Boro to appeal Dijksteel red card

[CarrickBall]

Personally don't think it'll be overturned, but it's worth a try surely. Would give us much needed flexibility for Monday.

It's a 1 game ban for the straight red. If it's unsuccessful, the back 4 vs Coventry on Monday will be makeshift.

Smith
McNair
Lenihan
Bola

...with nothing but kids on the bench defensively, Smith & McNair only just returning from injury. God help us if anything happened to Darragh.

 

[coluka]

Personally don't think it'll be overturned, but it's worth a try surely. Would give us much needed flexibility for Monday.

It's a 1 game ban for the straight red. If it's unsuccessful, the back 4 vs Coventry on Monday will be makeshift.

Smith
McNair
Lenihan
Bola

...with nothing but kids on the bench defensively, Smith & McNair only just returning from injury. God help us if anything happened to Darragh.

I think it is the perfect game to give Bilongo a game and maybe another from the u/21’s. All this talk of momentum is a red herring. It is far more important that we are fit and healthy for the semi, players wont be lacking confidence if it is a management decision. What would be more deflating would be to play a full strength team and lose or pick up more injuries imho.

I will trust Carrick to make the right call whatever we do. Finishing 4th is an advantage for me as it gives an extra day for the injured and their recovery.

 

[sherlock]

The only thing that matters against Coventry is coming through it without any more injuries.

 

[CarrickBall]

I'd personally have Akpom, Archer and Lenihan in a Boro onsie in front of a cozy fire with a teddy and hot mug of Horlicks instead of getting clogged by a fired up Coventry.

Dijksteel being available would help with that.

 

[TeaCider]

Rightly so.

It was a foul and a yellow card, not a red.

 

[Ironops]

Id like us to beat Coventry to keep them out of the play offs, or at least avoid having to play them 3 times in a row, plus give us a confidence boost after losing the last 2 games

 

[TheBlueButterfly]

100% we should appeal. On a side note, Keith Stroud is a terrible referee but time and time again, and as yesterday, these referees are being let down badly by linesmen who are unbelievably shocking and are absolute fannies when its come to making decisions.

 

[MickaelDebevePhenomenal]

I wouldn't want Gyokeres to get his confidence up further by banging 3 in against an even more make shift defence. Id keep changes there to a minimum

 

[TeaCider]

100% we should appeal. On a side note, Keith Stroud is a terrible referee but time and time again, and as yesterday, these referees are being let down badly by linesmen who are unbelievably shocking and are absolute fannies when its come to making decisions.

Thought it was very noticeable yesterday that the linesman closest to the dugouts was waiting for Stroud to tell him which way to flag every time.

 

[TheBlueButterfly]

Thought it was very noticeable yesterday that the linesman closest to the dugouts was waiting for Stroud to tell him which way to flag every time.

Exactly what I mean TC. Happened so often this season its getting ridiculous.

 

[BoroMart]

I think it is the perfect game to give Bilongo a game and maybe another from the u/21’s. All this talk of momentum is a red herring. It is far more important that we are fit and healthy for the semi, players wont be lacking confidence if it is a management decision. What would be more deflating would be to play a full strength team and lose or pick up more injuries imho.

I will trust Carrick to make the right call whatever we do. Finishing 4th is an advantage for me as it gives an extra day for the injured and their recovery.

You want to put a kid up against the second best striker in the championship, who likes to bully and rag doll defenders out the way?! Wouldn’t be fair on him.

 

[Jedi boro]

Good as it willName and shame the ref if nothing else.

 

[coluka]

You want to put a kid up against the second best striker in the championship, who likes to bully and rag doll defenders out the way?! Wouldn’t be fair on him.

Well we may need to at some point in the coming weeks, rather than destroy him, it gives him an opportunity to see how good he is before the games that really matter. Imagine if we play McNair and Lenihan and one has an injury or a suspension, where would that leave us. I see it as an opportunity to learn rather than an assumption it’ll destroy his confidence

 

[Lottowyn]

Carrick will have thought this through and wants Dijksteel available for Monday, otherwise the thinking could have been that a one game suspension could be accepted with the authorities possibly giving a more severe judgement for a “frivolous appeal”.

 

[FishofContemplation]

They haven’t had the frivolous appeal thing for at least a couple of years. It’s a free shot (well I expect there’s a fee, but near enough).

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Personally don't think it'll be overturned, but it's worth a try surely. Would give us much needed flexibility for Monday.

It's a 1 game ban for the straight red. If it's unsuccessful, the back 4 vs Coventry on Monday will be makeshift.

Smith
McNair
Lenihan
Bola

...with nothing but kids on the bench defensively, Smith & McNair only just returning from injury. God help us if anything happened to Darragh.

Why no Giles, is he injured?

If so it's one change from our first choice back four until injury brought Dijksteel in a few games ago.

 

[Kevcharben]

I dont think we will appeal, and even if we do I dont think we will win it

 

[BoroMart]

. Imagine if we play McNair and Lenihan and one has an injury or a suspension, where would that leave us. I see it as an opportunity to learn rather than an assumption it’ll destroy his confidence

Probably with Howson or Dijksteel or Crooks at CB

 

[BoroMart]

Why no Giles, is he injured?

If so it's one change from our first choice back four until injury brought Dijksteel in a few games ago.

Yes he had a knock in training

 

[futureboy]

Thread title needs a question mark. I assumed this was a news update!