not a lottery but one-off games are often won by the less good team because that is the nature of football.
Machiavelli
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Stats from Sky in March but won't have changed much...
Boro are similar to us under Poyet (and Garcia) - great defence but no plan B. Anybody think the first goal on 7th May is important?
They have come back from being a goal down three times in their last four games. End of season, especially when things really matter, tend to disrupt regularities, and it's happening to Boro.
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Just goes to show, would be nice to bang one in early next week, so long as we might defend it for at least five minutes after!
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
3 draws though.
Machiavelli
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2 draws, 1 win (Bolton), if we're being pedantic (I'm quite good at that at times)
GT49er
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'Boro are a very good team, and getting a result up there is never going to be easy - and they turned us over pretty convincingly at the Amex. But this time they're likely to be coming up against Dunk, Goldson, Rosenior, Knockaert, Skalak and Baldock, none of whom were in the match at thhe Amex back in December. Not a foregone conclusion then, is it?
I actually don't think Karanka did anything wrong last night with his substitutions or tactics.
Clayton Donaldson had a great 2nd half for Birmingham - He was a fabulous outlet for them 2nd half holding it up and Birmingham were getting people up in support so he needed that extra man in midfield to combat that.
It's the players who were to blame, they missed a host of good chances. Middlsboro couldn't afford to take the chance of actually losing the match because at least with a point they go into the last game needing only to win. If they had gone into the last game perhaps say needing to win by more than one goal, depending on our result against Derby then they would be really up against it. So he had to make sure his side were still in with a chance on the last day.
All that said, if they play like that against us then we will beat them because our midfielders are slicker and quicker at getting the ball forward. If they play the way they did when they played Wolves we might struggle.
It is going to go down to who performs the best on the day next week. I just want to try and win Monday and get through it without picking up any injuries. Then let the battle commence, next Saturday
We needed to strengthen. We did! We really did!!