| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread 18:44 - Feb 8 with 33933 views | EmpireStateRanger |
Sticking my neck out here to start the game thread. If this all goes terrible wrong I'll retreat back into my shell.
This one is getting extra hype, and rightfully so. Should be a good litmus test.
1-0 Rangers. Field 71'. | | | |  |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 10:07 - Feb 10 with 1422 views | QPRSteve |
According to WLS, Johansen had a stomach bug, so that explains the slightly below par performance. | | | |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 10:54 - Feb 10 with 1361 views | ed_83 |
I thought Dickie was very solid defensively (noticed that Boro’s 2nd goal and most of their most promising attacks came down their right wing / our left) and I thought he made a decent number of those surging forward runs. He ended up passing sideways only because Boro shut down his forward passing options so well, rather than because he wasn’t looking for them. Suspect Sanderson will come in at some point regardless of form given the number of fixtures coming up.
Agree about facing Boro or Forest over two legs on current form, but who knows where we’ll all be by May? Think we showed that we’ve got enough to pose teams problems even when we’re below our best. | | | |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 11:25 - Feb 10 with 1297 views | PinnerPaul |
I think Dunne deserved more than a 6, guy sitting next to me last night, thinks he will be a serious player, he's more than halfway there already IMHO! | | | |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 11:27 - Feb 10 with 1288 views | PinnerPaul |
He signalled 4 minutes as their guy was injured (89' 55" something like that), once we restarted he played the 4 minutes.
Could have added a minute on for the timewasting in the 4, but as Boro had the ball when he did blow up, I wasn't that fussed! | | | |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 11:30 - Feb 10 with 1269 views | PinnerPaul |
Thought ref had a decent game - usual caveat, only seen it live from T block!
Very much as per the current trend of letting the game flow, always going to be one or two fouls/no fouls to disagree with and maybe 1 yellow short for them (For the late one on Willock 2nd half), their pen shout I was too far away to really judge, but didn't look that convincing from my view.
Overall I expect Clive to give him a solid 7 (No pressure!  ) | | | |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 11:42 - Feb 10 with 1253 views | MrSheen |
I thought he was too lax about tackles from behind, which the defenders soon noticed. Dykes got a lot of rough treatment, and the one on Willock was really poor, he was never in the game afterwards. The players then think they have to do their own enforcement. I'm not sure what happened to the Boro player at the end (far side of the pitch for me), but it started with him diving in on Field, who may have given him something on the way through. | | | |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 11:46 - Feb 10 with 1245 views | PinnerPaul |
Its all opinions isn't it.
The one on Dykes 1st half, both me and my neighbour thought it was fine - Dykes too slow.
Their most serious injury - Wilder said it was just a block tackle, no one's fault and as it was only about 6 feet away from him, we'll take that explanation I think! | | | |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 11:49 - Feb 10 with 1220 views | TheChef |
Yeah at least a couple of times Fry took Dykes out off the ball and the ref did nothing.
Dykes had a good game last night, arguably some of the best hold-up play I've seen from him so far. | |
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| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 11:56 - Feb 10 with 1204 views | MrSheen |
I couldn't see the tackle myself, but one of the Boro players made a stamping gesture at the ref, though that happens all the time...
The ref was at least consistent in his standards, which makes it more frustrating that Gray so rarely challenges without giving a free kick away. | | | |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 11:58 - Feb 10 with 1196 views | superhoopdownunder |
Few comments
Work on the floodlights has made a huge difference to how the game looks on tv. Well Done!
Marshall excellent save in the first half from the close range header
The first Middlesboro goal should have been blocked and cleared by Jimmy Dunne - he missed the ball in the lead up to the goal.
A decent result against a good team.
Middlesboro, Notts Forest and Sheff Utd all playing very well. [Post edited 10 Feb 2022 11:59]
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| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 12:04 - Feb 10 with 1169 views | ParkRoyalR |
Agree, unfortunately too many Referees and Linesmen 'ball-watch' which is why Fry was able to get away with blocking Dykes runs off the ball.
Great header to put Chair through but equally pleased with press which led to Lumley error as Wilder acknowledged defender should have played down the line but Dykes blocked that option and forced back-pass to Lumley. Great headed clearance at back post in last few minutes too when they were on the front-foot.
Warbs called it 100% right about losing too many duals, and a little like winning the scrum in rugby, with SJ off-form we just could'nt get on the front foot enough in the middle of the park to get the ball out-wide and exploit Dykes aerial ability as thought he had the beating of Fry and McNair in the air last night. | | | |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 12:08 - Feb 10 with 1154 views | kensalriser |
It's Nottm Forest, County have the Notts abbreviation - the first word in Forest's name is Nottingham, and in County's Nottinghamshire. Sorry for the pedantry, but I don't think we'd be happy if we were always being called Kings Park Rangers. [Post edited 10 Feb 2022 12:10]
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| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 12:32 - Feb 10 with 1096 views | MrSheen |
Shouldn't we then be King's Park Rangers? Sorry for the pedantry.  | | | |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 13:28 - Feb 10 with 968 views | TheChef |
Field was immense yet again - not helped by SJ having a bit of a stinker; he's really not been quite the same as last season but I get the feeling he has not been 100% fit at any point. | |
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| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 15:29 - Feb 10 with 901 views | kensalriser |
I don't think so, we're not Queen's Park Rangers. | |
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| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 17:30 - Feb 10 with 804 views | PinnerPaul |
The funny thing while their player was being treated was another Boro player who had been 'hurt' just before that - rolled around on the floor, making those frantic hand signals that imply his life is in danger.
Everyone ignored him, Boro had the ball and then the real injury took place so no one was watching him at all.
Eventually he got up and jogged 50 yards to tell the ref what a terrible tackle it was & how badly he was hurt! | | | |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 17:32 - Feb 10 with 787 views | PinnerPaul |
TBF to the poor old assistants, not sure how you expect them to watch ball in/out, the offside line, any fouls in their credible area AND off the ball incidents.
Ref has to follow the ball as well for obvious reasons.
Some things get missed - that's life - can't see everything. | | | |
| Must Win Match of the Season Part 29 - Boro Game Thread on 17:37 - Feb 10 with 762 views | Northernr |
I thought the referee was great last night, bar my usual complaint that 4 mins added to the end was laughable. Contributed to a fantastic game which I really enjoyed. | | | |
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