Matchday thread Middlesbrough v WBA 19 Sept 2025

[kettering_baggie]

WBA colours are navy blue and white stripes, change strips are for colour clashes; the red of Middlesbrough does not clash with blue and white stripes. So very annoying.

[kettering_baggie]

We should have scored a first minute goal but scoring goals is not what Albion do these days, unfortunately.

[Omegstrat6]

Diakite in which I like but whilst obviously a more defensive line-up why not either Iling Junior or Mikey on instead of Wallace? That, I really don't get.

Boro just scored as I type this and cant say it wasn't coming even though it was really poor defending to allow him that amount of space. If we want to get at least a goal back surely subs need to come on sooner rather than later now.

[SwedishBaggie]

So much for parking the bus, horrendous defending. And, should have taken the lead early on, very poor finish from Phillips I believe.

[Bombers right foot]

Defensively poor for the goal, all neat tippy tappy Corberan football, utterly toothless up front

[stargazer_1962]

Radio questioned if it was a foul throw (not keeping both feet on floor)

[Bombers right foot]

Season after season it?s the same, concede poor goals and yet again f all up front, 68% possession creating nothing

[SwedishBaggie]

Phillips should not have challenged for that ball, and Heggebo can?t defend, and can?t score.

[Bombers right foot]

Changes needed at half time, choose any from Heggebo? Molumby, Mowatt , Wallace or Diakite, terrible team selection, Corberanesque

[Omegstrat6]

It might be true that if you keep the ball, the other side cannot score but we all know that possession is far from everything-as the Derby game showed. Boro are always going to be dangerous so cannot just try and park the bus with them.

Not incisiveness enough and far too slow moving the ball forward with too many sideways and backward passes. Not going to score and even rescue a point like this.