SmogDane 4,057 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 BORO VS WEST BROMWICH ALBION TUESDAY 31st JANUARY 2017 @ 7.45 PM THE FORM In the Premier League results are needed for The Boro and we wil have to do better than play for the draw, like we did when we visited WBA earlier in this season, where Boro currently are in 16th position. We, The Boro, have had too many goalless games and tried not to lose, instead of trying to win, way too often. One may think, that one point will do, but we have had too many draws, where we could and should have won, which makes this an important game we must win, to still be comfortably above the bottom 3. THE OPPOSITION West Bromwich Albion started the season slowly, but have played better and better and they are currently placed 8th with 12 points more than Boro. The philosofy in this team is; try not to conceed goals, and hope for a win. The only difference between the 2 teams here, is that WBA has taken their opportunities, when the 3 points in a game was up for grabs. I expect a dog fight with a lot of midfield battles and not many chances at goal. If someone scores, it probably is the winner... a semi boring 0-0 is expected. POSSIBLE BORO LINE UP Valdes Fabio Bernardo Gibson Friend Forshaw De Roon Clayton Stuani Downing Negredo HELLO FROM THE OTHER SIDE Here is a link to WBA forum: http://westbrom.com/forum/index.php?board=146.0 Here is a link to some statistics: http://fussball.wettpoint.com/en/h2h/7-996.html UTB Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,301 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 As close to a must as we get at this point of the season. We really need a win under our belts and hopefully add a few extra points between ourselves and the bottom three. Link to post Share on other sites
"KM" 1,656 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Valdes Fabio Espinosa Gibson Friend Clayton De Roon Downing Bamford Negredo Traore Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy 140 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Would like to see same team as KM, definitely want to see Bamford starting. Link to post Share on other sites
Downsouth 6,328 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Simply this has to be a "must win game" and as this last month has been poor for us results wise the game to me falls into the category of THE MOST IMPORTANT GAME OF THE SEASON.......so far!!! Please not a repeat of the away game but part of me fully expects that Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 This has draw written all over it doesn't it? I hope I'm wrong and we can nick a win. I don't think it matters much how we do it on Tuesday as long as we get 3 points. Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy 140 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Simply this has to be a "must win game" and as this last month has been poor for us results wise the game to me falls into the category of THE MOST IMPORTANT GAME OF THE SEASON.......so far!!! Please not a repeat of the away game but part of me fully expects that I actually think this is our most important game of the season so far.. we need to get three points and I'd be annoyed if we didn't. Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I'd like us to get 3 points from this game. Link to post Share on other sites
Adam P 331 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 We can't play Downing in a central midfield 3, I'd understand that if we were a better side and could afford to play him in there to look to open teams up. We need grafters when we're in a battle, especially against teams like WBA. Downing is soft as ***e and won't put a tackle in or win a header. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Changing Times Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I suspect the players rested yesterday will all be back in. Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,057 Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 The OP post is now updated. I really hope we can nick a win here. Link to post Share on other sites
Aphex_Boro 1,444 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Don't see us getting more than a point tbh. Expect it to be similar to the West Ham game Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,261 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Anyone know if Friend is fit? We can't play Downing in a central midfield 3, I'd understand that if we were a better side and could afford to play him in there to look to open teams up. We need grafters when we're in a battle, especially against teams like WBA. Downing is soft as *** and won't put a tackle in or win a header. Downing is perfectly capable of playing in a midfield three. He played a similar role against WBA earlier in the season. Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,261 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Watch us pull a result out of our ***. We're due one of those. Link to post Share on other sites
boro_lobster 2 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Should just start Rhodes and gestede up top see if there still on same page like there were at rovers Link to post Share on other sites
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