The Boro’s recent results have taken us up to fifth in the table, but whilst the performances have been better over the past few weeks I’ve still not really thought that we’ve played particularly well. The visit of Leeds would be a much harder proposition than most of our recent opponents.
Harry was ill, so I went by myself. Tom rang, suggesting a pre-match pint, but as I had to go and collect the season card there wasn’t time to fit it in. Next season Harry and I are moving to the South Stand so that should make meeting up with Tom that much easier.
There was one change from Friday’s Blackburn win, with the injured makeshift centre-half Neto Borges being replaced by Rav van den Berg. Dael Fry was fit enough to make the bench, but Jonny Howson rightly kept his place at the back.
We didn’t start well and were a goal down within two minutes. When we took the game to them, we looked dangerous and created plenty of chances. However, nobody had the composure to finish anything off.
In added time Carrick threw on Fry and stuck him up front. He seemed to unsettle the Leeds defence, but it highlighted the lack of options that we have since selling Latte Lath in January. Josh Coburn would have been a better choice, if only we hadn’t loaned him to a play-off rival in the summer.
Overall, it was a decent performance and there was a positive reaction from the remaining crowd at the final whistle. We dropped to sixth though and may well be seventh by the weekend.
Tags: Fake illness to avoid school, Leeds Utd, Middlesbrough
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