Match Day Thread Middlesbrough v Southampton, Saturday, 09th May 2026, 12:30 KO - Live on Sky TV

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st_brendy said:
I think Stewart has to start - Larin was just too poor; properly awful - but Charles is a more difficult one. He's obviously good enough to start, but so are Flynn and Jander. And until we've played the first 10 minutes on Tuesday, we won't know if it's the good Azaz or the bad Azaz.

Matsuki I expect comes in for Fellows.
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I think Azaz is good when Saints are playing on the front foot but becomes rather anonymous when we are under the cosh. Thought Flynn was a bit meh today after coming back into the side and the less said about Fellows the better, lovely lad but for my money simply not good enough in defence and particularly one-dimensional going forward.
I agree Stewart for Larin ( who wasn't at the races today )
 
st_brendy said:
I think Stewart has to start - Larin was just too poor; properly awful - but Charles is a more difficult one. He's obviously good enough to start, but so are Flynn and Jander. And until we've played the first 10 minutes on Tuesday, we won't know if it's the good Azaz or the bad Azaz.

Matsuki I expect comes in for Fellows.
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I think they are both better off the bench!
So is Shea for that matter.
 
There's a small part of me disappointed we didn't score at the end. Boro were clearly dead on feet with all thr pressing in the first half. Don't they'll be as aggressive in the 2nd leg.
 
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TheWatcher said:
I think Azaz is good when Saints are playing on the front foot but becomes rather anonymous when we are under the cosh. Thought Flynn was a bit meh today after coming back into the side and the less said about Fellows the better, lovely lad but for my money simply not good enough in defence and particularly one-dimensional going forward.
I agree Stewart for Larin ( who wasn't at the races today )
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Azaz was fine against Man City and obviously scored but he's hit and miss and seems a bit, I dunno... fragile? At Championship level he's clearly an asset because he'll score goals in games we need to win but if we were to go up I'd want us to sign someone else to play in that position.
 
OddRiverOakWizards said:
Wow, what happened to Larin today?! As soon as Stewart came on and we got higher up the pitch we looked a threat and pushed Boro back. Could even have knocked that.
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He was undoubtedly poor but you also can’t look past the fact that Boro completely ran out of steam and so we were naturally superior and more advanced throughout the second half
 
Brizzletiss said:
100%. Not sure the answers for Tuesday, but all the subs made a huge difference today
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Tuesday is another final, we’re getting used to those! Pretty glad we came back strong and hopefully all fit for whatever formation Tonda chooses. Ok so some sub-par performances but no actual damage done!!
 
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