v Middlesbrough (a) - 26/12/25

[Hasta]

14 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Leagues ahead is some overstatement.

Alebiosu is decent, no doubts. Brittain is much better in regards to technical ability, Alebiosu looks almost clumsy but still gets past his man and has a knack of digging out a cross when it looks like he shouldn't be able to.

A game of opinions of course, though.

Alebiosu is better as a wing back (though not leagues ahead). Not sure if that would be the case in a flat back 4 where he would be defending one on one and required to defend the penalty box a lot more. 

[M_B]

15 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Leagues ahead is some overstatement.

Alebiosu is decent, no doubts. Brittain is much better in regards to technical ability, Alebiosu looks almost clumsy but still gets past his man and has a knack of digging out a cross when it looks like he shouldn't be able to.

A game of opinions of course, though.

Hypothetically, would you swap ?

 I wouldn't, I think Alebiosu has more to his game. 

[davulsukur]

11 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

lets bring that 3 points home today, would take a point now tho. 

Will be interesting what we do if Gudjohnsen isn't fit. 

I think he'll play Henriksson up with Ohashi.

[davulsukur]

1 minute ago, M_B said:

Hypothetically, would you swap ?

 I wouldn't, I think Alebiosu has more to his game. 

Yes, I'd swap back if I'm being totally honest.

Just to be clear, I'm not saying Alebiosu is bad, he's great.

[Old Codger]

To be fair, Litherland did very well against Millwall, both in an attacking and defensive sense, so we didn't miss Alebiousu as much as we might had we not had him as an option.

The major concern would have to be the lack of firepower, should Gudjohnssen be unavailable. Yuki isn't reliable enough in front of goal for us to deploy him alone, Hendriksson is untried as a striking option, and that out of favour big lad who even his own team mates take the pish out of on public media well, he would have to suddenly come good when there is nothing to suggest he has the ability to do much other than make faces and noise for social media clips.

Consequently, I'm not expecting anything other than a loss here. Rovers will huff and puff all afternoon, but Boro will certainly score, and I don't really see how we will respond other than with a whimper and capitulation. After all, Mr Brittain will be pinging dangerous crosses in at will, so all Boro need is a calm presence in front of goal..

As always I'm happy for the fickle fingers of fate and fortune to fly feverishly in the face of favour.

COYB!

VENKYS OUT!

[chaddyrovers]