| Mindset for tomorrow 07:54 - Apr 18 with 1079 views | victorysquad |
I think left unchecked, boro could easily win tomorrow even without hackney or whittaker.
They have lost quite a few and have left their fans down almost to the point where they are now not expected to come 2nd, so the pressure is off. They won’t have the home support advantage but it is lunchtime that removes a big chunk of that as crowds tend to be quieter for midday kick offs.
They could easily employ low block and counter tactics against us and exploit our weaknesses at corners.
Our crowd could be nervous too.
The only way i can see us winning is for everyone to be in the pubs from 8am and turn the ground into the sort of atmosphere that pompey had. |  |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:03 - Apr 18 with 960 views | BouncebackIpswich |
Are you a Boro fan or is this reverse psychology? |  |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:05 - Apr 18 with 956 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:03 - Apr 18 by BouncebackIpswich |
Are you a Boro fan or is this reverse psychology? |
Or a brewery owner. |  |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:06 - Apr 18 with 945 views | BouncebackIpswich |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:05 - Apr 18 by Swansea_Blue |
Or a brewery owner. |
Ahhhhhh, chapeau my man, chapeau. | |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:12 - Apr 18 with 918 views | EastTownBlue |
Basically you believe that we have no chance of winning tomorrow ? | | | |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:12 - Apr 18 with 917 views | victorysquad |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:03 - Apr 18 by BouncebackIpswich |
Are you a Boro fan or is this reverse psychology? |
We went to pompey expecting to do them, we could easily fall into the same trap tomorrow.
Tuesday was not a good night, we need to ensure the same does not happen tomorrow. | |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:14 - Apr 18 with 911 views | BouncebackIpswich |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:12 - Apr 18 by victorysquad |
We went to pompey expecting to do them, we could easily fall into the same trap tomorrow.
Tuesday was not a good night, we need to ensure the same does not happen tomorrow. |
I hear you it's a must win game with a lot of jeopardy on it and we Def need a big performance from the fans too but you've gone all in on the glass half emptyness! | |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:29 - Apr 18 with 864 views | Blue_Heath |
To be fair to the OP, this game is set up for classic Ipswich, a team that isn't performing suddenly rock up and cruise to an easy win.
100% agree the crowd need to be bang on it.
People who say this isn't a must win should give their heads a wobble the two home games are 100% MUST WIN! Given that our away form is so poor and that still needs us leaving to win one and draw one from WBA/Charlton. Not even bothering to include Saints game where I suspect any GD advantage we have by then will be gone after that match.
Tomorrow is huge, make no mistake, it's a chance to really rule Boro out as rivals and keep the pressure up on Saints and Millwall. It's also the first of 3 games in 6 days which will be very challenging and a win sets the tone. | |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:32 - Apr 18 with 853 views | BouncebackIpswich |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:29 - Apr 18 by Blue_Heath |
To be fair to the OP, this game is set up for classic Ipswich, a team that isn't performing suddenly rock up and cruise to an easy win.
100% agree the crowd need to be bang on it.
People who say this isn't a must win should give their heads a wobble the two home games are 100% MUST WIN! Given that our away form is so poor and that still needs us leaving to win one and draw one from WBA/Charlton. Not even bothering to include Saints game where I suspect any GD advantage we have by then will be gone after that match.
Tomorrow is huge, make no mistake, it's a chance to really rule Boro out as rivals and keep the pressure up on Saints and Millwall. It's also the first of 3 games in 6 days which will be very challenging and a win sets the tone. |
100% agree that it's a must win. Pompey result has made it so. There's pressure but like O Shea said they need to embrace the pressure, they're more than capable of beating Boro. | |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:44 - Apr 18 with 807 views | victorysquad |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:32 - Apr 18 by BouncebackIpswich |
100% agree that it's a must win. Pompey result has made it so. There's pressure but like O Shea said they need to embrace the pressure, they're more than capable of beating Boro. |
They are capable of beating boro of course, but they are just as capable of losing it. Sometimes in these moments people assume a win is just inevitable, but it really is not. We thought that Tuesday night and we lost what you could argue was our easiest remaining game.
So we need to be at it for 90+ minutes, that includes the fans because pompey totally outsung us tuesday night, when the players needed that support up against 20,000+ we were not there.
Don”t take anything for granted about tomorrow, it will come back to bite us.
We will find out who wants this promotion more, us or them.
And they have not been promoted as recently as us, whittaker knows what it feels like to fail.
All this better squad blah blah, its a game of football we could easily lose. [Post edited 18 Apr 8:48]
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 09:19 - Apr 18 with 729 views | E_I_E_I_E_I_O |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:29 - Apr 18 by Blue_Heath |
To be fair to the OP, this game is set up for classic Ipswich, a team that isn't performing suddenly rock up and cruise to an easy win.
