MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

157 posts
JR
Member
Posts: 838
Joined: 03 Apr 2006 12:53

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by JR » 22 Sep 2021 20:13

NathStPaul
Hound
NathStPaul The Warnock hate is weird and quite childish tbh. He is a great character and a great Football League manager. The game will be far poorer when he retires.


I actually like him. Proper pantomime villain. Obvs he is a complete and utter bellend but thats part of the fun

Exactly, you need that figure of hate in the game. He plays on it and has built a brand out of it. Seems like a nice chap when you see him on Soccer Saturday etc, good storyteller etc.


+1 he’s my favourite manager in football by quite a distance

User avatar
NathStPaul
Hob Nob Super-Addict
Posts: 10522
Joined: 19 Feb 2019 14:21

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by NathStPaul » 22 Sep 2021 21:21

JR
NathStPaul
Hound
I actually like him. Proper pantomime villain. Obvs he is a complete and utter bellend but thats part of the fun

Exactly, you need that figure of hate in the game. He plays on it and has built a brand out of it. Seems like a nice chap when you see him on Soccer Saturday etc, good storyteller etc.


+1 he’s my favourite manager in football by quite a distance

Personalities are disappearing rapidly from the game, used to be full of engaging, odd and brilliant characters. Clough, Bobby Robson, Sir Alex etc etc. We should enjoy old school managers like Warnock while we can.

JedMaxwell
Member
Posts: 228
Joined: 15 Feb 2021 13:36

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by JedMaxwell » 24 Sep 2021 12:19

Warnock is entertaining and a very canny operator; I think he knows that a lot of people think he's a dinosaur and he uses that to his advantage. It will be a shame when he does retire, as characters are being lost in the game as others have said.

In terms of the result, I'd really like us to have a proper go at them and try to use the recent momentum to get another win. Ultimately though, I'd take a draw as the team transitions out of the difficult start.

SCIAG
Hob Nob Addict
Posts: 6362
Joined: 17 Jun 2008 17:43
Location: Liburd for England

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by SCIAG » 24 Sep 2021 12:50

In terms of personalities, give me Klopp and Tuchel ahead of Warnock every day of the week.

User avatar
tidus_mi2
Hob Nob Addict
Posts: 7277
Joined: 15 Jun 2012 15:24

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by tidus_mi2 » 24 Sep 2021 15:13

Reading Warnock's pre-match comments it does seem that he enjoys being the pantomime villain when he comes up against us.


User avatar
Brogue
Hob Nob Super-Addict
Posts: 10516
Joined: 02 Mar 2021 20:38

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Brogue » 24 Sep 2021 15:25

I hope ‘what a waste of petrol’ will be sung to them if we win.

User avatar
Pepe the Horseman
Hob Nob Super-Addict
Posts: 17825
Joined: 23 Jun 2011 10:24
Location: Putting right what once went wrong

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Pepe the Horseman » 24 Sep 2021 15:34

Brogue I hope ‘what a waste of petrol’ will be sung to them if we win.

Memories of battering Oldham 5-0 during the last petrol crisis x

User avatar
Lower West
Hob Nob Subscriber
Hob Nob Subscriber
Posts: 4915
Joined: 14 Apr 2004 11:35
Location: Admiring Clem Morfuni at Work

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Lower West » 24 Sep 2021 23:01

Nameless Would like to understand what the situation is with Dann. He must have an injury. There is no way after several weeks at the club he can’t be fit enough to play. If he needed match fitness then he would have played in one of the u23 games.


No preseason training with CP. Totally sidelined. Lack of u23 time suggests well off the pace.

Lack of height in the team is a major concern for tomorrow. Zonal marking....... :cry:

User avatar
Pepe the Horseman
Hob Nob Super-Addict
Posts: 17825
Joined: 23 Jun 2011 10:24
Location: Putting right what once went wrong

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Pepe the Horseman » 25 Sep 2021 08:38

Expecting Dann to play, but if not would Rahman at CB and Bristow LB be an option? Not actually seen him play yet, so no idea how good he is defensively.


Once upon a time .
Member
Posts: 169
Joined: 23 Nov 2020 09:54

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Once upon a time . » 25 Sep 2021 08:50

I will give you another view on Warnock . A few years ago Terry Bell the ex Reading centre forward died , and Neil Warnock attended the funeral , he was living in Cornwall , and travelled up and back by train and taxi to the crematorium and wake . Apparently they had played together at Hartlepool .

