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I’ve put in some dates below. Happy to do others occasionally, if the need arises. Fixture Type Date Writer Swa...
Exmil and KP Just catching up on the blog after a few weeks off. Really sorry to hear about your ongoing health problems. I hope you’re both soon fe...
I’m happy to contribute a few starter articles, probably 6-8 across the season, if they can be reasonably evenly spaced, as last year. Presumably we’l...
I just want to add my best wishes for speedy and successful treatment, Exmil. I’m really sorry to hear of your diagnosis. I hope they treat you well a...
Exmil I’m just catching up on the blog. I’m terribly sorry to hear the news of your illness. I do hope you get positive news this week and that noth...
I doubt it, Jarkko. Ben‘s s good player but he wasn’t really good enough for the Premiership, where he was often exposed by strong attacks. And Sean D...
@philip-of-huddersfield Great post. I enjoyed your ratings. I can’t disagree too much with them, but I might go a touch lower for Barlaser, who I t...
dormo, selwynoz Kieran Maguire has already been voted Championship Manager of the Year, and quite rightly so in my view.
Dormo Many thanks for another sparkling and enjoyable opener! Elton John references much appreciated. Here’s hoping Rocket Man Latte Lath fires us t...
@exmil Good post. I notice you omitted Barlaser. Was that deliberate? If so, do you think we should seek to offload him this summer?
In all of the posts above regarding recruitment, nobody mentioned Josh Coburn. I’d be loathe to lose him, as I think he has tremendous potential. But ...
@selwynoz Indeed! It would be nice to think that, by giving Leeds a hell of a game on Monday, we might have played a key part in confining them to ...
@deleriad Thanks for the interesting starter. You sum up our season nicely - it’s a 5 out of 10 for me, cup run notwithstanding - and you pose some...
Lots of great posts, friends! Someone commented above that Bangura might be the answer to our left-back issue. I think he certainly did enough last...
Happy Birthday, Jarkko. 63? You’re just a youngster compared to several of us on here! I loved the opener, Andy. Given that it is increasingly diff...
My decision to focus a large lump of my opener on Kieran McKenna has been justified! He has won Championship Manager of the Year. And that’s fully des...
@mw-in-darwin Excellent, mw, thank you!
@mw-in-darwin Brilliant statistics, which I’d never seen. That fact about the substitutes and how many goals they’ve scored is amazing - especially...
@original-fat-bob Irony’s not dead yet, then, OFB?! 🤭 I got depressed just planning the thing!
@stircrazy I like it. Anything that damages Wilder’s interests is fine by me!
@paulinboro I agree. He’s reverted to disappointing type after one good game. I also agree with Andy that Azaz was also not convincing until he s...
@werdermouth Agree entirely, werder. Boro were shambolic at the back at times, offering Hull a ton of opportunities. A better side than the Tigers ...
Fantastic opener, Powmill! I asked to swop my Leeds assignment because I’d done the away game and didn’t want to repeat myself. You’ve produced a mast...
@pedro No. More than that. When he’s fit, he’s very skilful, and scores goals. I’d say hold out for £6-7 million. But personally, I hope he does st...
I quite enjoyed the game. Let’s face it, it really doesn’t get any easier in this division than against this supine, hopeless Wednesday team, but Boro...
@andy-r Brilliant, Andy! Many thanks.
On another matter entirely, would someone be prepared to swop with me to write the opener for the Leeds game? I did the away game earlier in the seaso...
I would also like to proffer my thanks to you, OFB, for all your contributions over this season and many previously, and also for this excellent opene...
@stircrazy A sucker punch indeed! I was poised to write that we played some nice stuff going forward but were our usual toothless selves, then sudd...