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Love that, Deleriad. Top work!

I saw the first 25mins, then missed the rest of the first half due to some "Dadmin" before settling down to watch the second half. I thought the fir...

Good shout!

Unusual line-up. Let’s hope it comes off 🤞

@lenmasterman I should have said “found himself in” rather than “put himself in”. There’s no intended criticism of Carrick from me. He has conduc...

Just an observation but I think Michael Carrick has put himself in quite a cosy position at Boro. When things are going well, Carrick receives the m...

Top, top work Clive 👏 Like Pedro, I’m really hoping that Lenihan is back for this one. Who is selected at left back will be interesting and an insig...

So it WAS the right fixture at the right time in the end. Not just that Watford are a little shaky but, far more importantly, Boro seem to be rediscov...

@forever-dormo No probs. There was a revised list put into the original thread after more posters wanted to be involved.

Fixture Date Writer Watford (A) 30-Sep AR Cardiff (H) 03-Oct CH Sunderland (A) 07-Oct DEL Birmingham (H) 21-Oct FD ...

@original-fat-bob Actually it’s back to me for Watford: Clive has Cardiff the following week.

Looks like it IS O’Brien at left back.

@deleriad I mentioned in the week that O’Brien looked the one with the best skillset to play at left back but would still be surprised.

It is quite interesting on the tactical front today, given that Southampton are one of the few sides that you’d expect to have more of the ball than u...

@powmillnaemore Tough to think of anyone but Chris Hughton is currently managing Ghana and might be available on a part-time basis. Presumably he k...

@k-p-in-spain I don't disagree with any of that, KP. If I were Carrick, I'd be switching the system pretty sharpish and not playing his 4-2-3-1 b...

Supplementary to the above, it's quite telling that of the dozen or so summer signings, only two make my XI using Carrick's tactics: Dieng - a def...

Thanks for the brilliant opener, Selwynoz - a really interesting read that I thoroughly enjoyed. As a slight aside, I just want to say how pleased I...

A better second half but overall still nowhere near good enough. The best I can say is that I think Carrick, who is clearly still trying to find his...

Thank you for the very sad update, Philip. My sincere condolences to you and others who knew him personally. Ken has left quite a legacy on this blo...

@pedro I thought O'Brien might be that option but it seems he's another box-to-boxer. I think Howson is probably the pick of an unstocked bunch if ...

Thanks for the brilliant opener, Powmill. Superbly written. I missed the game on Saturday due to work but was surprised at the line-up and not surpr...

@original-fat-bob In fairness to Barlaser, I think I'm right in saying that we've only seem him play alongside Hackney, which doesn't suit him as t...

Many thanks for your usual excellent opener, OFB. In fact, I think you’ve taken it up a notch this time around with a lot of detail and additional tho...

@deleriad I don’t agree with some of that Brighton analysis. The glaring error is the idea that Brighton keep their fullbacks back, when anyone who...

@pedro I think Hackney, McGree and Engel can be creative for us. But we've got to them all on the pitch and as far forward as possible. That Enge...

@k-p-in-spain I’m not sure about the back three but I do think we need to look at the players we’ve got, what they can and can’t do, and setup acco...

Real problems emphasised today. One thing that really stood out to me was that our chief creators in today’s 4-2-3-1 - Silvera, Rogers and Jones - a...