| 9 points needed 14:01 - Apr 19 with 2081 views | Mullet |
Lots of controversy and lots of questions for me. Boro being up there is baffling, they’re functional to put it politely. I thought Taylor was excellent today, whereas Matusiwa fell off and Nunez never got going.
Felt like we bottled it in some ways today but I dunno if that’s fair. McKenna hasn’t had his best week at Town unfortunately |  |
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| 9 points needed on 14:04 - Apr 19 with 1856 views | quad |
We don't know how many points we will need.
It's not nailed on that Southampton beat us either. |  | | |
| 9 points needed on 14:04 - Apr 19 with 1857 views | Herbivore |
It was a game that summed up our season in a lot of ways. Some good stuff but not able to play well for 90 minutes. Wasteful in the final third and susceptible to conceding when under no real pressure in the game. A draw is better than a defeat but this was a week where we could have pretty much sewn promotion up and we've fallen well short. |  |
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| 9 points needed on 14:04 - Apr 19 with 1850 views | GlasgowBlue |
With better decision making we win that game. Azon should have passed to Philogene. Mehmeti should have passed rather than shoot. A couple of other players picking the wrong pass.
edit. Speaking of Mehmeti, when he joined he looked like the final piece of the puzzle. Now he looks bang average at best. [Post edited 19 Apr 14:05]
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| 9 points needed on 14:04 - Apr 19 with 1823 views | Radlett_blue |
Didn't you see the goal threat that Boro carried all game and how they took the game to us in the second half? [Post edited 19 Apr 15:50]
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| 9 points needed on 14:06 - Apr 19 with 1775 views | Herbivore |
| 9 points needed on 14:04 - Apr 19 by GlasgowBlue |
With better decision making we win that game. Azon should have passed to Philogene. Mehmeti should have passed rather than shoot. A couple of other players picking the wrong pass.
edit. Speaking of Mehmeti, when he joined he looked like the final piece of the puzzle. Now he looks bang average at best. [Post edited 19 Apr 14:05]
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Yep. Our lack of clinical edge isn't just the chances we miss it's the number of times we don't convert really promising situations into clear chances. A number of times today a better pass or touch would have seen us in. | |
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| 9 points needed on 14:06 - Apr 19 with 1771 views | pointofblue |
| 9 points needed on 14:04 - Apr 19 by Radlett_blue |
Didn't you see the goal threat that Boro carried all game and how they took the game to us in the second half? [Post edited 19 Apr 15:50]
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Any team can have a goal threat when there's no press or challenge. | |
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| 9 points needed on 14:07 - Apr 19 with 1739 views | quad |
| 9 points needed on 14:04 - Apr 19 by GlasgowBlue |
With better decision making we win that game. Azon should have passed to Philogene. Mehmeti should have passed rather than shoot. A couple of other players picking the wrong pass.
edit. Speaking of Mehmeti, when he joined he looked like the final piece of the puzzle. Now he looks bang average at best. [Post edited 19 Apr 14:05]
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He's a good player but he is far, far too greedy. Annoyingly greedy. | | | |
| 9 points needed on 14:07 - Apr 19 with 1729 views | belgablue |
| 9 points needed on 14:06 - Apr 19 by Herbivore |
Yep. Our lack of clinical edge isn't just the chances we miss it's the number of times we don't convert really promising situations into clear chances. A number of times today a better pass or touch would have seen us in. |
Yup, this is where we miss players like Burns |  |
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| 9 points needed on 14:10 - Apr 19 with 1669 views | FoghornGleghorn |
| 9 points needed on 14:06 - Apr 19 by Herbivore |
Yep. Our lack of clinical edge isn't just the chances we miss it's the number of times we don't convert really promising situations into clear chances. A number of times today a better pass or touch would have seen us in. |
Yep. As ever, we have to work far harder to score than teams do against us. Quite telling today that there were a few howlers at the back from Boro but we didn't manage to capitalise on any of them, in the way that others so often do when we do it.
