Today's Football

[sir roger]

I like the look of that Collison lad. He's a good player.

 

I mentioned in the 'transfers' thread earlier that I would be delighted if we tried to get Collison & young Kightly from Wolves. I think they will both be special & the fees would be easily covered from the deadwood in the squad.

[bigal]

I watched the 2nd half there and was shocked at Kranjcar. Just when his team needed the players to dig in he went missing, he seemed to be dodging behind Spurs players when his team mates were looking to pass. He strolled round, went nowhere near a tackle and then limped off afte a little knock. Cowardly

[Woo]

Lazio v Juventus on, should be a good game.

[Carradona]

Lazio v Juventus on, should be a good game.

 

What an effort that was that came off the post.

 

I missed the first half.

[drewy]

Joe Hart must be over the moon at being dropped for Shay Given.

 

Robhino looks a twat in lime green boots

[Dan Vito Corleone]

Pretty decent and lively start this.

[Dan Vito Corleone]

City are getting hammered by Boro here.

[Carradona]

After weeks of failure, my iraqgoals is finally working again!

 

Got it on just in time to see Ireland hit the bar and Alves miss a decent chance.

[Dan Vito Corleone]

1-0 City (Bellamy 53)

[RedKnight]

I never wanted to sell Bellamy, could've kept him and never bothered with all this Keane nonsense.

[robslappa]

I never wanted to sell Bellamy, could've kept him and never bothered with all this Keane nonsense.

 

 

I agree with that. He was sold because of the golf club incident and not because of how well he was playing or not playing. When that happened he was arguably are most in form player. After that he was anonymous as he hardly played.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Fuck me how many chances do boro want?

[Carradona]

Alves is making Given look like a world beater.

[Ted]

Afonso Alves is awful.

[Dan Vito Corleone]

Fuck me how many chances do boro want?

 

Way too many. Alves has gone through on Given three times and three times hit it straight at him. Should be at least 1-1.

[RedKnight]

I like Middlesborough's style of play, they just don't have the players to make it work effectively.

[ScottyT]

Someone tell me that Bellamy wouldn't be more than useful in our current team?

[Ted]

Alves makes Lucas look Brazilian :whistle:

[RedKnight]

I agree with that. He was sold because of the golf club incident and not because of how well he was playing or not playing. When that happened he was arguably are most in form player. After that he was anonymous as he hardly played.

 

Even after the golf club incident he showed decent mental strength by going on and scoring in the Nou Camp. He's an arrogant, mouthy little bastard but that makes him have total faith in his own ability. If some of our current players were like that, we'd be on to a winner.

[Ted]

Can't believe he never came on in CL final.

[ScottyT]

Even after the golf club incident he showed decent mental strength by going on and scoring in the Nou Camp. He's an arrogant, mouthy little bastard but that makes him have total faith in his own ability. If some of our current players were like that, we'd be on to a winner.

 

I think that's what Benitez didn't like about him.

 

I loved all that, it's what we were lacking for years and still do.

[SpeedyG]

Someone tell me that Bellamy wouldn't be more than useful in our current team?

 

Bellamy is great for mid-table teams as they tend to play more open games and there is more opportunity to play on the counter-attack which is really his strength. We rarely have that luxury, too often we're faced with two banks of 4 and in that scenario you'd much rather have a pairing of SG and Torres than anything involving Bellamy. No?

[Paulie Dangerously]

I like Middlesborough's style of play, they just don't have the players to make it work effectively.

 

Agreed, they seem to play well but have no end product. I have nothing against Southgate I think he's done well considering the players who have left.

 

Although I respect his policy of giving youth players a chance I think it's not working as shown by the league position. Goes to show that sticking raw talent into the first team isn't always a good move

[RedKnight]

Agreed, they seem to play well but have no end product. I have nothing against Southgate I think he's done well considering the players who have left.

 

Although I respect his policy of giving youth players a chance I think it's not working as shown by the league position. Goes to show that sticking raw talent into the first team isn't always a good move

 

Well football's moved on since they spent big in the '90s but they haven't; they're probably still working within the same budget. They're still stuck by that problem of attracting decent talent to Middlesborough.

[ScottyT]

Bellamy is great for mid-table teams as they tend to play more open games and there is more opportunity to play on the counter-attack which is really his strength. We rarely have that luxury, too often we're faced with two banks of 4 and in that scenario you'd much rather have a pairing of SG and Torres than anything involving Bellamy. No?

 

So in that case, he wouldn't be good cover for Torres and an option to use on the counter attack away from home?

 

As long as we've got Ngog though eh...