What the F*** are we doing

That reminded me of Higgy's debut at Oldham: 1-0 up early on,followed by a burst of 3 goals in about 5 minutes where everything we did was wrong.
 
We were in control but cannot score the second. Then we give terrible goals away again. Any high balls into our box and we are ****ed. (n)
 

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MATCH REPORT: Luton Town 3 Boro 1 | Middlesbrough FC

Boro were once again made to pay in a quickfire second half spell as Luton Town came away winners on Tuesday. The Teessiders took the lead in the first half through youngster Josh Coburn, but three goals in five second-half minutes swung the game the Hatters’ way. Neil Warnock had made four...
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Boro were once again made to pay in a quickfire second half spell as Luton Town came away winners on Tuesday.​


The Teessiders took the lead in the first half through youngster Josh Coburn, but three goals in five second-half minutes swung the game the Hatters’ way.

Neil Warnock had made four changes from the side that lost to Birmingham City at the weekend - out went injured duo Martin Payero and Uche Ikpeazu, while Joe Lumley and Lee Peltier dropped to the bench.

In came Luke Daniels for his first Boro appearance between the posts, Anfernee Dijksteel returned from injury, Isaiah Jones was back in the XI, and Coburn made his first league start up front.

The Teessiders appeared to have taken the lead with 12 minutes on the clock when Marcus Tavernier converted from close range, but the assistant’s flag was raised for a goal-kick as Jones hooked back into the danger area moments earlier.

It was to be 1-0 to Warnock’s side three minutes later, courtesy of an incisive move and a clinical finish. Matt Crooks sprayed a pass into the channel for Andraz Sporar, who fired across goal invitingly for Coburn to slide home.

For the Hatters, Harry Cornick was the dangerman, and he squandered the first of three chances to fall his way in the first half when he found space in Boro’s area but slipped at the vital moment.

There were huge appeals for a Boro penalty when Jones got around James Bree and was brought tumbling down, but a goal kick was the referee’s signal.

Then it was back to Town on the offensive, Cornick sending one curling effort over the top then later prodding wide with a golden chance when the ball broke his way just outside of the six yard box.

There was a key piece of defending to preserve Boro’s lead going in at half-time as Jonny Howson hooked a bobbling ball off the line and away from danger.

But as had been the case against Birmingham a few days earlier, though, a disastrous second-half spell would prove costly.

Boro conceded a cheap corner, and when it was swung into the area by the Hatters, captain Sonny Bradley was unmarked and unchallenged as he rose to head home.

Three minutes later, Town had turned the game on its head, Paddy McNair getting a block to Elijah Adebayo’s first effort but the striker persisting to turn home their second goal.

And to compound things, just two minutes after that Cornick did get on the scoresheet, capitalising on a sloppy pass from Tavernier before finding the bottom corner.

Tavernier tested Simon Sluga with a free-kick fired at his near post, and substitute Jamaes Lea Siliki sent one skimming wide, but there was to be no comeback for the travelling Teessiders.

Boro: Daniels, Dijksteel, Tavernier, Hernandez (Kokolo 83), Sporar (Watmore 68), Howson (c), McNair, Bamba, Crooks (Lea Siliki 77), Jones, Coburn

Subs: Lumley, Olusanya, Peltier, Sivi

Luton Town: Sluga, Bree, Potts (Onyedinma 55), Naismith, Bradley (c), Cornick (Hylton 81), Adebayo (Jerome 89), Burke, Mpanzu, Lansbury, Osho

Subs: Shea, Rea, Campbell, Muskwe

Attendance: 9790 (987 Boro)
 
The last 2 games we have conceded 5 in a total of about 10 minutes. At least 4 were of our own making
- Lumley (2)
- Nobody marking Bradley
- Tav

Honestly outside of a maybe the top 3 all of the teams in this league are beatable if you DON'T beat yourself. Neither Luton or Birmingham looked any better than us we just handed them wins on a silver platter. So bloody infuriating.
 
zorro_mfc said:
I liked Tommy Wright
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At a pre-season friendly at billingham town a punk mate of mine with blue spiked hair shouted at Tommy Wright pre kick off to ‘get a fkin hair cut you straggly haired fckr !’ - on seeing who’s shouted it all the players laughed like fck. Tommy was not amused.
 
I have to say. I do believe Warnock will be with us until the end of the season. I can’t see Gibbo making a change until the summer. We are no where near good enough to do anything in this league but stay up. Unfortunately I think this season is written off and we start again next season with a new manager and a new approach. I could of course be completely wrong. It has been known haha. But I just have a feeling he’ll see his contract out.
 
Marty79 said:
I have to say. I do believe Warnock will be with us until the end of the season. I can’t see Gibbo making a change until the summer. We are no where near good enough to do anything in this league but stay up. Unfortunately I think this season is written off and we start again next season with a new manager and a new approach. I could of course be completely wrong. It has been known haha. But I just have a feeling he’ll see his contract out.
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I agree, I think the goodwill he earned by keeping us up when he came in, plus the sentimentality factor with it being his last year will mean Gibson won't pull the trigger unless he absolutely has to and we're in the bottom 4 or 5. Don't think it'll come to that though, season had midtable written all over it at the start of the season and given our inconsistency, that'll probably be where we end up.
 
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