Match Day Thread Boro vs City

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Cromercanary said:
This, from PD's 5 things we learned column in today's EDP.
Pay attention, Canario <ok>

3. Savour Cameron Jerome - He might not possess the star quality of Nelson Oliveira, but in this counter-attacking strategy that is bringing such reward he is a vital component.
The manner he bullied a £25m-rated centre back in Ben Gibson and, on occasion, occupied the whole Boro backline with his industry and willingness to run the channels underlined again his residual value to the cause. Judge him not solely on his goal ratio.

Have to admit, despite only radio commentary, he was a beast last night and a massive part of an excellent team win <ok>

http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwic...0-championship-win-at-middlesbrough-1-5211420
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Who'd have thought it
 
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Forgot_My_Lines said:
Good 'ol CamJam!
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Yes, as PD said, CJ played really well without actually scoring, but his contribution to our victory was vital.
I see JM also got singled out for praise for his part in Boro's downfall. I liked when he mentioned in his post match interview how he values Wes's influence to his development and something several of us commented on in close season.
Onwards and upwards.
Take note RBF!!! <laugh>
 
Like earlier posters, I woke up at 4am, early in the second half, to be pleasantly greeted with the scoreline. I spent the rest of the match fighting my inner hope that Boro would equalise. I had a 1-1 draw with Madders first scorer as my prediction. Glad I was partially wrong. I have a feeling that this is the first time we have ever gone 5 games without conceding in the league. After the Villa/Millwall games this is totally unreal.
 
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As for the defensive improvement, this from the match report says it all:

"When the dangerous Adama Traore threatened to cut loose James Husband could count on the extra support of Marley Watkins. There was a mirror image on the opposite flank, with Yanic Wildschut moving through the gears to protect Ivo Pinto. City out of possession appear to have the formula required. Those frustrating Carrow Road stalemates are inevitably a brake to more accelerated progress, but the base is far more solid and the development curve clear to everyone now approaching the second international break."

The return of Klose is important, as is his growing partnership with Zimmermann, but the whole team defending is at the heart of the six clean sheets in a row.
 
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RiverEndRick said:
When the dangerous Adama Traore threatened to cut loose James Husband could count on the extra support of Marley Watkins. There was a mirror image on the opposite flank, with Yanic Wildschut moving through the gears to protect Ivo Pinto.
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Something we've not really had for a while. Redmond rarely offered defensive support and Jacob when he was here had, and Josh has a long way to go to match what RER quoted above.
Good to hear it.
 
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Yes Rick, we are now playing and defending as 'a team' and if we can mostly take the lead in games, it forces our opponents to attack more and so give opportunities for us to breakaway and hopefully score more.
 
JM Fan said:
Yes Rick, we are now playing and defending as 'a team' and if we can mostly take the lead in games, it forces our opponents to attack more and so give opportunities for us to breakaway and hopefully score more.
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Many people have credited the return of Klose with the upturn in our fortunes, but Trybull and Tettey both came into the line-up at the same time and the combined effect of that has been impressive. Add to that the tracking back of Wildschut and Watkins last night and we finally have an effective whole team defense, including Jerome's harassment of opposing defenders up front. DF deserves huge credit for bringing that about.
 
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RiverEndRick said:
Add to that the tracking back of Wildschut and Watkins last night and we finally have an effective whole team defense including Jerome's harassment of opposing defenders up front. DF deserves huge credit for bringing that about.
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How many people on here were almost giving up hope before a ball had been kicked saying 'we've got no chance this season with a load of players from the German 2nd Division and a free transfer???'. Yet, as DF has proved, with the right coaching and tactics (which he's adapted to Championship football), great things are possible. There will be hiccoughs along the way!!!
I'm looking forward to seeing them play again and unfortunately the next game I can make is the derby, followed the following Saturday by the game V Derby.
 
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JM Fan said:
How many people on here were almost giving up hope before a ball had been kicked saying 'we've got no chance this season with a load of players from the German 2nd Division and a free transfer???'
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:emoticon-0112-wonde Hmmm, I honestly can't remember any doing or saying that?
I felt a sense of cautious optimism, a step into the big unknown as opposed to who's next off the merry-go-round.
My impressions from twitter, etc, were the same. Let's see what we're dealing with properly before shooting from the hip. Top philosophy - and starting to pay off, it seems <ok>
 
Cromercanary said:
:emoticon-0112-wonde Hmmm, I honestly can't remember any doing or saying that?
I felt a sense of cautious optimism, a step into the big unknown as opposed to who's next off the merry-go-round.
My impressions from twitter, etc, were the same. Let's see what we're dealing with properly before shooting from the hip. Top philosophy - and starting to pay off, it seems <ok>
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Well I can remember a few that were moaning that all we had bought were 4th tier Germans! I can't be arsed to check back through the posts but I certainly remember them! <ok>
 
JM Fan said:
This Efes is quite strong!!
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Apparently, the Efes were quite strong when we appointed an unknown German head coach...and he brought all his cronies with him.
But I like to think they're fading now and DF continues to build on the style that he wants to impose, but at a pace that suits the players at his disposal.
That way, we'd all be happy <ok> :grin:
 
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