But, still in there. And perhaps best we didn't snatch it, because that would have been a hell of a run from the south coast for Chappers. | | | |
| 9 points needed on 14:11 - Apr 19 with 1657 views | NthQldITFC |
| 9 points needed on 14:06 - Apr 19 by Herbivore |
Yep. Our lack of clinical edge isn't just the chances we miss it's the number of times we don't convert really promising situations into clear chances. A number of times today a better pass or touch would have seen us in. |
We do, undeniably, overplay around the box. But I think we're getting a bit better in that regard. Ivan got a few really good early shots away and as ever didn't have the rub of the green.
Not sure I've seen a single near post goal from us this season though - could be wrong - do our forwards ever throw themselves across the front post defender for a little flicked finish? |  |
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| 9 points needed on 14:20 - Apr 19 with 1557 views | Blue_Uprising |
| 9 points needed on 14:11 - Apr 19 by NthQldITFC |
We do, undeniably, overplay around the box. But I think we're getting a bit better in that regard. Ivan got a few really good early shots away and as ever didn't have the rub of the green.
Not sure I've seen a single near post goal from us this season though - could be wrong - do our forwards ever throw themselves across the front post defender for a little flicked finish? |
This year we seem allergic to getting balls across the box quickly from wide areas nearer the byline. Like both of Boro’s goals.
Nearly always recycle and very rarely gamble beating the man and on creating a chance in the box. Feels like we play % set up for the premier league rather than the reality of being in the championship |  | | |
| 9 points needed on 14:21 - Apr 19 with 1556 views | cbower |
A few nice moments aside, Nunez was awful. Really surprised with Leif for their second. OK, he loses possession with a poor pass but then zero effort to get back in. That quite shocked me. Greaves massively at rault for the first. Playing everyone on and ball watching the cross. Dan Neil should not be signed no matter where we are. He just doesn't do much right for me. His first booking of the season today. Felt like it was his first proper tackle! Taylor offers so much more. Cajuste, there has to be an appearance clause in the obligation to sign that we don’t want to trigger doesn't there? |  |
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| 9 points needed on 14:22 - Apr 19 with 1516 views | Blue_Heath |
Boro took 4 points of us we are second so they should be above us! If Hackney was fit they’d likely be up already. | |
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| 9 points needed on 14:24 - Apr 19 with 1483 views | Herbivore |
| 9 points needed on 14:22 - Apr 19 by Blue_Heath |
Boro took 4 points of us we are second so they should be above us! If Hackney was fit they’d likely be up already. |
We took 6 points off Coventry, does that mean we should be promoted now? | |
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| 9 points needed on 14:26 - Apr 19 with 1439 views | Blue_Heath |
| 9 points needed on 14:24 - Apr 19 by Herbivore |
We took 6 points off Coventry, does that mean we should be promoted now? |
Yes we have underperformed miserably this year. | |
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| 9 points needed on 14:26 - Apr 19 with 1438 views | cbower |
| 9 points needed on 14:11 - Apr 19 by NthQldITFC |
We do, undeniably, overplay around the box. But I think we're getting a bit better in that regard. Ivan got a few really good early shots away and as ever didn't have the rub of the green.
Not sure I've seen a single near post goal from us this season though - could be wrong - do our forwards ever throw themselves across the front post defender for a little flicked finish? |
So many times we decline to cross or shoot and it really gets on my nerves. Our striker movement is so limited. | |
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| 9 points needed on 14:27 - Apr 19 with 1403 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
How may Jack Clarke equalizers is that from the spot at the north stand end now? Everyone one of them has felt like a bad result still but it will be hilarious if we go up by 1 point or something. |  |
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| ‘Boro being up there is baffling’ on 14:30 - Apr 19 with 1350 views | unstableblue |
I’ve seen lots of them and they’ve been really good this season, in some ways looked better than Coventry.
As Mick Mills states Boro were excellent in neutralising our left and then had a really strong spell second half
Good side.
