Middlesbrough 1:3 Manchester United

Chaky_Best · Mar 17, 2017

GailWynand said:
Quite a bit of unexpected rest for Zlatan. I think April first week is when he plays again.

He'll train with the team until Saturday and then will be off for a week or 10 days, so yeah he'll have everything in hands to be decisive till the end of the season

GailSpaceWynand · Mar 17, 2017

Chaky_Best said:
He'll train with the team until Saturday and then will be off for a week or 10 days, so yeah he'll have everything in hands to be decisive till the end of the season

And he needs to too considering our fixtures.

Am I the only one fuming about having to face CFC and Arsenal in-between our EL ties? How fecking unlucky is that?

Chaky_Best · Mar 17, 2017

GailWynand said:
And he needs to too considering our fixtures.

Am I the only one fuming about having to face CFC and Arsenal in-between our EL ties? How fecking unlucky is that?

And add Spurs after a possible semi final second leg.

So it's really impossible to be in top four and playing EL at the same time, we just can't do it this year.

And don't forget that we still have two games to play lol

Moonred · Mar 17, 2017

Banana skin if ever there was one. Team in tatters, new coach and we have an under strength team playing hideous football.

K2K · Mar 17, 2017

Moonred said:
Banana skin if ever there was one. Team in tatters, new coach and we have an under strength team playing hideous football.

At a stadium we historically struggle too.

Smithy89 · Mar 17, 2017

0-0 or 1-0 Boro.

Moonred · Mar 17, 2017

K2K said:
At a stadium we historically struggle too.

Yeah some bad memories from the noughties.

Chaky_Best · Mar 17, 2017

Moonred said:
Yeah some bad memories from the noughties.

Remember struggling there in 2008 May 1st we drew 1-1 under the snow !

That was an horrible day of football.

K2K · Mar 17, 2017

Chaky_Best said:
Remember struggling there in 2008 May 1st we drew 1-1 under the snow !

That was an horrible day of football.

That ended 2-2 I think.

Ronaldo, Alfonso Alves with 2 and Rooney to save us late.

GailSpaceWynand · Mar 17, 2017

K2K said:
That ended 2-2 I think.

Ronaldo, Alfonso Alves with 2 and Rooney to save us late.

Nostalgia.

GailSpaceWynand · Mar 17, 2017

Chaky_Best said:
And add Spurs after a possible semi final second leg.

So it's really impossible to be in top four and playing EL at the same time, we just can't do it this year.

And don't forget that we still have two games to play lol

Dreary indeed. Hope our players prove us wrong though.

Jacko21 · Mar 17, 2017

The 4-1 defeat to Boro in 2005 has never left me. Stung for a good few days. Genuinely one of SAF's worst losses.

MyOnlySolskjaer · Mar 17, 2017

De Gea
Valencia-- Bailly-- Rojo-- Shaw
Carrick
Mkhitaryan Fellaini
Mata---------------------Lingard
Rashford

Nickosaur · Mar 17, 2017

We'll be fine. 0-2 win.

dichinero · Mar 17, 2017

Red Katie said:
Absolutely dreading this.

Don't worry, the manager isn't sounding optimistic either.

GailSpaceWynand · Mar 17, 2017

dichinero said:
Don't worry, the manager isn't sounding optimistic either.

Pessimistic more like.

Jacko21 · Mar 17, 2017

If Rooney is fit, we could try him in a midfield-three.

Alabaster Codify7 · Mar 17, 2017

Bare bones, away, to a gritty boring team that don't concede too many goals and are gonna raise their game for the incoming new manager. Not confident in the slightest, given how we've been playing lately.

-----------------DDG--------------------
Valencia----Bailly----Smalling----Darmian
--------Carrick--------Fellaini---------------
Mkhitaryan-----Mata------------Young-----
--------------Rashford----------------

SUBS - Lingard (Darmian, with Young dropping to LB), Jones (Valencia).

Middlesboro 1 - 1 Man United
Negredo Mata

Red Dreams · Mar 17, 2017

Martial has been training Not sure he will figure.

alsabi · Mar 17, 2017

K2K said:
That ended 2-2 I think.

Ronaldo, Alfonso Alves with 2 and Rooney to save us late.

