Wilpshire Blue
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Is Rothwell injured?
If not then why the heck wasn't he even on the bench?
If not then why the heck wasn't he even on the bench?
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OnlyOneTugay
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Apparently, from what I’ve heard , his wife is expecting a baby anytime soon , so he’s been given time off .
I guess it’s the modern way
I guess it’s the modern way
Wilpshire Blue
Senior Member
5 minutes of highlights if anyone is bothered
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11640359/blackburn-0-1-middlesbrough
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11640359/blackburn-0-1-middlesbrough
Wilpshire Blue
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ToMo "didn't recognise the team" in the first half.
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11640378/mowbray-slams-frustrating-performance
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11640378/mowbray-slams-frustrating-performance
Barmitzvah Boy
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That was bad. Very very bad.
Mulgrew was appalling and Bennett had yet another stinker. MotM was Bell who played 45 mins (a good 45 mins).
Our first attempt on goal was on 84 minutes.
Yet again Mowbray set the team up wrong.
I am not a happy bunny.
Mulgrew was appalling and Bennett had yet another stinker. MotM was Bell who played 45 mins (a good 45 mins).
Our first attempt on goal was on 84 minutes.
Yet again Mowbray set the team up wrong.
I am not a happy bunny.
If that's the modern way then in my modern way he could have the week off just so long as he forfeits his weekly wage! Never heard out so daft as time off as needing to be at your wife's bedside whilst she delivers a baby. Expectant Fathers were never allowed in the delivery room before the hippy generation anyway. Bloody hell all you do now is hold hands and maybe be in charge of the gas and air mask. It's way too late for anything involving the business end of things isn't it? PLUS didn't the tannoy announce congratulations to the newest member of the Rothwell family before the match started?
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Tip 1. Don't play Brereton or you'll get beaten.
Tips 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10... see Tip 1!
Second match in 4 days screwed up by the Manager starting with a weak team selection featuring the hapless / hopeless Ben Brereton! No idea who scouted the lad and persuaded us to part with 7 m but I see no and I really mean NO redeeming feature in him!
He's slow. Both off the mark and at the top end.
His 1st touch is not even adequate at this level making his second touch usually a tackle.
He's weak in the air, and even weaker in the tackle or on the ball.
He can't dribble.
He can't shield a ball and is frequently knocked off it by smaller players suggesting to me that his balance isn't great.
His all round demeanour and bearing are woeful.
So including BB on the right wing today meant pushing Reed into midfield at the expense of Lewis Travis who was relegated to the bench. This against one of the strongest midfields in the division! Not great changes but the imbalance was huge. We were being mullered by Boro who surprisingly for me started the match with 3 at the back a 5 man midfield with two in attack. Inevitably we fell behind on 19 mins following a dreadful error of judgement by Mulgrew as Boro swept rather fortunately into the lead on 19 minutes when Assombalonga was in then right spot to finish off from point blank range a wayward Fletcher shot which had deflected off Mulgrew. A lucky guess or the trade mark of a goal poacher? Maybe that is why Boro spent 15m on him?
Worse was to come from Mulgrew when another dreadful misjudgement of a high ball let in Fletcher who was then adjudged to have been brought down by William's despairing tackle when he was clean through on goal. A red card meant the Rovers had to face the second half with just 10 men! Half hearted boos greeted the half time whistle and accompanied the players as rover's dispirited players trooped off. Could it get any worse?
So second half under way with all 3 subs on from the start! Travis, Bell and Nyambe on for Brereton, Evans and Rodwell. A shuffle around saw the team at last competing and playing like a team with effort, application and belief in every department. A spirited performance saw opportunities at each end with Boro's Wing crashing a thunderbolt against the bar whilst Graham and Dack frittered good openings and spewed my 1-1 prediction in the process! How we needed a full complement of 11 men at that point!
Performance marks.
Raya 7 Could do little about the goal and overall a solid display. A blinding double save just before the end. One question though... why go upfront in the last minute for the rover's do or die corner kick when he ran past a rovers player travis/nyambe (?) standing in the centre circle to do so. Far better surely to send his teammate into the penalty area and stay in the centre circle himself isn't it?
Bennett... 6 Struggled in that disastrous opening 45 minutes but illustrated his adaptability after being asked to play all over the park from right back to left wing to right wing.
Rodwell... 7 Was just about the only defender to play well in the horror show 1st half. At HT he was well on the way to be my MoM. Sacrificed imo as we threw on all our subs for the second half because he was on a yellow and couldn't afford to go down to 9.
Mulgrew... 4 Had a torrid time. Misjudgments galore and generally didn't look at the races until the late stages of the match.
Williams .. 6 Doing OK until a Mulgrew error caused him to make a last ditch tackle that brought Fletcher down as he was clear through on goal.
Brereton... 0 Dreadful 45 minutes and an embarrassment to proceedings, to whoever decided to buy him and to himself! Very little ability and with what appears to be no desire to make up for it with graft. I hold the opinion that the rest of the squad well know this and it is contributing to their current poor form as they are kicking off on a mental downer. Subbed at HT and was fortunate to last that long! Little boy lost.
btw heard at HT that a respected twitter source claims that Mowbray wanted him to play with the U23's until the seasons end in order to find his feet but waggott has forbidden it! I can understand such a stance as Mowbray will now know that he's a dud whilst Waggott will be hoping against hope that Brereton can come into some form between now and the next time he has to fly to Pune!
Reed... 6 Swamped out first half and only came into the match when he was partnering Travis instead of Evans.
Evans... 4 Inexplicably poor. Way off the pace and rightly subbed at Ht.