Completely agree Taylor was excellent, as were Greaves, and McAteer. Agree also Matusiwa and Nunez couldn’t get going, as did our left. And Hirst, mehmeti and Neil.
It was a cracking game.
Draw is fair. |  |
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| 9 points needed on 14:51 - Apr 19 with 1251 views | Mullet |
| 9 points needed on 14:04 - Apr 19 by Radlett_blue |
Didn't you see the goal threat that Boro carried all game and how they took the game to us in the second half? [Post edited 19 Apr 15:50]
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Really thought they only threatened when we stood off too much. Sarmiento was chaotic but not doing much beyond his shot. I’ve seen us defend much better than habitually. | |
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| 9 points needed on 15:23 - Apr 19 with 1114 views | Radlett_blue |
| 9 points needed on 14:20 - Apr 19 by Blue_Uprising |
This year we seem allergic to getting balls across the box quickly from wide areas nearer the byline. Like both of Boro’s goals.
Nearly always recycle and very rarely gamble beating the man and on creating a chance in the box. Feels like we play % set up for the premier league rather than the reality of being in the championship |
the difference is that we are often attacking a crowded box because the opposition has got back in numbers. A ball into the box is often a hopeless punt in those situations. We are usually attacking & trying to score so when the opposition get the ball, there is usually space. It wasn't like that at Norwich because we chose to defend & hit them on the break. We wouldn't do that at PR, unless we were at least 1 goal ahead. | |
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| 9 points needed on 15:45 - Apr 19 with 1011 views | cbower |
| 9 points needed on 15:23 - Apr 19 by Radlett_blue |
the difference is that we are often attacking a crowded box because the opposition has got back in numbers. A ball into the box is often a hopeless punt in those situations. We are usually attacking & trying to score so when the opposition get the ball, there is usually space. It wasn't like that at Norwich because we chose to defend & hit them on the break. We wouldn't do that at PR, unless we were at least 1 goal ahead. |
There is something in what you say for many games regarding packed defences but certainly not today. Our problem is we are far too ponderous in our play and more often than not we are too slow to exploit an opportunity to cross and / or shoot even when defences are not quite so set. | |
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| 9 points needed on 15:47 - Apr 19 with 982 views | FrimleyBlue |
Azor being played tuesday maybe the issue that causes us auto pain.
Resting him that night may have given us a different hand today going into next block of games. But to play him and then say hes recovering well whilst still playing is odd. |  |
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| 9 points needed on 16:08 - Apr 19 with 846 views | Mullet |
| 9 points needed on 14:21 - Apr 19 by cbower |
A few nice moments aside, Nunez was awful. Really surprised with Leif for their second. OK, he loses possession with a poor pass but then zero effort to get back in. That quite shocked me. Greaves massively at rault for the first. Playing everyone on and ball watching the cross. Dan Neil should not be signed no matter where we are. He just doesn't do much right for me. His first booking of the season today. Felt like it was his first proper tackle! Taylor offers so much more. Cajuste, there has to be an appearance clause in the obligation to sign that we don’t want to trigger doesn't there? |
I thought he got floored in fairness but no one in that move comes out well. Zero man to man or getting the angles shut down. | |
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| 9 points needed on 16:43 - Apr 19 with 716 views | billlm |
Disagree mate, it's a good job Boro are wasteful,
How many saves did Walton make second half, how many saves did the Boro keeper make,
Though we were weak second half no pace up frontvwhatsobever |  | | |
| 9 points needed on 16:48 - Apr 19 with 656 views | Mullet |
| 9 points needed on 16:43 - Apr 19 by billlm |
Disagree mate, it's a good job Boro are wasteful,
How many saves did Walton make second half, how many saves did the Boro keeper make,
Though we were weak second half no pace up frontvwhatsobever |
I really think if you look at their recent form we did them a favour today. Not sure if we’d have won today anyone would be giving them much credit. | |
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