Middlesbrough vs Sheffield United

EFL Championship Matchweek 4 - Saturday 30th August 2025 - 12:30 - Riverside Stadium
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Referee: Lewis Smith
Assistants: Alex James and Andrew Dallison
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[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

One team looked like it was organised, well coached and knew their jobs.

The other looked like it was picked by the fans voting on Twitter!!

Yeah, let's play all our attackers in a 4-1-5.... No we're losing let's put 6 subs on and change formation?!?!

What the actual fuck?!?!?!

 

[Pintor75]

Why can't you see the difference Wilder makes to us after this start to the season?

Anyone would make a difference after this start

 

[Boxer Blade]

RND plays for QPR and boom a 3-1 win

 

[coolasanidiot]

Please please bring him back.

 

[drblade]

Travelling fans reaction?

 

[Paul1963]

Wednesday waited til 10 games to bring in Rohl and stayed up on last day of the season

 

[shrubbery]

Surely there is nobody out there that thinks this charlatan deserves more time?

 

[Pedro's Winger]

Should have been 5 or 6 and will be 5 or 6 at Ipswich.
Relegation written all over that team.

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Right in our face here, is how much of a better punt Rob Edwards would have been than Sellés. So much less of a risk

 

[WestYorksBlade]

Please please bring him back.

Other managers exist FFS

 

[Aston max]

This is the problem with absent owners, they only really have Bettis as contact to tell them how it's going , we need a DOF now !!!

 

[manxblade]

We have to put those sort

Why didn’t we go for Rob Edwards.
So much good work lost in the decision making of a few people who know thing.

Middlesbrough were not that good infact I don't think we have played a promotion team yet that's how bad we are

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Jesus fucking christ when is the penny going to drop with the owners..grow a pair..and sack the spaniard.

Every game is a re-run of the previous shit performance and tactics...today could have been far worse if Boro had taken their chances.

 

[Not_a_Cheat]

Overall we dominated. If we keep smashing 20 on target, eventually we'll score.

Lovely to see barely a single backward pass and no sideways.

Peck had the midfield won by halftime. Dominating play.

All in all with 97% passes being attacking play, was unlucky to go 300 plus minutes without scoring despite over 100 shots on target and an xG of 21.

All of which will not appear in any report ever

 

[coolasanidiot]

Just pray and hope the next manager has had some say in 'the additions'.

 

[Blade56]

New song…..

only 10 points off the autos

 

[Bobby b]

Just looked at the stats, great news, we did more passes than them

 

[Harry's Game]

Selles already doing the post match Presser

 

[coolasanidiot]

Jesus fucking christ when is the penny going to drop with the owners..grow a pair..and sack the spaniard.

Every game is a re-run of the previous shit performance and tactics...today could have been far worse if Boro had taken their chances.

If Tangy hadn't decided to have a 9/10 premiere that was 'a thrashing'. No one ever can defend that game it was a total mess but guess what the usual suspects - are determined for this amazing new direction.

 

[Bladedog]

Look to the future grandad

Wasting your time..some people can only look backwards.

 

[robbiez666]

Terrible

Selles has to be sacked. Worst manager I've seen at the club. Weir, Heath, Robson, Slav, Adams all much better.

Cooper - 4 - Crap today. Completely misjudged a cross when they should have scored and looked all over the shop
Burrows - 2 - 0 first half, bit better in the second but positionally naïve and despite getting little help massive gaps down his side.
Bindon - 3 - Did ok second half. Terrible in the second.
Tanganga - 8 - By far an away the only player who deserves to be paid for their efforts today.
Godfrey - 5 - Did ok. poorer in the second but ok in the first
Peck - 1- Should have been sent off for a ridiculous tackle. Did his usual. Always out of position. Always slows it down. backwards, sideways.
O'Hare - 2 - Ran around a lot but so lightweight and continuously makes poor choices.
Hamer - 2 - Took some good set pieces but no discipline again. How he can be made captain is beyond me. Shows zero leadership. He disappears for much of games. Only pops up when there's an attacking chance.
Barry - 1 - Terrible today. Childlike stupidity going forward. Just runs at 4 defenders and surprisingly gets tackled. Provides no cover for Burrows.
Campbell - 1 - Got booked for being mardy. Wrestled a bit but did next to nothing. Static.
Brooks -1 - Started off quite well. went outside and beat his man. Went downhill rapidly as the game progressed. That ridiculous run where he didn't bother looking up but kept coming inside until he lost the ball sums up why he shouldn't be playing at this level.

Subs:

One -6 - Was shocking playing high left but actually was one of our better players as wingback. Actually the one player on the pitch showing determination and trying to get an equalizer.
Cannon - 0 - Noticed him jog once when the ball was loose. The guy needs fucking off as far as possible from the club. Never tries.
McCallum - 4 - Missed a good chance at the end but at least he bust a gut to get there.
Chong -4 - Looked slow and uncertain but only just arrived
Ings - 4 - Had a good shot. Looked knackered!

Selles - 0 - Clueless again. Same formation again. Same obvious issues again. Doesn't change anything. Looks out of his depth. I would not be surprised to discover that a rich Wednesday fan is paying him to make us lose every game. He's that bad. I

The Fans singing Wilder's name - -1 - The club needed your support and yet you prefer to undermine the players and the manager by singing the name of a former manager. Pathetic.

Boro - They were good first half and should have had a couple. Looked as bad as us for parts of the second but you can see there's a plan and some class players.

 

[Constantly Optimistic...]

Any half decent manager could get a much better tune out of this squad. We do have some bloody good players. It takes a special quality to create a clusterfuck for 5 consecutive games. Get the brainless idiot out

 

[hull-Blade]

How many minutes without a goal now ?

 

[Blade56]

Weeeeerrrrzzzz Player Ratings so I can give Tanangana 10 but Sellés 0

 

[Railway Blade]

Going to watch my lad play at the Rock and Roll Circus now and try and forget about this debacle. Hopefully he will have got the tin tack by the time I get home.

 

[Arcott]

Where are those 'let's wait till the end of the window' happy clappers? By the end of the window we will have no points and be bottom. Worked out well hasn't it. Tactical halfwit everyone except him can see that midfield is a total shitshow. Get rid asap

 

[paidsy]

How many minutes without a goal now ?

Over 2.5 games. Probably 4+ hours

 

[Blade56]

Any half decent manager could get a much better tune out of this squad. We do have some bloody good players. It takes a special quality to create a clusterfuck for 5 consecutive games. Get the brainless idiot out

Er, your Avatar name is?

 

[Fruitbat]

The thing that staggered me the most was the sheer lack of invention and courage. Sideways and backwards passing, because there’s nobody making any runs, creating space, losing their marker… anything. Even 1-0 down in injury time, we were doing it.
Absolute dross. Ponderous and turgid.

 

[Pandev]

Just realised no shots on target