*The Unofficial "official - "The Chase is on" - Boro v Stoke. Match-Day Thread*

[Ipad1977]

We now also currently have a better GD than the Blades, given the goals for column

 

[Laughing]

Superb goal, well done Chuba. Glad to see him nick the ball off Pearson. He is a proper niggly Cnut. Elbowed Hackney not 5 mins before, yet won the foul somehow by falling over. Won’t cry any tears for him if he rolls his ankle tonight.

To be fair Hackney was climbing all over him.

 

[dooderooni]

Very much a team in Neil's image this one.

 

[Scrug]

Think we need another, they’re looking likely to score.

 

[RedAsABeetroot]

Just been talking to two Belgian guys in Austria. Apparently Jelle Vossen isn't very good.

 

[Andy_W]

These have been so wasteful in the final 3rd, they’re losing the ball when they really shouldn’t and it’s leaving them up **** creek when we counter.

We need to stop them progressing higher up the pitch so quick, and make a bit more from it, when we get the ball.

 

[mb06]

Love that goal. Chuba wins it, Ramsey collects then Riley, Archer and Chuba blitz. Defense is stretched all over the place and Riley keeps his cool to feed Chuba. You could see the defenders crap themselves. Also, great to see their mid laying on the floor feigning injury ignored by the ref

 

[Laughing]

Think we need another, they’re looking likely to score.

We may need another, but we'll get 2 more before the nights out

 

[dooderooni]

McGree has shown some lovely skills so far tonight.

 

[Mickey_2003]

To be fair Hackney was climbing all over him.

Yeah, had my Boro blinkers on, but it doesn’t excuse the elbow in the mush though.

 

[Teesste]

We look full of goals here.. to be fair they’re creating chances too but we look the most likely

 

[ForssAwakens]

McGree has been unlucky in the assist column so happy that he gets rewarded tonight. Good on him

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

Does anybody know where my glasses are?

 

[Laughing]

We were lucky there. That was a penalty. Puts to bed the idea the ref might try and help utd out tonight.

 

[Teesste]

They have had a bit of success with that pull back to the edge of the box .. we’ve got lucky a couple of time tonight that they’ve not made more of it

 

[ForssAwakens]

Their cross across the floor around the 18 yard box really dangerous

 

[Chappy112]

Very difficult game this, we need a 2nd for sure. They remind me of us in a lot of ways, they play out from the back and play through the lines, we're going to have to be switched on defensively all night.

 

[Teesste]

We were lucky there. That was a penalty. Puts to bed the idea the ref might try and help utd out tonight.

Didn’t look it on the replay for me. Not enough contact to put him down.

 

[dooderooni]

The way Stoke are pressing high up is playing into our counterattack quite nicely. As long as we defend properly then there's plenty of chances left for us in this game.
Let's be honest, Chuba could have had 3 already.

 

[Laughing]

Didn’t look it on the replay for me. Not enough contact to put him down.

It was a penalty. He brought him down by wrapping his legs round him. It was a trip all day long.