Middlesbrough v Leeds Utd Match Thread - Berardi in for Phillips, Kiko Starts, No JKA!

[The Subhuman]

Boro were a big boned team... they were carrying some weight... rugby league might be a better option for them.

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Probably the worst team we've played all season, one guy even seemed to have a beer gut

[SG90]

0-1 Final score, Middlesborough could have played all night and not scored, Very very poor team today and no threat at all to our defence. Rating based on second half 20 min of first half and the goal

Casilla 8 - That was a good save off Aylings foot
Ayling - 7 -
Dallas - 8 - A little wasteful up front but excellent in defence
Cooper - 7 - Tidy, never troubled
Berardi - 7 - Ditto
White - 8 -
Klich - 9 - Outstanding again, first name on the team sheet ..
Costa - 7 -
Harrison - 8
Hernandez - 8

Shackleton - 6 - Worked hard but maybe tried a little too hard

Bamford would be lucky to get 0.

[Irish Ian]

Jakey with another mystery muscle injury.

Bamford lives a charmed life.

[60sUnited]

Lets be honest, if we weren't LUFC fans we would have probably have watched that unsure who were 2nd and who were below mid table ! But its 3 points and thats all that matters and Bamford, probably a lovely lad but it looks like he might not get another goal this season

[The Subhuman]

Despite being the better team, I felt we got lucky tonight and so could have easily threw away 2 points. Bamford needs a long spell out of the team. We're playing with ten men atm and the players don't look like they want to pass to him near the goal and I don't blame them. Not even surprised he missed a tap in. It's embarrassing, but Bielsa is to blame. What have JKA or Edmondson not got? Yet more waste of money on JKA. Can't keep hoping for 1-0s every game.

Edmondson is done for the season

[rab_rant]

Despite being the better team, I felt we got lucky tonight and so could have easily threw away 2 points. Bamford needs a long spell out of the team. We're playing with ten men atm and the players don't look like they want to pass to him near the goal and I don't blame them. Not even surprised he missed a tap in. It's embarrassing, but Bielsa is to blame. What have JKA or Edmondson not got? Yet more waste of money on JKA. Can't keep hoping for 1-0s every game.

1-0 all the time will do very nice thank you very much

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[The Subhuman]

Bamford would be lucky to get 0.

I don't score Bamford ...

[SG90]

Missed tonight.

Bamford rubbish again?

Missed a tap in from one yard lol.

[danhirons]

0-1 Final score, Middlesborough could have played all night and not scored, Very very poor team today and no threat at all to our defence. Rating based on second half 20 min of first half and the goal

Casilla 8 - That was a good save off Aylings foot
Ayling - 7 -
Dallas - 8 - A little wasteful up front but excellent in defence
Cooper - 7 - Tidy, never troubled
Berardi - 7 - Ditto
White - 8 -
Klich - 9 - Outstanding again, first name on the team sheet ..
Costa - 7 -
Harrison - 8
Hernandez - 8

Shackleton - 6 - Worked hard but maybe tried a little too hard

Apart from hitting the bar and having quite a few other good chances that is!

[danhirons]

Another well fought win but we'll start getting caught out like we did last season if we continue not to take our chances... Costa and bamford in particular have been very very wasteful. Not sure bamford even really believes he's going to get on the end of a cross and score anymore.

[rab_rant]

We beat Reading 1- 0 and the Wigan in the relegation zone beat them 3-0
Does that mean we tire teams out and when they next play they fall prey to defeat.

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[dezzy]

I think opposition shouldn’t even bother marking Bamford at this stage. He’s letting himself down big time and it’s foolish to play a striker so low on confidence. His all round game seems to be dropping of late too

[The Subhuman]

Apart from hitting the bar and having quite a few other good chances that is!

meh, even the shot that clipped the bar was poor. They did get gifted a FK on the edge but they were no threat at all in the end. I watched all their runners go ignored as their players sat on the ball too long and were way to selfish at times ..4 times I saw a Boro player make a dangerous run and find space in the box but you knew we were safe.

[rab_rant]

I think opposition shouldn’t even bother marking Bamford at this stage. He’s letting himself down big time and it’s foolish to play a striker so low on confidence. His all round game seems to be dropping of late too

With Bamford in the team we win.

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[The Subhuman]

We beat Reading 1- 0 and the Wigan in the relegation zone beat them 3-0
Does that mean we tire teams out and when they next play they fall prey to defeat.

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Really don't care what teams do after they play us ..we don't get any points for it..

[rab_rant]

Really don't care what teams do after they play us ..we don't get any points for it..

But surely you would like Reading to take points off any of the chasing teams in the top 6?....

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[SG90]

Thought that was a huge miss when they hit the bar. It had 1-1 all over it.

[danhirons]

meh, even the shot that clipped the bar was poor. They did get gifted a FK on the edge but they were no threat at all in the end. I watched all their runners go ignored as their players sat on the ball too long and were way to selfish at times ..4 times I saw a Boro player make a dangerous run and find space in the box but you knew we were safe.

Yeah they were pretty awful, thought they had quite a lot of pressure second half though and a couple of decent chances given how poorly they played. Saying that we could have had five or six

[The Subhuman]

Any team can score at any time, 1-0 is never comfortable but Boro would have needed help from the ref or a huge slice of luck to score imo. It can happen and that's why you bury your chances when you get them

[rab_rant]

Joe's match review. 3 wins on the bounce what more could you ask for?
https://youtu.be/xYxudw7p3Is

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