Middlesbrough (A) 30/3 Build-Up Thread

[Jack Regan]

Does Shite come up as Elite on predictive text?

:icon_lol: PGMOL's description not mine.

 

[AndyWolves]

It's twats like Atwell that make me want VAR so bad

 

[AndyWolves]

Unbelievable result in the context of the second half.

Unbelievable character to come through that with the 3 points.

And fuck you Pulis and the shit way you play the game

 

[AndyWolves]

Just read this on a Boro forum, even they thought they had Atwell playing for them:-

You know, I'd rather have lost 2-0 to 11 men. I'd rather have lost 5-0 to 11 men. To lose 2-1, in the nature we did with what felt like 12 men vs. 9 for long enough in the game, that's really disheartening.

Stuart Atwell though, what a signing. If we can keep him fit for the run-in, maybe even get him for every play off game, I think we'll probably go up.

In all fairness, I think Wolves will be disappointed with the referee for the lack of balance and clarity. The Friend thing was something that bugs me about referees. What is his take on that event, I wonder? Because if he doesn't blow for a foul and book/send off Friend, you'd think he'd be giving Costa a yellow for a dive. The only thing he could think is that Costa has tripped over his own feet.

After that, I think Wolves will be annoyed with Neves and a bit annoyed with Doherty too. The 2nd yellow for Doherty was a bit harsh maybe. But other than that, it was their players' fault for responding the way they did. It was petty and unbefitting of the side that had been playing for the previous 50 or so minutes.

I'd say Wolves simply dealt with everything we threw at them but we didn't give a 9-man team enough to think about. They defended very well, great credit to them, but Bamford's goal aside, we were utterly devoid of quality. Ruddy did not have a particularly good game and yet we did not test him nearly enough.

At half time, we could at least use the excuse that we are just not as good as this Premier League team in the making. At full-time, we proved we don't have the pace or the creativity to beat a team with 9 men. We had the ref in our favour and a Wolves team seemingly intent on throwing further men off the pitch and we still couldn't break them down. Bit of a shambles but at least I didn't expect anything from the game.

 

[leedswolf]

Just read this on a Boro forum, even they thought they had Atwell playing for them:-

You know, I'd rather have lost 2-0 to 11 men. I'd rather have lost 5-0 to 11 men. To lose 2-1, in the nature we did with what felt like 12 men vs. 9 for long enough in the game, that's really disheartening.

Stuart Atwell though, what a signing. If we can keep him fit for the run-in, maybe even get him for every play off game, I think we'll probably go up.

In all fairness, I think Wolves will be disappointed with the referee for the lack of balance and clarity. The Friend thing was something that bugs me about referees. What is his take on that event, I wonder? Because if he doesn't blow for a foul and book/send off Friend, you'd think he'd be giving Costa a yellow for a dive. The only thing he could think is that Costa has tripped over his own feet.

After that, I think Wolves will be annoyed with Neves and a bit annoyed with Doherty too. The 2nd yellow for Doherty was a bit harsh maybe. But other than that, it was their players' fault for responding the way they did. It was petty and unbefitting of the side that had been playing for the previous 50 or so minutes.

I'd say Wolves simply dealt with everything we threw at them but we didn't give a 9-man team enough to think about. They defended very well, great credit to them, but Bamford's goal aside, we were utterly devoid of quality. Ruddy did not have a particularly good game and yet we did not test him nearly enough.

At half time, we could at least use the excuse that we are just not as good as this Premier League team in the making. At full-time, we proved we don't have the pace or the creativity to beat a team with 9 men. We had the ref in our favour and a Wolves team seemingly intent on throwing further men off the pitch and we still couldn't break them down. Bit of a shambles but at least I didn't expect anything from the game.

Top bloke.