Baird of the land

Both were bad first half. My main problem 2nd half was that with exception of the goal neither wanted anything to do with running with the ball that the likes of Charles offered. Both wanted to the DM recycler and Downes stood out defensively.

Always good to know that priorities aren't imminently being addressed

Hadn't realised how well he did for Preston. Yeah Still think prioritising 9m spending there then vs cm was odd.

I don't like dobbin signing, may suddenly turn into an immediate goal machine. However Smacks of going back to a signing for future potential sell on (downs/quarshie) rather than immediate impact. Especially egregious spending there when we knew we were going to have a massive immediate need at cm8 very soon.

Depressing that they seem to have slipped back into incompetence mode in regards transfers.

Not looking like a good window. Lost a good striker, an excellent cm and looking like an excellent cb. Still no cm signed and a couple gambles on potential made.

It started with matsuki not putting the ball into the box.

Yeah I was hoping we were going to take off the ineffective matsuki and bring on a 2nd striker.

Clownish by the club not having a CM signing at an advance stage by the time Charles left. Such an acute need for someone who will run with the ball. The only time either Bragg or downes showed any interest to we scored.

Really poor. 2nd half marginally better. Still the only moment one of our players was willing to run with the ball (Bragg) and we score. Instead of trying it more we revert to the sideways nonsense. guess lucky for us top 8 make playoffs.

We don’t have Charles anymore to bring on and salvage it like we did then.

That was abysmal. cm has been awful, cowardly on the ball and offering little screen defensively. Few times we’ve got forward we are overplaying it too much. overall sense of us being a soft touch, which is a complete contrast to end of last season.

Pathetic. Why are they refusing to put the ball in the box and instead passing the ball sideways straight to the opposition.

The lack of cm’s on the bench is the only concern for me. Would have thought they could have included a u21 player.

Lamkshear looks a good signing for boro. 2 goals and hit the bar too.