Borough v The Mighty Clarets match thread

[Kgun5]

Not thrilled with SP tonight. He’s told his team that the throat is not the target.

[Bosscat]

Not pretty by any means but its a point and "another" clean sheet ... settle for that (reluctantly)

[BigGaz]

It's been a steady performance against a side that are good going forwards. A point here is a good result and i was saying to myself before we kicked off "just don't lose" so I can't be too disappointed.

With that being said, we have offered next to no attacking threat against a side that have demonstrated that they can be got at. This is a mixture of general passiveness which has plagued a few other of our games and some poor choices/lack of quality when in great positions.

There is some credit to Josh Laurent, Humphries and Hannibal in recent games and deservedly so but for me those are the players im looking at when we talk about needing a bit more quality in attacking areas to turn these tight draws into wins.

[Goalposts]

The plan seems to be not to concede and to get a one clear chance put away…. For that though you need a very competent striker - which mirrors Parker’s previous sides. However we could also be more positive with subs and timings , odds are someone will put those chances away or 40% of them and that may be enough if we dont concede. But still frustrating.

[Taffy on the wing]

Disappointing game!

[Commy]

Four hard games and we have 10 ponts. Would have taken that at the start of them. Just a shame we have let Sheff Utd and Sunderland off the hook.

[IanMcL]

Decent draw. The Brownhill chance was the golden opportunity for 3 points.

[KernowHouseClaret]

Win your home games, draw your away
At the start of the Xmas period we'd all have taken a point from this fixture

[tarkys_ears]

Yet another draw ...

Chuck all the stats you want, these will come back to haunt us

[Clevedon Claret]

Lacklustre

[Stonehouse]

Can’t grumble about the last 2 games ,better drawing at Boro than Sheffield.

[willsclarets]

Didn't lay a glove on them really, which is frustrating. But 4 points from those 2 games ain't bad at all.

[Sheedyclaret]

Can’t really grumble 4 points from 2 tough away games

[AfloatinClaret]

Entertaining for a 0 - 0 draw and a draw was probably the fairest result

[Clive 1960]

All we need is a decent striker in January and we will be ok .

[BurnleyFC]

That feels like two points dropped.

[Nonayforever]

Disappointed with that result. I thought Boro were there for the taking. Think Parker bottled it with the subs.

[boatshed bill]

Fair enough really. 4 points from 2 tough away games is fine.

[Dyched]

A decent point. But if you refuse to try and win a game to take you top 2 there’s a problem.

[Tribesmen]

A point is better than nothing

[Noblelight]

Overall I’m happy with that, 2 tough away games and 4 points. Well done lads

[ALP]

Good point for me, I'd have taken that at KO, bring on Stoke. Well done Clarets, good support and very hearable too.

[BabylonClaret]

Should have been 3 pts there but we had one off the line and the big miss from Browny.

Sadly our bench isn't quite as good as it looks. Losing Hannibal and Anthony effectively stopped any of our pressing and allowed them to start to build out ore on the final 10.

They stuck men behind the ball and it paid off

[ksrclaret]

The lads weren’t at their best tonight but worked hard to shut out a free scoring Boro side. Performance and result fine. Just a shame Brownhill spurned that golden chance.

[Sunny Cornwall]

Got to say that I disagree with you lot. A good performance and a good result against a very good team.

[ksrclaret]

Disappointing game!

Do you ever stop moaning?

[Stonehouse]

Draw at home to Stoke then win at Deadwood 8 points from 3 away and one at home what’s not to like?

[jedi_master]

Take the point there. The gap is closed and we’re soon on with poorer teams, Boro are decent.

My one observation - I felt we lost shape and impetus the moment Hannibal went off.

[FCBurnley]

Very sloppy. Subs gave us nothing. Point about fair. 2 huge misses by Brownhill.

[Colburn_Claret]

Happy with a point before kick off, but that game was there for the taking and we underwhelmed.
Still lots of positives the point away to a contender, the clean sheet.
Park it and move on.

