Middlesbrough vs Sheffield United

EFL Championship Matchweek 11 - Wednesday 23rd October 2024 - 20:00 - Riverside Stadium
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[Keen Blade]

Looks like Brewster and O'Hare did switch positions. Wilder saw what everyone else saw.

Feckinell , Wilder is streets behind most of us at spotting what needs doing

 

[Nick Jansky]

A defeat on Saturday and I can see some of the fans turning.

I can’t see that. But if we carry on playing like dogshit the fans will definitely start turning if he hasn’t sorted it out by the Pigs match. A defeat against them & he’s on the slippery slope.

 

[Pedro Verde]

See the bed wetters are out in force tonight

 

[JJBlade]

Moore and O'Hare are probably on 40k p/w between them. LOL

Probably best to start looking at a boring cunt of a manager instead of players who have CONSISTENTLY performed at this level

Harrison Burrows brought in because of his excellent crossing ability and Kieffer Moore brought in to head these crosses in

Kieffer Moore has barely had a single cross to go at since he's been here

Burrows has barely been in the opponents half since he has been here

O'Hare is a clever, intricate, skillful, cunning midfielder.

How often has one of them worked at this fucking club which is hell bent on boring everyone fucking senseless.

A team of non league players not coached by Wilder would have at least provided something to get excited about even if only occasionally

As much as I slag this club off I never shout for the manager to be fired, but he's trying my fucking patience now with his submission before a ball is kicked against any club that he in his mind considers to be our betters

 

[Sheffsteel]

FT 1-0 Boro win

Another disappointing display, quite similar to the Leeds match.
We started well, first 20 minutes we had good control on the game and Middlesboro seems to show us too much respect by just trying to contain us.

The warning signs were in the last 10 minutes of that 2nd half when it was as though the Boro players realised our attack isn't that good.

2nd half was almost total dominance by Boro who clearly were desperate to win.
We defended really well but it was like last season in the Premier league....it's unfair to expect a defence to keep defending all the time.
Where was the midfield? why not play some possession to take the wind out of Middlesboro's sail?

The whole 2nd half it was as though our target was to hope for a 0-0 draw.
As the match wore on....we dropped deeper and deeper and at time looked a poor side.
Back to the drawing board for Wilder.....he needs to find a system where we can score goals.

Our man of the match was Gilchriest, some great last ditch sliding tackles.
Thought Rak Sakyi also played well, their full back couldn't cope with him but we didnt give the ball enough times to JRS.
Also thought Cooper had another good game....he had no chance with their well taken goal.

Negatives for me is that both Leeds and Boro looked a clear level above us.
Also when we're under pressure why do we just pump it long straight back to the opposition, why not just keep possession?

Anyway no panic....still in a great position....we dust ourselves down and focus on 3 points against Stoke.

 

[Jinxy1966]

This group of players don't look like they are being coached

I don’t doubt that they’re being coached but just not to a very good standard. I think we have decent players across most positions ( except in the striker department ) & in most games we have better player for player options than the opposition. What we lack against almost all other teams we’ve played is the tactical nous & IMO that only points to the coaching staff.

 

[Devils bump]

times

RND did well when he came on, it was Mcallum that gave him the freedom of the boro

 

[Ginger Gnome]

Brooks was good for the few minutes he got, almost like he'd been playing left wing all his life.

With Hamer out, we surely start him there on Saturday, offers something going both ways rather than O'Hare or Brewster looking a bit lost out there and not tracking back.

 

[Bell4]

Thats an over reaction...playoffs still look highly likely.

We clearly have one of the best defences....if not THE BEST defence in the league.
Thats a great starting point.....the issue all season though has been scoring goals or even creating clear chances.

Don’t agree

Look at the last two games

I mean - take the specks off and look and reflect .

We look lost - have almost half a team that are totally ineffective - have no forward threat - midfield looks powder puff

We can’t move at pace in a controlled way

This lit will finish mid table / at best

Awful and awful management

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

Defence starts from the front

O’hare is too light weight and Moore too slow…

That slows them to step up and over run the two kids in midfield ….

We need to give them something to worry about in behind

I’d put Brewster central for O’hare and bring Brooks on…. We have no choice but to stick with Moore as Campbell isn’t match ready from what I’ve seen.

I’d bring burrows on the left to make it more solid

I’d put Brewster in a fkin skip

 

[Keen Blade]

Realise front players are getting slated but we've had no midfield presence all game .
Nobody who can ride a tackle and retain the ball ,no calmness . Every chance seams to have bypassed midfield

Brooks is good at riding tackles and keeping ball but for some Wilderesque reason he can't get in team

 

[Bergen Blade]

Fuck what O'Hare favours , he should be on wing and Brewster central.
What's the point in having two strikers on the pitch and not playing them together ? Feckin madness. Wilder has lost the plot.

O'Hare and Brewster swapped positions after the break.

I think our tempo is too slow. We have no players who are good at getting in behind defences, and our passing patterns is all about trying to slowly open up space. Difficult when the opposition are well up for it and organised. We won the ball in good areas a couple of times, but frustratingly chose to pass it backwards. It's too predictable and we are too reliant on wondergoals from Hamer or JRS.

 

[Thrice]

Is burrows injured? Even if he is, he would still be better than RND, the amount of times he got done and left a ridiculous amount of space out wide was doing my head in

He has to be injured. Otherwise benching him for two games straight would be insane. He was genuinely one of the best players.

