bristolcitysweden Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Max O'Leary should have been between the sticks Quote Link to comment
bristolcitysweden Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 A very different Boro side than in their previous game.... Like the Luton side we met then 1 Quote Link to comment
Phileas Fogg Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Max O'Leary should have been between the sticks ? agreed! Quote Link to comment
CITYAREREDANDWHITE Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Max O'Leary should have been between the sticks Seriously. Never played a professional game, and you think he should play against promotion favourites Quote Link to comment
Welcome To The Jungle Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 We're gunna win 4-1. Catching them on the break twice and as they pile on in the 2nd half we get two more with their consolation sandwiched inbetween. Quote Link to comment
Nogbad the Bad Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 A very different Boro side than in their previous game.... Indeed, Albert and Kike not in their starting line up. Quote Link to comment
bristolcitysweden Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Seriously. Never played a professional game, and you think he should play against promotion favourites He showed in Portugal that he is a very promising keeper and Hamer has been truly poor. Quote Link to comment
GodEmperor Palpatine Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 This feels more like being a city fan again, last season felt weird. Not every season was that bad... if it were, we would be in Gasland surely 1 Quote Link to comment
Major Isewater Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Has Aizoon scored yet? better ask Mrs Aizoon . Quote Link to comment
Murraysrightplum Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 better ask Mrs Aizoon . Horace is more likely 2 Quote Link to comment
pongo88 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Numerous times over the last couple of years it's been said that it's make or break time for Bobby Reid. Today it really is. He's had opportunities in the past, but never managed to truly convince. He needs to carry on from his performance on Wednesday. IMO if he doesn't grab his opportunity now, he'll eventually go out on loan, and never come back. 3 Quote Link to comment
miketh2nd Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I really hope Reid takes this chance like Bryan did but he has two games to prove himself before Freeman is back. Good to see Little starting be suprised if he lasts longer then 60 minutes though. Quote Link to comment
southvillekiddy Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) Little and Reid starting. Surprised. I'm delighted mate. Bobby turned the game on wednesday. and Little will boost our defence Edited August 22, 2015 by southvillekiddy Quote Link to comment
RobArnold10 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Albert and Kike on the bench, very surprised. Quote Link to comment
Nogbad the Bad Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Numerous times over the last couple of years it's been said that it's make or break time for Bobby Reid. Today it really is. He's had opportunities in the past, but never managed to truly convince. He needs to carry on from his performance on Wednesday. IMO if he doesn't grab his opportunity now, he'll eventually go out on loan, and never come back. Agree, a year ago he looked miles away from the required standard and going backwards. We know he's always been seen as having great potential but he'll be 23 next birthday so this could well be his last opportunity to realise it at AG. Let's hope he takes this chance and really shows what he's made of today. 2 Quote Link to comment
Garland-sweden Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Still 11-11. Last season I saw Boro 3 times in TV. They are tight but forward nothing happened. This season they are probably better but we hope for the best. Always Believe. Coyr Quote Link to comment
1891 B.C. Sweden Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Come On You Reds!!! Quote Link to comment
cityexile Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Albert and Kike on the bench, very surprised. Might show how they rate us I am afriad, that they can do that. It will show things are going well if he feels the need to bring them on. Quote Link to comment
RumRed Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Albert and Kike on the bench, very surprised. Just shows where we are, let's take them by surprise. Quote Link to comment
The dastardly red Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Middlesbrough; hard to believe it has a population of 175,000 with over 376,000 in the Teeside area taking in Redcar. Even more hard to believe that in 1820 there were fewer than 40 souls in the place. Then came the tracks, then came the trains carrying their dirty ole' coal, then came the churches and then came the port. And then came the people and by 1840 it was 5,000 and then came the blast furnaces and it never looked back..streets, gas lamps and trams, it was a dandy place for the industrial working class with the dance halls and walks of a weekend on Roseberry Topping. What a wonderful name for a hill, sounds like dessert is about to be served. But then the coal shut down and Middlesborough became a shadow of its former self, a Salford of the North East and a post industrial Teeside was not a particularly nice place to be. Those years have passed and there exists today a slightly better and regenerated Teeside. Interesting to note though that the population has actually fallen by 20,000 in the last 20 years. It's a common tale of urban decay: unemployment is still high and often long-term; much of the workforce is employed in vulnerable sectors; educational achievement and life expectancy are low; and more than two thirds of council wards are classed as deprived. However its not all bad; what Middlesbrough really has going for it is not a snazzy town centre, but an industrial heritage that has produced a technology and skills base that continues to attract investment. And like most of Britain its a fine ole' landscape outside these industrial heartlands. Roseberry Topping being one that features strongly in the identity of the Teeside people and has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries. At just over a thousand feet high you have panoramic views of the Vale of Cleveland to distant towns of the Tees Valley. Its grand from up there.. George Tweddle wrote that he had sat on the Topping with many a Bard... and where the loved landscape here unfurled to view, where the picture is ever new, the watchet ocean, we may roam far and wide before we see a finer sight than here from Rosebury. he wrote that in 1870. The view from there today toward the ocean would of course take in the Riverside Stadium. One of the first to be built following the Taylor Report. Long gone is Ayresome Park in the middle of town where I visited many years ago; a decrepit ground if ever there was one but loved by all those Teesiders I will wager. One lower position than City is the highest Boro have ever finished; 3rd in 1915. Only 2 seasons have been spent outside the top two divisions mind, quite a record. In 1986 they almost folded and from whence Steve Gibson and his consortium came along and the rest, is history. Relegated in 1997 for failing to fulfill a fixture against Blackburn they bounced back the following season and spent 11 years in the top flight before succumbing again to relegation in 2009 where they remain of course. Although they did win the League Cup in 2004 their only major trophy. After a poor run of 2 wins in 12 Tony Mowbray left the club ushering in a new 'Spanish' era with Aitor Karanka de la Hoz being appointed in 2013. Previously assistant to Jose M at Real he comes with some relative pedigree and not a little expectation. Last season was a near miss for Boro so lets see if his close season signings will take them a step closer this term. Today they must get past City! I think our resolve will have been greatly assisted by our come back on Tuesday night against a rather petulant Leeds side. Yet the niggling failure to bolster our squad perhaps will play on the minds of all. I still feel we have enough in the locker to avoid defeat today and we may even come away with a surprise win. 1-1 or 0-1 to City. I am allowed two choices! UTC nice Havana, thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment
RobArnold10 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Might show how they rate us I am afriad, that they can do that. It will show things are going well if he feels the need to bring them on. Reminds me of Watford a few years back, would love a similar result! Quote Link to comment
The dastardly red Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 better ask Mrs Aizoon . sounds like pain Quote Link to comment
bucksred Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Today will be a real test of our team. This lot are by far one of the best sides in this league, the other three were most certainly not....will be impressed if we get a draw let alone a win. As long as we play well and match em I'll be happy as larry Quote Link to comment
bristolcitysweden Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 c o y r ! ! Quote Link to comment
Murraysrightplum Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I said i would monitor it old fruit. Exactly, thanking you Downend. I don't think we'll win a game until you change it!!! Like all superstitions it's 100% guaranteed Quote Link to comment
Luxo Jr. Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 ALWAYS BELIEVE Quote Link to comment
RedBrizzleRobin Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Albert and Kike on the bench, very surprised. Good, be nice if we could make them regret that decision. Quote Link to comment
The dastardly red Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 we are crazy underdogs for this one, well worth a punt I think Quote Link to comment
Garland-sweden Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 coyr!!! Quote Link to comment
BUTOR Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Hope fans don't go into meltdown because defeat was always very likely today. Quote Link to comment
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