btw I'm pretty late to the party on this one but if I wasn't busy enough already, then 30cm of snow yesterday took 90 minutes to clear so we could get the car out to go shopping - came back and discovered the radiators were stone cold and there was a fault with the gas boiler. This error message indicted a fault with either the air intake or fume exhaust - since I've not yet added gas engineer to my skillset I decided to get the ladder out and investigate whether the chimney was blocked - though had to clear 30cm of snow of the garage roof just to get near it - seems to have helped as maybe the air intake was blocked with snow on the concentric flue - but with -12 degrees today I'm hoping it can be resolved fully as boiler isn't fully working properly - typical on coldest day of the year!
@werdermouth. We had similar problems yesterday. Gas ran out so switched bottles over but boiler would not fire up but no fault showing! Tried to manually restart without success.
Tried to lite gas fire but no luck. Rang gas engineer but at 5:00pm on a Friday was not surprised when he didn’t pick up. At that point was envisaging weekend without running water and limited heating.
Decided to try gas fire again and after three/four attempts it decided to come on. Went back to the boiler to find fault now showing which I was able to manually clear.
Wasn’t looking forward to cold showers all week end! 😎
Well done on your repair work and avoiding a cold shower - if you do emergency callouts I may need you as our previous engineer retired last year and new ones appear to be in short supply or only contactable by email at weekends - hopefully we'll coax it through until monday but just had to do another reset after it stopped again...
All our snow went yesterday as we had rain. Quite surprised to see another dose this morning - at least it makes my garden look as tidy as the neighbours’.
We’ve got an air source heat pump for heating and it’s coped really well with the cold snap, although I do like to light the wood burner late in the afternoon. It’s taken me almost three years to get to grips with the best settings for the ASHP but I think I’ve cracked it at last.
It must be the season, we had heating problems the weekend before Christmas. I self-diagnosed that it was the pressure vessel and our oil supplier sent an engineer on the Monday and the next day he turned up with a new 12litre pressure vessel, a replacement link pipe and pressure relief valve. Job done, we couldn't believe how quickly they did the repair. Thank goodness for our Swedish wood burner and like Martin we fire it up late afternoon everyday.
Today at Craven Cottage I'm ambivalent about the game, as I said before no injuries would be a great result as far as I'm concerned.
All the best every one, particularly OFB.
UTB,
John
@mw-in-darwin McCabe cannot play today, but is actually travelling with the squad for experience.
Starting line-up courtesy of the Echo - no Castledine:
Brynn, Browne, Ayling, Malanda, Targett, Morris, Hackney, Gilbert, Whittaker, Silvera, Conway
Subs: McLaughlin, Fry, Burgzorg, Hamilton, Nypan, Hansen, McCormick, Kante, Ibeh
CJ's thoughts:
As promised, that's a strong team from Kim Hellberg. Two changes from the team that beat Southampton as Browne comes into the defence for the injured Bangura. Gilbert replaces Burgzorg in the starting XI, though Burgzorg does make the bench amid talk of a move to Bristol City.
On the bench, George McCormick and Cruz Ibeh both make the bench. No Law McCabe, as he takes the reserve spot.
Could line up a couple of ways that team. Could be 4-2-3-1, with Browne at RB and Gilbert in the forward line. Perhaps it's a 4-3-3, with Gilbert joining Morris and Hackney in midfield. Alternatively, perhaps it's a 3-4-3, with Silvera and Targett/Browne as wing-backs. We shall see when we kick off how they look.
@werdermouth. “Repair working” is generous in the extreme. Pushing a couple of buttons was as much as I could manage. 😎
Here's one way to get a taste for the big time:
CJ:
We knew McCabe was travelling today. So too has Castledine, though he wasn't signed in time to be available today. Both out doing a bit of work on the pitch
I've got an unofficial stream for the game
Live Stream Sports | Watchsports
choose Fulham v Boro and I think link 5 or 6 is in English
@werdermouth. Thanks Werder, unfortunately when I click on the link on my iPad it takes me initially to the we site and then jumps to another site before I can choose a match. Are you on a lap top? 😎
click unmute and choose link 5 I think for English commentary
Boro a goal to the good after 30 minutes, HH assisted by SS! 🙂
CJ: Morris and Silvera play a lovely one-two inside the box to get Silvera to the byline. He takes his time and lays it off as Hackney arrives at the near post to flick it in.
CJ at half-time:
Kim Hellberg will be very happy with what he's seen so far. Boro lead at the break and good value for it too. Couple of decent openings before they got their goal. Worked hard out of possession to restrict Fulham. They had a dangerous five mins before the break, but Ayling with a block and one off the line.
We certainly don’t look outclassed. The stream kept sticking at first but saw most of the first half. Thanks for the link.
Great first-half performance from Boro who looked the better side in all but the last 5 minutes when Fulham created some chances. Indeed, you would have thought Boro were the PL side and got their reward with a fantastic opening goal with lots of sharp incisive passing, including a backheel and a nutmeg by Silvera who fed Hackney in the six-yard box. Malanda once again oozing class and composure with Hackney running the show from midfield - though a great team performance and deserved HT lead.
I was watching with HD quality on ViaPlay. First ten minutes we had 61 % of possesion. Conway had the best chance to score, perhaps the pass was a little - very little - behind. He would have needed to steer the ball to the far post. Unlucky not to score.
We were the better team until the last 10 min. But deserve to be in lead. Let's hope we can hang on to the lead for the next 45 min.
Terrific performance. Long may it continue. I will enjoy the HD coverage of high quality football. Up the Boro!
[...] a fantastic opening goal with lots of sharp incisive passing, including a backheel and a nutmeg by Silvera who fed Hackney in the six-yard box.
Just seen it on Final Score: not one, but TWO nutmegs by SS! Cracker! 🙂
P.S. Gilbert booked in the 26th minute. Do FA Cup bookings count towards League running totals?
Watching on my dodgy, I agree with what has been said although Fulham showing their Premiership quality at times, bit worried about the commentator comments about how Malander seems to have much time on the ball and is so composed and calm. Don’t want Premiership teams being alerted.
Come on BORO.
Silva is now taking business seriously: Wilson on for Traoré, Cairney for Reed & Jiménez for Kusi-Asare at the start of the second half. And Fulham equalises through Wilson in the 60th minute. 🙁
Silva is now taking business seriously: Wilson on for Traoré, Cairney for Reed & Jiménez for Kusi-Asare at the start of the second half. And Fulham equalises through Wilson in the 60th minute. 🙁
CJ in the 62nd minute:
Boro almost immediately back in front. Conway hits one on the turn as the ball reaches him in the box. Connects well, beats the keeper, but off the bar and over. How's your luck?
CJ in the 62nd minute:
Boro almost immediately back in front. Conway hits one on the turn as the ball reaches him in the box. Connects well, beats the keeper, but off the bar and over. How's your luck?
Burgzorg on for Conway in the 63rd minute.
Silva is now taking business seriously: Wilson on for Traoré, Cairney for Reed & Jiménez for Kusi-Asare at the start of the second half. And Fulham equalises through Wilson in the 60th minute. 🙁
Fulham takes the lead in the 77th minute, Smith Rowe assisted by Cairney...
Fry, Nypan & Ibeh on for Ayling, HH & Whittaker in the 80th minute.