[wilks_bfc]

Not the greatest watch, but would have taken 4 points from games at Sheffield Utd & Boro at the start of the week and taking the 3 from nearest rivals was the preferable way

[CoolClaret]

Not sure what some of you lot are watching!

We had some great chances to win the game, and in this run of games, a point away at Boro is a good result.

On to the next one, UTC.

[THEWELLERNUT70]

Levels dropped off tonight from the previous few games but it's another point on the board away to a playoff team

[hoosier-daddy]

All we need is a decent striker in January and we will be ok .

I still can't get my head around anybody thinking we don't need a striker. It's as obvious as you can get.

[BabylonClaret]

A decent point. But if you refuse to try and win a game to take you top 2 there’s a problem.

Give over - other than a lot dit h clearance and a shocker of a miss from Browny that's 3 points.

We put on Koleosho, Sarmiento andJay to try and win it. Just didn't come off (largely cos Anthony is .uch much better than Koleosho)

[jojomk1]

There were two potential match winners out there
And he took them both off ???

[Commy]

We have just taken 13 points from our last 5 away games. More than happy with that.

[Casper2]

Win your home games, draw your away
At the start of the Xmas period we'd all have taken a point from this fixture

Can you be anymore clichéd.

[Lip]

Do you ever stop moaning?

I'm with Taffy,that was an abysmal display against a poor injury hit Boro side.

[Blyclaret]

Very even game. Fair result.

[helmclaret]

Horrible miss from Brownhill. When you don’t have anything up front, they need to go in.

Another clean sheet, and a good return from two tough away games.

I thought we lost any momentum when Hannibal went off - he was bossing it at the time.

[NickBFC]

Bit disappointed with a point. Thought Boro were there to be beaten tonight. Taking Anthony off who was our biggest threat seemed to kill all momentum.

[warksclaret]

Can’t see why Jay came on with Foster on bench
Foster should have come on after about65 minutes as Fleming could not get into the game

[Poulton-le-Claret]

Decent point, could have been 3 if Brownhill scores his sitter.

We've played all the big boys away from home now, let's see the other teams around us pick up as many points on the road against the top teams, it won't happen.

[Goalposts]

Still after the derby game if someone had said wed get 10 pts from the next 4 games with Norwich Sheff utd and boro being three away games id have snapped your hand off… funny game football

[Jakubclaret]

Decent draw. The Brownhill chance was the golden opportunity for 3 points.

& probably indicative why no PL clubs ever firmed up on any reported interest at PL level you simply put that 1 away more often not he isn't clinical enough.

[RVclaret]

A decent point and not bad performance. We’ve limited a very good attacking side to not a lot at all, with both big chances in the game falling to us. I wouldn’t have wanted either to fall to anyone else right now either but that’s football.

[RickyBobby]

That bit of composure in the final third is what we are lacking. That is the difference between us and Leeds.

[boyyanno]

It's been a steady performance against a side that are good going forwards. A point here is a good result and i was saying to myself before we kicked off "just don't lose" so I can't be too disappointed.

With that being said, we have offered next to no attacking threat against a side that have demonstrated that they can be got at. This is a mixture of general passiveness which has plagued a few other of our games and some poor choices/lack of quality when in great positions.

There is some credit to Josh Laurent, Humphries and Hannibal in recent games and deservedly so but for me those are the players im looking at when we talk about needing a bit more quality in attacking areas to turn these tight draws into wins.

I knew it wouldn't be long before people started putting this spin on it.

Why people have to colour facts to push an agenda is just ridiculous. Brownhill missed a sitter and Fry cleared one off the line with his body- is that offering next to no attacking threat?

[Swizzlestick]

Defensive record remains extraordinary. Say what you want about Boro, but they’ve been pretty free scoring. Yet another clean sheet. Frustrating one, but it happens and we’re well in contention going into 2025.