The ref didn't see it obviously, but the lino should have.It was a pen. I didn't think it was at the time. You're right.
We are destined to get revenge in the playoffs. I thought Blackburn were aggressive but lacked quality in a game we should have won if we had the right attitudeBlackburn are officially a proper bogey team for us. One game I always think ‘these ***** are a bogey team for us’ but wonder if I’m imagining it.
not now. It’s official. They are *****.
Sporar And Connelly need dropping.Tav and Connolly out, Payero and Balugon in
I’m not having that about Lumley, he was our best player in the first half. Quick off his line to prevent a couple of one on ones, dealt with some terrible back passes well, it not his fault if our players weren’t moving into space to give him options. Can’t blame him for the goal at all.Lumley could have cost us more, your hearts in your mouth when he delays kicking it and he should have done better with the goal. I don't understand the adulation for Sporer at all, he's scored a pen and a couple of others for us but he just seems so lightweight. Connolly not impressed by either so far, his miss at the end was horrific. We need someone better at dead balls than Tav and Mcnair. Need to get Bolagun in the team from the start. Lucky we have Jones
It wasn’t so much him losing control as imposing too strict an approach from the off. What he needed to do was have some communication about how he wanted the game to go with the players but we had none of that.I didn't quite understand how we ran up so many bookings. Ref seemed to lose control straight away.
Exactly. He was far too quick wih his cards and it put us on the back foot in that first half. It was 4 cards to nil by 35 mins.It wasn’t so much him losing control as imposing too strict an approach from the off. What he needed to do was have some communication about how he wanted the game to go with the players but we had none of that.
It happens far too often to Boro. That's why the goals for is so poor. Boro have failed to score in almost half the away games. Over a whole season that's going to be AT LEAST 22 points dropped, and since home teams generally score it's likely to be closer to 30 points.We have scored enough goals so far under Wilder to win plenty of matches. Tonight was certainly an off night in front of goal, it happens.
Yeah that delayed kicking is an issue, not sure what he's actually waiting for, but we play it back to him far too often, we should be better than that, as our defenders can supposedly all "play".Lumley could have cost us more, your hearts in your mouth when he delays kicking it and he should have done better with the goal. I don't understand the adulation for Sporer at all, he's scored a pen and a couple of others for us but he just seems so lightweight. Connolly not impressed by either so far, his miss at the end was horrific. We need someone better at dead balls than Tav and Mcnair. Need to get Bolagun in the team from the start. Lucky we have Jones
Yeah that delayed kicking is an issue, not sure what he's actually waiting for, but we play it back to him far too often, we should be better than that, as our defenders can supposedly all "play".
Never understood playing it backwards if the keeper is going to launch it to two guys who are 65 yards upfield, not great in the air, against at least 2 defenders who are always great in the air.
Surely our defenders can play a short pass to retain possession, as the keeper hoiking it upfield is giving the ball away anyway.
Or just play diagonal balls into the channels, if they don't work, who cares, we were going to lose it anyway, and rather lose it trying to give it to our threats.
There is no space 60-70 yards up the pitch, and he's not good enough to kick it accurately into that space anyway, hardly any keeper is.Hes delaying as no body is running in to space, we have a lack of movement off the ball which is the main reason he gets so many pass backs to deal with, if more players made themselves available it wouldnt be anywhere near as much of an issue.