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

[eteb]

Our passing has been the worse i have seen for a good time.

Hoofing you mean

 

[magicdaps10]

Hard pressed to find any positives here. Boro will be lower mid table and we haven't laid a glove on them

Shape is good but seems to be at the detriment of our attacking play.

 

[Longlostjack]

Clueless at the moment. Midfield no creativity. Franco anonymous.

 

[magicdaps10]

Hoofing you mean

There has been alot of that unfortunately.

 

[eteb]

Shape is good but seems to be at the detriment of our attacking play.

It's been pretty bad tbf. Doing the classic pass along the back when we're trying to score a goal

 

[magicdaps10]

Clueless at the moment. Midfield no creativity. Franco anonymous.

If we are going to play this solid block then you need something good from creative midfield and a good target as your striker.

 

[bakajack]

It’s all gone flat with no movement so Inoussa is getting the ball with his back to goal and two on him every time

Cullen is not making himself available in the hole to bring the wingers into play and as a result Vipotnik has had fuck all service

 

[Muteswan]

It's been pretty bad tbf. Doing the classic pass along the back when we're trying to score a goal

Would you rather them hoof it?

 

[Ringwood]

How many more offsides to we need to give away

 

[Bluenile]

How many offsides are we going to give away?

 

[magicdaps10]

Offside a lot.

Looks like pragmatic football this season.

 

[eteb]

Would you rather them hoof it?

That's all we've done all game after pissijg about at the back ffs

Reeks of cooper ball

 

[TheLoneRanger]

At the mo, Inoussa looks like last season's Ronald.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

One thing our strikers and wingers are extremely good at is being caught offside. It's the one thing they excel at.

 

[Bluenile]

This really is like a Williams performance