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Viking Chat => Lucky Pint => Topic started by: glosterred on August 12, 2025, 06:17:39 pm
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Tonight’s team of many changes
COYR
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Interesting. Big surprise I guess is Close starting, Westbrooke on the bench and good to see Ironside there too.
Hope we see plenty of purposeful energy rather than headless chickens.
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Middlesbrough have gone pretty strong
The front three who started on Saturday start tonight. Three more from Saturday are starting so that’s 6out of the 11
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As far as I can work out, if Westbrook and Ironside get on the pitch, then all 25 of our senior professionals will have had some minutes in the opening 3 games
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Interesting for me what ever the score is to see Joe on the pitch at the same time as Middleton see he can get on end of crosses
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That has to be almost the weakest midfield we’ve fielded, whilst GM has been with us this second term?
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Middlesbrough clearly scared of us putting a full strength side out and we put our 2nd 11
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GM not looking to progress in the competition this year
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Going to be a very tough evening. Some good players in the Boro line up.
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Listening to an audio link on Bet 365. decent commentary. Rovers playing a good press.
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Started bright
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Watching on Sky Sports+ - early days, but our second team are looking not too bad :scarf: :scarf:
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get In Rovers!!!!!!! 1-0
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Close 1:0
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Boro hit the post
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Lawlor makes a worldie
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Nice to see a new look line up tonight.
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Who is Sparra? :facepalm:
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Nice
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Good save
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We seem to have woken them up..
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Ajayi loves a great out ball. Boro look terrified of him.
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To be expected
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2:0
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WOW!!!!! 0-2
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Get in
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Ajayi's smile! Matched by mine.
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Pub team having a larrrrrrf
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Foookin hell! 0-2
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What the hell has happened to our football club?
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Incredible effort so far!
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Plus all those on the bench to come on when we start tiring
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Dirty Kante
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What is our first team. This team could easily start on Saturday
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What the hell has happened to our football club?
I dunno DBR. But I'm bloody suspicious of it!!
BobG
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Aliens, i reckon.
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Gibson should have made it three
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We're battering them.
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The Middlesboro commentary are saying that they are not matching up to Rovers. Great performance, Bradford are doing the same, they are 2-0 up against Blackburn.
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Should have had penno also - easy handball decision there
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Our travelling fans making it sound like a home game for us.
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We are absolutely brilliant!
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Should have had penno also - easy handball decision there
Looked the top of the chest/shoulder to me. I wouldn't have given it.
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So pleased for Ben Close. Lovely bloke and having a blinder.
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Just finished work so catching up on here - great to see we are doing well and also 2 up.
Still a long way to go but some of the posters earlier might be eating a slice or two of humble pies later this evening..
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That has to be almost the weakest midfield we’ve fielded, whilst GM has been with us this second term?
Dont be daft Alan
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Super Lee Turnbull is great on the commentary.
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Another good save by Lawlor
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Followed by a good claim from the corner...
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Lawlor's had a great first half.
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HT - fantastic half!
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Lawlor is having a stormer.
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Excellent first half bar that last 10 mins or so, Boro surely can’t be that bad second half
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I don't care what happens now. Everyone of those players have shown they can play.
I don't know what they're feeding them on at Cantley Park, but I want some.
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GM not looking to progress in the competition this year
Silly goose
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That has to be almost the weakest midfield we’ve fielded, whilst GM has been with us this second term?
Not doing too badly though ay?
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Ben close masterclass tonight, that was some performance by him, they put his stats up and he’s been all over the pitch impacting play.
I think we needed another in that hot spell where we had two massive chances, but what a team effort!
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Is it too early to say Everton away in round 2? We have been brilliant
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Some terrific inter play from Rovers that half. Great pressing and intelligent play. Let’s have more of the same second half please lads.
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Impressive and did not see that coming. Great squad depth.
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Doing well but just thinking they will come out all guns blazing and if we can keep them quiet for 15 mins then the crowd will turn on them
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Tired end of first half but majority of those players played really good. I like Grehan he could play right back good ball skills. Close playing okay but looked tired at the end . Can’t criticise any really let’s see if there are any changes Gibson should made it 3.
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I close would play like this on a regular basis.
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Looks to me that these lads fancy a shirt on Satdi.
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Close and Lawlor showing exactly why McCann wants to keep them around the club.
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Some terrific inter play from Rovers that half. Great pressing and intelligent play. Let’s have more of the same second half please lads.
I also noted we were funneling Boro into areas they didn't want to play in at times. Hunting in threes to cut off passing lines and pressurise the ball.
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Superb first half by the lads.
Lawlor Rock solid.
Close running the game.
Gibbo looking like the player I want him to be.
Ajayi scaring the defence whenever he attacks them.
Everyone has given there best in that half.
