Boro 1 Pool 1

honestly speaking, i would rather the team play well and lose instead of scrapping a draw in every match. we are awful during the first half. we cant even string more than 3 passes together and the players look like headless chicken running aimlessly on the pitch. the defence was pathetic and Arbeloa was completely useless. we do not have the desire to win the match right from the very beginning. and boateng's goal did not even knock any sense of urgency into our players. its pathetic.

2nd half started slow and we were still as boring. it was painful to watch the team and i switched channel for 20 mins or so. when i resume watching the game, we were still trailing by a goal until that miraculous strike by Torres. after that goal and a few changes, we looked perk up a bit but it was blatantly obvious that Boro had much more desire to win the match. we looked second to them in almost every dept. and as a team poised to be title challengers, we sux to the core! we struggled to beat teams like derby, sunderland, birmingham... and we looked mediocre when playing manure and arse. at the way we are playing, i dread the CL match against Inter Milan.

and for those we are still standing by Rafa...i pray that you be rationale and have a good look at the matches under his reign. we are not winning against team we are expected to win and we can never compete with the top teams. we lack consistency and after so many matches, he still cant get his winning XI sorted out. this is defintely not a knee-jerk reaction but rafa has lost it. rumors of his disagreement with the current owners are having a way to big impact on the team. its pretty obvious. and if the new owners think he is not the right man for the club, i beseech they get a replacement asap. the football club needs to understand the fact that we are no longer the 'best team in Europe' like we were in the 80's. this football club is just riding the success of the 80's team. we need to get a grip and realise we have become such a mediocre team. so mediocre that team like reading can get 3 points from us and we even struggle with lower division teams in the league cup and fa cup. i hope we have a change soon and i hope rafa can do something to prevent the slum. it hurts so badly tonight~