[R] Middlesbrough Match Talk and Results [R]

[SoccerFan8270]

Good job by Middlesbrough...

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4th in the league. 22 points, looking good so far

[Val1]

Just watched the replay on FSW. Very fun game to watch. If picking up Hasselbaink was the best pickup, pound for pound, in the Premiership, I don't know what was. He's aggressive and all over the pitch, yet he plays well within himself and the confines of the team. Downing and Queudrue played well together with an awesome one-two in the first half.

On the negative side, I feel sorry for anyone who supports a team that Kanu is on. God, is he ever maddening. How the heck do you miss a goal like that???

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Liverpool on Saturday.

Villarreal a week on Thursday away in the Uefa Cup. (A game which i will be at :cool: )

[gaijin]

Val, how the hell are you a "plastic Boro fan".

I think you need to have lobotamy or something to become this.

christ.....I didn't think we could "attract" fans.....

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Stewy Downing came off the bench for England's u-21 1-0 defeat in Spain Last night and Ross Turnbull was an unused sub.

[Val1]

Val, how the hell are you a "plastic Boro fan".

I think you need to have lobotamy or something to become this.

christ.....I didn't think we could "attract" fans.....
Well, I know something about liking lost causes. I became an Arsenal fan during our worst ever three-year run during the 74 - 76 season. Arsenal was 2-4 spots ahead of relegation. Arsenal's claim to fame then was that Alan Ball, a heartless, feckless player playing out the string, was captain of the England team. A month after I moved back stateside we bought Malcolm MacDonald, then the best striker in England. A year later we got Pat Jennings and we've never really sucked since.

I hadn't really paid much attention to Boro until we had our home and home and home series last January. We were at tip-top form and you guys played us hard. I'd never realized that Carling Cup was your first and only major award, and as someone who still thinks the "League Cup" means something, I was quite impressed. You had a great offseason, acquisition-wise, picking up our Ray Parlour, plus Viduka and Hasselbaink. You're getting to play in Europe, you've got one of the best young players in England, you're top 5 right now. I think you're going to have a fine year, and I've jumped along for the ride. I really enjoyed the WBA game: Robson coming back, two teams going at each other, not going into a shell like I see for so many Arsenal/Chelsea/Man U games, and probably the alltime worst miss I've ever seen.

I am an Arsenal fan, but I hate these market economies, and we've got them in lots of sports, that reward the super rich, so that the rich get richer and the poorer teams struggle, usually not in contention. I became a fan in the mid 70s when Leeds, Derby, and QPR won 1st Division titles, and the most exciting team to watch was Ipswich. Man U - Arse - Man U - Arse - Chelsea (God, I hope not) has got to be boring for every other fan in the Premiership.

Go Boro!

[gaijin]

i know what you mean. I support them because I'm form the area. Alot of our fans humour stems freom the fact that we are crap and never win owt. Now we are 4th in the league, have a cup win to our names and are playing well in Europe.

Seems a bit surreal to me. This is a golden age for us right now. High times to be supporting the Boro.

Liverpool tomorrow, I am very confident - Baros out injured. They have no CF's at all. He was the main reason they got all 3 points at Anfield last week.

C'mon Boro! :D

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Boro 2-0 Liverpool

yeah baby!!!!

Riggott and Zenden with the goals!

[SoccerFan8270]

Good result for Middlesbrough...

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Villarreal next.

[sendorange]

Anthony McMahon is some youngster, they highlighted him on Match of the Day last night. I saw him in the Lazio game and thought he looked class, so composed and tidy in his play for his age.

[gaijin]

Anthony McMahon is some youngster, they highlighted him on Match of the Day last night. I saw him in the Lazio game and thought he looked class, so composed and tidy in his play for his age.

Yeah, he's doing great. A boy putting in a man's performance.

Only 18 and part of the Boro youth team that won the youth FA cup last year.

Its good to see that we are getting these youngsters in the side.

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Yeah, he's doing great. A boy putting in a man's performance.

Only 18 and part of the Boro youth team that won the youth FA cup last year.

Its good to see that we are getting these youngsters in the side.

He was the captain of the youth team. Only 18 years old and we havent lost when he's played.

[sinner78]

The boss tinkered and paid the price vs. villareal .Leaving Hasselbaink and vuduka on the bench was madness.

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Back from Spain.

bad game says it all.

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Tottenham - Boro in an hour.

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Boro travelled with the following team:

Middlesbrough (from): Schwarzer, Queudrue, Southgate, Cooper, Boateng, Zenden, Parlour, Downing, Viduka, Hasselbaink, Job, Riggott, Nemeth, Doriva, McMahon, Morrison, Davies, Reiziger, Nash.

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Boro Team: Schwarzer, McMahon, Queudrue, Riggott, Southgate, Parlour, Downing, Zenden, Boateng, Hasselbaink, Viduka

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2-0 defeat :(