Middlesbrough (H) 1-2 - Post-Match Thread

[DennisNedry]

6 minutes ago, dmayne7 said:

Did they? We basically didn't start creating any chances until the 80th minute.

 

Imagining rocking up at the KP as an away team, having a 2-0 lead for so long and it being so easy for you. Bet they couldn't believe their luck.

Sorry what?

 

Vestegaard's header from the corner, Daka's header, Vardy over the bar from 5 yards, Vestegaard blasting over from 6 yards. 

 

They stick out in my mind but there may have been others.

[Nod.E]

3 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

Alternately, we coupld play a style where we shoot more than once every 90 minutes

We had 24 shots, guy.

[eastendfox]

Dip in form, three games in a week none of which have been particularly good performances, yet still got six points. Could be worse, but now have to work hard to get back on it. But of complacency, bit of tiredness? 

[ARM1968]

1 minute ago, niyaminski said:

We have the exact same home record as them.

 

And a better away record. (by a mile)

Come back and tell me I was wrong after the game Friday. I hope you do. 

[Bourbon Fox]

If you're going to break teams down at home when they sit like that, you've got to move the ball quickly and accurately. 

 

More so when they shut down the wings so effectively.

 

We didn't have that for large parts of the game today, and unfortunately didn't take the chances when they came.

 

Boro executed their plan pretty perfectly, and got a bit of luck. 

[NaijaFox]

8 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Terrible first half, missed two sitters, better team second half

 

I would start Vardy for every game remaining.

This. 

[Tuna]

Just now, Nod.E said:

We had 24 shots, guy.

This is the trouble with shots on target, completely meaningless, you can do a pass back shot at 1 mph that the keeper crouches down and calmly collects and it's a shot on target, yet people moan about 4 sitters that went off target

 

We worry if we don't create any chances

[ozleicester]

2 minutes ago, Nod.E said:

We had 24 shots, guy.

beg your pardon.... more than 2 SHOTS ON TARGET.

and im going to guess.... 20 of those shots came after 60 mins

Edited 17 February 2024 by ozleicester

[Matt]

It’s not happened often this season but we look poor when we go 1 down and chasing a game.

 

That said they were the better team.

 

The players looked tired today.

 

The last 15 minutes were exciting. I’ll leave it at that.

[LCFC-92]

That was an absolute horror show.

 

Just got to put it down to one of those days. Our chances would have gone in on another day, and so many misplaced passes was out of character. 

 

It's as if no one turned up.

 

Got to chalk it off and move on.

[SecretPro]

3 minutes ago, ARTY_FOX said:

The crossing today was awful. Still created more than  enough to win that. 

 

I dont understand cannon on the wing at all. 

Tactically the subs were naff. 

 

Enzo should have chosen one route or another, instead it was just a mess. 

 

He could have stuck with our wing play, kept Mavidid and Fatawu on (who even when not at their best are still our biggest attacking threat) and bought Cannon on as CF (as the only player capable of scoring with his head)

 

Or

 

Noticing putting everything down the wings was proving fruitless, taken off Praet or KDH for Akgun centrally (both Praet and KDH were woeful today) and tried to play through the lines instead. 

 

Instead we ended up with Praet on the pitch for far too long, Cannon out of position as a winger, both Fatawu and Mavidid off and Kasey 'creates nothing' Mac playing on the wing (for a bit) before deciding perhaps we should have stuck with proper wingers and bought Albrighton on. 

 

Absolute mess and pretty poor - displayed a bit of desperation that we don't usually see in Enzo. Think he was just pretty stuck for ideas today and Carrick got the better of him, Tactically.

[sbfox]

7 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

Alternately, we coupld play a style where we shoot more than once every 90 minutes

You're honestly watching a different game to 95% of us

[Kierzz]

1 minute ago, LCFC-92 said:

That was an absolute horror show.

 

Just got to put it down to one of those days. Our chances would have gone in on another day, and so many misplaced passes was out of character. 

 

It's as if no one turned up.

 

Got to chalk it off and move on.

Horror shows a bit extreme.

 

We missed so many chances. Another day those go in and we win that despite gifting them two goals

[BigGibbo]

5 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

Alternately, we coupld play a style where we shoot more than once every 90 minutes

Hah! A bit of urgency would be nice, but that's just not the Enzo way...

[foxes_rule1978]

We missed like 3 sitters today, just one of those days… 

[Oldblueyes]

They deserved their win. They earned  it.

[KingsX]

10 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

Alternately, we coupld play a style where we shoot more than once every 90 minutes

 

We squeezed off 24 shots mate.

[niyaminski]

3 minutes ago, ARM1968 said:

Come back and tell me I was wrong after the game Friday. I hope you do. 

All I’m saying is we’re one of the worst fanbases with regards to negativity.

 

We’ve lost one ****ing game and everyone’s all “well that’s that”, “we’ll never beat Leeds”, “we’d be lucky to even get promoted through the play offs” when 4 hours ago the same people are talking about the points record.

 

Not to you but the whole fanbase is general: calm down, we’ll be alright. 👍

[StonyFox]

Thought we'd just turn up and win. They had a plan and executed it well. Too many sloppy passes, not aggressive or ruthless enough. 

[OadbyBlue]

So many of our best performers this season all had off days. Our wing play is getting a bit predictable, especially when we are chasing a goal.

[Preston Fox]

15 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

No it’s still a must not lose 

It’s not even that. With the lead we have we can lose this and still comfortably win the league 

[foxile5]

Is that the points record off now?

[The Doctor]

Don't think if we'd have won 4-2 Boro could complain given Vestergaard missed two sitters, Vardy skying it from a yard out and Patsons 50p header, but at the same time we can't complain, might have been a different game if Clarke gets the second yellow for a late tackle on Praet at 0-0, or the ref spots the trip on JJ in chasing in the first, but they had our number all day.

[The Doctor]

Just now, foxile5 said:

Is that the points record off now?

Still can do it with 9 wins, 2 draws, 2 defeats from the final 13

[davieG]

Complacent 

Arrogant

Careless