Downing To Tottenham In January
Monday, 08 December 08, 03:46 AM · Comments(3)
Afternoon Peeps and Boro fans,
Another disappointing weekend has come and gone. The Tigers fought back from a Tuncay flick to inflict another terrible late show.
How the Hull did it happen?
I was watching in disbelief as Marlon King strokes a sloppy penalty past Ross Turnbull in the final stages of the game to make it 2-1 to Hull.
After Tuncay had struck to give us the lead, I thought we would be ok and that we would be climbing up the league tonight. How wrong I was. An unthinkable moment of comedy errors occurred at the most important period in the game, the last ten minutes.
I do have some sympathy for Ross in our goal because he has been very strong for us in recent months. It was a shame that his run of good games came to an end at Hull on
Saturday.
The goals were individual mistakes, however you look at it. The main contenders were: Turnbull (first goal), Wheater (penalty), the referee (penalty) and the assistant (Geovanni being offside leading to the penalty).
Naive is a word that has been used a lot this season describing our team. We are a young side that lacks the discipline and leadership skills to close a game out without producing mistakes. Gareth Southgate will have to address this problem if we're to move up the league.
With all the late goals that we've conceded in games this season, I make it 10 points lost. We cannot afford to lose many more games or points because of naivety within our team. Those 10 points would have put us in the top five and within touching distance of the top three.
The Arsenal game on Saturday will be a massive game for us because our confidence will hinge on the performance against the North London side. A win will see us gather momentum going into the Christmas period whilst a loss will see us in all sorts of problems.
Downing to Tottenham in January
Will he? Won't he? That is the question all Boro and Spurs fans are asking. I think January could see a new era starting at the Riverside. The golden boy of Teesside has had better seasons in a Boro shirt and with some fans questioning his abilities he might just take the gamble of going to another team in the Premiership to seek better fortunes for himself.
Gareth Southgate needs funds to improve the team in January so the sale of Downing could well and truly be on. A figure of £12million will probably be accepted for our left winger, which would mean a couple of new players for Southgate to look at to strengthen the midfield and defence.
Personally I would like to see Stewart go to a team like Liverpool, where he would flourish in the Champions League. We know he can play at the highest level, but if he played more high profile games I think he can be world class in the coming years. We'll have to wait and see what happens in January 2009.
I'll bring you guys all the transfer gossip tomorrow, including rumours about another Belgian starlet and a Serbian.
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3 Comments · Add yours
Downing has come out and said he is not leaving his home-town club any time soon. His goal is to get Boro into Europe. Good lad!
i'll sell Downing to spurs for big money.i will cash in and get better bargain player.if he stay that will advantage for boro.good luck
I'm still in a state of shock after that shit Hull match. imo the linesman is the main culprit. I don't get it why, but he got the plot all wrong when he failed to see Geovanni was offside. Also, I think our inexperience screwed us after Tuncay scored the opener.