Goaters 103 wrote:Id love someone high up at the club to explain the wisdom of pissing off to Abu Dhabi and then doing a long haul flight the day before a game. Smacked of sheer arrogance and the chickens have come home to roost. That first Boro goal would be an embarrassment for a sunday Pub side and Fernando just needed a red nose and a large shoes to complete his part in it.
City wilted and were lead legged in that 2nd half when they needed to up the pace, which is utterly unforgivable. Aguero played like he as dragging a shed behind him and again gave us little or nothing up top; Kompany too still looks way out of sorts out seems immune to criticism.
I suppose the club can celebrate by pissing off to Abu Dhabi again in 3 weeks and now don't have a Cup tie to come back to. Can we also leave Fernando and Navas out there too as both aren't good enough, plain and simple.
We have exited the last 3 Cup competitions with defeats on our own turf, twice to Championship sides and the other the Newcastle reserves; that is not acceptable. Effectively forfeiting the FA Cup through taking on a needless long haul trip smacked of blind stupidity and we deserved what we got today. We collapsed after Boro scored, plain and simple.
Goaters 103 wrote:Just read someone on Twitter make the excellent point that we've spent the last 3 years largely buying squad players - not top class ones. Very accurate. Our 5 key players are the same 5 that they were in 2011/12 first title season.
sheblue wrote:Original Dub wrote:sheblue wrote:No lame excuses about penalties not given, the ref, the conspirancy or anything like that. Fact is boro should have been 4-0 up before 60 mins.
Willy the wonder boy was lucky he didn't make a total clown of himself.
4 nil up. "No lame excuses about penalties".
Pass the j you fucking loon.
Oh dear. What a pity.
Ted Hughes wrote:So we want Mark Hughes, plus Cook & Marwood back ?
Beefymcfc wrote:I hate to say the obvious but we miss a leader in the middle of the park, somebody the players can look to and pass the ball when they are under pressure.
Pity he's away at the moment.
sheblue wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:I hate to say the obvious but we miss a leader in the middle of the park, somebody the players can look to and pass the ball when they are under pressure.
Pity he's away at the moment.
It would be nice if it was just that, but it's not some of the defending was appalling, their first goal was woeful, and they missed several clear cut chances created by our sloppy defending.
The strikers aren't exactly banging in hat fulls at the mo either!!
But we must keep the faith and plough on.
Goaters 103 wrote:Just read someone on Twitter make the excellent point that we've spent the last 3 years largely buying squad players - not top class ones. Very accurate. Our 5 key players are the same 5 that they were in 2011/12 first title season.
Cocacolajojo wrote:Am I the only one who didn't think the first goal should have stood as the Middlesborough player absolutely smashed into Caballero as he won the ball?
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