User avatar
Sutekh
Hob Nob Super-Addict
Posts: 18384
Joined: 12 Feb 2014 14:05
Location: Undiscovered pyramid somewhere in Egypt

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Sutekh » 25 Sep 2021 09:19

Lower West
Nameless Would like to understand what the situation is with Dann. He must have an injury. There is no way after several weeks at the club he can’t be fit enough to play. If he needed match fitness then he would have played in one of the u23 games.


No preseason training with CP. Totally sidelined. Lack of u23 time suggests well off the pace.

Lack of height in the team is a major concern for tomorrow. Zonal marking....... :cry:


Dann was on Palace’s books last season therefore would have been fit and up to speed when the season ended (he did play 15 games in the PL last season). In the close season I would imagine he was training somewhere to maintain some sort of decent level so that he could get himself sorted at another club. Therefore he shouldn’t be that much off the pace of things and certainly should be able to “hold his own” for an hour or so in an u23 game. His non appearance at that level so far might just be prudent “not wanting to risk things unnecessarily” given the horrendous curse that appears to be on the club with injuries this season.

If he’s still not involved in any capacity today then I would surmise he’s actually carrying (or been very recently carrying) some sort of injury

Either way, today sees Reading’s CB partnership being:

  1. Strickland/Laurent

Are there any other players in the squad who have played at CB? Yiadom? Rahman?

windermereROYAL
Hob Nob Addict
Posts: 7996
Joined: 19 Feb 2008 11:18

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by windermereROYAL » 25 Sep 2021 10:12

JLow reporting Stickland in the squad and Dann still not match fit. I`m not confident at all, the bogey could well continue.

Millsy
Hob Nob Super-Addict
Posts: 10022
Joined: 16 Jul 2004 18:36
Location: Running from The Left

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Millsy » 25 Sep 2021 10:16

Brogue I hope ‘what a waste of petrol’ will be sung to them if we win.


It'd be better to sing "what a waste of petrol (or diesel if that's what your car uses)". Alas I don't start the chants anymore. I hope club 1871 take note.


Snowball
Hob Nob Legend
Posts: 20679
Joined: 02 Jan 2009 18:35

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Snowball » 25 Sep 2021 10:21

Hadn't realised how many top sides we've played

2-4-5-7-8-9

3 one-goal defeats in there, (one in 96th minute?)
a win at Fulham and a 3-3 draw v QPR

Plus 16th & 21st Both wins against poor sides


Maybe we really are a top-half side, and likely to improve
as the new men bed in and the injured return

User avatar
Snowflake Royal
Hob Nob Legend
Posts: 39387
Joined: 20 Jun 2017 17:51

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Snowflake Royal » 25 Sep 2021 10:26

Snowball Hadn't realised how many top sides we've played

2-4-5-7-8-9

3 one-goal defeats in there, (one in 96th minute?)
a win at Fulham and a 3-3 draw v QPR

Plus 16th & 21st Both wins against poor sides


Maybe we really are a top-half side, and likely to improve
as the new men bed in and the injured return

Too early in the season. At this stage 3 points (which we've given a lot of teams) jumps you about 4-8 places.

Barney
Hob Nob Regular
Posts: 1042
Joined: 06 May 2005 14:04

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Barney » 25 Sep 2021 11:37

With Puscas not playing today, are we starting the game with NO forwards ?

User avatar
Brogue
Hob Nob Super-Addict
Posts: 10516
Joined: 02 Mar 2021 20:38

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Brogue » 25 Sep 2021 11:39


User avatar
Brogue
Hob Nob Super-Addict
Posts: 10516
Joined: 02 Mar 2021 20:38

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Brogue » 25 Sep 2021 11:41

Yiadom & Laurent at cb and Tetek at RB Rahman at lb?

User avatar
Royal Rother
Hob Nob Subscriber
Hob Nob Subscriber
Posts: 21243
Joined: 13 Apr 2004 23:22
Location: The handsome bald fella with the blue eyes

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Royal Rother » 25 Sep 2021 11:41

No forwards and no central defenders would be an interesting way to approach the game.

User avatar
Pepe the Horseman
Hob Nob Super-Addict
Posts: 17825
Joined: 23 Jun 2011 10:24
Location: Putting right what once went wrong

Re: MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

by Pepe the Horseman » 25 Sep 2021 11:42

Who are Boro's CBs?

157 posts

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot], Hove Royal, Mid Sussex Royal, Mr Angry, Tinpot Royal, WestYorksRoyal, windermereROYAL and 441 guests

It is currently 28 Mar 2024 10:35