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I don’t think it’s reasonable to say that hiring someone you value based on previous experience is a “job for the boys”. It’s fair to say that if you ...

Just to add to Selwynoz’s podcast recommendation, there’s also a new one from the BBC which features Maddo and Dana from The Boro Breakdown:

Great work, Werder. Much appreciated. I don’t know where we’d be without you.

@ken Speak for yourself, Ken - I had Emerson and Bowen in my fantasy team and was looking for more than a grand total of 3pts from the two!

The late kick-off meant I was only able to catch the last 15mins or so last night so I can't really comment. All I saw was Boro camped around the Roth...

I haven't posted too much of late as I'm currently on Jury Duty and it's surprisingly taking quite a lot out of me. It's amazing how sitting and liste...

Many thanks OFB. Football has obviously taken a bit of a back step over the last few days but I’m glad that we’re back tonight. There doesn’t seem...

Ken, I had a couple of years of working on the coverage of Grand Prix Speedway back in 2001 - 2003. I knew nothing of the sport beforehand and hav...

Match postponed.

@pedro You could play McGree behind a front two in a 3-4-1-2. It would mean Crooks playing deeper or not at all but I’m not sure we have the defens...

Agree with all of that, Werder. Liam Roberts has done brilliantly in stepping up from League Two and looks a great piece of recruitment. He may not ...

Howson fit to play after all, so Fry in for Lenihan the only change.

We’ll soon find out but it sounds like Howson and Lenihan will miss out tonight. Fry is an easy swap in for Lenihan (and possibly an upgrade anyway?...

@original-fat-bob Thanks Bob, although I don’t think the stats make good reading! With the way we play, I would expect our xGC to be below averag...

Welcome back Martin. Some great posts above as ever and on the other forums regarding finances. Boro could really do with a win tomorrow night cou...

Best of luck John. Far more important than this football malarkey.

Great stuff, Bob. Thanks.

@malcolm Yes. Large turnaround that will take some time to click but, on paper at least, they’ve brought in a number of players that fit the templa...

I'm afraid that Paddy McNair is just a "nearly" man. Reasonably tall, reasonably strong, but not enough to cope with the powerhouses. Not slow, but ...

Bugger. Boro worked hard tonight and a draw would certainly have been a fair result but the half chances didn’t go our way when we were on top for m...

Honours even after 45. Boro competing pretty well with the added physicality of Clarke, Mowatt, Crooks and Muniz apparent when compared to a few wee...

Just clocked the respective goal differences and realised that a win tonight would put us above Watford. Doesn’t seem right after the start we had whi...

@ken Hate's a strong word, Ken. I don't hate anybody that I can think of, let alone another football club. Like you, I've never really understood...

I tend to instinctively adopt Tony Mowbray's side as my (distant) second team. That's going to be tough this time around.

Len, Werder, I think the other factor in the McNair/Djiksteel debate is consistency. I’m on the Djiksteel side of the fence but will concede that he...

I’d better give P.G. Wodehouse the credit for the verb “to spaniel”, though just as much goes to an incredibly knowledgeable friend of mine who mentio...

Thanks Werder. Your continued stewardship is much appreciated by all!