Lagerstedt Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 If we get an early goal I can see us winning with a couple of goals. Just need to score that first goal, and so far we haven't been able to do that. Just read 'boro has lost the most away games this season (along WBA) and only managed to score nine goals on their travels! That said, we can boost the second worst home record in the entire league, worst side is Hull.. I'm going crazy in this prediction, 3-0! Anyone knows where to see the game in Los Angeles? Preferably somewhere near Hollywood and all the youth hostels... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Butt is the only player that can play that deep midfield role and Smith was miles better than Guthrie against Pompey. Butt is absolutely woeful, pissed me off no end when Kinnear said a while back "for me he's brilliant" and what pisses me off even more is that the fucking media think he's our best player and we love him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Butt is the only player that can play that deep midfield role and Smith was miles better than Guthrie against Pompey. Butt is absolutely woeful, pissed me off no end when Kinnear said a while back "for me he's brilliant" and what pisses me off even more is that the f***ing media think he's our best player and we love him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmk Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Butt is the only player that can play that deep midfield role and Smith was miles better than Guthrie against Pompey. Butt is absolutely woeful, pissed me off no end when Kinnear said a while back "for me he's brilliant" and what pisses me off even more is that the f***ing media think he's our best player and we love him. He is the only midfielder who can break up opposition play, he still does this pretty well imo, just the other aspects of his game and his psychical attributes that have gone to cack. Needs replacing in summer but i can see why he is played tbh. I agree with you about the media, never understood that, has been going on the whole time he has been here too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Butt is the only player that can play that deep midfield role and Smith was miles better than Guthrie against Pompey. Butt is absolutely woeful, pissed me off no end when Kinnear said a while back "for me he's brilliant" and what pisses me off even more is that the f***ing media think he's our best player and we love him. He is the only midfielder who can break up opposition play, he still does this pretty well imo, just the other aspects of his game and his psychical attributes that have gone to cack. Needs replacing in summer but i can see why he is played tbh. I agree with you about the media, never understood that, has been going on the whole time he has been here too. Don't agree with the bolded part myself. He hasn't got an exceptional ability to read the game, his physical attributes are so poor that he can't break it up with sheer force of will and that impacts negatively on his ability to tackle. His ability to break up play has been propagated largely by the media IMO. In my mind, the reason we couldn't get the ball back from Pompey in the last 15 minutes after Butt was substituted was down to the low fitness of players returning from injury coupled with a very hard-working [if not somewhat ineffectual] first 75 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 The club are fully aware that Butt is way, way past it btw. ITKftw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainhaircut Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 The club are fully aware that Butt is way, way past it btw. ITKftw. Please let this be true! Please. Huddlestone would be a good replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Butt is the only player that can play that deep midfield role and Smith was miles better than Guthrie against Pompey. Butt is absolutely woeful, pissed me off no end when Kinnear said a while back "for me he's brilliant" and what pisses me off even more is that the f***ing media think he's our best player and we love him. He is the only midfielder who can break up opposition play, he still does this pretty well imo, just the other aspects of his game and his psychical attributes that have gone to cack. Needs replacing in summer but i can see why he is played tbh. I agree with you about the media, never understood that, has been going on the whole time he has been here too. Don't agree with the bolded part myself. He hasn't got an exceptional ability to read the game, his physical attributes are so poor that he can't break it up with sheer force of will and that impacts negatively on his ability to tackle. His ability to break up play has been propagated largely by the media IMO. In my mind, the reason we couldn't get the ball back from Pompey in the last 15 minutes after Butt was substituted was down to the low fitness of players returning from injury coupled with a very hard-working [if not somewhat ineffectual] first 75 minutes. I am anything but a fan of Butt, but no one else looks like playing that defensive role ATM. Guthrie has bottled many big matches for me, despite the fact he's clearly got enough talent to walk into this midfield. I am really worried if he plays against boro he'll miss a few passes then hide for the rest of the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Butt is the only player that can play that deep midfield role and Smith was miles better than Guthrie against Pompey. Butt is absolutely woeful, pissed me off no end when Kinnear said a while back "for me he's brilliant" and what pisses me off even more is that the f***ing media think he's our best player and we love him. He is the only midfielder who can break up opposition play, he still does this pretty well imo, just the other aspects of his game and his psychical attributes that have gone to cack. Needs replacing in summer but i can see why he is played tbh. I agree with you about the media, never understood that, has been going on the whole time he has been here too. Don't agree with the bolded part myself. He hasn't got an exceptional ability to read the game, his physical attributes are so poor that he can't break it up with sheer force of will and that impacts negatively on his ability to tackle. His ability to break up play has been propagated largely by the media IMO. In my mind, the reason we couldn't get the ball back from Pompey in the last 15 minutes after Butt was substituted was down to the low fitness of players returning from injury coupled with a very hard-working [if not somewhat ineffectual] first 75 minutes. I am anything but a fan of Butt, but no one else looks like playing that defensive role ATM. Guthrie has bottled many big matches for me, despite the fact he's clearly got enough talent to walk into this midfield. I am really worried if he plays against boro he'll miss a few passes then hide for the rest of the game. That's reasonable however we are facing Boro - lowest scorers in the league and hardly renowned for possession football. Giving that winning is a priority and we've been especially toothless of late, with respects to priority: Scoring Goals > Not Conceding. [i know a score-draw is no better than a goalless draw, but I just think we've got more chance of outgunning them at SJP]. