Substitutions

[INTERUNITED]

Absolutely shite tonight. None made any sense. Each one has made us worse. Wrong players brought on, and wrong players taken off. Boro won't get an easier 3 points than this all season.

 

[derfblade.3]

The Slav bashing begins.......moronic!

 

[Dkc]

Thought McGoldrick looked good

 

[INTERUNITED]

The Slav bashing begins.......moronic!

It's a fucking forum where you post opinions. I said they were shite tonight, do you want me to put they were fantastic and we've played really well.

 

[derfblade.3]

It's a fucking forum where you post opinions. I said they were shite tonight, do you want me to put they were fantastic and we've played really well.

So who you blaming then?

 

[INTERUNITED]

So who you blaming then?

Slav for the substitutions, the board for not getting in the players we needed, and you for not understanding what a forum is for.

 

[bakeblade]

The Slav bashing begins.......moronic!

He's been schooled tonight though by bleeding Warnock and Blackie

 

[Digs blade]

Who would you have brought on mate

 

[Bruce Wayne]

How Fleck stayed on after 20 minutes is the biggest mystery.

 

[Barney]

Should have brought McBurnie on for Sharp.

 

[INTERUNITED]

Who would you have brought on mate

Personally I'd have brought on Mcburnie and Brewster for Sharp and Gibbs White. I'd also have taken Fleck off. All 3 were poor for me tonight.

 

[Jon Bon II]

Out coached tonight by the wiley old fox.

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

They should have brought sharp on

 

[puppet]

Always hard against Warnock teams. I'm a major fan of Enda but I thought RND should have kept his place in the starting line up. I suggested Didz for Ndiaye at HT and he brings off Norwood which is strange but what the hell. Outmuscled, can't win 'em all, bring on the Cherries.

UTB

 

[Cheesebored]

Absolutely shite tonight. None made any sense. Each one has made us worse. Wrong players brought on, and wrong players taken off. Boro won't get an easier 3 points than this all season.

Mcgoldrick was the best player on the pitch when he came on. Stevens was knackered. Agree about Hourihane.

 

[Yogi]

Norwood had to come off boro were pressing him out of the game and the Stevens one was forced. The third one was a bit of a head scratcher but again they could well have been protect ndiaye as he’s not completed 90 minutes yet.

 

[Deadly_D'Jaffo]

The depressing thing about our subs bench tonight is the complete lack of options. When you've got £44m worth of strikers on the bench and you bring McGoldrick on first, you know it's bad.

 

[derfblade.3]

Slav for the substitutions, the board for not getting in the players we needed, and you for not understanding what a forum is for.

Well a forum is for people to respond and react to what others are posting but sadly some get upset if they don't like a response. As for Slav, i could see his intentions and reasons for the changes but tonight it didn't come off. As for not getting players in, did you see the interview with Princy and how they were let down at the end of the last window? Have a good night.

 

[robbiez666]

I thought we lost the midfield first half. Needed another body in there. Perfect for Guedioura but not on the bench. I'd have put Basham on for one of the more attacking players and replaced Sharp with McBurnie.

 

[BettingBlade]

Thought McGoldrick played well and Stevens was on a yellow and getting his arse handed to him down that side so both of those made sense imo.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Thought McGoldrick played well and Stevens was on a yellow and getting his arse handed to him down that side so both of those made sense imo.

The problem with the Stevens one was that he was replaced by the only player in the world better at hooking the ball over his shoulder than Stephen Quinn.

 

[BettingBlade]

The problem with the Stevens one was that he was replaced by the only player in the world better at hooking the ball over his shoulder than Stephen Quinn.

Fair point. Maybe he could have brought on another attacking player and pushed Osborn back to LB. It did feel a bit like Slav knew the game had gone though.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

The shape and style looked slow, lethargic, toothless tonight. Then we played or moved players out of position and weakened ourselves further, and gifted the opposition more time on the ball and greater confidence.

Fleck is wasted deeper, but if he is there he needs Norwood or Hourihane with him.

Didzy looked lost and well out of position, he shouldn't have come on.

Sharp should have gone off, he was clearly tiring. However, the indictment of what we have is that a tiring 36 year old Sharp, playing 3 games in a week is a better option that £40m-ish of strikers on the bench.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Fair point. Maybe he could have brought on another attacking player and pushed Osborn back to LB. It did feel a bit like Slav knew the game had gone though.

That’s what I’d have done. Someone with attacking intent on, Osborn to LB. Like for like LB at 2 nil down is a mental sub.

 

[Benitachel]

Who would you have brought on mate

Woodward Currie and Deane

 

[Nedski]

I can understand the though process:

Norwood pressed out of the game, so replace with McGoldrick. McGoldrick, MGW and Ndiaye (our 3 most creative players) behind Sharp (our best finisher)

Stevens had barely played, so like-for-like swap with RND to keep the shape.

Ndiaye had been cramping up after 60/70 minutes so let's not wait for the inevitable. Hourihane on for his set pieces.

I would've gone Hourihane for Fleck, Brewster for Stevens (Osborn to left back), and McBurnie for Sharp.

 

[true99blade]

We simply just aren’t that good. The Peterborough game kidded a lot of fans that we were good enough to storm up the league, and the other 2 we beat recently are joining them in League One next season most likely. We were fortunate to even scrape past Derby. So I’m unsure why tonight was a shock.

Honestly cannot believe that so many predicted we’d be challenging for the top 6, never mind the top 2!

 

[Bergen Blade]

I can understand the though process:

Norwood pressed out of the game, so replace with McGoldrick. McGoldrick, MGW and Ndiaye (our 3 most creative players) behind Sharp (our best finisher)

Stevens had barely played, so like-for-like swap with RND to keep the shape.

Ndiaye had been cramping up after 60/70 minutes so let's not wait for the inevitable. Hourihane on for his set pieces.

I would've gone Hourihane for Fleck, Brewster for Stevens (Osborn to left back), and McBurnie for Sharp.

I think the main reason we've kept Fleck on the last two games, rather than Norwood, is that Fleck has more pace and is better at keeping up with the opposition if they break. In both games we've had to push forward and take more risks.

 

[Ridgeway Blade]

We have a soft centre with two midfielders in Fleck and Norwood who want to play at what I call training ground pace with-pretty passing but no end product. Both are the wrong side of 30 and they can't keep playing three games in eight days. I would have brought Hourihane on at HT for Fleck at least. Perhaps McBurnie may have caused Bamba some problems. It is great having some left footed players but why are none of them really capable of putting in decent crosses. Why are so many professional players so incapable of being able to pass with either foot? Stevens, Osborne, RND and Fleck do anything rather than use their right foot.

 

[BirchingtonBlade]

Thought McGoldrick looked good

For how long?