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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.
Well, I maintain that Boro were the best footballing side in the playoff pack but it counts for nought. No complaints. In truth, Coventry had three ...
Get one, and we’ll get two. Get one Boro.
Tight. Boro more likely to score from build-up play. Boro more likely to concede from a defensive error. Hard to call but we’re the better side ov...
Unfortunately family commitments meant I could only watch the first half live. I then spent most of the second half discreetly checking my phone for u...
@k-p-in-spain Good post KP. By the way I also went for a Coventry 2-1 Boro on Sunday. Regards Smith v Dijksteel, it’s undeniable that Smith has m...
I reminded of Steaua and McClaren throwing on four forwards with Stewart Downing at left back, flinging crosses into the box. It’s not the same qual...
@lenmasterman Len, The answer for me is quite straightforward - Giles has to play. Our strength, the asset that only Burnley have bettered (and t...
Much appreciated OFB and thanks also for your sterling work throughout the season - always a pleasure to read your pre-match thoughts. Thanks also t...
@powmillnaemore Great work Powmill. You might have just created a job for yourself going forward there!
@philip-of-huddersfield With SkyBet at least, Boro are favourites for promotion. Boro 15/8 Luton 9/4 Sunderland 7/2 Coventry 4/1
@exmil Thanks once again for running the challenge Exmil, and congrats to Ian and Len. Don't think I've ever made the playoffs before so no doubt I'...
Plucked my pre-season predictions from the thread of the time. A solid mix of absolutely abysmal and not half bad: Boro: Top 4 Automatic promotion...
Coventry happy to sit in and pounce on any misplaced passes and unfortunately we’ve given them one or two. We have to up the tempo. That will no dou...
Great opener Bob, really sums up the anxieties much of the Boro fanbase are suffering from! I really don't know whether players are being rested or ...
One match ban for Dijksteel I think. With Smith fit enough for the bench, that isn’t the end of the world. Pretty drab affair thus far.
McGree returns but no Ryan Giles in the squad today. Looks like: --------------Steffen------------ Dijksteel Howson Lenihan Bola -------Barlaser...
Just to reiterate, I thought we were the best team on the pitch last night despite a very unfamiliar XI. I just thought we weren't quite as good as so...
@forever-dormo Dormo, I'm saying that if last night was Luton's level (I can't believe it was), whilst knowing that we were some way short of our b...
Must say I wasn't quite as impressed with Boro's performance as the general consensus seems to be. I thought we were the better side - technically, ta...
@selwynoz The first goal was a good header but he was free because Dijksteel was dumped on his backside in the box. I think VAR would have taken a ...
A little disappointing but not the end of the world. No surprise that we didn’t see the best of Boro tonight with such a changed team but I can’t be...
Harsh. I think there’s a reasonable chance that both Luton goals would have been ruled out by VAR if we had it in the Championship.
A first half that was largely lacking in both intensity and quality but we lead 1-0. Boro’s changed XI settled well without looking particularly thr...
Akpom likely is being protected but he also had a late night last night at the EFL Awards, as did Hackney.