Spent well over 15 years lurking, and finally got round to posting a couple of messages this year. I would say there is a level of social anxiety when you put your thoughts out there on a message board, totally unlike when you having a chat with mates IRL. I’m a Boro fan from outside Teesside so...
Exactly what we said at the game…..also the ref seemed to use something like a Magic 8 ball to generate his decisions! West Brom player falls over = free kick, Nypam gets taken out at the ankles = play on. But bizarrely Brittain got a ‘McNair’ (collapse on the ball) decision in the 1st half)...
Totally agree, there was at least one pull back in the 2nd half on Silvera when we were looking to break from within our half, and the ref gave a free kick (highly surprising as it was in our favour) and didn’t even think about a yellow card!
Agree with looking more solid. I’ll admit that RE was not my favourite candidate during the selection phase, but I was really impressed with the way his coaching staff was put together by choosing what appeared to be best fit candidates, rather than his old cronies from his last position, or...
There is a decent player there (although I would be surprised if it is a top of the Championship team type player), but he is a confidence based player who had it knocked out of him in the second half of last season when he was continually played out of position (either starting or coming off...
Love this post! One of my favourite subjects, other than the Boro!
My recommendations for that area are Warkworth (castle & beach), Alnmouth village and beach, Beadnell / Bamburgh, Alnwick, Rothbury and Cragside, Lindesfarne