[Club YouTube] Middlesbrough v Barnsley highlights

Middlesbrough v Barnsley highlights


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQQ74rT6KjA

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Yes it's a disaster by Cavare for their goal, but can anyone explain to me WTF Radlinger and Andersen are doing? And look at the pass from Andersen @ 1:25. How can someone get paid to do that?

 

Radlinger diving the opposite way reminds me of the times when Toby Tyke lets a nipper score at half time in front of the Ponty.

 

Ben Williams typified his commitment tonight imo.
He gives a stray pass in the first half in an attacking move deep into opposition territory and they make a quick breakaway and Williams was there clearing off our line .
He may be still learning and make a few mistakes but his commitment can’t be faulted imo .

 

Andersen and Radlinger HAVE to be dropped

 

What have you got against Radlinger? He saved us a tonking last night and was MOTM by a country mile in appalling conditions for a goalkeeper.

 

Rad linger is an accident waiting to happen. His dealing with crosses is laughable, flapping at them. How can the defence have confidence in him?

Collins has to be in for Saturday. Yes he made a mistake against Stoke, but his command of the area and taking of crosses is miles better than Radlinger.

 

Nothing he's just the weaker of the two keepers. Made some good saves and some absolute howlers just like on Saturday. Collins has done nothing to deserve being dropped and should be brought back. No agenda I just want our strongest side out there

 

Biggest issue for me is that the defence is all over on the half way line when any side breaks on us. We get ourselves into these sorts of positions 5 or 6 times a game, we get away at times but there’s no way you’ll keep clean sheets with this defensive position. A simple ball over the full back’s is head and they’re in every time. None of the 3 managers we’ve had this season have been able to resolve this, which suggests to me the players are the problem.

 

I ended up watching the second half... more out of morbid curiosity to see if any progress has been made in the players.

I didn't see much progress at all. I've no doubt that technically, these players have ability. But football is so much more than just technical purity. Its about nous, desire, understanding, determination. Doing the ugly things. Knowing players preferences.

We're just so unbelievably easy to play against. Just one ball or one direct run and we're in deep trouble. I don't know about the first half, but the second was a shambles. Radlinger made some decent saves but he looked very unconvincing to me.

The other point to make is our attacking. We have pretty tappy passes and we look fairly assured. But the transition to the final third is pedestrian. If you look at opposing teams, that's when their tempo increases. Ours tends to slow. I know we've scored a few goals in the last games so this may be against the norm, but we looked dreadful and devoid of ideas in that second half.

If we'd lost 5-0 or 5-1 in that second half, I don't think we could have any complaints.

As for Cavare.... he's still the same player he's been since his debut. Strong, powerful, quick... but totally flawed and umanageable. If a right back won't defend first and foremost, especially in the championship... you've no chance.

The two crumbs of comfort for me were Ben Williams and Mowatt. Never stopped and gave it everything.

There is talent in that team given time. But throwing them all together at the same time with no natural leader, minimal first team experience at championship equivalent level and having had 3 coaches already all with different systems to try and learn and adapt to is utter lunacy!

 

Poor, as I suspected but my overarching feeling watching that is that the game should not have gone ahead. Rolling ball rule?

 

Aside from water being kicked up when passing, the ball actually rolled pretty well. Maybe not as fast as the norm, but I don't recall seeing the ball stick at any point.

 

If Middlesbrough could have rolled the ball we’d have lost by more

 

Was just about to highlight that from Andersen at 1:25 because that is ridiculous. Okay fair enough the lad (Thomas) is asking for the ball but Andersen can quite clearly see he's surrounded by 4 (count em 4!) Boro players, one is inbetween Andersen and Thomas so he will cut the pass out and two are behind him so they will cover any turn.

Why after clearly seeing this would you still choose to make that pass? It's criminal. If that happens in sunday league football you'd get stick for it so why is it happening in Championship football?

 

Anderson is the worst centre half we have had for some years, why is he intent on giving the ball away in dangerous areas every game.

 

Radlinger gets wrong footed because he expects Fletcher to shoot first time and he’s human and it had been pissing down all day (saved us from losing by a far bigger margin)