* The Unofficial “Official”, Boro v Chelsea. Carabao Cup, Semi-final, First Leg. Match-Day Thread *

Frozen Horse said:
I think it would be fair to say Chelsea struggled to create tonight.

Their best chances came from mistakes by us. Ok, you can argue their press forced those errors: last time we were in the PL, the biggest difference that struck me was the efficiency of the press, and it was no different tonight. But they didn't slice us apart much.

If we gift them chances, yes I'd expect them to take some. Otherwise, I felt they huffed and puffed but lack the flair and guile to open us up.
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They didn't create a huge amount themselves and very little of note in the second half, but still could have scored a load from first half mistakes.

Their fans must be so disappointed because I think a lot of their players are genuinely good.

Caicedo/Fernandes would have been a superb midfield 2 back in the 442 days. They played with no striker at all for much of tonight with cold parmo (credit to whoever said this earlier) dropping deep
 
Alzi said:
Great result but let’s be honest they have more than enough as shown by the wasted chances tonight. I doubt we would be as lucky again if they got similar chances at home, but hopefully with a few more bodies back we will cause them plenty of problems.
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And you don't give any credence to our having to change tacticaaly at all? We had no outlet because coburn was done, or that we had to make whatever substitutions we had to keep a full, senior team on the field.

Stop being so negative. We might get turned over at stamford bridge, but....... we didn't tonight.
 
Laughing said:
And you don't give any credence to our having to change tacticaaly at all? We had no outlet because coburn was done, or that we had to make whatever substitutions we had to keep a full, senior team on the field.

Stop being so negative. We might get turned over at stamford bridge, but....... we didn't tonight.
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I posted it was a brilliant result and our defence in particular superb. Not sure how saying Chelsea have enough to overturn the deficit or that they missed sitters tonight is negative, it’s just facts.

They have a billion quid squad and have enough to beat anyone in the country on their day. Doesn’t mean they will of course and we have given ourselves a chance which is all we could ask for.
 
Alzi said:
I posted it was a brilliant result and our defence in particular superb. Not sure how saying Chelsea have enough to overturn the deficit or that they missed sitters tonight is negative, it’s just facts.

They have a billion quid squad and have enough to beat anyone in the country on their day. Doesn’t mean they will of course and we have given ourselves a chance which is all we could ask for.
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Well I hope to god thats not carricks pep talk before the game.
 
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