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Re: Boro Match Thread

by Platypuss » 29 Dec 2013 16:50

leon the majority of the Adkins fan club were tipping us for top 2 at the start of the season with exactly this squad. Now it's the squad's fault, apparently.


Bollocks.

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by MmmMonsterMunch » 29 Dec 2013 16:50

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MmmMonsterMunch More in hope than anything else but I really hope the board back Adkins in Jan & allow him to build a squad that can compete for next season.

Anything can happen but surely we have no hope of play-offs with the current squad?

It makes absolute sense for them to write this season off & give him some cash to see what he can do.

The most frustrating thing for me is that we DO have a squad that is capable of play-offs and promotion this season. Other than QPR how many of the squads above us would you rather have? The problem is with the way we are playing and the form of the players, not the personnel.


Not sure I agree there. We did well with those players because they had minimal time on the ball. We were quite direct at times, and often relied on pace, fitness & good counter attacking football to get results.

Million dollar question:

Change the manager or the players? Those players cannot play a passing game. The board now need to decide do they persevere with the changes required to keep Adkins in a job, or revert back to the old ways?

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by Oilroyal » 29 Dec 2013 16:50

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MmmMonsterMunch More in hope than anything else but I really hope the board back Adkins in Jan & allow him to build a squad that can compete for next season.

Anything can happen but surely we have no hope of play-offs with the current squad?

It makes absolute sense for them to write this season off & give him some cash to see what he can do.

The most frustrating thing for me is that we DO have a squad that is capable of play-offs and promotion this season. Other than QPR how many of the squads above us would you rather have? The problem is with the way we are playing and the form of the players, not the personnel.


And whose fault is that............ :roll:


They don't want to play for Adkins .. Those who still think Adkins is the future please tell me which game you enjoyed watching the most under Adkins? Time to wake up, this man did well at Southampton with the team Pards left him and now he's been found out. This is crap

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by Royal Ginger » 29 Dec 2013 16:50

Lets give Taylor a run out. Try something new. Nothing to lose at this point.

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by AbovetheI » 29 Dec 2013 16:50

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MmmMonsterMunch More in hope than anything else but I really hope the board back Adkins in Jan & allow him to build a squad that can compete for next season.

Anything can happen but surely we have no hope of play-offs with the current squad?

It makes absolute sense for them to write this season off & give him some cash to see what he can do.

The most frustrating thing for me is that we DO have a squad that is capable of play-offs and promotion this season. Other than QPR how many of the squads above us would you rather have? The problem is with the way we are playing and the form of the players, not the personnel.


And whose fault is that............ :roll:

The stewards


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Re: Boro Match Thread

by Platypuss » 29 Dec 2013 16:51

Oilroyal They don't want to play for Adkins


Get them out then.

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by genome » 29 Dec 2013 16:51

At the risk of sounding like floyd_streete, just feeling a bit indifferent to today's result.

Not pissed off, not calling for Adkins' head, but not overly positive we will turn it all round either.

I still think we should stick with Nigel, though. Our last kneejerk decision got us nowhere and when we hired him it sounded like the board were prepared for a transitional period. Although why they would do that when Madejski made it clear than promotion is pretty important this season, I don't really know.

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by Ouroboros » 29 Dec 2013 16:51

Rofl@ Dellor's obsession with Le Fondre.

"It's going to be too late for him to change the game, isn't it?"

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by Pepe the Horseman » 29 Dec 2013 16:52

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by Barry the bird boggler » 29 Dec 2013 16:52

rob the royal
URZZZZZ BBC showing us as having 60% possession still


#winning


Excellent, Sadkins will be pleased with the performance then.

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by Millsy » 29 Dec 2013 16:53

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They don't want to play for Adkins .. Those who still think Adkins is the future please tell me which game you enjoyed watching the most under Adkins? Time to wake up, this man did well at Southampton with the team Pards left him and now he's been found out. This is crap


THEY don't want to play for Adkins eh?

THEY being, our decent striker, our attacking midfielder, our left back, our central defender, all who exist and who just don't want to play for Adkins?