For a few weeks of the 2007/08 season, he looked like the next big thing. By 2009 he was playing for Al-Sadd in Qatar.

Alabaster Codify7 · Mar 17, 2017

Red Dreams said:
Martial has been training Not sure he will figure.

Good news. I can see him coming on for the final 20mins or something.

Magnus · Mar 17, 2017

DDG
Valencia Bailly Jones Shaw
Carrick TFM (Need some speed and aggresion in there)
Lingard Mata Martial
Rashford

ZAGREB RED · Mar 17, 2017

With United's tough recent schedule, the injuries/suspensions situation and the way teams that have their manager sacked often turn in a good performance in their next game this could be hard going. Got to agree the timing - midday kick off - when it could have been either 2.15 or 4.30 is hard to take. Also when you consider the distance between OT and Middlesborough compared to Spurs-Southampton and City-Liverpool it's harsh.
Just got to get on with it though.

ChaddyP · Mar 17, 2017

with Injuries and suspensions in midfield I actually think we will go with 3 at the back again.

____________ddg___________
____Bailly Smalling Rojo____
Valencia Fellaini Carrick Young
__Mata Rashford Mkhitaryan__

G-manc · Mar 17, 2017

I hope Darmian doesn't play. Boro are pretty dour and will need some opening up and he offers nothing going forward.

It will never happen but i wouldn't mind seeing Blind in midfield.

TMDaines · Mar 17, 2017

The thing is if people are so sure we won't win, some good easy money is to be made to back the draw and home win. Think only Chelsea and Everton are shorter priced favourites this weekend.

The Man Himself · Mar 17, 2017

@top1whoisman is pre-match Boro part from yesterday's press conference available somewhere?

top1whoisman · Mar 17, 2017

The Man Himself said:
@top1whoisman is pre-match Boro part from yesterday's press conference available somewhere?

I think this is the one. It’s basically (a very justified) rant about the fixtures and the lack of support the authorities give to the English teams in Europe.

top1whoisman · Mar 17, 2017

It’s crazy how good we’ve had it with injuries this season, now all of a sudden, added with suspensions we’ve got possibly 8 first team players out. Kind of happy that we have the break after Sunday, but then again the players on international duty travel and play more than they would doing that time at the club.

The Man Himself · Mar 17, 2017

top1whoisman said:
I think this is the one. It’s basically (a very justified) rant about the fixtures and the lack of support the authorities give to the English teams in Europe.

Thanks man.

top1whoisman · Mar 17, 2017

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Android1974 · Mar 17, 2017

Again, we could present a decent and rested competitive team on Sunday, except for the center-backs (which is hard, if we keep playing all four all the time!).

Android1974 · Mar 17, 2017

In other news, with all the unavailable and only Carrick, Fellaini, and Fosu-Mensah to play midfield, it's hard to see how we're going to revert to 4-2-3-1, even if Rooney's (or a very tired Mata) available to start as #10, and even less 4-3-3.

After being completely surprised by Mourinho's decision to play 3 at the back against Rostov (at home!), this isn't probably the game to change.

SuperiorXI · Mar 17, 2017

I think they will nick a 1-0. We will look good for the first 20 mins or so then drop off considerably.

Sandikan · Mar 17, 2017

Boro are pretty darn poor attacking wise, and sacking the manager surely won't instantly change that.
The big question is can we be any sort of attacking threat ourselves with Thursday in the legs, and Ibra and Martial out!

Would be handy, with two of our rivals playing each other!

Gerardo Islas · Mar 17, 2017

What happend to BS?

NYAS · Mar 17, 2017

Fecking hell, can you imagine Darmian at left-back with Adama running at him?

ChaddyP · Mar 17, 2017

Actually think we should win this comfortably

sunama · Mar 17, 2017

Raw said:
No Ibra, Herrera or Pogba. No news on Martial either.

This is going to be shit.

That's basically our attacking/midfield spine - all unavailable.
Apart from Mata and Miki who occasionally score a goal between them, I don't see where the goals are going to come from.
If Borough attack us, then I can see us scoring 1 or 2 goals. Otherwise, it may be 0-0.

sunama · Mar 17, 2017

ChaddyP said:
Actually think we should win this comfortably

By comfortably, do you mean 1-0? :lol:

Who are you expecting to score the goals?

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