Boro

[officer_dibble]

We'll smash em: something - 2.

I'm off anyway, not been since '96...and we won that one 4-1.

Boozer reccomendations?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

'kinell, dibblesy, talk about short and sweet. Couldn't you have made it "Dougie starts digging, we'll burrow into Boro" or something?

[CrazyHorse]

Major reaming.

[CAPSLOCK]

Dr Browns, I think its called

Opposite the Cinema

[boltonboris]

We'll get beat something 2

[Lost Leopard Spot]

A penalty is (almost) guaranteed.

[TANGODANCER]

Boro have won seven and drawn one out of twelve games and are currently lying third in the league, so a win here would be a nice boost. Their fans are predicting a win but it doesn't sound like anybody's putting their mortgages on it.

[BWFC_Insane]

If JP is still in charge for this as reported in the BN, then would be nice to sign off with a win!

[Wandering Willy]

3-1 whites.

Steinsson, Taylor, Elmander.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

3-1 whites.

Steinsson, Taylor, Elmander.

you been at the cider again.

[Sponge]

I seem to think we have a good record against Boro – any truth in that? I do at least remember beating them 4–1 about seven years ago.

[bwfcdan94]

Dr Browns, I think its called

Opposite the Cinema

is that goiod by Boro standards or generael standards

[jaffka]

Dr Browns, I think its called

Opposite the Cinema

is that goiod by Boro standards or generael standards

[officer_dibble]

I seem to think we have a good record against Boro – any truth in that? I do at least remember beating them 4–1 about seven years ago.

Duuuuh see my post - 96. First ever away win in the prem Simon Coleman played after his big injury and scored I think...Nathan Blake scored...David Lee?

Cheers for the pub recco Caps.

[plymouth wanderer]

JIMMY Phillips is happy to play “Tinkerman” until the very end to protect his unbeaten record as caretaker boss.

Faced with the challenge of his former club Middlesbrough tomorrow, the Bolton-born coach knows this will be his last stint in charge of his home-town club before handing over the reins to Dougie Freedman.

But Phillips is determined to finish in style, and has pledged to persist with the often experimental, but always entertaining style that has won over so many people on the terraces in the last fortnight.

From employing Kevin Davies as an emergency centre-half at Wolves, to switching Chris Eagles in from the right wing against Bristol City to swing the game in Wanderers’ favour – tactical twists have been par for the course so far under the Academy chief.

And if the surprise element is needed once again to get the better of former Ayresome Park team-mate Tony Mowbray, Phillips is only too happy to oblige.

“It’s whatever works to get the result,” he said. “I didn’t anticipate having to play three at the back (at Wolves), or having to throw a midfielder (Keith Andrews) on to get us a goal, but I think it was a gamble worth taking.

“Putting Kevin back there at centre-back, I was confident he’d do a good job, because the experience he’s got as a player - I knew he wouldn’t let us down.

“You have to be willing to try little things. Sometimes they work, sometimes you have to change again. But it’s important to be flexible.”

It seems likely that a different approach will be needed at the back tomorrow with Matt Mills currently struggling to overcome a tight hamstring.

That could mean an opportunity for Sam Ricketts, who came off the bench at Molineux, or Zat Knight, whose future has come under scrutiny since being dropped completely from the squad in Phillips’ first game in charge.

Knight played 90 minutes for the development squad on Monday night, but Phillips insists there are no hidden problems that have prompted his decision.

“There hasn’t been an issue with Zat whatsoever,” he said.

“We decided to give Tim Ream a run and the thought behind it was that he’s a quicker defender.

“We just felt with the pace at the back we could squeeze the play a little bit more.

“Having said that, we knew that come set plays we might leave ourselves a bit short.”

Phillips spent three years at Boro as a player in the early 1990s and helped them gain promotion in the first-ever season of the Premier League.

He also came close to silverware in the old Rumbelows Cup, until being matched up with a teenage winger by the name of Ryan Giggs in the semi-finals.

“Boro was a great club and I played in some great North East derbies against Sunderland and Newcastle United,” he said. “But I also remember getting into the League Cup semi-finals and losing to Manchester United in the second to last minute of injury time.

“A very young Ryan Giggs sliced one into the top corner from 20 yards.

“He’s not so young now, but what a fantastic career.”

[thebish]

We'll smash em: something - 2.

I'm off anyway, not been since '96...and we won that one 4-1.

Boozer reccomendations?

i was at that game - a cracker - I was in the Hartlepool Nuclear Power station hospitality box...

[Bijou Bob]

Middlesbrough, the only place I,ve ever been frightened as an adult and I,ve worked in moss side, toxteth and Salford. Its a grim shithole, be careful people.

On a happier note, im thinking 1-1

[ohjimmyjimmy]

I can see a draw again.

[as]

2-0 loss.

A Bogdan howler and a Mears OG, followed by Ngog getting injured and Sordell refusing to play 'because they're all racist'.

[TANGODANCER]

A tough game but a win for us and a long awaited four goals scored. 4-2. Rejoice..