Middlesbrough 1-0 Bolton

You're right RT and should we lose I'm sure that will prove Dougie has no idea what he's doing.

Reebok Trotter wrote:If we do win at Boro on Saturday I will  look forward to all the negativity from the doom and gloom merchants... blame Dougie etc etc... 

We win despite Dougie, you know that you plonker.

I'm going for a 1-1 draw, can't see us winning this one but hope I'm proven wrong again!

If Freedman makes the correct decisions re substitutions as he did last week( a first ) we might nick a win but dont think defence can be as lucky two weeks on the trot. 1-1

Opposition watch: Middlesbrough

It is the dawn of a new era on Teesside as Middlesbrough unveil new boss Aitor Karanka to the Riverside faithful for the first time this weekend.

With a large crowd expected to meet Jose Mourinho’s former assistant at Real Madrid, the 2006 UEFA Cup finalists will be hoping Karanka can help revive their season and mount a serious challenge at the right end of the league table.

Now in their fifth season in the second tier of English football, Boro are looking to turn the corner after a slow start to the current campaign, winning just three league games so far.

Under the previous regime, Middlesbrough slipped away from the promotion pack towards the end of last season despite an impressive start which saw the club near the top end of the Championship table until Christmas.

Karanka has been left with an experienced squad at his disposal with the likes of former England international Jonathan Woodgate, tricky winger Albert Adomah and ex Sunderland midfielder Grant Leadbitter.

The former Spanish international took charge of his first game last weekend as Boro suffered a 2-1 defeat at Leeds United.

Goalkeeper Jason Steele received his marching orders for Boro at Elland Road for a foul on Dexter Blackstock and will consequently miss this weekend’s game at the Riverside.

A win for Boro this weekend will see them draw level on points with Bolton in the league standings, but Karanka will be aware that Dougie Freedman’s men have won their last three games on the road.

Middlesbrough team which faced Leeds: Steele, Richardson, Woodgate, Ayala, Friend, Adomah, Leadbitter, Smallwood, Carayol, Kamara, Emnes

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The run we are on right now i'd be upset if we didn't get at least a point. This lot are nothing special and looked very ordinary against Leeds last week. We have nothing to fear.

It will be a big hyped up game due to the ticket offer and bumper crowd but we can and I think we will put a huge fucking dampner on their afternoon.

2-1 Bolton.

Natasha Whittam wrote:
When Scott is call you the forum oddball

That's a Mo-ism if ever I saw one!

i am also find it funny. ok.

Keegan wrote:i am also find it funny. ok.

How to you mean?  

Looks like Shay Given is to start in goal for Middlesbrough tomorrow.

So, we all know who MO was now don't we.

Medo relishing countryman clash

This weekend’s game against Middlesbrough is of extra significance for Medo Kamara.

Not only is he keen to extend Bolton’s unbeaten run to nine games, but he is also hoping to earn the bragging rights over his international team-mate Kei Kamara.

Having played alongside Boro’s summer signing for Sierra Leone over the past two years, the Bolton midfielder admitted that he is relishing the possibility of emerging victorious over Kamara’s side come the final whistle on Saturday.

"It’ll be an interesting afternoon," Medo said. "I’m in regular contact with Kei. We speak every day and exchange text messages before and after games. I’m sure there will be a few more sent in the run up to the weekend.

"He’s one of my good friends in the national team and I’m looking forward to playing against him."

He added: "There will be more interest in the game in Sierra Leone for sure. People will be watching the game back there.

"Most of the young lads back in Sierra Leone are watching the Premier League and La Liga, but with us two playing against each other people will watch.

"We have a group of fans who have been following us a lot."

Having made the move to the Reebok Stadium back in January of this year, the former Partizan Belgrade man explained that his and Kamara's presence in the English game has had a profound effect on those back in his homeland.

"Football is really big in Sierra Leone and it can help people a lot when they are young," he said. "It brings a lot of the lads together and when they see two players from the country playing against each other it gives them belief that they can make it if they get a break.

"Middlesbrough are a good side and each one of their players will be keen to impress the new manager. I have a feeling it is going to be a good game for sure."

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It's not a good time to be playing a team with a new manager and an anticipated decent home crowd. I think a draw would be a good result for us tomorrow and I can't see the game being a goal feast either.

Boro 1 Bolton 1

Wanderers have sold 700 tickets for tomorrows trip.

Reebok Trotter wrote:Wanderers have sold 700 tickets for tomorrows trip.

Do you know how many are allocated RT?

Reebok Trotter wrote:Wanderers have sold 700 tickets for tomorrows trip.

Are you going on the Lancy white's coach?

Culcheth_White wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:Wanderers have sold 700 tickets for tomorrows trip.

Are you going on the Lancy white's coach?

Nope! Apparently going Xmas shopping in Bury is a bigger priority!  

Lanky Whites are making the trip though.

karlypants wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:Wanderers have sold 700 tickets for tomorrows trip.

Do you know how many are allocated RT?

Not sure tbh.

karlypants wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:Wanderers have sold 700 tickets for tomorrows trip.

Do you know how many are allocated RT?

Apparently, it's pay on the day.