Do you guys have a stream?

Have one.

 

 

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Busy night at the Etihad

 

Busy night at the Etihad

 

 

Ouch!   What's their capacity again? 

About 10,000 too many.

Edited October 28, 201510 yr by RichardCFC

Kalas has been good tonight for Boro.

this performance from a United side is pretty shocking - despite all our woes we're not playing as badly as that

FFS it is going to penalties. 

 

We didn't start playing until the 85th minute, by which point they started to camp up in their box. We have been poor, but our tactics today haven't made it easy for us. 

 

The only upside so far has been Andrea Pereira, who has been very good tonight. Just been a little unfortunate in his finishing. Same with Jesse Lingard. The older players have been relatively poor, bar Smalling.

this performance from a United side is pretty shocking - despite all our woes we're not playing as badly as that

 

We haven't quite been that bad 

Classic David Nugent

Nugent does a Ramos

So does Carrick

lol

Boro deserve to go through. We were absolutely shocking.

Edited October 28, 201510 yr by Brixtac

Typical all Englishman miss

unbelievable pens from United's mainstays. Michael Carrick what were you thinking? Well done Boro' - deserved it on the night

Might as well give the cup to City

Might as well give the cup to City

 

better that than the scousers, maybe we'll get a few other upsets along the way

league cup draw:

 

Middlesbrough v Everton

Southampton v Liverpool

Stoke v Sheff Weds

Man City v Hull

think city will win the same double as us last season

 

btw remember when the all the media are hyping depay to be the next ronaldo/cruyff ? that was funny

Only bright spark was Pereira. Hope he gets more game time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34666033

Fa investigating laser on Rooney as he hit the penalty.

Why does he have so many apologists?

No idea.

For a fat guy who uses OAP prostitutes while transferring bum hair onto his noggin he’s certainly given an easy time of it.

I think it's a pretty legitimate thing to investigate, it's a massive distraction, especially when you're trying to do something requiring the level of nerve, accuracy, and concentration as a penalty kick. It doesn't mean Rooney is vindicated for missing or that they will retrospectively change the scoreline but I would imagine Boro will get fined or the perpetrator banned from the stadium.

 

I also don't think Rooney gets a particularly easy time of it. Just about every week for the past two seasons there have been ten articles speculating that Rooney is knackered, past it, overweight, and nowhere near as good or explosive as he used to be... (I bet he wishes he'd accepted José's offer now)

 

In addition he's about as in the spotlight as it's possible to be - captain of the biggest side in the country as well as the national side. He's been playing more or less constantly since he was 17 which must incur an enormous amount of accumulated fatigue. It can't be easy.

Rooney was accused of living off his reputation on talksport tonight. Must say that comment immediately made me think of Eden Hazard who if he's not careful will drift into one season wonder territory.

I think it's a pretty legitimate thing to investigate, it's a massive distraction, especially when you're trying to do something requiring the level of nerve, accuracy, and concentration as a penalty kick. It doesn't mean Rooney is vindicated for missing or that they will retrospectively change the scoreline but I would imagine Boro will get fined or the perpetrator banned from the stadium.

 

We see laser's aimed at footballer's eyes many times every season that aren't investigated. I agree that it should be investigated, but it's just another example of the F.A's inconsistency, if you're going to investigate it this time, then investigate it every time. I personally think that Charlie Adam's challenge on Willian was much worse than a laser in someone's eye, but as usual it has been comepletely ignored.