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Loved his quote yesterday, "we're not a sports franchise, we're Middlesbrough", this man is solid gold inspiration. We probably need more that passion to manage the team but I bet that influence will be worth a lot more than poncing around at the back safely safely. Lets get at em Leo!

Agreed, we just need to sort out the competance of defending at full back(s)!!!

I think we've failed to win all 3 league games just because of this though, how long can we keep battering teams with posession then gifting goals at the back. I like Wilder and hopefully he'll sort it out (not Keegan in disguise is he :) , mind you we dont have the prolific strike force he had )

Good points Andy, I dont suggest we change the strategy, I just think we have a weakness with full backs not doing their defending well. That for Mr Wilder and co to sort out. We dont want to be a gungo team with domination of posession with weaknesses at the back is all I'm saying.

Yes, but whats the point in dominating the game if we leave the door open at the back?

Good point WilderBall but my issue is not the number of bodies at the back, its the defending expertise at both full back positions and the linking with the wing backs, this is where we need to improve.

We bossed that game last night but having wing backs instead of full backs leaves the door open for teams to punnish us every time we get attacked. We need to balance the possesion and ominance with leaving the door open at the back. Im not talking about direct tackling but the knowledge of how...

According to reports Wilder has said, “I just don’t think there’s a way out of talking about it. I think it’s really unfair on anybody. I’m manager of Middlesbrough, nobody knows what’s round the corner for anything do they? I don’t know what you want me to say or what you want me to do” Maybe...