West Ham Utd 1 Middlesbrough 1 (20/03/12)

[D C]

Thats funny, because I've been doing them since the game after Ipswich, and I'm pretty sure we are unbeaten since then.

Don't let facts get in the way though, ay?

Im very aware of that, im also svery aware that the unbeaten run includes 5 draws and at least that many poor performances.

Its not Sam and the players fault. Its yours.

[EvilC]

Dyers leg I assure you I wont be going, due to various reasons 1, It is not enjoyable and its on Sky. 2, its on a Tuesday night and I have a long journy to the stadium, if it was on Saturday I would be there.

Would it be entertaining if it were on a Saturday then?

[englandsnumber13]

-----------------green-----------------
Job------Collins-----faye----linda

-----------------Nolan--noble------

---------------Morrison----------------
Maynard------------cole-----------baldock

Let's attack them from the off we are so afraid of teams beating us lets just go out have fun and smash em!!!

[Hainault Hammer]

what a massive week for us, beat boro them put them reading c***s back in there place on saturday and we'll be

Were actually playing Burnley saturday

[Dyer's Leg]

Dyers leg I assure you I wont be going, due to various reasons 1, It is not enjoyable and its on Sky. 2, its on a Tuesday night and I have a long journy to the stadium, if it was on Saturday I would be there.

Tell ya what, I will come and get the tickets Tuesday afternoon, take Mrs DL, and drop them off back to you Wednesday morning.

It would be such a shame to see them go to waste, what with it being such an important game and all that.

If I had two tickets, wild horses wouldn't keep me away from the place.

[the bubble hammer]

The next 3 are all winnable and should be for a team that is pushing to go up in one of the automatic places It would be a lovely boon to go into the reading match having won 3 on the bounce. The really worrying thing is that since the end of november, we have only won back to back once. Makes readings run look like the stuff of dreams doesnt it. would like to se baldock and maynard together on tuesday.

[saludo de carlitos]

Tell ya what, I will come and get the tickets Tuesday afternoon, take Mrs DL, and drop them off back to you Wednesday morning.

It would be such a shame to see them go to waste, what with it being such an important game and all that.

If I had two tickets, wild horses wouldn't keep me away from the place.

You're welcome to my ticket, not sure my Mum (yes I go with my Mum) would give hers to a stranger, but 1 ticket is available for sure, I'm in Basingstoke PM me for details

[saludo de carlitos]

Would it be entertaining if it were on a Saturday then?

No, but it would be less of a pain in the ass to get to the match.

[EvilC]

No, but it would be less of a pain in the ass to get to the match.

Which is fine and totally understandable, but on the first page you told us you weren't going due to the lack of entertainment.

[saludo de carlitos]

Which is true as one of the reasons im not going, I wouldnt miss the match if there was exciting football to be had.

[Pop Robson]

Did you know Middlesbrough only has one 'O' in it, only just found out, typed Middlesborough and me spell checker flagged it up.

Crap name that has a ring of boring about it, so 0-0 on Tuesday and a dire match !!!

[Matt of iron]

How many are boro bringing?

[mattjp]

Big Sam has to start with Cole. Our entire performance picked up yesterday once he came on. Maynard can't do the lone striker job, whereas Carlton holds the ball up and actually allows us to build up some meaningful possession.

[Nesticles]

Would really like to see something different this game. I don't think it's panic time yet, but BFS must be starting to see that there are faults in the 4-5-1 system which has served us well tbh and got us into automatic promotion contention. Every team we play now sets up knowing that if they can win the aerial battle against us they give themselves a great chance of getting a point or even 3.

I'd like to see 4-4-2.

O'Brien---Faye---Collins---McCartney

Faubert---Noble---Lansbury/Collison---Taylor

Front two i'd be happy to see any combination of Cole, Nolan, Maynard, Baldock or even Ravel.

[Aztec Hammer]

Big Sam has to start with Cole. Our entire performance picked up yesterday once he came on. Maynard can't do the lone striker job, whereas Carlton holds the ball up and actually allows us to build up some meaningful possession.

Maynard used to play the lone striker role at Bristol City quite often. And he was pretty good at it.

He just struggles to do the lone striker job for us, as it differs in what is asked of him. At Bristol City, work the channels, ball to feet stuff. At West Ham, win the ball in an aerial battle against a couple of centre backs that are a lot taller than you.

Someone made a good point in an earlier post. We're not really at risk of falling out of the Playoff spots, and if we carry on drawing games, we aren't going to get the Autos. So why not throw a bit of caution to the wind and have a bit more of an attacking mentality?

Drawn our last 3 games - Allardyce sees positives as we have respected the point and remain unbeaten.

Yet the point haul from those 3 games is the equivalent of losing 2 and winning 1. It's the same thing.

[Darling]

I think we will smash them to bits with a 4-0 victory. Carlton with a double, a Noble penalty and a Faye rocket header. Boro down to 10 men too.

[stu1]

Would like to see the following, with clear instructions to play the ball on the floor (never going to happen I know)

----------------Green

O'brien---Faye---Collins---Mcartney

Faubert---Noble---Collison--Taylor

---------Baldock---Maynard-------

More likely to go (with alot of hoof ball)

-------------------Green
O'Brien------Faye---Collins---Mcartney

---------Collison-Nolan-Noble----Taylor

-------------Cole-------Maynard

[Irrons]

-----------------Green

JOB --- Faye --- Collins
-------------------------------------- Taylor

---------------- Noble

--------------------------------- Lansbury
O'Neil
---------------- Nolan

---- Baldock ----------- Cole


Bench: Henderson, Ravel, George Mc, Collison & Maynard


Edit: Noble holding if Tomkins is out.

[I am Legend]

-----------------Green---------------------
------Tomkins--Faye--Collins----------
-------------Nolan--Noble----------------
Baldock-------Lansbury------Morrison
------------Maynard---Cole--------------

All out attack, on the floor, go through the middle AND go wide. Noble and Nolan sit back and defend and ping balls to the 3 attacking midfielders. Lansbury and Ravel provide creativity

One things for sure, it wont be a draw........

[WoodgateHammer]

The problem here is, I think Reading are gonna fkn smash Posh and increase their goal difference making it harder for us to overhaul them....

Come on you ironz, we need to belt the fk out of Boro..