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Your Middlesbrough v Southampton Match Reports

Bowlercow added 18:05 - Jan 4 Two different coaches same result and yet I keep hearing we have a strong squad Ditch the back 3/5 Ditch zonal marking Ditch Manning and several more players Ditch Tonda Ditch Sports Republicc
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YosemiteSaint added 18:10 - Jan 4 Speechless.
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SaintPaulVW added 18:17 - Jan 4 Tonda needs to start make some serious changes or step aside. Teams have sussed how we play. Need to ditch the 5 at the back and stop making the like for like subs. Gotvyo get back on the front foot like we were when he was interim manager. Some serious bol1okings need to be handed out but I don't see who there is to do that. COYR
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Boris1977 added 19:38 - Jan 4 I wonder if sports direct see where the squad is particularly deficient now?
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mascott514 added 20:12 - Jan 4 Calls for Tonda to go are stupid. What club has ever done well swapping every five minutes. There are a few good players in our squad, and a few mediocre ones. We need time to sort through that mess. And this season is the one to do it. We are not going up- or at least I sincerely hope not with this squad, so we try to improve in January- get a few off the books (Aribo) and look for a keeper, and if available another front man - but buying more 8 million hit and hope players is as stupid as changing manager. We can see Tonda wants to play attractive fast paced attacking football. But he needs time to get his team and the platers he needs . Having said all that - I know what will happen is the opposite- everyone will moan and boo- and SR will shit the bed- and bin Tonda

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Jellybaby added 20:43 - Jan 4 The only plus to this second half horror show is the timing; start of the transfer window, we need to spend and two weeks to bin 5 at the back and prepare for 4-4-2
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Block8 added 21:19 - Jan 4 I'm hoping that Tonda loses the Matinesque stubborn streak and looks beyond his desire to play what he thinks is best & puts the need for results first. He's been sussed. An actual move away from what is blatantly not working would be a great start!
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Block8 added 21:21 - Jan 4 Actually think that the director of football should start doing his job & have a word!
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YosemiteSaint added 21:22 - Jan 4 I don't like the manager merry-go-round either. But in this case, at this point in his career, Eckert is out of his depth. (Maybe the same could be said of Still, actually.) The experiments we've undertaken this year have failed, and we need to acknowledge that.
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Bawdrip added 22:11 - Jan 4 Dreadful collapse. Pathetic.
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NewburySaint added 00:18 - Jan 5 Who still thinks we still have the best team / squad in the Championship because I know there are, maybe now were, still a few out there…..
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StRipper added 00:24 - Jan 5 Chances to score. Like the blocked Flynn Downes one. So many static players, hiding in our half or in our box. No one really taking responsibility for anything. The collapse after the Boro offside goal was unbelievable. The current system has to go. We passed the point of “doing the same thing and expecting different results” state of madness a long time ago
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TimSaint added 03:18 - Jan 5 5 shots on target for Boro. 4 goals Their 4th shot was parried straight to their player to score their 4th goal with their 5th shot on target. It is obvious where our main issue lies. Then there are tactics, not taking our chances and bizarre substitutions. WTF is going on ?
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