ExiledGeordie

You can be encouraged all you want...the facts are we lost both games without scoring There is absolutely no point in being tight at the back if we cannot score for s***............teams that don't score many goals go down simple Boro had a fabulous defensive record last year but scored the lowest in the division...guess what happened Absolute rubbish. Start of the season we were tight, well organised, defensively sound and winning a few tight games albeit losing tight games too. Atleast we were in contention in games. Switching to essentially 442 and playing more open has badly exposed us and we've been all over the shop ever since even if we've looked like scoring more. It's a fine balance but you need to be in games to take points. No point scoring 1 or 2 goals in a game if you're shipping more and coming away with no points. Judging by your posts you sound like you've thrown the towel in anyway mate

I agree, he's average but he's less likely to drop a clangerunlike Darlow

9. As it stands this squad is almost down, they're crumbling under the pressure, inexperienced with no real leaders bar Lascelles. If Rafa can bring in some impact players, an experienced goal keeper, immediate goals with a striker and one or two elsewhere (LB, midfielder) maybe even some loans deals, which they may have to be at this stage we should be ok. A few quality additions will give everyone a lift and we're not cut adrift at the bottom at all. 5 with additions

Can’t be trusted, fuck off

As with Clarke he's looked dogshit recently, all over the place.

I forgot to add above that if we dont bring any players in in Jan or have the usual farce I'm a 9-9.5/10

5/6 I'm more in line with the above. As shit as we've been recently we're not in the bottom three yet and haven't been cut adrift. A couple of results with the way the table is and things could look very different. Benitez needs to patch and tighten this side up and crawl into January before signings must be made. Lascelles will make a big difference returning as we are soft as shit without him.

On course to delivering his most crushing blow yet.......fucking off the takeover and then screwing Rafa in January again. The second part would potentially send us down, even for him you'd have to say it would be ridiculous because he must know we're on a precipice again. The joys

He’s got to go!

Getting the train up from London after work today and going to the match tomorrow. We're going to have to play well to win this but I've got a feeling Gayle will be crucial tomorrow. That goal for him last weekend was massive.

Cheers to the lads here with the business acumen for explaining the whole process ?

He'll be crucial in the upcoming games because he's the only finisher we have and his pace will a,says cause issues. That goal yesterday will do loads for his confidence.

I'll obviously get shot down for saying this by my mate who does some work with the club & knows one of the lawyers for the players/club has heard it's still very much on. I've heard nothing in terms of completion dates or anything though.

If you accept that football fans are, generally, morons, it becomes much less astonishing. Good point haha

21, bags of potential. I find it astonishing that football fans in general can write players off so early.

Big Geordie you read my mind, literally just been muttering that to myself :lol:

You get th feeling they're a bit similar don't you. Lascelles is turning into a real leader with muscle at the back for us whereas the other two are more ball players.

Agreed. Rafa wouldn't even need a ridiculous amount of money to turn this side into a decent one - a few key additions here and there and we'd make a massive jump up in ability.

In his first season in the league and he's not ong back from an extended break due to injury. Good player ?

As I've seen Dave say a few times on here if the new owners simply eradicated ridiculous decision making, showed a modicum of respect towards the fans and never mind spending gazillions on players just simply TRIED in the tranfser market we'd all be happy as larry.

Irrespective of the takeover we'll be fine. There's some right dross in the league and with Lascelles, Merino, Dummet back and Gayle getting some goals we'll pick up the necessary points. We'll lose a fair few tight games but equally we'll win enough. I'm not worried because we're organised, we've got great spirit and Rafa is our manager (for the time being at least).

This thread and the transfer rumour thread if/when it happens

If we can bring in a couple of attacking players (striker, creative no 10) it'll give us more options and I think we'll be fine and finish between 8th and 12th. A takeover would obviously change everything.

I was at the London stadium yesterday with my West Ham mate yesterday. They were all over the place at times, defence was shocking. They actually started the second half well, scored and then conceded 30 seconds later. Wasn't massively keen on the stadium but it's much better than I thought it would be.

Fans booing and abusing a player eh, stupid cunts. Just what someone needs to build their confidence.