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The thoughts of Chairman CJ on the starting XI: That's five changes from the cup win then, as Vitek, Brittain, Malanda, McGree and Lankshear back in...
So, Strelec AND Conway on the bench...
Great opener, Andy. 👍 News from the Echo of the varying degrees of readiness/availability of Tommy Conway, Adilson Malanda, Sam Byram, Ashl...
And the associated problems mount:
Matches to be played in the weeks commencing 7th & 14th September.
Maybe we'll get all three once Byram is in harness! 😉
Echo player ratings, Sarmiento MotM: And the Gazette's which also went for Sarmiento:
Hutchinson grabs a consolation goal for Rovers in the second minute of injury time. Shame no clean sheet.
Sarmiento adds a third in the 87th minute, assisted by Phillips! Finally comfortable! Four minutes of injury time.
No sooner does he get on the pitch than he scores: Lanky Will in the 78th minute, assisted by Whittaker!
Lanky Will & PHILLIPS on for Jones & Joseph in the 71st minute.
Brittain & Morris on for Arfsten & Berhalter in the 57th minute.
MPH booked in first-half injury time. Whittaker has squandered a number of chances, if CJ is to be believed.
Hallelujah! Kyle Joseph opens the scoring with his maiden Boro goal in the 34th minute, assisted by Sarmiento! 🙂 CJ: That's superb from Joseph....
Dormo, you're welcome. It seems to me that most, if not all, kick-off times are moveable feasts these days, changed on broadcasters' whims!
Andy, you may wish to point out in your piece that the match is being shown live on ITV1 from 12.00 (12.30 KO).
CJ on the absence of Malanda: No Malanda in the squad this evening. He is here, though, and out doing a bit of work alone on the pitch as the others...
Brynn in, Jones starts, Strelec on the bench:
Five minutes of injury time...
Castledine & Borges on in the 77th minute for Berhalter & Arfsten.
Kyle Joseph & Riley McGree on for Peart-Harris & Sarmiento in the 60th minute.
And a second 10 minutes later! 🙁 Maybe I should go back to Waitrose...
SK's verdict on the Boro goal: Composed finish from Sarmiento. What a goal from Boro. Morris and Peart-Harris play triangles, Whittaker threads t...
Bugger! Rovers equalise in the fifth minute of the second half! 🙁
Wow, maybe I should go out & do some shopping during the first half. Delighted to come back & find the score standing at 0-1 at half-time, S...
Off topic, has MC reverted to type? ManU being beaten 2-0 by Hull with 10 minutes or so to go...
From Stephen Killen, "Senior Football Writer" at the Gazette (what's happened to CJ?): Four changes from the team that beat Lincoln City. Team to ...
Tee-hee! Saints lost 1-2 at Vicarage Road earlier, their goal coming from Larin, so they're still four points adrift at the bottom of the table after...
The world & his wife seem to be indulging in Championship crystal ball-gazing at the moment. The Sunday Times opts for Wolves & the Hammers a...
@clive-hurren Thanks, Clive. Nothing for Vitek? Off topic, Boro may well have got its act together today in the second half, but all the lads ar...