Championship

EXCUSES ARE SHOT FOR BORO HITMEN

by
The LeaguePaper Team
14 February 2021

NEIL Warnock has been quick to defend his strikeforce this season, despite an embarrassing paucity of goals.
Britt Assombalonga and Chuba Akpom, the most regular starters, have scored just nine times in a combined 50 appearances whilst Duncan Watmore - who arrived in mid-November - is the joint-top scorer with five.
“They get criticised, strikers, but you have to look at what they get,” said Warnock after last weekend’s unlucky 4-1 defeat at home to Brentford. “They’ve been feeding off scraps, really.” It’s true; Warnock, like Jonathan Woodgate a...

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