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Andy R
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RE: Boro's squad starts to shape up

@exmil Lots of players in their best positions tonight: McNair in defence (in his time at Boro he’s certainly looked best there), Coulson and Spen...

4 years ago
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RE: The Covid gamble

We all tread a little bit carefully when discussing politics on this blog and rightly so. For my pennies worth, Keir Starmer seems a credible leade...

4 years ago
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RE: The Covid gamble

@werdermouth I could barely think of anything worse than a nightclub before COVID, nevermind now!

4 years ago
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RE: Boro's squad starts to shape up

Warnock has stated that he wants 8 or 9 players from whom he knows what he's going to get every week. The two or three that leaves are presumably more...

4 years ago
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RE: Boro's squad starts to shape up

Given that Boro are short of left backs and wide players it makes no sense at all to allow Coulson to leave in my opinion. Surely he can undergo som...

4 years ago
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RE: Boro's squad starts to shape up

@exmil My assumptions on Saville were that we paid around £7m over 4 years and that by him going back to Millwall we wouldn’t pay the final instalme...

4 years ago
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RE: Boro's squad starts to shape up

@werdermouth I think that's right, Werder. I just think we have to be a little bit cautious as a club and whilst we should support Warnock we should...

4 years ago
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RE: Boro's squad starts to shape up

Good post Werder and sums up the state of play nicely. I do think it's a shame that less experienced talent like Wing, Coulson and Spence seemingly ...

4 years ago
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RE: Boro 2021/2022 Transfer Targets & Rumours

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RE: England

@ken Certainly quite a northern-born England squad this time to which you can add Aaron Ramsdale / Sam Johnstone, Dean Henderson, Jordan Henderson, ...

4 years ago
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RE: England

I thought England did very, very well even to make the final. There were four or five nations out there with better XIs in my view but having topped o...

4 years ago
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RE: Boro 2021/2022 Transfer Targets & Rumours

@original-fat-bob Didn't quite catch that, OFB - was that a nudge and a wink?

4 years ago
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RE: Boro 2021/2022 Transfer Targets & Rumours

Some more information on Payero from Wyscout here:

4 years ago
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RE: Boro 2021/2022 Transfer Targets & Rumours

I expect Maddo would be Bahamboozled.

4 years ago
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RE: Boro 2021/2022 Transfer Targets & Rumours

Speaking of Martin Braithwaite, apparently he’s worth €250m thanks to successful business ventures in clothing, housing and land. I guess that puts ...

4 years ago
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RE: Boro 2021/2022 Transfer Targets & Rumours

Yes I had the same thought, though it's possible he's a late developer. The internet is no place to judge a player but he does look a strong lad; a ...

4 years ago
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RE: England

Come on England.

4 years ago
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RE: Boro’s Foreign Strikers

@ken I guess that rules out Lee Dong Gook as well!

4 years ago
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RE: Boro 2021/2022 Transfer Targets & Rumours

Saville was one of those signings that just didn’t work out and his return to Millwall is a good one for all involved. It would be far easier to accep...

4 years ago
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RE: Boro 2021/2022 Transfer Targets & Rumours

I hope he's consistently as good as was on debut against Cardiff when he played on loan for us under Tony Mowbray. Absolute handful.

4 years ago
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RE: England at the Riverside

I have to say I think it’s pretty ridiculous that the Denmark v Finland game was completed yesterday. I understand that the players gave the ok to c...

4 years ago
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RE: England at the Riverside

@david-in-cumbria It was a great post, David, giving the blog probably its most relevant account so far. I think we all recognise that this blog i...

4 years ago
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RE: England at the Riverside

@ken That certainly resonates with me, Ken. I’ve been dim and pale my whole life.

4 years ago
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RE: England at the Riverside

I suppose the need for a clear objective or an end date depends on whether you consider the taking of a knee to be a campaign/protest or whether it is...

4 years ago
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RE: Boro 2021/2022 Transfer Targets & Rumours

@deleriad That’s true, but equally Brentford have got their price (£35m for Watkins for example). Thats my point. There is not a player we can att...

4 years ago
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RE: Boro 2021/2022 Transfer Targets & Rumours

@exmil Irreplaceable. The only offers we should therefore consider are unreasonable ones north of £30m plus substantial add-ons. That assumes Dael...

4 years ago
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RE: Boro 2021/2022 Transfer Targets & Rumours

I actually think Andy Carroll is a pretty good player (or at least WAS a very good player) and ideal for Warnock-ball but his injury record and no dou...

4 years ago
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RE: Boro 2021/2022 Transfer Targets & Rumours

@deleriad I lived in and around Edinburgh for three years in the mid-2000s as well. Great place.

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