100% agree the crowd need to be bang on it.
People who say this isn't a must win should give their heads a wobble the two home games are 100% MUST WIN! Given that our away form is so poor and that still needs us leaving to win one and draw one from WBA/Charlton. Not even bothering to include Saints game where I suspect any GD advantage we have by then will be gone after that match.
Tomorrow is huge, make no mistake, it's a chance to really rule Boro out as rivals and keep the pressure up on Saints and Millwall. It's also the first of 3 games in 6 days which will be very challenging and a win sets the tone. |
What a ridiculous statement, all this head wobbling comments drive me insane. Especially here where clearly and factually it is not must win. Not unless you can see into the future? In fact a draw keeps Middlesbrough at arms length and still in pole position even if Southampton beat Swansea AND us! You may as well say the first game of the season is must win because quite easily you might finish the end of the season less than 3 points behind your objective if you do not. |  | | |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 09:45 - Apr 18 with 658 views | OldFart71 |
Basically players need to turn up. Not just the usual ones but all of them. We cannot afford passengers. A bright start, middle and end. Rather than one half or the other.
I cannot quite fathom what is wrong with this team. But there certainly is.
Where performances can rate between very good and very poor.
Is it because we have too many of one type of player who have fragilities. Both Philogene and Nunez have had quite a bit of time out of the team. Burns is probably in the twilight of his career and has had substantial injuries Cajuste and Egeli have struggled to come to terms with the hustle bustle of Championship. We probably paid too much for McAteer. Akpom, Szmodics and Azon have all been to one degree or another neither what we need or disappointing. Of the three I like Azon, always seems a nice fella and there is a talent in there, but he wasn't a prolific goalscorer before coming to us and now with us although unfortunately two keepers have made unbelievable saves against him. But then he gets put through in the Derby and finishes with a weak shot. But if we are to remain in this league I would sign him providing the funds are available.
We then come to the players like Chaplin,Ali etc, what happens with them. If we stay in this League or if we get promoted all need to be off the books. | | | |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 09:58 - Apr 18 with 632 views | BlueBadger |
What an ironic username you have. |  |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 10:03 - Apr 18 with 608 views | Blue_Heath |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 09:19 - Apr 18 by E_I_E_I_E_I_O |
What a ridiculous statement, all this head wobbling comments drive me insane. Especially here where clearly and factually it is not must win. Not unless you can see into the future? In fact a draw keeps Middlesbrough at arms length and still in pole position even if Southampton beat Swansea AND us! You may as well say the first game of the season is must win because quite easily you might finish the end of the season less than 3 points behind your objective if you do not. |
The fact of our away form being so poor means yes it absolutely is a must win, look at the context. | |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 10:21 - Apr 18 with 583 views | farkenhell |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:44 - Apr 18 by victorysquad |
They are capable of beating boro of course, but they are just as capable of losing it. Sometimes in these moments people assume a win is just inevitable, but it really is not. We thought that Tuesday night and we lost what you could argue was our easiest remaining game.
So we need to be at it for 90+ minutes, that includes the fans because pompey totally outsung us tuesday night, when the players needed that support up against 20,000+ we were not there.
Don”t take anything for granted about tomorrow, it will come back to bite us.
We will find out who wants this promotion more, us or them.
And they have not been promoted as recently as us, whittaker knows what it feels like to fail.
All this better squad blah blah, its a game of football we could easily lose. [Post edited 18 Apr 8:48]
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I haven't seen anyone suggest that a win against Boro is inevitable or taking anything for granted. It is a huge, tough game, but we're more than capable of winning. | | | |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 10:31 - Apr 18 with 544 views | E_I_E_I_E_I_O |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 10:03 - Apr 18 by Blue_Heath |
The fact of our away form being so poor means yes it absolutely is a must win, look at the context. |
We have a different definition of the phrase ‘must win’ that’s all I guess. | | | |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 10:36 - Apr 18 with 536 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 08:44 - Apr 18 by victorysquad |
They are capable of beating boro of course, but they are just as capable of losing it. Sometimes in these moments people assume a win is just inevitable, but it really is not. We thought that Tuesday night and we lost what you could argue was our easiest remaining game.
So we need to be at it for 90+ minutes, that includes the fans because pompey totally outsung us tuesday night, when the players needed that support up against 20,000+ we were not there.
Don”t take anything for granted about tomorrow, it will come back to bite us.
We will find out who wants this promotion more, us or them.
And they have not been promoted as recently as us, whittaker knows what it feels like to fail.
All this better squad blah blah, its a game of football we could easily lose. [Post edited 18 Apr 8:48]
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You seem to be basing everything for Sunday on what happened on Tuesday.
