'One of the worst football games I’ve seen in my life' – Middlesbrough fans react to underwhelming 1-0 defeat at Stoke City

Nathan Collins’ 19th minute header saw the Potters claim victory at the bet365 Stadium as Boro failed to build on their impressive midweek display against Swansea City.

Neil Warnock felt his side lacked quality in the final third as they failed to get on the scoresheet for the fourth time in their last seven Championship matches.

And after the game, many Boro fans took to Twitter to express their frustration with the result and performance…

Alex Hall: “That was honestly one of the worst football games I’ve seen in my life.”

Chloe Lavan: “‘More quality in the final third’ if I had a pound for every time I’ve heard that over the years.”

Magic Matty: “Don't understand why we move Spence over to the left on his bad foot, when he proves week in week out he can't put a decent ball in the box on his "good" foot. Poor refereeing today, they were throwing themselves to ground & laying there for treatment far too much.”

@index_value: “That was embarrassing. Tavernier (Messi in his eyes) and Spence are boys trying to play a man’s game. Absolute shambles.”

Joe Stewart: “Utterly deserved the better team won we all knew we were going to lose against certain teams but today was bad. I’m still confused to why we win a game with a team then change it when he doesn’t believe in fatigue because of the rest he gives? On to mid-week now for 3 points UTB!”

@FerretSqueaks: “Well that was a big steaming pile of garbage. One decent chance in the first half that went begging.

"Other than that Boro were awful, until the usual late panic-push.Got what we deserved. Stoke weren't great, but didn't need to be.”

Paul Jenks: “Couldn't hit a barn door from 20 yards our lot except Watmore right now and he sits on the bench for 70+ minutes. Rubbish.”

@ppnd84: “Poor today. Didn't have the ability or quality to hurt them. We've had some decent matches this season but we won't make an impact on the league with such a disappointing lack of momentum from game to game.”

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