Oh hang on. They DON'T EXIST

Much like the grey matter of some of our f**king moronic total idiots of fans who think we have a perfectly healthy squad.

F**king hell.

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by ScottishRoyal » 29 Dec 2013 16:53

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MmmMonsterMunch More in hope than anything else but I really hope the board back Adkins in Jan & allow him to build a squad that can compete for next season.

Anything can happen but surely we have no hope of play-offs with the current squad?

It makes absolute sense for them to write this season off & give him some cash to see what he can do.

The most frustrating thing for me is that we DO have a squad that is capable of play-offs and promotion this season. Other than QPR how many of the squads above us would you rather have? The problem is with the way we are playing and the form of the players, not the personnel.


And whose fault is that............ :roll:

No need for the rolly eyes, I don't dispute that Adkins is culpable for these poor performances.

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by SHORT AND CURLY » 29 Dec 2013 16:54

genome At the risk of sounding like floyd_streete, just feeling a bit indifferent to today's result.

Not pissed off, not calling for Adkins' head, but not overly positive we will turn it all round either.

I still think we should stick with Nigel, though. Our last kneejerk decision got us nowhere and when we hired him it sounded like the board were prepared for a transitional period. Although why they would do that when Madejski made it clear than promotion is pretty important this season, I don't really know.


WTF does Adkins offer
We have gone backwards since he arrived.

I have seen sod all that makes me think he knows what he is doing!


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Re: Boro Match Thread

by SPARTA » 29 Dec 2013 16:54

Idiots on Twitter want Hector in against Forest.

They don't seem to realise he's not back until after Forest.

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by leon » 29 Dec 2013 16:55

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leon the majority of the Adkins fan club were tipping us for top 2 at the start of the season with exactly this squad. Now it's the squad's fault, apparently.


Bollocks.


there was even a thread entitled something like "Are we being overconfident?" and the general consensus was "no"

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by CountryRoyal » 29 Dec 2013 16:56

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genome At the risk of sounding like floyd_streete, just feeling a bit indifferent to today's result.

Not pissed off, not calling for Adkins' head, but not overly positive we will turn it all round either.

I still think we should stick with Nigel, though. Our last kneejerk decision got us nowhere and when we hired him it sounded like the board were prepared for a transitional period. Although why they would do that when Madejski made it clear than promotion is pretty important this season, I don't really know.


WTF does Adkins offer
We have gone backwards since he arrived.

I have seen sod all that makes me think he knows what he is doing!


Agreed. His managerial CV could just as easily read nothing and i wouldn't bat an eyelid.

The bloke just doesn't seem to have a clue.

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by Barry the bird boggler » 29 Dec 2013 16:56

We are saved, Blackman is on

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by howser » 29 Dec 2013 16:57

The poor form on the pitch gets worse as the uncertainty of what is happening with the ownership grows, for all the garbled crap that Antot and TSI came out with last January we are collapsing, the present squad of players are nowhere near good enough to play the way Adkins wants us to, but it would seem his hands our tied until the situation with with Russia's own Lord Lucan is resolved. Doesn't matter who is in charge as long as we are unable to improve the quality of this very average playing squad we are buggered.

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by CountryRoyal » 29 Dec 2013 16:57

Blackman on...

literally fml.

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Re: Boro Match Thread

by RoyalBlue » 29 Dec 2013 16:57

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It makes absolute sense for them to write this season off & give him some cash to see what he can do.

The most frustrating thing for me is that we DO have a squad that is capable of play-offs and promotion this season. Other than QPR how many of the squads above us would you rather have? The problem is with the way we are playing and the form of the players, not the personnel.


And whose fault is that............ :roll:


They don't want to play for Adkins .. Those who still think Adkins is the future please tell me which game you enjoyed watching the most under Adkins? Time to wake up, this man did well at Southampton with the team Pards left him and now he's been found out. This is crap[/quote]

And your reasons why Adkins can't take any credit for the other promotions that he has achieved? :roll:

You might as well say that McDermott (and have people really forgotten how shyte the team were performing under him by the time he was sacked?!) did well with the team that Rodgers left for him.

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