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First impressions he'd beat either of them in a foot race.

Christ give the lad a chance!

Only two! Capn Jack missed two sitters on his own.

We could do with a few more players showing the passion and effort Downes has today. He's put a real shift in so let's not try to take away his full blooded commitment.

Wonder if Fellows is on his way.

Fuck sake Taylor. Lost in first half with two gifted goals and weird starting decision to play Dobbin left wing and Leo as second striker. Wake up call.

Playing Dobbin in Scienza's spot and Leo as a second striker is one issue. It's not working.

Doddin is playing left wing and Scienza wandering around the middle is not working. Take off Dobbin and Matsuki for Azaz and Fellows. Get Leo on the wing and Fellows on the other. We just don't look compact on this shape and not sure why we've taken Leo off the left wing. A draw would be a miracle now as we are losing our duels and second balls. Capn Jack has been a liability.

Huge gaps on our midfield.

Dobbin having another mare. Azaz must come on at half time.

We are just gifting the ball to them with ridiculous passes.

Didn't take Capn Jack long.

Sky have completed the West Ham love-in and next up it's everything we already know and have heard about spygate.

I've said it before Boro should have been thanking us because, without the spygate nonsense, they'd not even have had their position in the Play Off final. Add in the fact that they made a complete hash of their game against Hull and it's clear they deserve zero sympathy.

Look at it this way - how many points did Will Still cost us until Tonda took over? Few gave him a chance of getting us anywhere near the top 2 (me included) but he very nearly did it from a starting position worse than a 4 point deduction. If we keep the key players and add a replacement for Shea we'll be ready to have another right good go.