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@exmil Compensation? Yer jokin’ arn’ yer? Ive just choked on my tea. I agree with everybody. This had better work out or there’ll be hell to pay...
Good grief. More and more names mentioned as ‘favourites.’ But the words ‘scrape,’ ‘barrel’ and ‘bottom’ spring to mind.
I sincerely hope Boro’s decision to sack Carrick doesn’t come back to bite us on the bum by landing us with a second-rate or second choice candidate. ...
@original-fat-bob Re Aaron Danks. It’s a good shout, but despite his obvious talents and experience, he’d be yet another rookie with no management ...
@lenmasterman That’s a very interesting point about the U13s and Woody. It’s also very sad. By pure coincidence it chimes extremely well with what I...
The problem is we can all hypothesise and speculate as much as we like, but we’ll probably never know the truth of it until Carrick writes his memoirs...
@peter-surtees Yes, I agree, Peter. That stuff about injuries is b**locks.
Jarkko, exmil Thanks for the article. Wilson is adamant that Carrick wanted Iheanacho and wanted a permanent deal, and even says he checked him out ...
@original-fat-bob Not Jonny, thank you. We all love him, but I don’t see him as manager material. At least, not yet. I think it’s time to bring in ...
@andy-r It’s still brilliant, Andy!
@jarkko Southgate is a good shout. I can’t see him coming back, though.
@philip-of-huddersfield Yes!! Jürgen Klopp! The perfect appointment!
I am absolutely gobsmacked. Stunned, even. With the season having ended yonks ago, I assumed Boro were just going to give MC another chance. I know it...
@martin-bellamy A while back, you wrote: ‘Nostalgia, eh? Nothing beats it.’ Maybe. But it definitely ain’t what it used to be…………. Thanks for tho...
The Deckchairs’ promotion this afternoon puts the final seal on our miserable season. That very apt video gt shared earlier in which the guy talks of ...
@OFB Belatedly I’d just like to add my best wishes, Bob. I’m sorry there seems to be no easy solution to your heart issues, and hope that they find...
Brilliant, Andy! Thank you. I’m going on holiday tomorrow, so will comment at greater length as the debate develops. I would just add one further c...
On the balance of results over the season -18 losses- I would say that a mid-table finish is about right, but to drop to tenth is nonetheless more tha...
Dormo, Powmill, selwynoz I absolutely love Winter Song. It’s one of my favourites on Spotify. I agree that Alan Hull’s writing is brilliant. And tha...
@powmillnaemore Great stuff, expertly interweaving great writing with Greek myth, Lindisfarne and Alastair Griffin! Very entertaining and very clev...
What a marvellous opener, werder! You’ve somehow managed to maintain your usual very high standards despite the despondency you must share with all of...
So, Bristol City got hammered 4-0 at Leeds. That puts a serious dent in their goal difference. That’s the first part of the jigsaw complete! All we ...
@selwynoz I agree 100%!
I don’t boo our players and never will. I stuck with it till the final whistle. To be fair, there was a lot of applause, too, as Boro had certainly pu...
Is anybody else slightly perturbed by the guff Michael Carrick is quoted as spouting in today’s Gazette, particularly the bit about playing to our str...
@gt He's certainly done well with Wales - currently unbeaten under him - and he was Vincent Kompany’s right-hand man at Burnley, but whether he’d b...
Having set a tone of despair and despondency with my opener, I’d like to try to bring a touch of positivity. Many of us have talked of Boro’s brittlen...
Thank you all for your very kind comments, which I greatly appreciate. I must say that I, too, am enjoying the debate about the club and the manager. ...
That’s a superb comment, Len. I fully understand why you would want to stick with Carrick. Just like Gareth, he has all of those qualities you describ...