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Middlesbrough Robin

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  1. The way he was spreading around the play, setting up attacks and taking good free kicks yesterday, probably yes.
  2. That was my conclusion, and how we got out first 90 minute performance in a good while. So refreshing to have options off the bench that can maintain and even up the intensity.
  3. I think people get a bit blinkered because young players develop at completely different rates. Not all of the academy outputs can hit the ground running at 18/19 and be straight up to Championship/League 1 standard. Other posters are right. Sam Bell has something about him, and with a bit more strength, experience, coaching and confidence could be a real asset at this level. We've seen it before though with the likes of Vyner and Bobby Reid, Pring. If they've not done it by the time they reach 22/23 they are written off and everyone is ready to sell.
  4. I've voted for sub thread, simply for the reason that it gets boring when you get the obligatory 'why are we taking about ex-players/managers' post. I like following the progress of ex-players. Either with a bit of pride or a bit of 'we got to see the best of them and they're rubbish now'.
  5. No, this masterstroke from the owners is going to get funds in January and even time to 'rebuild' in League 1 if he needs it. There are some occasional promising signs of good play so hopefully it won't come to that.
  6. A play off for relegation. Not sure we'd want that.
  7. Is that what they called midfield 'anchor' back in the day? We just look a better, more cohesive unit with him in the side. Would probably work well in front of a back three. Can drop in and defend and always offers an out ball.
  8. Good analysis. We do have very predictable routes that are soon snuffed out as soon as one of our wide players has an off day or come up against good players/tactics.
  9. Went to my first game in a while yesterday. Great atmosphere created by the City (and Leeds) fans. I thought we played well, but lacked a little confidence when attacking in the first half and then all of the substitutions and Leeds upping their game affected our cohesion and game plan in the second half. There was a lot of pressure put on Bell and Sykes to beat their man and put in a perfect cross and neither of them were having the best of games. You probably have to give Leeds credit for crowding them out and partially blame our full backs being conservative in providing support. That said I'm fairly optimistic for the rest of the season. It would be nice to see us moving things a bit more quickly and positively through the middle when in possession. Maybe that will come when we get a few defenders back and the likes of Naismith can be creative a bit further forward.
  10. Yes, in my mind I'm pinning a lot of hopes on Mehmeti over the next few weeks. I'm sure Cornick will show his worth as he settles in too. The players will be mentally and physically shattered, but hopefully buzzing from the experience still. The lack of rotation options in the centre of defence and midfield is a concern for the remainder of this season.
  11. I've had that before, listening from the NE. They must forget to set the location restriction for first half.
  12. I've never liked them and for the money anyone in the ground is already contributing to the club it seems too much. Anywhere online you would have ads turned off for life with that kind of subscription fee. They should go back to static adverts or if they want to be clever they could put a green board around the pitch and let the TV companies put some adverts on them.
  13. I like this, but I might go full christmas tree and play Weimann a bit further back to support the midfield too. Yes there is no width, but at the moment we have no width and no middle. It might not stick up front either, but we might at least get some sustained possession in the midfield.
  14. Should be a good game. Looking forward to watching it on the red button.
  15. ? I was just thinking that the other day. It's good to be different, right?
  16. As an avid user of the 'next unread topic' function on the forum I'd just like the option to ignore topics like you can with users.
  17. I don't think we were awful, just looked sluggish after the two week break. We controlled a game away from home for long periods without creating much and Cardiff defended very well. After several replays it looked like Bamba even cleared the Reid chance. On to the next one, we still look like a decent team with some good results in us along the way.
  18. It's a bit much when Baldock is more clinical than us. Fingers crossed for second half...
  19. Brilliant, just brilliant. All of a sudden looking forward to work on Monday.
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