Have you forgotten last Saturday already?
Your OP talks about our "weaknesses at corners" - did you see that weakness in the 13 we faced at Norwich?
Have you forgotten Coventry home and away?
There's many more I could list, but you get the point.
No-one, not a single person, has said we're thinking we can just turn up and win. No-one is taking this for granted. [Post edited 18 Apr 11:31]
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 10:38 - Apr 18 with 525 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 10:31 - Apr 18 by E_I_E_I_E_I_O |
We have a different definition of the phrase ‘must win’ that’s all I guess. |
Well, you're using it in the correct way. As in it's all over if we don't win, which of course isn't true about Sunday.
It's a 'very important to win'. But not a 'must win'. | |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 11:12 - Apr 18 with 449 views | StokieBlue |
You think that a Boro side that absolutely need to win are going to come to PR and play a low block in the hope of hitting us on the break? A low block that is nothing like the style they have played this season? A low block which is likely to limit their chances and thus with their conversion rate the chance of a win?
Post just seems to be looking at negatives to highlight rather than using the actual context of the season as a whole.
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 11:44 - Apr 18 with 333 views | Bent_double |
I've watched the last 5 or 6 Boro games, and they should've won every single one of them.
A combination of poor finishing, bad luck and poor defending meant they did not win a single one of them - even when Hackney and Whittaker were playing.
They must've thought they were invincible, especially with the 'if we score first, we always win' mentality - that's gone too.
So now they're nervous, they're down to 5th, and they come to PR knowing that we've only lost one game there all season, and they really need to win otherwise it's POs for sure for them.
So, it could easily go either way, be nice if we got an earlyish goal to settle us down and really put the pressure on them.
Hoping for a win, expecting a draw (I thought the same about Noj away) |  |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 13:06 - Apr 18 with 231 views | Guthrum |
You say 'our weaknesses from corners', but at Portman Road in the League this season we have faced 83 corners resulting in only 3 goals* (out of 15 conceded overall). That's nearly 28 attempts for every time it ended up in the net.
I'd say one of our strengths this season has been how well we defend corners, especially at home.
* Portsmouth, Norwich and Preston. |  |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 13:17 - Apr 18 with 178 views | pointofblue |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 10:36 - Apr 18 by The_Flashing_Smile |
You seem to be basing everything for Sunday on what happened on Tuesday.
Have you forgotten last Saturday already?
Your OP talks about our "weaknesses at corners" - did you see that weakness in the 13 we faced at Norwich?
Have you forgotten Coventry home and away?
There's many more I could list, but you get the point.
No-one, not a single person, has said we're thinking we can just turn up and win. No-one is taking this for granted. [Post edited 18 Apr 11:31]
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The issue for me is we seem so inconsistent during the game. We haven't played well for an entire 90 minutes since Swansea. It says a lot when, matches against Coventry and Norwich/Swansea at home aside, I've been most impressed with us when we've showed battle and fight rather than skill - away at Watford, Derby and Norwich (where we still struggled in possession) being prime examples.
The big question is why we're less than the sum of our parts. We may still clinch promotion despite it but it's been a tough campaign. | |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 13:18 - Apr 18 with 172 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 13:06 - Apr 18 by Guthrum |
You say 'our weaknesses from corners', but at Portman Road in the League this season we have faced 83 corners resulting in only 3 goals* (out of 15 conceded overall). That's nearly 28 attempts for every time it ended up in the net.
I'd say one of our strengths this season has been how well we defend corners, especially at home.
* Portsmouth, Norwich and Preston. |
Was kipre in any of those defences?
I maybe wrong. But it feels like hes always at cb when we concede from set pieces |  |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 13:25 - Apr 18 with 156 views | pointofblue |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 13:18 - Apr 18 by FrimleyBlue |
Was kipre in any of those defences?
I maybe wrong. But it feels like hes always at cb when we concede from set pieces |
In all three. | |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 13:42 - Apr 18 with 124 views | Guthrum |
| Mindset for tomorrow on 13:18 - Apr 18 by FrimleyBlue |
Was kipre in any of those defences?
I maybe wrong. But it feels like hes always at cb when we concede from set pieces |
That may be because the first two League games he started were also the first two where we conceded from corners (but both of which we won, with Kipre also scoring against Norwich).
Since then, he has also started 12 out of the 15 home League games in which we did not concede from a corner. He also didn't feature in our one home League loss this season, against Charlton. 8 of the 15 home League games he started have been clean sheets.
Very solid stats. | |
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| Mindset for tomorrow on 13:51 - Apr 18 with 87 views | Wonky |
So your logic is bad form breeds confidence. Okay. |  | | |
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