But the message at half-time was to just keep going and it would come. "We were creating chances but it just wasn't coming off. "I thought we were the better team first half even though we were 1-0 down," Ryan Giles told BBC Tees after. The highlights package showing nothing until the second half after Swansea's goal on the quarter of an hour mark summed that up. Key passes, crosses and final touches just let them down and the chances failed to materialise. They had all the ball but were struggling for their usual click in the final third. It was a frustrating first half from there on for Carrick's side. They fell behind unexpectedly on 15 minutes, as they rather passively allowed the home side to pass the ball around in the final third before a touch of fortune saw Joel Piroe divert a deflected Ryan Manning shot into the bottom corner. That's perhaps just as well, because they do have a bit of a habit of conceding against the run of play and needing to come from behind in games. This is a Boro side completely reborn under Michael Carrick, however, and their belief in what they do is palpable. That last visit ended 1-1 and despite solid form under Wilder and a similar desire to control possession, it was, as expected, Swansea who dominated possession that day. An unhappy hunting ground over the years, Boro hadn't won here before Saturday in almost 14 years and six prior visits. It was almost one year ago that Boro were last at the Stadium with Chris Wilder. READ MORE: Michael Carrick never lost belief his Middlesbrough forwards would start firing in Swansea win That Boro went to Swansea's back yard and their manager Russell Martin admitted after he knew his side would 'have to suffer without the ball and work really hard', epitomises how other Championship teams view Boro right now. It looked like it could make for an intriguing battle early on in South Wales, with both sides seeing chances flash narrowly wide within five minutes of kick-off.īut from there on out, in terms of possession of the ball at least, Boro took over. Swansea have for a long time been a side that like to dominate the ball and play patient, possession-based football - much like the style Carrick wants his Boro side to play also. And if there was any doubt that other Championship teams are really sitting up and taking notice then Saturday's victory at Swansea City should eradicate that. This is often a more intuitive way to specify this value.The Middlesbrough train with Michael Carrick as controller keeps rolling and rolling. The Set Last Pass Thickness option will enable an edit box where you can specify the last pass in terms of the remaining thickness of material you wish to cut with the last pass (instead of in terms of its depth). Edit the precise Depth value if required and then click Apply. A new pass will be added and automatically selected. To add a new pass, double left click at the approximate location in the passes diagram that you wish to add the pass. The Clear All Passes button will delete all the passes. The Delete button will delete the selected pass. To edit the depth of the selected pass, change the value in the Depth edit box and click Apply. The currently selected pass is highlighted in red on the diagram. Left click on a depth value in the list, or a depth line on the diagram, to select it. The relative spacing of the passes is indicated in the diagram next to the list. The Pass Depths section at the top of the form shows a list of the current pass depths.
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