Incredible then that at £10/12m or whatever it was he cost, he’s not only making Andre look good, he’s making Andre look cheap!
She is not lovely. She is sinister. There's something of the sadist behind those vacant eyes. There's an air of cruelty about her.
Success brace and a third from King Ken. Seeing as OG is one of our highest scorers, I'll put him down for a fourth. Cant see them scoring , maybe a penalty that wasnt a penalty. 1-4 .
I think she is great as an anchor woman . Shes hometown pretty, a bit like a mildly fit school teacher who doest quite pass the real world test.
I think she's great, actually one the the few human and funny presenters around, plus she genuinely knows her stuff. She'll be too big for us soon. She's also one of those girls that's actually, but only just, in the bracket that you could actually get to go out with you (on a good day with the wind behind you). I was born in Middlesbrough and lived there for a whole 6 weeks. Spent many a happy day in my grandparents' house in the shadow of ICI Wilton plant or out on Redcar beach as a kid visiting relatives. It's a right dump, but the people are great.
He did. I would invite anyone to re-watch the extended highlights. He played a proper part in every bit of good play in there. Unfortunately, he can't finish for toffee but then Gray hasn't been able to either for most of the season, and Success offers more in all round play.
Surprised at the Success negativity, he hasn’t been great but he hasn’t been as bad as some of the comments in here make out either At least he can hold it up and flick it on to bring our better forward players into the game. Starting Gray would be a mistake, he’s has proven time and again that he is a serviceable sub option and nothing more
She was actually announcer at the last World Cup including the final, you haven’t done your homework!
I think at least some of it is that while we've long accepted that Gray is what he is, Success is far more talented, but some horrendous luck, mixed in with a lack of application, mean that he is where he is in his career rather than where he probably should be
Surely, the one thing he wasn't was 'sharp'. When presented with that 7-yards-out-right-in-front-of-goal-chance he elected to try some 'clever' extra touch instead of just scoring a goal. Why? Snatching at it and having it charged down would be disappointing but understandable, explainable perhaps by extreme lack of first-team time. For our goal he actually was off-side - the defender didn't step up on him, he just ran into an off-side position. It wasn't as if he couldn't see the situation. So often, when I've seen him play, I've struggled to understand why he does what he does. Perhaps if we persevered with playing him he would become match-sharp, he does seem to have some skill and athleticism, but we are playing in an extremely competitive promotion push, should we be 'carrying' a player?
I also thought Success looked decent on Friday, especially for a player who has been out for so long. He got into good positions, occupied defenders, was involved in the long balls, holding the ball up under pressure, and making good attacking runs. He showed a lack of confidence and sharpness when he missed that great chance, but he was generally a handful. Some more minutes, improved game and physical sharpness and a goal and I think he’ll start to look like a great championship asset.
Middlesbrough is a lovely place. Here are some pictures from my visit during the glorious summer of 2018.
Don't forget Perica, or maybe even Critchlow after all he did score THREE goals for his country over the international break?
To be fair to Gray he scored 3 goals recently (March), more than he had done for the previous 3 months. He was our only CF to have scored in that period. Success being preferred as CF and then putting Pedro out on the left on Friday was a bit of a strange one. Success must've been banging them in in training, that's the only sensible reasoning for him starting up front i can think of.
Trouble is we haven't seen it to actually know if its true. Under Gracia, Gray was higher in the pecking order. Since then we've seen very little of Success. Personally i see him more suited as a wide player than as a natural CF. Apparently he wouldve been offside if the ball hadnt gone in off the defender on Friday. That shouldnt happen - he had time to see along the line. Gray wouldnt have been offside in that moment, like he showed against Wycombe off of a similar cross, because he has that natural CF instinct/awareness in the box. Lets see what Success can do on Monday anyway. Maybe a hat-trick awaits
I agree with this - we were worse after Success went off and struggled to keep the ball; their defenders dealt with Gray much more comfortably (the only occasions he managed to touch the ball were in extra time when he was in the corner rather than up against their CBs).
