excellent stuff, woohhooo that will be me in less than 24 hours

Major major blow for the boro: on form striker Mark Viduka is too miss the match due to a thigh problem, Viduka has been on fire along with Jimmy in recent weeks its sad news.

Time for the Yak to take centre stage and show why he's the clubs number 1 striker

Gareth Southgate is now out of the tie aswell with an ankle problem. However i have been very impressed with Boro's youngsters this season and will have adequate cover im sure.

LOL that was hilarious. Especially the second interviewee, middle aged, rather 'proper' looking Woman.
And the reporter asks her if she's a hooligan (if i heard right)

I hope u taking Garlic $enior

Looool, lots of garlic. U are right with the dumb reporter )

And.... last but not least..........today is D-day FORZA STEAUA

Well at least we let em THINK they have a chance
mom for me, either , schwarzer or quedrue. (keepers never get if if no clean sheet like, but he played a blinder. Franc was EVERYWHERE. When u consider non of our 'strong' players really got involved. theres only ONE song to sing atm.

'Come to the waters'

'Where?'

DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE!!!!!!!

Middlesborough obviously like being up against it!! Im sure they will be able to overturn the deficite at the Riverside.

#1 It Middlesbrough (one O)
#2 What deficit?
#3 Im praying to every god i can get my hands on.

Oooooo we have a pedant in the house, well excuse me Dr.

Not sure why knowing how to spell my home town name makes me a 'pedant'.
most people accept when they make an error in the faith it was mentioned in (a good one).
If u think im 'making a show of knowledge', well pardon me. God forbid i know how to spell.

I fail to see why u dont accept a spelling correction by someone who lived there, someones home town, as a moderator of a forum.
No malice/pee taking was intended at all.

Or shall i put my goalkeeping gloves on now to catch ur toys?

This place seemed ok.
Only takes one to change that.

DrEggs, please don't let one incident ruin the fun of being on our forum for you

Personally I agree with you and to tell you the truth I didn't realise Middlesbrough was spelled with one "o" either
- perhaps because it is called Boro (and I'm not British)

Stick around mate.

STEAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, we're in the final!!!!!!!!!!!!!

0-0 on riverside

Eindhoven here we come

Boohoo If you were to stop coming onto a forum because of that then it would be us putting on the gloves to catch your toys!!

I knew Steaua would win today, predicted it in the pub to a Middlesbrough fan last night. I just hope that Boro can over-turn the score line at home. They give me a giant amount of entertainment in the past few games in Europe so for that I owe them the respect to hope they win the competition.

Basle said that m8. They got 2.
Was a good game like. Though i really think your players need to go to acting school, it was far to obvious

Some DAMN good play though.

Hello, I am a Steaua fan and I wanna share my oppinions on the night. So, as even boro's coach admits, the English team must be delighted with the just 1 goal loss. It should have been 2 or 3 for Steaua. You all bring out the 4-1 victory over Basel, but let's remember that was possbile only after their key defender was sent out. And, let's remember Steaua is not Basel. Most of all, Steaua plays much better away than at home. So, please don't get your hopes up, cos Steaua has 90% chance of qualifying. Only a very home-supporting referee could send Steaua out. Boro's players all say about the fatigue, I think it was not the case. Everyone could see how good Steaua's defense is, and it really doesn't let the opposite team create chances. You all say about Hasselbaink who is indeed a good player, but Betis' attack didn't score a goal in 2 matches against Steaua. And I'm talking here about Joaquim, Edu, who, please don't get offended, but don't campare to your attackers cos they are top notch attackers. And on top of it all, in the next week's game Victoras Iacob will play, our key attacker, a player that will make you forget about Hasselbaink or Viduka. Please don't get this the wrong way, it's just my oppinion. I don't say you are not good, after all you eliminated Roma, but Steaua is just plain too good. anyway, it's just a game, let the best team win, and if boro play superbly they might grab their 10 % chance, after all is football and anything can happen. Good luck to both teams, and I hope I'll see Steaua in the final.

I say again mates STEAUA isn't BASEL, you will see.

Good point cata. Sa speram ca mergem cu totii la Eindhoven ca sa ne bucuram si acolo.

Forza Steaua!!!

Was only joking around mate, no need to get so up tight!

My fault Moravcik, i wasnt exactly 'sober' at the time.
I tend to forget what humour is after watching a big game, win or lose.

No problem mate, i wouldn't worry too much anything is possible after that Basle game!

Who would you prefer in the final? Schalke or Sevilla?

I tried to watch the end of their match last night after ours finished.
Unfortunately i just couldnt concentrate (or was that 'focus'? )

I cant make a call on that in all honesty, i havent seen enough of either team play. I never just shout 'oh we will win', without any evidence to back it up. I mean in this game, you never know whats gonna happen. Chelski, Man-u and Arsenal all went to Riverside expecting to win (most of boro supporters probly expected to lose if their honest).

As Greavsy said 'Its a funny old game'

Don't get your hopes up, people. Middlesbrough - Steaua - 0 - 2 with a goal from Iacob or maybe both goals from him. Steaua will play in the final at Eindhoven with Sevilla. Middlesbrough is weaker than Betis or Rapid. That's the naked truth.