sat 5th feb away to ipswich
first half was fairly dull, boro on top again but not making many chances. 0-0 ht. oskarsson taken
off with a slight injury, new loan signing le talac coming on. within 5 mins of the change le tallec
scores from a great through ball by wurtz who is playing superbly. 75 mins mistake by antonsson
allows counago to equalise. kelvin davies man of the match in the ipswich goal keeping out shot
after shot. ft 1-1
wed 9th feb facup 4th round replay home to southampton
a close game expected after the 2 draws between these teams in recent weeks. boro hit by injuries to
yaya (for the rest of the season) and kah, so a reshuffle needed, resting oskarsson for man u game
boro straight on the attack, 6mins olisidabe scores on the second attempt. 22 mins loisidabe misses
an open goal after good work by torales. 32 mins olisidabe gets his 2nd 2-0. great work by olisidabe
sets up zenoni for his first ever boro goal kristianson injured in goal, change made at half time
along with olisidabe who also picked up a knock. ht 3-0. shaaban and le tallec brought on 54 mins,
toralles scores. 84 mins beattie pulls one back but too little too late even a second goal for him
on 94 mins is to no avail, boro win 4-2. and go through to face york in round 5.
sat 12th feb away to man utd.
chances either end at the start. mistake by arca lets man utd take the lead 1-0. great play by
oskarsson sets up olisidabe 1-1. reich sends a great cross to olisidabe 2-1 boro. arca gives away
a penalty 2-2. oskarsson taken off at half time injured le tallec on. great goal by utd 3-2. 70
silvestre sent off. 82 mins substitute telez equalises. man utd dominated the second half, kristianson
in boro goal was fantastic. 3-3 ft
sat 19th fa cup round 5 home to york city
made lots of changes for the easy looking cup tie, resting 5 key players. boro on top as expected,
42mins toralles scores 1-0 boro. boro remain on top against a commited york team who are greatful
of the gate money they will recieve. torales gets a 2nd on 66 mins le tallec seals a comfortable
3-0 win on 87 mins. a good effort by york.
wed 23rd leeds at home
all the rested players back in, kah having to play out of position as arca suspended. boro on top
early on take the lead through oskarsson on 25 mins sustained pressure till half time. ht 1-0 boro.
boro continue in similar vein 2nd half. chance after chance falls boros way but they cant put it in
the net. a new front pairing brought on by boroand on 78 mins le tallec sets up torrales for a
clinical 2nd goal. 87 mins boro get a penalty for a foul on torrales, gamst pederson missed it
but torrales was following up to seal a 3-0 win
sat 26th away to tottenham
with oskarsson being injured for 3 weeks, it gives an opportunity for torales to have an extended run
in the team. the only other change being the return of arca at left back and the welcome return of
juninho to the bench after 5 months out injured. boro start in the ascendency, only good work by
lastuvka in the spurs goal keeping the scores level. completely against the run of play on 20 mins
kanoute puts spurs ahead 1-0. 31 mins long range shot goes in past the unsighted spurs keeper by
gamst pederson. 43 mins arca conceed a penalty put away by redknapp. ht boro 2-1 down.
great play between le tallec and torrales sees torales equalise on 61 mins. end to end action as
each team searches for the winner. ft 2-2
wed 2nd march home to villa
villa riding high in the league a tough game expected, even with boro on the back of a 9 game unbeaten
run. boro without first choice attack of oskarsson and olisidabe. decent start by villa, getting the
clearer chances. great shot by torales hits the bar from 30 yards. poor defending sees villa take the
lead from a long throw and gamst pederson gets injured juninho brought on. a great through ball by the
little fella sets up a great equaliser for torales. poor defending allowed berbatov to reclaim the lead
for villa. berbatov seals his hattrick on 90 mins as boro undeservedly lose 3-1.
gamst pederson broke a leg in the villa game to join an increasing long injury list:
gamst pederson out 6 months
yaya out 5 months
kompany still out for 1 more month
coco still out 2 months
salpingidis out 3 more months
absalonsen out 1 more month
olsen out 1 month
oskarsson out 1 month
olisidabe out 1 month
can boro keep up their impressive season in view of such crippling injuries to there attacking players
sat 5th home to everton
after the disapointing loss to villa, boro will be looking to get back to winning ways against an everton
team fighting relegation. with all the injuries to the team it means a recall to the starting line up for
juninho.boro on top straight away and torales scores on 9 mins. boro continue to dominate, 27 mins
le tallec sets up torales 2nd goal. goal disallowed for offside on 43mins. le tallas misses great opportunity
72 mins le tallec sets up torales again for his hattrick81 mins le tallec repeats the feat 4-0 boro 4 goals to
torales. 84 mins le tallec gets a deserved goal. ft 5-0 boro a great way to get back on track.