Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa Match Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

The ref looks a complete prick

He looks like he's in the TA and talks about it all the time in the local.

[Steve67]

What a boring half.  Too slow, poor movement again. Better to come I'm sure.

[KevinGage]

They'll be making videos of the full 90 minutes for this one come the end of the season.

[devilla]

Typical televised Villa FA Cup game. Would be nice if we tried to attack them.

[Risso]

What a godawful game of football.

[Nelly]

I don't know what we need to do, but just feels like we need to be quicker against teams who park the bus against us. A few half chances but nothing serious created...

[BC Villain]

One of those games where you a feel a mistake will decide it.  Being played like a training match by both teams.

[Beard82]

that was a bit dull - middlesbrough stuck to there plan

we do need to work out how we breakdown teams like this

[Legion]

Dull.

[Gareth]

Get Irogbenum on for Dendoncker at half time, need midfielders who can actually carry the ball forward.  We look a bit lost against sides who defend with 9 at all times

[wolfman999]

That was a hard watch. The dream of a 4th round game lives on!

[olaftab]

Teams have sorted a way to play us and it’s going to be difficult to break them down however we are not making good decisions in attack.

[ChicagoLion]

Boro are sitting in and saturating the midfield.
We do need to move the ball a lot quicker.

[PeterWithesShin]

It's what a lot of teams do now because they are shit scared of us. It's up to us to work out how to overcome it.

[Steve67]

What the fuck is Micah Richards talking about. Cockwomble.