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Butt is the only player that can play that deep midfield role and Smith was miles better than Guthrie against Pompey. Butt is absolutely woeful, pissed me off no end when Kinnear said a while back "for me he's brilliant" and what pisses me off even more is that the f***ing media think he's our best player and we love him. He is the only midfielder who can break up opposition play, he still does this pretty well imo, just the other aspects of his game and his psychical attributes that have gone to cack. Needs replacing in summer but i can see why he is played tbh. I agree with you about the media, never understood that, has been going on the whole time he has been here too. Don't agree with the bolded part myself. He hasn't got an exceptional ability to read the game, his physical attributes are so poor that he can't break it up with sheer force of will and that impacts negatively on his ability to tackle. His ability to break up play has been propagated largely by the media IMO. In my mind, the reason we couldn't get the ball back from Pompey in the last 15 minutes after Butt was substituted was down to the low fitness of players returning from injury coupled with a very hard-working [if not somewhat ineffectual] first 75 minutes. I am anything but a fan of Butt, but no one else looks like playing that defensive role ATM. Guthrie has bottled many big matches for me, despite the fact he's clearly got enough talent to walk into this midfield. I am really worried if he plays against boro he'll miss a few passes then hide for the rest of the game. That's reasonable however we are facing Boro - lowest scorers in the league and hardly renowned for possession football. Giving that winning is a priority and we've been especially toothless of late, with respects to priority: Scoring Goals > Not Conceding. [i know a score-draw is no better than a goalless draw, but I just think we've got more chance of outgunning them at SJP]. Guthrie would be best employed in a defensive midfield role and at home it might well be an option, he clearly isn't ready to dominate as a playmaker yet. To think a week ago we could have had the option of a Guthrie/Barton centre midfield which is what many of have wanted for ages now. It says a lot about Barton that we've gone all season without having the chance to use it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Just been informed that a defeat for Boro on Monday will be a new club record 11 away defeats. Just ripe for us to fuck it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Lowest scorers in the league too. I wonder what that means will happen... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Southgate: In a perverse way, you'd rather be playing in these games, where something matters, rather than a mid-table game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Southgate: In a perverse way, you'd rather be playing in these games, where something matters, rather than a mid-table game. That's why Boro are where they are under his management. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 No excuses if results stay the way they are..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 No excuses if results stay the way they are..... There's an excuse if they don't? [/pedant] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Still over 2 days to wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Sunderland 36 36 -17 Hull 36 34 -24 Newcastle 35 31 -19 Middlesbro 35 31 -26 West Brom 36 31 -29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Move out teh zone if we win, come on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 it's in our own hands now howay we need to get the atmosphere up for this one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Don't let us down you cunts. That means you Nicky Butt most of all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Don't let us down you cunts. That means you Nicky Butt most of all. I don't think Nicky Butt will let us down, it's the strikers and attacking midfielders I'll be watching closely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Cmon people buy up the remaining tickets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicago_shearer Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Don't let us down you c***s. That means you Nicky Butt most of all. I don't think Nicky Butt will let us down, it's the strikers and attacking midfielders I'll be watching closely. Nicky Butt is well, well overdue a good performance that fools people into thinking he is still capable of playing at this level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Don't let us down you c***s. That means you Nicky Butt most of all. I don't think Nicky Butt will let us down, it's the strikers and attacking midfielders I'll be watching closely. Nicky Butt is well, well overdue a good performance that fools people into thinking he is still capable of playi Don't let us down you c***s. That means you Nicky Butt most of all. I don't think Nicky Butt will let us down, it's the strikers and attacking midfielders I'll be watching closely. Nicky Butt is well, well overdue a good performance that fools people into thinking he is still capable of playing at this level. If Nicky Butt just does his job as a defensive midfielder that's enough for me in this game. The responsibilty lies with those further forward to spark in this game. We have to win, we can't afford to have any more sterile performances from Owen. Martins, Viduka, Jonas, Nolan, Guthrie or whichever other tosser is supposed to provide or score goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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