Armstrong...6 Tried hard but reduced to feeding from the few crumbs that fell off the table.
Dack... 6 Again a player who tried hard but often tried too hard by holding on to the ball too long and losing possession. Unlucky not to rescue a point with a typically Dack type snap shot from Grahams downward header which was very well saved by Randolph in the Boro goals. One metre to the left and we'd have rescued a point and ruined Pulis's day!
Graham... 7 My personal MoM. He battled hard all day.
Subs
Travis.. 8 Threw himself into the challenge and brought strength and 'nous' to our midfield.
Bell.... 7 Given Peter Jackson's MoM. Carried the ball forward well but still imo seems to be a little lacking between his ears. When presented with clear space down the left would rather proceed with caution rather than going hell for leather at the opportunity, which usually results in the space being closed down. Is it lack of confidence? Is it lack of killer instinct?
Nyambe... 6 I doubt he'd have come on at HT if Rodwell had'nt been shown a yellow but fair do's he strengthened our defence in the second half.
Mowbray.... 3 Claims to be mystified as to why the team didn't turn up in the 1st half. Really Tony? Well if you don't then we have no chance of knowing that have we? I'd suggest the reason is psychological. The results and the manner of defeat of the past 3 matches maybe were nagging in the players heads and particularly the chucking away of 3 easy points at reading by selecting our two leading scorers to warm the bench! If we'd won which we easily should have with the 1st team proper on Wed night then surely the players would have been more confident in facing one of the top teams in this division. Also they'd perhaps still be bouyant about the chances of making the pay offs. The Reading defeat will have surely have floored any such ambition.
Referee Darren Bond (Lancashire) 3. Would I be correct to assume that 'Lancashire' meaning of a Burnley / Preston persuasion? Angered the crowd by appearing to favour Boro in 90% of his decisions. Also allowed just 3 minutes of extra time despite all the subs being brought on (granted ours came all at once), despite George Friend being down for at least all of those 3 minutes and despite more than a little time wasting from Boro as they ran the clock down. One of those infuriating little shits with the whistle who one could cheerfully punch.
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steve w
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Excellent summary Gord - and I totally agree about Graham being MOM (got to hold my hand up again, he has proved me totally wrong and deserves his starting birth)
I felt Mulgrew played like I used to on a Sunday morning...………………………….hungover!!
Dack just dropped further and further back for the ball and cynical as this may sound, seemed to be playing/shouting for TV coverage
and effect
Piss poor sums it all up
I felt Mulgrew played like I used to on a Sunday morning...………………………….hungover!!
Dack just dropped further and further back for the ball and cynical as this may sound, seemed to be playing/shouting for TV coverage
and effect
Piss poor sums it all up
Re: Dack Sorry I meant to mention the formation switch Mowbray made after Boro scored which saw Dack playing 20-30 yards behind Graham.
Bennett moved from right back to left wing, Armstrong left wing to right wing, Brereton alongside Graham up top, Reed from centre mid to right midfield and DACK back to deep central midfield.
It certainly baffled me but it must have baffled Boro too because goodness only knows how but we made it to HT still only 1 down.
Bennett moved from right back to left wing, Armstrong left wing to right wing, Brereton alongside Graham up top, Reed from centre mid to right midfield and DACK back to deep central midfield.
It certainly baffled me but it must have baffled Boro too because goodness only knows how but we made it to HT still only 1 down.
Tony Mowbray skybet manager of the month January 2019.
The criticism of the manager is unwarranted, but is systematic of the modern day football fan. That joke of site BRfcs has a poll on the manager which says it all.......Embarrassing.
I was watching MOD earlier and the Chelsea fans are calling for Sarris head before a balls kicked tonight, they wanted Conte out last season, a club that has known real bad times, but has been taken over by the modern day "I want it yesterday" type of fan.
Tony Mowbray will ultimately be judged on his results, but anything beyond mid table this season will be an achievement. What we saw in the first half yesterday was a group of players that didn't look interested, Mulgrew was bloody awful, the manager can't do anything when they walk over that line and yesterday was down to the players not the manager.
A lack of footballing intelligence or heads in the clouds thinking of promotion? which ever it is get a grip, this man has brought us so far in his short time here, he deserves better.
The criticism of the manager is unwarranted, but is systematic of the modern day football fan. That joke of site BRfcs has a poll on the manager which says it all.......Embarrassing.
I was watching MOD earlier and the Chelsea fans are calling for Sarris head before a balls kicked tonight, they wanted Conte out last season, a club that has known real bad times, but has been taken over by the modern day "I want it yesterday" type of fan.
Tony Mowbray will ultimately be judged on his results, but anything beyond mid table this season will be an achievement. What we saw in the first half yesterday was a group of players that didn't look interested, Mulgrew was bloody awful, the manager can't do anything when they walk over that line and yesterday was down to the players not the manager.
A lack of footballing intelligence or heads in the clouds thinking of promotion? which ever it is get a grip, this man has brought us so far in his short time here, he deserves better.
I must be missing something geedog cos I don't. The only issues that I have is seeing Brereton in the squad every week and in front of better players too. Someone seriously cocked up with agreeing to pay 7m for him and we need to move on. He clearly isn't a 7m player and he needs to be judged by the management on a performance basis and not on his transfer fee. (A similar thing happened in the last 12 months that Rhodes was here when he was constantly picked when his form didn't warrant selection.) If that doesn't happen dissatisfaction will creep in in the stands as well as with other squad players and we all know where that can lead.
AllRoverAsia
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AllRoverAsia
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Yes, since his trip to Switzerland.
Having a poll in the first place!