Match Day Thread Middlesbrough FC v Sunderland AFC – Monday 3rd February 2025 - KO 20:00

I can handle those games (even the missed pens to an extent), even though I get the double impact they have on our rivals. But its the draws and defeats to the likes of Plymouth which cost us.

 

It was fascinating to watch …

… you could actually see the confidence draining out of the Boro players and fans

 

Absolutely. He tried something and it didn't pan out. Fortunately it didn't cost us. Hopefully it taught him a little bit about spacial awareness.

 

Jobe has been brilliant all season and he was brilliant last night. Occasionally mistakes are made and this was one of them.

Sometimes I think we are too harsh on mistakes that lead to goals. They're still just mistakes. Occasionally they will lead to goals and you just have to learn from it. We seem to want an inquest after every goal.

 

Not being difficult but who are these people?

Where are they posting this?

Everyone I've seen, every interview and every quote says Boro started better …

… of course they did, they were winning.

 

You expect a home side to come out fast in a big game.

They had 8 shots but few were on target, many were wild, and one of the on target a man was offside.

Only stat that matters is we scored 3 and they scored 2.

 

We could’ve easily won 5-2 but we didn’t …

… we were better over 90 minutes and the only team that played football.

 

thought O'Nein's pass was more at fault for there second goal

 

In the last comments from one of their fans was a view I agree with:- "Fair play to Sunderland. They looked like a proper team. Each player knew what he had to do. Their subs were excellent. They obviously have a very clever manager whose put a team together that fights for each othe!

 

It’s a pass they do every game and this was a fraction out …

… where the blame lies could be forensically examined by a panel of experts who wouldn’t all agree.

 

No need to pin the blame on any individual, we make risky passes like that multiple times every game and we're rarely punished for it, if you want to lay blame you can say LON's pass was too risky and Jobe didn't deal with it well. 50/50.

 

You're right, but I just hope the players and staff aren't as blase about the way we start games.

 

Agree with that, in this case it was all about the quality of the finish anyway, it was hardly put on a plate for him. Our involvement was a pass under hit by 10% and a slightly misjudged attempt to control, hardly worth mentioning.

 

If Jobe controls that pass, turns the player and makes clean forward pass we're all buzzing over how good he is mind, no risk no reward.

 

You don’t believe they are for a second mate tbf. …

… it was the very first thing RLB addressed in his post-match interview.

 

Exactly. The pass from O'Nien wasn't great. The spatial awareness from Jobe wasn't great. But the Boro player did brilliant to close down and the finish was top quality. Sometimes the other teams deserve to score their goal and we have to hold our hands up and admit we could have done a bit better but fair play.

Its like our winner last night. We're going mad for ELF's touch (and rightly so), but the Boro fans will rightly be blaming the goal on Ryan Giles. If that was reversed we wouldn't be praising the touch, we'd be moaning about Cirkin.

 

I know. But you're the one trying to dispute the importance of our poor start and looking for arguments. I'm bowing out.

 

I have to say I’m a bit tired of this ‘you’re looking for arguments’ shyte.

It's a chat forum where people chat about football and have different opinions, I’m allowed one as well if that’s OK with you. If you don’t like it just pop me on ignore and calm yersel down.

I haven’t disputed anything about ‘the importance of our start’, that’s absolute nonsense. Even if I was, why can’t I give my opinion ffs.

Grow up.

 

Have to admit… I also drop into other sides fans forums… check this comment out from some genius from Sheffield Utd

 

There's a village in South Yorkshire missing its' resident idiot.