S25/26 | The Official Match Thread | Middlesbrough 1 Swansea 0 | Att: 26,035 (Away 685) | 3pm | Saturday 9th August 2026

[Gors Buster]

If he has he's done a fabulous job of disguising it

With the amount of touches our lone striker had had in the last 2 years, it’s like we’re playing every game with 10 men.

 

[Ringwood]

Culls not lone striker in Sheehan ways
Fluid front3 high line with Culls most central

Cullen is a lone striker when the ball is hoofed up to him with nobody even close to him

 

[Eomisgod]

He takes Galbraith off and leaves Cullen on.... baffles me

He wants to win game

 

[monmouth]

I would definitely leave Cullen on. Who else scores goals?

 

[eteb]

We haven't strung a pass together all game, nowhere near good enough

 

[MrSwerve]

Are we regulated yet?

 

[Longlostjack]

Where is Franco?

 

[CygnusX1]

Let Manning take it

 

[Eomisgod]

Culls free kick rocket please

 

[Michu78]

We look very limit

We haven't strung a pass together all game, nowhere near good enough

Better get used to it under Sheehan, we are 40% possession team now. I know it's first game, hot weather, but this feels too similar to a bad Luke Williams performance.

 

[Swansea93]

Ronald has his best game for us in how long and he takes him off.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

Our attacking set pieces are atrocious.

 

[Bluenile]

Pathetic free kick. Going to be a long old season if we play like this every week.

 

[Pegojack]

FFS Fulton, STAY ONSIDE when its our fee kick into their box!

 

[cwmdonkinjack]

Surely one defensive could have gone off not Ronald