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If there was truth in any rumours re Nathan Wood (I haven't heard them tbh) or he was seen as a bad egg, it's strange that he was offered a two year c...

@philip-of-huddersfield I don’t really know how well Wood did last season (though playing 40 games is a sure sign that he didn’t do badly) but this...

@gt The only area we seem to be overstocked in is goalkeeper to my mind. It doesn’t look like someone will have to leave for financial reasons - ...

Going into the summer the holes in the squad seemed to be at Goalkeeper (Steffen), left back (Giles), centre mid (Mowatt), attacking midfield (Ramsey)...

I like the QPR player rumours. Dieng has long been one of the division's better keepers and Willock I think is comparable to McGree. I'd add Ilias C...

@philip-of-huddersfield I just read it as releasing cash flow. The money is coming in from Bournemouth but the club have decided to release it all ...

Right... Please ignore the earlier table and use the one below, with Powmill-Naemore (PN) added as requested. Excel attached for those that can ac...

@original-fat-bob No worries Bob - I think you did email me a while ago but it’s slipped through the net. I’ll redraft the table at some point to...

@powmillnaemore Whoops. Not sure, maybe I missed you. Happy to make amendments if you’d like to be included?

All, Many thanks to OFB for reaching out to those of you who expressed an interest in writing match previews. Also, huge thanks for those who have s...

@exmil I thought McNair had his second best season in a Boro shirt last season (the previous season in Wilder's back three being his best). perhaps...

Good to hear from you, Ken. I’ll be with you in spirit roaring on England in The Ashes.

@deleriad Good post. Leicester’s squad looks seriously scary on paper but it won’t be the one that kicks off the new season. Re Vardy, the proble...

@k-p-in-spain You could cut it a slightly different way: include the playoff games but discount the 3 x dead rubbers to give a sense of how we did ...

Perhaps this is for a different thread as we look back on the season past, but thought it was worth breaking the season down into chunks to see how we...

I think Boro’s prospects next season might be better served by Luton going up, as I can see Coventry losing a few key players over the summer if they ...

@pedro Coventry did give the league a head start as well but theirs was a little bit different - they didn’t play their opening three home games du...

@gt If Carrick had been in all season we may have finished second. If Ramsey and Archer had been in all season we may also have finished second. ...

@philip-of-huddersfield In the few games Roberts played he actually looked a better shot stopper / traditional keeper than Steffen at the time. I t...

@gt Not sure I agree with that level of overhaul, gt (though I say this every season!). This is how I see it: GK - need a ball playing GK. May ...

I think we have to be a bit careful with assist stats as, to state the obvious, an assist is only an assist if your teammate finishes it off. Giles'...

I don't buy any sort of theory that Chuba Akpom has been a one season wonder. Sure, he has never before reached the heights he did this season but how...

Boro’s retained list shows that all the players I marked with an * have been released. Payero is the only unknown at this stage. Have to say I’d lov...

@martin-bellamy I think these are a season or two out of date. Michael Olise has been smashing in the assists for Crystal Palace in the EPL all sea...

Thanks for starting the thread, Bob. It's always good to have a look at the squad in the context of Carrick's 4-2-3-1 as a starting point. There are...

Thanks again to all above - I hugely appreciate the comments. Just to follow on from Powmill, if there were enough of us to create a wider rotation ...

@martin-bellamy Championship Set piece goals: 1 Millwall 24 2 Sheff Utd 22 3 WBA 18 =4 Birmingham 16 =4 Luton 16 ..... =15 Boro 11 ...

@exmil Congrats to our finalists! Good luck in the final gents.