* The Unofficial "Official" Boro v Sheffield Wednesday Match-Day Thread *

His team selections don't seem to have a direct correlation to previous performances. I think he is trying to pick different teams for different opposition but maybe he should just do what worked last year, work out his best side and stick with it.
 
Can't be arsed trawling through these 40 pages but my view is we were godawful first half, while they were just poor and just edged it. We were second all over the park, lacked ideas and confidence.

Second half we really dominated. Everything good - and there was plenty - came through Jones. Silvera was pretty poor, Josh had a good game, was really strong on the ball and held it up well. Surely Jones has to start the next game.

Plenty still to work on but we could and should have won that. There is hope.
 
Well lenihan was man of the match for me. Held a ragged defence together on his own at times. Though the Dutch lad did ok. He's been asked to do some difficult jobs and he's not let anyone down.
Jones should be starting. Engel and Silvera need taking out the firing line. Like woodgate did for Bola. They look a division below the standard. Josh showed up well in the second half. Could really do with some pace alongside him though, which crooks can't provide.
Mcgree should be starting every game. We really need Smith back. I would keep rav in at left back.
 
I was pleased with VDB's performance, don't think Dieng did much wrong either.

Jones was one of the few bright lights from our attack in the entire match.
 
r00fie1 said:
Tonight was like that Cardiff cup match - where we fell to bits and were just appalling.
Unbelievably bad.
"Bewildered"
(n)
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It was THAT bad, you're right.
I think we have reached a tipping point, tonight. I like Carrick and I dont blame him for this. The players that have been brought in are just not even close to good enough.
Something is clearly up with McGree and Carrick. To take him off and leave on the excuse that was Silvera. I feel sorry for Silvera because he is going to make himself the yardstick on how poor a player can play. Engel just hasnt got it and I doubt we will ever see him again. Coulson will stay in the team before Engel ever gets near it again.

I think we are at the same stage as we were with Woodgate. We have a young, ambitious coach who will play football the right way - its all he knows. But he doesnt have the players to do it. I fear the only way we move up the league is with a Warnock type approach - we dont have the players to do the nice stuff so set the team up to defend and grind out results.
 
HarryVegas said:
Can't be arsed trawling through these 40 pages but my view is we were godawful first half, while they were just poor and just edged it. We were second all over the park, lacked ideas and confidence.

Second half we really dominated. Everything good - and there was plenty - came through Jones. Silvera was pretty poor, Josh had a good game, was really strong on the ball and held it up well. Surely Jones has to start the next game.

Plenty still to work on but we could and should have won that. There is hope.
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Don't be coming on here taking sense, we are only open to those who think Carrick has lost the plot and knows nothing about football. ;)
 
TeaCider said:
Our xG was 0.61..
By far the lowest we've had this season, and I'd guess most of that was from the goal itself... which would have almost certainly have been disallowed with VAR.
That was one of the straws we all clutched in our early run of games.

Even the chances dried up tonight, it's depressing and very concerning
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Was there a potential foul for our goal? It looked scrappy but I didn't see anything that could have lead to it being disallowed.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
Don't be coming on here taking sense, we are only open to those who think Carrick has lost the plot and knows nothing about football. ;)
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Think you're being a bit harsh on some fans there Norman.
We are watching the same game as Carrick and the only difference is that we don't have to worry about facing the players tomorrow.
After the way Engels got tortured in that first half it wouldn't surprise me if Carrick kept Silvera on simply to avoid destroying the confidence of two of his squad inside 45 minutes. He could arguably have made 5 changes at half time and nobody would have complained, but as our confidence is so low right now how would those changes have impacted the ones being subbed? Fans don't need to consider that side of the game and so it's only right that they'll sometimes question what the manager/coach is doing.
We are really poor at this point in time and I can completely understand those who are questioning Carricks decisions, particularly as interviews are next to useless in terms of getting to the truth of the matter. If his decisions start paying off then everyone will be happier and those questions won't get asked.
 
dooderooni said:
Think you're being a bit harsh on some fans there Norman.
We are watching the same game as Carrick and the only difference is that we don't have to worry about facing the players tomorrow.
After the way Engels got tortured in that first half it wouldn't surprise me if Carrick kept Silvera on simply to avoid destroying the confidence of two of his squad inside 45 minutes. He could arguably have made 5 changes at half time and nobody would have complained, but as our confidence is so low right now how would those changes have impacted the ones being subbed? Fans don't need to consider that side of the game and so it's only right that they'll sometimes question what the manager/coach is doing.
We are really poor at this point in time and I can completely understand those who are questioning Carricks decisions, particularly as interviews are next to useless in terms of getting to the truth of the matter. If his decisions start paying off then everyone will be happier and those questions won't get asked.
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I can't fault you on what you are saying and agree with you 100%. I'm not pointing posters out and it certainly wasn't TeaCider but we have had plenty on here saying that Carrick is out of his depth and although not directly, they are questioning his tenure.
 
Silvera has lost nearly all his confidence and needs a spell out of the team. We were lucky Sheff Weds were so poor. I couldn’t believe how deep they were playing second half and just inviting us onto them. With a bit more craft, we could have got a winner. Mind you, there were a couple of scares at our end in the last 15 minutes.
All pretty frenetic but a points a point I guess!
 
dooderooni said:
Think you're being a bit harsh on some fans there Norman.
We are watching the same game as Carrick and the only difference is that we don't have to worry about facing the players tomorrow.
After the way Engels got tortured in that first half it wouldn't surprise me if Carrick kept Silvera on simply to avoid destroying the confidence of two of his squad inside 45 minutes. He could arguably have made 5 changes at half time and nobody would have complained, but as our confidence is so low right now how would those changes have impacted the ones being subbed? Fans don't need to consider that side of the game and so it's only right that they'll sometimes question what the manager/coach is doing.
We are really poor at this point in time and I can completely understand those who are questioning Carricks decisions, particularly as interviews are next to useless in terms of getting to the truth of the matter. If his decisions start paying off then everyone will be happier and those questions won't get asked.
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There’s a lot in this, confidence among the new lads, most in a new country must be shot to pieces and we will probably need some of them at some point. In pre season Silvera looked like a prospect, so perhaps that’s what he sees in training? I wouldn’t be starting him, but wouldn’t write him off….Engel, Coulson and Rogers already seem written off. Lath’s confidence is low and we don’t seem to trust Greenwood. There aren’t many options unless we give the academy lads a go given injuries to Forss, Smith and Dijksteel.
 
Silvera would be a different player had he put that chance away against Coventry or Huddersfield (to win the game). Confidence is shot to pieces now and it's hard to recover it when we are in our position.
 
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