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I'd go with:

Rachubka

Brown Dieng Wilson Mills

Winchester Kelly Jones Dayton

JCH Forte

However I think LJ will keep Forte on the wing and go Elokobi or Kasunga at CB.

Beats staying in watching Eastenders. Should think it'll be a chance for Bove, Turner and Morgan-Smith to shine.

4-4-2. Simple. Very effective. Entertaining. I think we have the personnel to do this at League One level. I wonder if the manager is confusing the simple minds of the playing staff.

I've wondered the same. Could very well be wrong, but what did Cloughy say.. "Simplicity is genius".

The Football League Show still calling it Boundary Park. Don't tell Mike.

Reuben Reid impressing again at Plymouth.

Ahhh the cold light of day. Time to reflect on the game after a night's kip and a skin full.

First half, for the record, we played some superb football. A complete turn around from the Middlesbrough game and the Orient defence struggled to cope with Mills and Forte down the left. However, as we saw with Harkins last season, he gets targeted as our danger-man and marked out of the game. Really felt for Connor Brown who up until giving away possession, which led to the equalizer, was playing well.

Second half we just didn't get going. Orient tightened up, took Forte out of the game, and we got far too sloppy. Mis-placed passes, not enough movement and poor organisation. We (yet again) don't look at all dangerous with JCH on his own up front, and their back four looked impenetrable. Unlike the first half, the midfielders didn't get forward enough to aid the striker and the goals we conceded were very poor. Very disheartening to see our rock solid defence looking so shakey.

However, it was a poor half of football, certainly not the first and definitely not the last any of us will see supporting Latics. I think the boo'ing came from the sheer disappointment of a good performance turning bad so quickly, but in my opinion it was totally unneeded.

But we move on, and look forward (I think) to Port Vale on Tuesday. If we keep it like the first 30 minutes of yesterday we'll give them a game.

KT.. OTOD (?)

For half an hour in the first half we were brilliant. What happened at half time, I don't know. Pitiful.

My God, what a terrible terrible program Soccer AM is.

Hope it's not another Terry Dunfield signing.

Rachubka

Wilson Wilson Elekobi Mills

Winc Jones Kelly Dayton

Forte JCH

This for me, although I'd like to see more of Dieng in a defensive midfield role, coming on second half perhaps to sure things up.

Can't say I'm particularly desperate to get one of the new home shirts after seeing it in the flesh yesterday. Hopefully it's made properly for the people that do.

We were given an absolute lesson. Didn't like the 5-3-2, would have much rather gone 4-4-2, and I hope to god we don't spend the first half of the season tinkering.

Mellor poor, Kelly poor, strikers didn't get a look-in and full-backs ineffective. Dayton (on his correct wing, thank god!) and Winchester gave it a go second half.

Not good enough, but Middlesbrough will be up there this season. Move on.

"We have lost our last 9 away games at Oldham, scoring only 3 goals"

Encouraging message off my Boro supporting mate. They're also meant to be starting their kid Brad Fewster up front, who's been banging them in pre-season.

Boro had sold 700 tickets as of midday today.

Some don't like the use of "traditional" on here.

That was the joke ?

Sounds poor from Robins to me.

However, hearing Udders fans on 606 in dispair, explaining how Oldham "tore them apart" pre-season makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Got a few Middlesbrough supporting mates and they reckon their squad is looking the best since they got relegated from the Premier League. Good defensively and Tomlin and Kike look class together up top. Should bring a half decent crowd down as they haven't been to BP in a fair while.

Can see another 4-1-4-1, with Dieng getting a run-out.

Middlesbrough have a good squad this season and are dark horses for promotion. Their new signing Kike scored yesterday and is supposed to be the real deal.

Lol, and indeed, rofl.

 

It wont allow me to play it in Oz. Is it downloadable to post?

Extended highlights usually appear on YouTube by about Monday (they did for last season for home games any way).

Failing that you need to use an Ex-Pat Sheild/something to give your computer a UK IP address, so you can watch BBC stuff online.

If we started in a 4-1-4-1, who was playing in the defensive midfielder role? I think Dieng has been very unlucky to miss out here as he looked good in that role in pre-season.

If he doesn't want to go 3-5-2, stick Forte up front with JCH, Dayton on the left (on his favored foot) and Winchester on the right.

A bit worried that the defence was so shakey second half, but hopefully some of that will be nailed-out this week in training. Perhaps a 3-5-2 will be looked at more.

I reckon we can get something out of next Saturday's game, I don't think Leyton Orient will be as strong this season as some people think.

Wesolowski only on the bench today for Shrewsbury's 2-2 draw vs Wimbledon. Came on in the second half, got booked.