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Middlesbrough - Sat 17th Feb (H) - 15:00

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Sol thewall Bamba

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43 minutes ago, Harpenden Fox said:

They have 24 hours less recovery time than us, which can only help our ‘pass the opponent into oblivion’ strategy

I'm taking absolutely any positive now. I don't care if we get promoted against Birmingham's U15 team who all have norovirus, ruthless bullying utilising every marginal gain until the job is done. 

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15 hours ago, jimsmallman said:

Going to this on Saturday. First game in person for four years because of living over here. 
 

Am also taking my lad for his first ever game, and he doesn’t even know I’m coming back to see him for a few days (let alone the game) so that’s a double whammy of surprise. He will be educated in not making a sign asking for a shirt. 
 

Obviously because all of this we will now lose and I am very sorry to you all. 

Any chance you could sacrifice yourself and go to the cinema instead?  

 

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2 minutes ago, TrentFox said:

24 hours to kick-off and this is thread number 22 on FT!?!? Wow. Good to see complacency hasn’t set in.
 

Bump

Not sure there is that much to discuss. We know the probable starting line up and most likely how the game will pan out. We might have some points to discuss after hearing Enzo later. 

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Maresca gives injury update with Albrighton and Iheanacho back

“Marc is back. He starts to work with us. We’ll see for tomorrow. The only one is Ben Nelson. He had a kick against Watford and he’s still struggling a little bit. We’ll see for tomorrow.

“He (Iheanacho) is back. Yes (he’s available for selection).

“The good thing is that you can choose. The difficult thing is that some of them are going to be out of the first 11 and out of the squad. That is always not a good thing to do as a manager. At the same time, it’s not a good thing to accept that. It is what it is.”

 

Maresca on home form after 13 wins from 16 games at King Power

“We said in the last press conference that in terms of home and away, we are quite balanced. This is good for any club. When you win at home, in your stadium, with your people, it’s always a good feeling. But in this moment, it doesn’t matter if we win at home or away. We need to win games.”

“It’s very important (to make the home ground a fortress). It was one of the main things to do for us. Even for the players who were here last year, when you play at home with your fans, and the mind is still about last year, it’s not good.”

 

Maresca on Boro after losing away fixture against Carrick's side

“My feeling is that we need to be top, otherwise we will struggle. They are a very good team with a very good manager. Last year they did fantastic, this year they have struggled a little bit more, also because they changed some players. But overall they’re a very good team. After the defeat the other day, their manager said they had a lack of ambitions and the game after is always a tricky one because the players want to show the ambitions. We need to be at our top level. We can’t drop anything in terms of humility.

“We analyse the final result and sometimes you win a game and you think everything is okay, but sometimes you don’t deserve it. In that game (away at Boro), we analysed the final result, which was not good, but the performance was probably one of our best performances of the season.”

 

Maresca on Winks importance as one of five team needs to play well

“For me, in the way we want to play. The three and the two when we build, these five players allow you to play well. The other five allow you to win games: the wingers, the attacking midfielders, and the number nine. The guys that are in the three and two, and Harry has been in there every game, they allow us to play well. If they work well, probably the team is going to play well. If some of them, they are not in a good day, it’s difficult. Harry since we start has always been there. This is the reason why, for him and for some other players, it would be impossible.”

 

Maresca on man management and how to deal with squad of players

“It’s a huge part for sure. I always say the same, they are human beings. They have friends, a mum, a dad, like all of us. They are human beings and you need to treat them in the right way. With all of them, I try. Sometimes good, sometimes not good, but for sure it’s a huge part.”

 

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5 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Maresca gives injury update with Albrighton and Iheanacho back

“Marc is back. He starts to work with us. We’ll see for tomorrow. The only one is Ben Nelson. He had a kick against Watford and he’s still struggling a little bit. We’ll see for tomorrow.

“He (Iheanacho) is back. Yes (he’s available for selection).

“The good thing is that you can choose. The difficult thing is that some of them are going to be out of the first 11 and out of the squad. That is always not a good thing to do as a manager. At the same time, it’s not a good thing to accept that. It is what it is.”

 

Maresca on home form after 13 wins from 16 games at King Power

“We said in the last press conference that in terms of home and away, we are quite balanced. This is good for any club. When you win at home, in your stadium, with your people, it’s always a good feeling. But in this moment, it doesn’t matter if we win at home or away. We need to win games.”

“It’s very important (to make the home ground a fortress). It was one of the main things to do for us. Even for the players who were here last year, when you play at home with your fans, and the mind is still about last year, it’s not good.”

 

Maresca on Boro after losing away fixture against Carrick's side

“My feeling is that we need to be top, otherwise we will struggle. They are a very good team with a very good manager. Last year they did fantastic, this year they have struggled a little bit more, also because they changed some players. But overall they’re a very good team. After the defeat the other day, their manager said they had a lack of ambitions and the game after is always a tricky one because the players want to show the ambitions. We need to be at our top level. We can’t drop anything in terms of humility.

“We analyse the final result and sometimes you win a game and you think everything is okay, but sometimes you don’t deserve it. In that game (away at Boro), we analysed the final result, which was not good, but the performance was probably one of our best performances of the season.”

 

Maresca on Winks importance as one of five team needs to play well

“For me, in the way we want to play. The three and the two when we build, these five players allow you to play well. The other five allow you to win games: the wingers, the attacking midfielders, and the number nine. The guys that are in the three and two, and Harry has been in there every game, they allow us to play well. If they work well, probably the team is going to play well. If some of them, they are not in a good day, it’s difficult. Harry since we start has always been there. This is the reason why, for him and for some other players, it would be impossible.”

 

Maresca on man management and how to deal with squad of players

“It’s a huge part for sure. I always say the same, they are human beings. They have friends, a mum, a dad, like all of us. They are human beings and you need to treat them in the right way. With all of them, I try. Sometimes good, sometimes not good, but for sure it’s a huge part.”

 

You hacked @moore_94 ? 

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8 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

I unfortunately got dragged off to give someone an induction just after the info started coming out lol

 

Now you just go and post some detailed tactical analysis on how Boro are going to play against us and really mess with everyone. 

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1 hour ago, Spudulike said:

I suspect that Iheanacho is 4th choice now. Not sure that we need 3 strikers on the bench tomorrow. 

How crazy is that we're in the championship and we're talking about Iheanacho potentially being our fourth choice striker?

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I’m not expecting Iheanacho to start, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Enzo is a bit left field with his selections sometimes.

 

It feels strange that I and many others, would probably have had Ian as our 1st choice at the beginning of the season. Enzo seemed to concur. Now Daka has come from nowhere and fair play to him for that 

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15 minutes ago, Jobyfox said:

I’m not expecting Iheanacho to start, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Enzo is a bit left field with his selections sometimes.

 

It feels strange that I and many others, would probably have had Ian as our 1st choice at the beginning of the season. Enzo seemed to concur. Now Daka has come from nowhere and fair play to him for that 

I would be astonished if Daka doesn't start this.  Nacho doesn't have great performances at Afcon to influence the decision here, and has only just come back to training.  

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