Derby County vs Middlesbrough

[RadioactiveWaste]

Saturday 21st August 3.00 PM Pride Park Stadium

So, here it is.

Gibson, and his manager Gibson in charge of a bunch of Gibsons come to pride park seeking revenge for "Gibson thinking employing tony pulis was a good idea" which is still a burning injustice, if you;re a gibson.

But after our fist win in (a long time) the feel good vibes must surely be returning, and the need to defeat gibson on the field as well the courtroom must spur on the team.

Nick De Marko FRGS.

[Yani P]

The Permonator will be strung up by his short and curlers.  

[IslandExile]

Same side. They deserve it ?

Sibley, Morrison and Jozwiak behind Baldock - the fluid, fast attack we've been craving.

[Ambitious]

Mel Morris and Nick DeMarco river dancing on Gibson’s car after a 3-0 Derby win would make for a great weekend.

[Wignall12]

21 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

Mel Morris and Nick DeMarco river dancing on Gibson’s car after a 3-0 Derby win would make for a great weekend.

Turn it upside down and dance on it then turn it right side up and dance on it again .....then spray it black and white 

[Ibby]

Boro game is a tough one. There lost tonight to QPR 3-2 !!!!

Edited August 18, 2021 by Ibby

[kevinhectoring]

Same team for boro please 

[sunnyhill60]

Baldock, Jozwiak, Morrison and Sibley put on a great attacking display tonight, with little experience of playing together. The passing between them showed what we have been missing, with able support from Byrne and Buchanan.

They will get better with more games, so yes, leave well alone.

[LeedsRam1999]

Boro will be a different beast I fear. They won’t allow us as much space. Time to see if this team can break someone down who wont allow us too much time on the ball.

Same team. I have the faith, and so should you all. 
 

COYR

[Ghost of Clough]

Just now, LeedsRam1999 said:

Boro will be a different beast I fear. They won’t allow us as much space. Time to see if this team can break someone down who wont allow us too much time on the ball.

Same team. I have the faith, and so should you all. 
 

COYR

If there's one thing Hull are good at it's not allowing the opposition space

[Ghost of Clough]

Roos
Byrne   Jagielka   Davies   Buchanan
Bird   Shinnie
Jozwiak   Ravel   Lawrence
Baldock

Subs: Allsop, Stearman, Forsyth, Watson, Hutchinson, Sibley, Stretton

[ScubaRam]

Huds, Peterborough and Hull are all expected to be around the bottom come the end of the season so I think this will be a good test of where we at. Its getting a win/draw, or even just competing fairly well against them that'll give me confidence that we might just survive the drop this year. Heres to hoping. 

[angieram]

Just now, Ghost of Clough said:

If there's one thing Hull are good at it's not allowing the opposition space

Agree, but they also tried to play football, as we did. 

It's the poohouse teams who want to hold, lean, push and kick their way to victory we struggle against. WBA last night, lethal from that long throw and Matt Clarke, who was softer than a brush for us, holding down the Utd defenders.

Middlesbrough will be same, but they are rubbish at defending, so there's hope if we can get that passing game going again like we did last night. Just need to score more than one - we'll need them.

[Dean (hick) Saunders]

My first match attended since the Blackburn Sibley Show pre COVID.

Looking forward to a good day out now.

Edited August 19, 2021 by Dean (hick) Saunders

[Ambitious]

Middlesbrough, like many Warnock sides throughout their history, are so accomplished out of possession that it's likely to look we're going to be all over them. 39.6% average possession in their games so far this season, 67.7% pass accuracy which points to hopeful balls.

Neil Warnock will be desperate to get one over on Wayne Rooney after the rookie manager played him at his own game last season, going 4-4-2, allowing Boro the ball and coming away with a 2-1 win. I would imagine that we will have the ball this time round, possibly to our own detriment. I think I would enjoy a win over Boro just as much as one over Forest. I wouldn't be surprised to see two draws in the next home games. 

[JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta]

It will be a tougher game than Hull (who let's face it were absolute dirge). Interested to see how Wayne shapes us up. Going in to the Forest game in something looking like form will be crucial.

[Sparkle]

It would be extremely pleasant to win this one wouldn’t it ! 
I like Warnock in a way because he gets the job done - he probably would have taken us to the premiership especially with the Clement money spent, it would have been ugly but successful probably.

let’s attack them because they are going to kick lumps out of the kids anyway 

[MACKWORTHRAM]

Permission to egg Steve Gibson when he walks across the car park?

[I am Ram]

4 minutes ago, MACKWORTHRAM said:

Permission to egg Steve Gibson when he walks across the car park?

Ostrich egg only.

[Sparkle]

2 minutes ago, MACKWORTHRAM said:

Permission to egg Steve Gibson when he walks across the car park?

Not granted - it’s a waste of a perfectly innocent Egg - besides it’s rude - 3 points instead with goal scorers from our Academy