Match Thread Middlesbrough v Leicester
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Matt_B
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It's not specifically aimed at you. People just need to get a grip a bit. It's far from the worst performance this season let alone ever.
You've got two teams playing the second game in 3 days and we're playing a different formation. There are flaws and it's not exciting but it's hardley bloody terrible.
Sunderland's performance yesterday was terrible. This isn't.
Matt_B
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He's a nasty, cheating, negative player. Never liked him.
Motown Fox
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Gray and Musa would be useful going on soon in this half to expose thier defence. Mahrez nearly has, but Ulloa is just too slow for this interlink football we're trying to play.
Blaarev
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Are you sure it is him and not just a stand-in?
Matt_B
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Ulloa has done more than Shinji in my opinion. I'd swap him out for Alrighton on the right and Mahrez left.
popillius
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It's always strange how people see games differently. I think Mendy has looked messy. To me, he seems to lack composure and wants to chase every ball he can before thinking through his positioning. He's getting himself in the way of, rather than helping out his team mates. I also think he gives the ball away far too cheaply. Maybe I'm just concentrating on the negatives too much.
yackandandah
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We need something extra up front. I can see Gray being called upon shortly but for who? Okazaki is more defensively minded than Mahrez, so maybe Mahrez.
popillius
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I agree. Ulloa has done well so far.
TornadoShaunUK
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I also think he's looked very sloppy. Hasn't played much so probably should give him the benefit of the doubt and allow him to get into the swing of things again but always best to improve on things you can do better.
Would help Fuchs a lot down the left
Brown Nose
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Yes, it's not entertaining but this is exactly what we should have been doing away this season.
We're compact, strong, frustrating the opposition and defensively well organised.
Had we set up like this more this season we might have picked up more than two points from nine matches.
Back to basics is exactly what I want to see away from home. Ugly away points are a sign of progress.
We're compact, strong, frustrating the opposition and defensively well organised.
Had we set up like this more this season we might have picked up more than two points from nine matches.
Back to basics is exactly what I want to see away from home. Ugly away points are a sign of progress.
East Anglia Fox
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Motown Fox
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We need to change this by bringing players on as we're giving them too much ground.
Still corner produced a chance at last.
Still corner produced a chance at last.
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| 2 | Leicester | 42 | 88 |
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