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Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Can't believe Boro will have the best manager in the league on opening day two years running.

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Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Dell_Zincht posted:

Boro don't have a striker for the first game of the season.

Or a left back

And Akpom is still injured

*Cries*

We have some depth at striker (Crooks, Rogers, Coburn if he's back from injury, Forss if moved back from right winger) . We don't have a quality, top level striker like we had at the end of last season with Archer but we could muddle through for a bit while we look for a loan from the Prem or whatnot.

Left back we literally don't have a senior player other than Coulson or playing someone significantly out of position like we did with McGree second half against Auxerre. Plus with Smith and Dijksteel out we're already going to be playing a makeshift right back in McNair or Van den Berg.

Injury issues in general are really bad at the moment - Akpom, Howson, Smith, Dijksteel, Coburn, and Clarke all out.

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Wigan did have several of their better players terminate their contracts and leave on frees due to the nonpayments though.

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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What the actual gently caress was that shot from Millwall

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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https://twitter.com/SportsPeteO/status/1689368726502625281

Woof

Boro were linked to a Danish LB and an striker from Atalanta today, seems like the LB deal is nearly done but the striker is not. Would fill our two biggest current areas of need.

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Dec 8, 2009

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Adrianics posted:

Very much how this is starting to feel. I think last season was lightning in a bottle, a largely mediocre squad hauled kicking and screaming to the brink of glory almost entirely because of Hamer and Gyokeres, and if it was ever going to happen it was going be then. We're utter gash without Hamer and will probably get battered tomorrow :(

Boro fans have spent the last month pretty much having the same freakouts about Archer/Ramsey/Giles/Akpom.

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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loving hell

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Some real championship officiating for the West Brom goal there

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Boro absolutely shot ourselves in the foot. Horrendous giveaway by Engel for the third goal and Smith has to show more intelligence when on a booking than he did to get the second yellow (even if his first yellow was total horseshit).

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Dell_Zincht posted:

WBA's first goal should have been disallowed but we were the architects of our own downfall today and Tommy Smith is a bloody idiot.

At least it looks like we have the old Isaiah Jones back, and Lath looks a real handful too.

I agree, the two sparks of hope from that miserable game were Latte Lath getting his first goal and Jones looking really good when he came on. Still can't believe his shot off the inside of the post didn't go in.

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Well at least I don't have to watch another game next weekend

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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https://www.efl.com/news/2023/september/13/efl-statement--reading-fc/

The thread title that never goes out of style

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Starsnostars posted:

Four losses in a row for Southampton, it's just like still being in the Premier League!

On the plus side you did give us our first league win of the season!

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Rapidly trending in the we're so back direction

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Good time for Rogers to get his first league goal. Ruddy was standing on his head today for Birningham, could easily have been 3 or 4 for us.

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Dell_Zincht posted:

Cracking game, awful ref

Calling the late foul on Latte Lath stopping a clean run on goal was at least understandable even if I thought it was wrong. I still don't know how the foul on Jones at the edge of the box was not either a red or a penalty though.

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Middlesbrough with a... banger set piece goal?!

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Middlesbrough concede like the fifth insane once in a career worldy of the campaign and then immediately fall to bits

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Ok I guess we get a once in a career insane worldy own goal back the other way

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Extremely normal Middlesbrough first half

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Dec 8, 2009

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Dell_Zincht posted:

Dijksteel you idiot

That second yellow was very stupid of him but in fairness the first yellow was an outrageous no-contact dive that the Leeds player should be suspended for.

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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karmicknight posted:

INDIRECT FREE KICK GANG

You love to see it

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Was not expecting anything going in to that game and would have been happy with a draw but in the end we ought to have won by 3 or 4 rather than 1. Still delighted with it though.

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Wow that Boro-Rotherham game was maddening. We couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from a million chances, stonewall pen not given, and Rotherham score their only shot on target from a fluke mishit cross created from a clear foul that wasn't given.

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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That game was an absolute rollercoaster of emotions. Will take the 3 points.

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Dec 8, 2009

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Dell_Zincht posted:

Boro absolutely running on empty now and that 2nd half really showed it.

And we have Villa in the FA cup live on BBC1 next 😭

If we never play Coventry again it will be too soon

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Rotherham combining playing dirty with diving all over the place at the moment

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Middlesbrough up to 3 stonewall pens not given in our last 1.5 games against Rotherham

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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And the last minute Middlesbrough winner is incorrectly ruled offside.

If I never see one of these officials again it'll be too loving soon.

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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In the most average Middlesbrough half ever we conceded a goal to a very tame shot outside the box and then the ref doesn't give an extremely obvious penalty to us.

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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You love to see it

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Dec 8, 2009

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Troy Queef posted:

https://twitter.com/skysports_keith/status/1759583615220908191?s=61&t=j8oDmrM2w7M3CQNK4VxnXA

(also get well soon Tony Mowbray, he's stepping away from managing Blues due to an unspecified illness)

He did make sure to stay long enough to beat Sunderland and get his replacement fired though.

Best wishes to him.

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Dell_Zincht posted:

Also big lol @ Sunderland

Sacking Mowbray going real well for them

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Boro will have wanted to score from either of the two open net shot opportunities we had imo

Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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Latte Lath building the highlight reel today

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Rogue0071
Dec 8, 2009

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paddyboat posted:

Lmao great stuff from Latte Lath (?)

He's had an injury disrupted season but since coming back from his most recent one he's been on fire.

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