

Middlesbrough
As Easy as They Come
By: Martin |Well, there’s not a tremendous amount to say about that game. We won fairly comfortably–2-0 is hardly the most dominant of scorelines, but you really never got the sense that we were coming away from the game with anything other than 3 points.
Fabregas scored both goals and had to have been the man of [...]
Middlesbrough Game Thread
By: Martin |Lineups are in:
Middlesbrough:
Jones
McMahon-Wheater-Huth-Taylor
O’Neil-Bates-Tuncay-Downing
Aliadiere-King
Bench: Turnbull, Hoyte, Digard, Emnes, Alves, Johnson, Grounds
As for us, it’s close to what I predicted yesterday, with Almunia coming into the squad and Eboue spelling Sagna:
Almunia
Eboue-Toure-Silvestre-Gibbs
Walcott-Fabregas-Denilson-Nasri
Bendtner-Arshavin
Bench: Fabianski, Diaby, Sagna, Vela, Song, Djourou, Adebayor
Good news about Almunia, as this will give him a chance to get game sharp again before Wednesday’s game. Worrying [...]
Middlesbrough Preview
By: Martin |Middlesbrough
Current Position: 18th, 7-10-16 (31 points, -22 goal differential)
Away Form: 2-2-12
Recent Form: DLLWD
Last Meeting: Boro 1-Arsenal 1 (12/13/08)
Boro visit the Emirates tomorrow. Anything less than 3 points will be a disappointment, and there are certainly plenty of reasons to think that’s what we’ll get. Boro are serious relegation candidates, and have really struggled to score [...]
What to say about ‘Boro
By: travis |Another weekend and a familiar result to sting the nostrils this evening. A 1-1 draw that wasn’t really much of a surprise, but nonetheless the pain can still be felt. What hurts even more/comes as a relief is that the other members of the big three all managed to draw. So instead of inching our [...]
No More Dropped Points
By: travis |Tomorrow is a trip to Middlesbrough and a vital game if this team wants to make a run at a title. I feel like every game from here on out could be labelled as a must-win, and while that may not necessarily be the case, it almost is. What needs to be proved tomorrow is [...]






