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28th Aug 2016

Fans demand answers as West Brom vs Middlesbrough is branded most boring game in TV history

"I hate this game - it makes me sad to be breathing"

Rob Burnett

We knew. We all knew.

As soon as we looked up the Sunday games and saw West Brom vs Middlesbrough was the 1.30pm kick off, we knew it was never going to be a cracker.

But even our worst fears were nothing as to how boring the match actually became.

With just two shots on target in the whole of the first half the game was peak Pulisball.

Tony P’s side managed to suck any and all excitement, thrill, entertainment or enjoyment out of the game, making fans wonder whey they bothered at all.

Plenty took to Twitter to voice their dissatisfaction – and the head of scheduling at Sky Sports came in for a fair bit of stick as well.

Some people were trying to be optimistic:

 

But it didn’t take long for the Pulisball nature of the match to be revealed:

Some just couldn’t work it out:

And some wanted retribution:

https://twitter.com/tomj191/status/769890016654946304

This is maybe going a little far:

https://twitter.com/Jordizer/status/769889657488375809

Channel 5 will probably make this:

But mostly, people were just incredibly bored by the whole affair:

https://twitter.com/KanelsAbel/status/769888597931622401

https://twitter.com/_nsno/status/769888580319662080

https://twitter.com/lisalovesbacon/status/769888469023727619

https://twitter.com/ADThompson_/status/769887294283210752

https://twitter.com/StuSeaton/status/769892053597773824

Even the atmosphere didn’t escape criticism:

Will Man City vs West Ham at 4pm be any better? It can’t be any worse…

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