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Jarkko mentioned the U21s' match against Aston Villa towards the end of the SheffU thread, as Dael Fry & Marcus Forss were due to play. The match...
Player ratings from Boro News: Less "starry-eyed" than the three to which I posted links yesterday evening, but arguably more realistic, especial...
Echo player ratings: Luke Ayling MotM Gazette: Hartlepool Mail: And Dieng apparently sloppy/lucky a couple of times, according to one...
Boro up one place to eighth in the table, eight points behind the Deckchairs.
Phew! They survive five minutes of injury time without conceding an equaliser. A very satisfying win. 👍
ELL, on for Conway in the 77th minute, finally finds the back of the net three minutes later, assisted by Azaz! 🙂 Just hang on now for 10 more minu...
0-0 at half time. Boro with nine shots on goal, three of them on target (Blades: 2/2). Matty Hewitt (who he?): A tight affair, with Sheffield Uni...
The Echo's assessment of the status quo on the goal-scoring front - rather the absence of it: Off topic, that "Like" before "Carrick" in the seco...
Meanwhile, Cameron Archer & Morgan Rogers both score for Southampton & Villa respectively...
Forss & Jones on for Ayling & ELL in the 79th minute. Still 0-2. It just ain't happening, is it? *shakes head*
Conway & Burgzorg on for Azaz & Hamilton in the 62nd minute, McGree for Morris in the 74th.
An honourable mention for Boro in the Beeb article heaping praise on Ben Doak for his performance in Scotland's defeat by Croatia in the Nations Leagu...
Burgzorg on for ELL a minute later.
Sadly, the answer to that is no, unless they can add another goal: the Hornets equalise in the 75th minute. :{
Jones & McGree on for Doak & Hamilton in the 64th minute, HH booked in 23rd minute. 13 shots on goal so far, six of them on target.
Another maiden Boro goal, this time for George Edmundson in the 54th minute following a free kick taken by Azaz. Now, can the boys hold on?
From the Beeb's live text commentary: Before the game we would have taken a draw all day long. But as the game went on I felt it was there for us. ...
Boro up to sixth in the table after this evening's matches. 🙂
McCormick replaces McGree in the 89th minute. Five minutes of injury time.
Izzy on for Doak in the 82nd minute.
HH scored his second goal in two matches in the 73rd minute. Burgzorg replaces ELL in the 76th. CJ reckons it's with the Watford match in mind.
CJ: Boro lead! Hackney gets the first goal against West Brom at the Hawthorns this season. Lovely infield ball from Doak to McGree. He turns, tees u...
CJ's thoughts on the line-up: It's the one change that was expected then - meaning, for once, my predicted team was right!It's one change and it's h...
This evening's starting XI: As predicted by CJ, earlier: one change: RvdB for Dijksteel. Good to see him back in the starting line-up. Marcu...
Dom Shaw not happy with the standard of officiating: Key paragraph: That [HH's goal] came after Stoke substitute Sam Gallagher had spurned a gl...
Player ratings: Echo - And last, but not least - The Hartlepool Mail -/p>
HH makes it 2-0 in the 73rd minute. That should settle nerves a bit! 🙂 CJ: Boro have their comfort! Latte Lath again working hard to win possess...
Now 6-4, with Doak's & Azaz's names also going into the ref's book. Van den Berg & Jones on for Dijksteel & Doak in the 70th minute.
At half-time, the Potters lead the yellow card race by 4-2 (Edmundson & HH). CJ on the Edmundson yellow: Johansson down receiving treatment aft...
And Doak duly bags his maiden Boro goal in the 34th minute! 🙂 CJ: Boro lead! Brilliant work from Latte Lath to win a FK battling for the ball out...