Plenty of thoughts for Grant when he picks the team for Saturday.
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Doing well but just thinking they will come out all guns blazing and if we can keep them quiet for 15 mins then the crowd will turn on them
Has been our achilles heel, not being quite on it first 15 mins after half time. Let's see if we have learned, albeit against very good opposition.
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McGrath the captain by the way just booked
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Boro not surprisingly started more brightly this half
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Cracking game come on Rovers!!!
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Why's Close taking goal kicks seriously?!
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Lawlor with another save...
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Why's Close taking goal kicks seriously?!
I'd rather him take them seriously than casually :lol: :lol: :chair:
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Lawlor with another save...
Having a blinder , need to freshen up in midfield & McGrath on a yellow needs to come off
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Boro not surprisingly started more brightly this half
They had to or else Rob Edwards would no doubt be making bids for Gibbo, Sbarra and Close to replace 3 of theirs.
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Lawlor and Close have been another quality.
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Injury break - one of Boro's centre backs down...
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McGrath I think should go off, he looks well short of fitness and is making mistakes, we don’t need to overstretch him.
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Made it to 15 after half time less the injury think we are going to need some subs in next 5 to 10 mins
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their fans behind goal are way louder than ours and they're losing.
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McGrath’s got a good hour in him now. Get him off don’t take the risk of a red or mistake. He’s not had the preseason of others.
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Subs needed....
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Not bad when you bring Mols, Bailey and Middleton on as subs!
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Come on Joe, get on the end of a Middleton cross!
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20 plus added on to go come on rovers see it out
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Some wishes come true now, Middleton and Mols on with Ironside in the middle, we will see.
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Would love Joe to get one/.
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their fans behind goal are way louder than ours and they're losing.
Utter bollo#
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Notice bailey hasn't been given the armband
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Hopefully the lads are too busy trying to win the game to worry about armbands. A good sign imo
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Another boro lad down injured - going to be some injury time here..
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Time wasting Boro gonna be about 10 mins added on you've lost get it over with
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their fans behind goal are way louder than ours and they're losing.
Utter bollo#
Commentator just said rovers fans winning the battle
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3:0
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Gotts
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Superb finish.
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AjA wouldn't know a Rovers chant if it slapped him round the face with a rainbow flag!
Get in!
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You've seen the Rovers now toddle off home.
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That will do lads
Edwards sacked in the morning
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Is there a fire alarm..... boro fans leaving in droves
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Fooking hell… :)
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Good, Gotts has been given a well deserved goal, he has played well tonight.
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Has anyone backed us to win 3 0 on this? :woot:
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Great finish
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Just had to turn the volume down,those Boro fans are so loud
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Tell Grant to take the phone off the hook tomorrow. No calls from other clubs please. We're closed.
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Get in GOTTS!
Wow this humble pie doesn’t half taste good
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Gott in Himmel
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10 minutes extra
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10 minutes extra
Called it
McCann got a real selection headache this weekend what a team
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Just shows how strong the squad is..
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Brian Clough, Bob Mortimer, Wendy Richards, Chris Rea.... Your boys took one hell of a beating.
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Gutted for Joe there, but obviously should score.
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4:0
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We want 5.
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Outstanding.
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Lol
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Cluck me. 0-4
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Their manager has just walked off down the tunnel! 0-4 and total humiliation!
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My word how clinical and it could and should have been more
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The ref should blow now. Save them more humiliation. It's just cruel now.
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They must be relegation material.
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They must be relegation material.
Won their first game, so technically joint top of the league.
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Not bad for our second XI
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Ho ho - full time. Easy easy easy
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Has ref blown early to save more face lol
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Wow … just wow! What a performance.
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I have waited a long time for a reverse of the 4-0 home battering we got from Boro back when I was a teenager.
Fabulous by Rovers tonight and we really have put down a marker for L1.
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Big up for the squad. Top banana!
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Every player outstanding.
Goes to show how strong a pre-season the club put together.
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Bloody hell! Go for a bite of tea - and we've got 2 more. What on Earth is going on??? Bit too early in the season to have a purple patch tbh.
Have we ever won at Boro before? I don't think we have.
BobG
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Well deserved win
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We’ve had some great games over the last few years, that has to be the best performance out the lot.
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Superb effort!
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their fans behind goal are way louder than ours and they're losing.
Utter bollo#
They were still going at 4 0. I'm sorry all you know is oo are ya
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In 1952 we had an Ayrsome 4-1 Cup win in Middlesborough
This was a bit better, an Awesome Cup win in Middlesborough :lol: :lol: :chair:
By the way tonight is our record away win in the FL Cup since it all started in 1960
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Well, you could blow me down with a feather. Tremendous result and totally unexpected (from my perspective).
We’ll done everyone.
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This display must have cut our odds for promotion.