Boro v Blades

by **yorkie64red** Mon 23 Aug - 2:05:02

Sorry lads i know you won but that was terrible... from both sides.. Rolling Eyes

by **hoolahoop** Mon 23 Aug - 3:36:55

yorkie64red wrote:Sorry lads i know you won but that was terrible... from both sides..

I was working today but what exactly was bad about it and it would be nice to hear it as well from a Boro/blunt perspective too ?

by **thornabyred** Mon 23 Aug - 3:50:15

For Boro there was too much emphasis on hoofing to Boyd who was smothered every time in the first half. Players looked like they had never played together or even passed a football before. Couple of debutants in Boro team, Killgallon looked good,Halliday did ok considering he has not had any pre seasons games and Kink was ok ,got a knock just before half time so Old Julio came on and changed it a bit.
Second half was a bit better but tactics not the best.Pulling 11 back for corners is mad, leave one or two up at half way line, oppo has to cover them. Makes defending easier.
Stiil it was a clean sheet and 3 needed points.
Ref was pretty crap, his first visit to Boro and last I hope.

by **hoolahoop** Mon 23 Aug - 3:56:33

thornabyred wrote:For Boro there was too much emphasis on hoofing to Boyd who was smothered every time in the first half. Players looked like they had never played together or even passed a football before. Couple of debutants in Boro team, Killgallon looked good,Halliday did ok considering he has not had any pre seasons games and Kink was ok ,got a knock just before half time so Old Julio came on and changed it a bit.
Second half was a bit better but tactics not the best.Pulling 11 back for corners is mad, leave one or two up at half way line, oppo has to cover them. Makes defending easier.
Stiil it was a clean sheet and 3 needed points.
Ref was pretty crap, his first visit to Boro and last I hope.

Thanks thornaby, I can tell you weren't impressed with Strachan's tactics. What were the Blunts like were they playing their usual 'hoofball' ? Laughing

by **thornabyred** Mon 23 Aug - 5:33:42

played some decent passing moves, not much point in hoofing with wheats and big mick against them.
Utd had a coupld of big lads at the back as well as Morgan.

Not so much Strachans tactics but what the players were actually doing. He was giving them hell from the touchline for not passing around and marking up when they should.

Omen for the game, utd`s team bus Gordons. with WGS logo on the sides.

by **hoolahoop** Tue 24 Aug - 8:42:27

thornabyred wrote:played some decent passing moves, not much point in hoofing with wheats and big mick against them.
Utd had a coupld of big lads at the back as well as Morgan.

Not so much Strachans tactics but what the players were actually doing. He was giving them hell from the touchline for not passing around and marking up when they should.

Omen for the game, utd`s team bus Gordons. with WGS logo on the sides.

Hmmm didn't quite think that one out did they lol!

What happened to the crowd though 14,000 Shocked

what the hell is going on up there ?

by **yorkie64red** Tue 24 Aug - 8:44:52

hoolahoop wrote:

Hmmm didn't quite think that one out did they What happened to the crowd though 14,000 what the hell is going on up there ?

They were watching it in the Pub.... Smile

by **hoolahoop** Tue 24 Aug - 8:49:19

Some of the crowds are plummeting, folk are getting pissed off generally with overpaid players, agents, certain winners, huge haves and have nots, ridiculous changes in matck ko times, unemployment, short time etc.................it's very worrying. affraid

by **yorkie64red** Tue 24 Aug - 8:51:11

hoolahoop wrote:Some of the crowds are plummeting, folk are getting pissed off generally with overpaid players, agents, certain winners, huge haves and have nots, ridiculous changes in matck ko times, unemployment, short time etc.................it's very worrying.

It will be too late before they open ther eyes to what they are doing, there are none so blind as them that can see springs to mind.. Rolling Eyes

by **hoolahoop** Tue 24 Aug - 8:58:01

yorkie64red wrote:

It will be too late before they open ther eyes to what they are doing, there are none so blind as them that can see springs to mind..

The game we all love is going to the dogs, fora such as ours with views from all the supporter's perspectives (especially on such issues) is why this forum exists.
Yes we have banter but there is so much common ground to explore as well. Smile

by **thornabyred** Wed 25 Aug - 6:16:37

All the pubs and clubs near the ground had offers on for cheap drinks and some even had free food at half time as an incentive to watch there.
Greedy sods,they get the drinks takings on matchdays anyway then try and grab as much on tv matches.

Football is knackered by sky.

by **hoolahoop** Wed 25 Aug - 8:10:11

I'm afraid that is the main reason amongst many other problems relating to society, community spirit and most importantly insatiable greed.
I long for the game of my youth...............full vocal all standing stadia ;watching honest footy in a mainly honest game. Yes there was crowd trouble inside and outside the stadia but most of the time it was never really serious. This very tribalism created the atmospher the frisonne that encouraged all to go.
we rarely knew for sure who would win their respective leagues , let alone who we could almost predict would fill places 1-6. siiiiiiigh ho-hum. Sad

by **thornabyred** Thu 26 Aug - 4:57:00

bloody hell hoola, you never went to some of the games I went too then.
Hundreds stalking the streets looking for oppo fans and that was away from home. Parts of Boro were no go areas for away fans,looked like Belfast when the bottles and bricks started flying.

Remember getting caught between 2 big mobs at Sunderland once, walking towards Joker Park on the estate just over the bridge and a gang came round atreet corner in front of us, a couple of hundred strong, then another lot charged from behind us, no police in sight and around 4 or 500 people yelling and running at each other,then they stopped when they realised they were all Boro from different parts of Teesside. We just tagged on behind them and we all ended up in the Fulwell end, Sunderland fans didnt know what hit them that day, Police lines inside the ground seperating both sets of fans, Boro were in all the standing areas, nutters day out that was.

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