Wheater Battles Yakubu
Boro Take a Point in a Tough Encounter at Everton.
Wheater Battles Yakubu
By Boro Fan - Football Network.
November 16 2008
The Boro were without Mido (still injured) and Aliadiere, said to be suffering from illness ahead of todays Goodison Park Encounter. While Boro put in an assured first half performance, it would be fair to say that in terms of opportunities Everton had the edge, and with the Boro coming away from two tough trips to Villa Park and Goodison Park respectively with 4 points its hard to complain.
Wheater Battles Yakubu
November 16 2008
The Boro were without Mido (still injured) and Aliadiere, said to be suffering from illness ahead of todays Goodison Park Encounter. While Boro put in an assured first half performance, it would be fair to say that in terms of opportunities Everton had the edge, and with the Boro coming away from two tough trips to Villa Park and Goodison Park respectively with 4 points its hard to complain.
Boro's goal came swiftly in the eighth minute of play, with Gary O'Neil slicing his shot from the near post to get Boro off the mark. Yakubu's equaliser came in the 65th minute, when Arteta sent a free kick spiralling into the box only for it to come off Yakubu's shoulder and back and end up in the net. How much the ex-Boro player knew about it was questionable, but it was likely a deserved reply considering Everton's domination of possession come the second half.
Gareth Southgate, left with little options on the bench chose to bring on Marvin Emnes in place of Afonso Alves - who it has to be said looked unconvincing once again up front. While the Brazilian manages to get himself in all the right positions, he still seems to get shrugged off the ball far too easily, and while many Boro fans are trying to maintain faith in him some doubts must surely be raised now as to whether he will be able to cope with the Premier League. A positive among a few from the Everton match must surely be the continued great form of young Ross Turnbull who appears to have cemented his position between the Boro posts. I like many Boro fans had my doubts about Southgate's decision to not purchase a replacement goalkeeper, but it seems that we have all been proven wrong currently. With home matches to come against Bolton and Everton an excellen chance is presented to us to really gain some ground on those teams around us. Whether we take our chances or squander an excellent opportunity like we have so often in the past is yet to be seen, but for the moment things are looking positive.
Gareth Southgate, left with little options on the bench chose to bring on Marvin Emnes in place of Afonso Alves - who it has to be said looked unconvincing once again up front. While the Brazilian manages to get himself in all the right positions, he still seems to get shrugged off the ball far too easily, and while many Boro fans are trying to maintain faith in him some doubts must surely be raised now as to whether he will be able to cope with the Premier League. A positive among a few from the Everton match must surely be the continued great form of young Ross Turnbull who appears to have cemented his position between the Boro posts. I like many Boro fans had my doubts about Southgate's decision to not purchase a replacement goalkeeper, but it seems that we have all been proven wrong currently. With home matches to come against Bolton and Everton an excellen chance is presented to us to really gain some ground on those teams around us. Whether we take our chances or squander an excellent opportunity like we have so often in the past is yet to be seen, but for the moment things are looking positive.
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StumbleuponBoro Take a Point in a Tough Encounter at Everton.
Posted by: Down by the Riverside (IP Logged)
Date: 16/11/2008 16:53
Boro Take a Point in a Tough Encounter at Everton.
Re: Boro Take a Point in a Tough Encounter at Everton.
Posted by: Spirit of Steaua (IP Logged)
Date: 19/11/2008 06:13
You've summed it up perfectly Luke - it would have to be the Yak who scored a scrappy goal.
C'mon Boro!
C'mon Boro!
Re: Boro Take a Point in a Tough Encounter at Everton.
Posted by: Spirit of Steaua (IP Logged)
Date: 21/11/2008 11:45
Great to see Downing finally get some credit as an England player.
Lawro's tippied us to beat Bolton 2-1. It's usually games like this where we stumble. Hope he's right (which he seems to be 40% of the time!).
C'mon Boro!
Lawro's tippied us to beat Bolton 2-1. It's usually games like this where we stumble. Hope he's right (which he seems to be 40% of the time!).
C'mon Boro!
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