I don't even need to look at the timeline and I already know Boro fans will have gone from "oh we might actually have a chance against Chelsea" to "we're going to lose 15-0 on aggregate against Chelsea and Villa"

Villa approaching for Rogers in January is weird. He's obviously not going to be a starter, will be loaned out in all likelihood if he was bought, probably for 2-3 seasons. But Boro wanting to keep him also pushes up his price, so why wouldn't Villa wait until the summer?

Let's not kid ourselves into thinking this isn't exactly what should have happened in the first leg 😂

If I was Villa, after seeing Rogers fluff our best chance of the game, I'd be pulling the offer straight away. Can't have a chance like that in a situation like this, against a team like Chelsea, and just scuff it low. That needs to be roof of the net.

Boro fans fuming at pricing but probably forgetting that Steve Gibson is a Tory. As with all Tories, detached from reality and out of touch with your everyday person.

Don't know why Boro fans would be surprised, upset or annoyed at the result. A team with no striker, playing away from home, to a team objectively better than us. A Boro win would have been an upset.

Literally all of these teams in the Premier League could be replaced with the top 9 from the Championship and it wouldn't make a bit of difference to the #EPL The chasm between the rich and the scrappers is becoming ever wider.

I see we've now entered the Steve-Gibson's-Early-Bird-End-Of-Season-False-Hope conspiracy phase of our season.

Carrick really said fuck the cup and then battered #lufc anyway.

2 league games. No goals from open play. Same old inefficient Boro story.

Is this Boro team going to be one of the biggest disappointments of recent years?

Middlesbrough's first 3 games. Won one. Drawn one. Lost one. As average as you can get, what we probably should expect from this club. A defensive injury crisis 2 weeks in. One centre back. Classic. Still can't score from open play in 3 games vs weak teams. Very concerning.

Boro having a shocking start to the season so we forever have to play catch up and run out of steam for the playoff push you say..... ??

Another kids vs kids in the cup. Don't know why people bother paying, might as well just go and watch the U21s matches instead. Nothing to read into from this match for the rest of the season, but our league games tell you all you need to know anyway. Struggle street.

Boro fans saying they "do have hard feelings" for Latte Lath are so pathetic. Fans act as though they have a god given right to be adored by players simply cos the players play for a club they support. Football is a business, players want to make money. It is ALL about money.

Boro are so shit 😂😂 get used to this Boro fans. All bark & no bite. People saying it's just "not clicking"? This is as much as it clicks.