Middlesbrough - v - Leeds United *** Matchday Thread***

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Says you. He scored, and one goal was all we have between us gaining automatic promotion and remaining in the playoff positions. Not saying it will, but it "might" be the difference between auto and those playoffs.

Yep says me - only my opinion and not expecting anyone to have to agree / but he was bad at pressing and constantly giving the ball away..

I think Piroe is a better player and Joseph a much better player but hey ho.

We won which is all that really matters.

[UbiqueLUFC33]

Yep says me - only my opinion and not expecting anyone to have to agree / but he was bad at pressing and constantly giving the ball away..

I think Piroe is a better player and Joseph a much better player but hey ho.

We won which is all that really matters.

I think Piroe is utterly awful. He is both slow and lazy which is a bad combination for a bus conductor, but considerably worse for a professional sportsman. Barndoor has a myriad of failings but I don't think you could ever say he was lazy. Even when things aren't going well for him (which currently is most of the time) he has a good work rate and at least tries to close down defenders.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

I think Piroe is utterly awful. He is both slow and lazy which is a bad combination for a bus conductor, but considerably worse for a professional sportsman. Barndoor has a myriad of failings but I don't think you could ever say he was lazy. Even when things aren't going well for him (which currently is most of the time) he has a good work rate and at least tries to close down defenders.

I hear ya - think Piroe is a good player (and some of his goals have been decent) - I don’t think he fits in that well with this team and Farke’s tactics.

Think his languid running style makes him look lazy at times but his stats seem okay.

[WTF11]

I hear ya - think Piroe is a good player (and some of his goals have been decent) - I don’t think he fits in that well with this team and Farke’s tactics.

Think his languid running style makes him look lazy at times but his stats seem okay.

And I get accused by you and others of deflecting and pivoting, FFS! Look in the mirror sometime.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

And I get accused by you and others of deflecting and pivoting, FFS! Look in the mirror sometime.

What are you talking about - now getting into other peeps dialogue to make mischief - hmmm.

It is polite way of saying I understand what the other person is saying but then explaining what I think.

I actually quite like Piroe and think he is a v good player but I get others may disagree - similarly you need to mostly like Bambi and think he is decent - fair enough - doesn’t mean everyone has to agree. Just because we disagree surely doesn’t then mean we have to behave like 5 year olds in the play ground.

Jeeze picking arguments when we just got 3 points and moved to second. Relaxamundo por favor

[WTF11]

What are you talking about - now getting into other peeps dialogue to make mischief - hmmm.

It is polite way of saying I understand what the other person is saying but then explaining what I think.

I actually quite like Piroe and think he is a v good player but I get others may disagree - similarly you need to mostly like Bambi and think he is decent - fair enough - doesn’t mean everyone has to agree. Just because we disagree surely doesn’t then mean we have to behave like 5 year olds in the play ground.

Jeeze picking arguments when we just got 3 points and moved to second. Relaxamundo por favor

Others have commented on Piroes effort tonight, all to the detriment of the player, yet you seek to defend him on the basis of past performance, which matters not one single jot when it comes to to where we are and what is required TONIGHT, and whenever in the future he takes to the field!

In contrast, I suggested that on current form Bamford shouldn''t start, but on his performance TONIGHT, I acknowledge that it was the right decision (one goal being the eventual difference between 1 point and three).

No 5-year olds involved, just some somewhat older folks who won't ever agree (long term).

As for the result, I'd be a f00king sight happier had we adopted the tactics of tonight during the "tipppy tappy" possession based sh1tshow we saw against Coventry, Sunderland and Blackburn, it didn't need to be that way, and tonight showed that to be true.

[Orgoner]

Gnonto was in an offside position for his goal (Bamford may have been blocking the Lino's view), but there was also a tackle on James that could've been (harshly) interpreted as a PK too.

Swings and roundabouts.

We still need help from elsewhere, but never say never...