 

[Hillsboro Blade]

Probably best to start looking at a boring cunt of a manager instead of players who have CONSISTENTLY performed at this level

Harrison Burrows brought in because of his excellent crossing ability and Kieffer Moore brought in to head these crosses in

Kieffer Moore has barely had a single cross to go at since he's been here

Burrows has barely been in the opponents half since he has been here

O'Hare is a clever, intricate, skillful, cunning midfielder.

How often has one of them worked at this fucking club which is hell bent on boring everyone fucking senseless.

A team of non league players not coached by Wilder would have at least provided something to get excited about even if only occasionally

As much as I slag this club off I never shout for the manager to be fired, but he's trying my fucking patience now with his submission before a ball is kicked against any club that he in his mind considers to be our betters

Is he going to park the bus against Sheffield Wednesday?? Is he going to big them up as well beforehand?? Getting on my tits with it now. Warnock and Bassett had them eating raw meat an hour before kick off. Now Wilder is actng like fucking Duncan Norvelle with the opposition.

 

[Bell4]

See the bed wetters are out in force tonight

What the fk are you talking about ?

 

[Lucky1979]

See the bed wetters are out in force tonight

So are the Wilder bum sniffers by the look of things.

 

[jt64]

So seemingly we had five shots on target - apart from the JRS one that was cleared off the line where he should have drawn the pen, and the Gilchrist one from near Yarm where he went "fuck what xG tells us I'm going deep", when did we make their keeper make a save?

 

[HackeyBlade]

Does anyone else just find the actual game of football really, really boring these days? No wonder the atmosphere is so shite everywhere.

I still get enjoyment out of attending matches, but when I'm forced to watch one on the telly I tend to wish I hadn't. I'm bored stiff.

Agree. It's percentage football, scared to take risks and boring as fuck to watch

 

[Pedro Verde]

What the fk are you talking about ?

People wetting beds thought that was quite obvious it is written in plain English

 

[Montymagic]

See the bed wetters are out in force tonight

Nah we were just unlucky again, despite a really solid performance ....

 

[bladesmanluke]

That was slightly better than fucking terrible. Not good though. Massive improvement needed

 

[Keen Blade]

If Wilder starts his negative shit again he will be lucky to see out December. I for one cannot watch that again. And he needs to stop bigging up the opposition and acting like a wet fart.

There were some on here wanting to give him a new contract after 6 games this season !

 

[Bell4]

People wetting beds thought that was quite obvious it is written in plain English

What comments have you seen that make you think people are wetting beds ?

 

[JJBlade]

O'Hare and Brewster swapped positions after the break.

I think our tempo is too slow. We have no players who are good at getting in behind defences, and our passing patterns is all about trying to slowly open up space. Difficult when the opposition are well up for it and organised. We won the ball in good areas a couple of times, but frustratingly chose to pass it backwards. It's too predictable and we are too reliant on wondergoals from Hamer or JRS.

But we have got a player who is good at getting in behind defences
He's called Callum O'Hare and we've seen him do it a million times for Coventry

We've also got Rak Sakyi, Brooks, Hamer, who have creativity coming out of the arses,

They are not being allowed to play their normal game because of Wilders obsession with doing everything in the most shit, God awful boring way possible

 

[Matlock Blade]

Much better starting line up today than against Leeds. I would drop Moore and O'Hare to the bench against Stoke, and probably drop Shackleton from the squad.

On a Moore serious note, does anyone know where I can buy a bedpan? Everywhere seems to have sold out!

 

[TommoM]

Agree. It's percentage football, scared to take risks and boring as fuck to watch

I’m 32 and when I looked back, football peaked for me in the mid 2000s when players were taking risks, taking people on and shooting from anywhere (Ronaldo, drogba, lampard, gerrard etc)

All teams care about now is keeping the ball and passing for the sake of it. It’s shite to watch now

The few times we got around the area, instead of driving in or trying to get the the byline to pull it back, we just pissed about on the edge

 

[Digs blade]

Dress it up how you want or call me a bed wetter. For the 2nd successive game I’m going to bed absolutely fuming.

Middlesbrough are not a good side but yet again we weren’t adventurous enough.

Controlled the first 20 minutes my arse. We spent the first 20 minutes knocking it about around the back with no threat whatsoever.

Rak Saki plays and we get the ball out to him about once every 15 minutes. I’m not daft enough to compare us to Man City but in their game at the weekend the ball was with Doku every couple of minutes

Moore offers nothing, don’t want to hear all this bollocks about he holds the ball up well. How many times does he do that tonight- fucking none.

Brewster had one good run in the first half but isn’t busting a gut and has to go. If he goes on to be a success elsewhere then good luck to him.

This division is full of fucking shit and we are proving to be firmly in and amongst all that

Fucking sort it out United

 

[Bergen Blade]

But we have got a player who is good at getting in behind defences
He's called Callum O'Hare and we've seen him do it a million times for Coventry

We've also got Rak Sakyi, Brooks, Hamer, who have creativity coming out of the arses,

They are not being allowed to play their normal game because of Wilders obsession with doing everything in the most shit, God awful boring way possible

O'Hare has looked our slowest player so far.

I agree we need to make changes, both players and style.

 

[Dave9777]

Lots of excuses from Wilder, defo joining the “Wilder out” squad if we lose on Saturday. Stoke really is a must win game

 

[Pedro Verde]

What comments have you seen that make you think people are wetting beds ?

A couple of losses and this place is in meltdown
L666s was extremely disappointing will give you that one. A couple of weeks ago most people were talking about top 2 now its slit your wrist time