MATCHWATCH : Middlesbrough (h)

[Sutekh]

McNair should've been off for that elbow.

Certainly more deserved than Crooks’ red.

[Royal Rother]

How did they not score??

Phew!

[CountryRoyal]

Lol first clean sheet of the season without any centre backs, a midfielder at right back, a midfielder and centre back, and a right back at centre back.

Shocking from boro, well deserved from us. What a win. Should have been 3/4.

[Snowflake Royal]

How did they not score??

Phew!

Laurent got his head to it, should have been another corner.

Hey, Liam. No centrebacks are better than you. oxf*rd off.

[Once upon a time .]

Unbelievable ! Great performance !

[CountryRoyal]

Think Drinkwater was good, one of those performances you don’t really realise he’s playing but just helps everything tick along really nicely.

[Royal Rother]

Unbelievable ! Great performance !

Yeah, most encouraging.

Very impressed by Tetek. Well done young man.

[6ft Kerplunk]

3pts, clean sheet and a red card for Warnock to go off on one about. Perfect result really.

[John Madejski's Wallet]

3pts, clean sheet and a red card for Warnock to go off on one about. Perfect result really.

This

Only downside is me not realising it was an early kick off so couldn't go

[Mr Optimist]

It's the second motion that gets him sent off. Studs of both boots deliberately pushed into his chest when they were already on the ground.

Spot on. We need to see it from a different angle. The commentators have completely missed the players second deliberate movement in to Southwood’s face.

[Simon's Church]

Incredible win considering the team we put out, hopefully not a bad injury for Tetek who is clearly not a right back but has probably earned a few more starts this season with that performance.

Boro created pretty much nothing outside of the first and last 10 mins

[Kitsondinho]

Anyone still Pauno out?!

[Elm Park Kid]

Anyone still Pauno out?!

I'm shake it all about.

[JimmytheJim]

It's the second motion that gets him sent off. Studs of both boots deliberately pushed into his chest when they were already on the ground.

Think his starting position is worth considering too.

He's just tried an over head and fallen to the ground and before he's fully up he's lunging in two footed late on the keeper.

Hard to say that doesn't endanger an opponent, or that he is in control.

I see counting feet isn't your forte.

[Kitsondinho]

Anyone still Pauno out?!

I'm shake it all about.

[Snowball]

Red for the afters. He wanted to hurt Southwood

[yuomi]

Fine for Crooks to go for that ball. Absolutely not fine for him to keep going for it/leave his foot in once they were both on the deck and the ball was clearly in Southwood's hands. Clear red for me.

[Mr Optimist]

I only hope that by mid-afternoon I am listening to a gracious post-match interview from the fair and balanced (sack of chips on each shoulder) Mr Warnock, who is lamenting the performance of the referee and linesmen… “I don’t know how he has missed it if I am being honest”, “I thought we had complete control of the game up until that point”, “I’m not going to criticise the lads because they have given their all, but to not come away with 3 points due to incompetency like that, we’ll, I’m not going to say any more or I will get myself in to trouble, but…..”

Thanks Neil.

[Franchise FC]

Fine for Crooks to go for that ball. Absolutely not fine for him to keep going for it/leave his foot in once they were both on the deck and the ball was clearly in Southwood's hands. Clear red for me.

Not a red for me

[CountryRoyal]

Game in hand not withstanding but we’re out of the playoffs on GD.

Amazing what stringing a few wins together in such a close league can do.