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Can I add my thanks and congratulations for another superb opener, Len? Two in a week - we really are spoiled! Keep Josh Coburn? Yes, please! Bo...
Predictions, eh? This is what I wrote pre-Leeds: ‘My heart says we’ll win tomorrow - on penalties, probably. My head, however, thinks we’ll lose, p...
@john-richardson Re the disallowed goal ! Without Goalminder or Hawkeye goal line technology which isn’t used in the championship it’s hard to s...
Yes, glad you’re back with us, Powmill. I hope your knee is getting stronger and that you’re out of pain.
The Guardian has put Boro in its top 3 for automatic promotion, along with Burnley and Leeds. I’m happy with that! They’ve also included Rav as one of...
What a superb opener, Len! You’ve started the season for us in absolute top form! Let’s hope our heroes do the same on Saturday. I’m very optimistic a...
@original-fat-bob If he turns out to be as good as the player Boro developed Rodgers into, he’ll be a bargain! Bring it on!
@stircrazy Utter tosh! I think this is somebody’s fantasy football dream. In any case, I’d want a lot more than £12 million for Hackney. Morgan Rod...
@forever-dormo Bellingham was spotted last night in the Tontine talking to Neil Bausor! I have that on very good authority from my good Korean frie...
Did I say writing other people’s efforts?? Losing the plot! I meant ‘reading’, of course!
@lenmasterman Absolutely Len! I wouldn’t want anybody to feel compelled to use it. I really enjoy writing the different prose (and poetry!) starter...
This is my worked example for Swansea - last season’s statistics, obviously!! Boro v Swansea City Date: Saturday 10 August Time: ...
Hi All Last season, when I was writing my previews, I often found myself using the same information to describe how our opponents were progressing, ...
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...