From the Bernabéu to the Riverside..... Lets go get another win!! By the way, Torres unlikely to start (as you probably all guessed): http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11669_4975477,00.html
We've a terrible record at the Riverside. Time to put that right with or without Torres. Stevie should be back after his cameo last night
We need to follow up the win last night with 3 points in league. We have chance to cut the lead at top to 1 point by next Tuesday As Jack Charlton says we got to "Put em under pressure"
If we don't win these next two games its hard to see how we are going to catch the other crowd. Win against Boro and the Mackems would set up us nicely going to OT.
tricky little game this,record isnt great there as stated above,but boro havent been lighting fires in the premiership lately so we have every chance,in saying that no one likes to travel to a club in the bottom 3 this stage of the season,i tentatively predict an away win
Records are there to be broken. I predict a scrapy 2-0 away win. Middlesborough in bottom 3 for reason. They have not won in last 5 home games either
From one of Europes great pantheons to another within only 3-4 days How typical is it though that boro go 9 games without a win and then hit a bit of form just before theyre due to play us. Heart says 2-0 but head says 1-1 Alot more apprehensive about this one than I was about beating Madrid at the Bernabeu.
On paper its a no contest game but unfortunately the form suggests 0-0 or 1-1. I'm guessing we'll be playing to try and cancel out the mighty boro and nick something on the counter. I know it wouldn't be everyones cup of tea but i'd love to see a standard 4-3--1-1 with Benni in the hole and Gerrard playing with Alonso in the middle.
Ah righto, perhaps we'll try your way so. Well what i meant was our usual set up with Gerrard playing instead of Masch in the middle and Benni playing in the hole behind Torres.
Torres is unlikely to play. I would have gerrard in the holeD) with kuyt up front on his own and benny on the right with riera on the left. Kind of a no brainer really
i wouldn't mind seeing gerrard in the middle with alonso for this kind of game give mascha a rest, do we really need him in a game we simply have to win? i would like the same back4 as madrid, alonso + stevie in the middle, riera on the left, give babel yet another chance to shine on the right, yossi in the hole with kuyt up front. All of these midfielders have goals in them and if things go well and the gulf in class shows and we go one or two up maybe then bring on mascha to break up any of their attacks late on. I would love to see us go out and go for it from the first minute paying them zero respect and if we score one, go and try to get a second not sit back like we've done before. We have to win this and sunderland, if the other crowd even drew with newcastle before we go there we could close the gap to 5 before going there thus after beating them it would be down to two points again,
Thank You. Riera has looked shite to be frank in recent weeks-I hope it's just tiredness catching up on him so I'd leave him on the bench personally.Yossi deserves to keep his place(obviously) and hopefully Stevie will be back and Masch had his best game of the season midweek so all bodes well.i think if we're gonna stick with the 4-2-3-1 we cant afford to play dirk up top on his own as we need pace on the break-I'd give Babel(as sulky and shite as he's been) back to back starts as a striker until nando's back to get his confidence and fitness up.This is the team i'd like to see personally: -------------------Pepe--------------------- ----Arby-----Carra---------Marty-----Faby-- ------------Xabi-------------Masch-------- ------Dirk----------Stevie-------Yossi------ --------------------Babel------------------
Your just to good to be true cant take the ball off you you pass like souness to rush with a heavinly touch and when were pissed in the bar (Saturday) well thank the lord that your ours (sunday) Your just too good to be true, cant take the ball off you! ....Who puts the ball in the boro net Stevie Stevie .... Who puts the ball in the boro net - In extra time its stevie G.