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All this talk of Rams and bottoms reminds me of an old Lancashire joke. Meeting an old friend in the pub after some time without seeing him, Be...

@ken Really sorry to hear about your latest ailments. You have to put up with so much, and I really admire your resilience and determination to keep...

Many good posts, lads and lasses, accurately summing up the game. I would add two further comments:- After Crooks equalised at 2-2 (and what a goal...

Thanks for a great opener, Andy! I think this is likely to be a harder game than against Bristol City. QPR had a really good pre-season and see...

I really enjoyed yesterday’s game and Boro’s performance. Not only was it entertaining (!!!), we created several good chances and put Bristol under so...

Martin As an ex-French teacher and modern languages adviser myself, I can’t agree entirely with your statement. Over the years, I have seen ...

I’ve just watched the Blackpool ‘highlights’, or Illuminations, as I believe they’re called. It was certainly illuminating, but not very edifying. Bor...

Thanks Jarkko and OFB for your kind comments. Jarkko: - I used to live in Chorley, quite close to Preston, so no worries there! The nearest sid...

Hello again one and all. Have you missed me? No? Thought not………… Because our season rather fizzled out and left us with nothing to play for, and be...

Wonderful, Ken! I hadn’t heard those before.

Boro have been linked with ......... It’s that time of year again. The season proper has finished and the silly season of rumour, counter-rumour and...

Off subject (again!), sorry. Thought you might be interested in this article on BBC football about Boro’s run to Eindhoven.

What a way to end the season! What a way to inspire the fans to return next season! Absolute rubbish today. Gareth Ainsworth’s reverse psycholo...

Hi everybody. This is completely off-subject, but I thought you would like to see this Guardian article about La Liga. Principally it’s about Kike and...

Ernie:- ‘What news of Carlisle, my liege.’ Eric:- ‘They’re losing two nil at Luton.‘ Classic! I reckon that if the Boro who turned up against ...

Thanks again for the opener, Bob. As with everybody who writes these, and the regular match reports, this is truly service beyond the call of duty, an...

Well that lifted the gloom a bit. About time! I think we were lucky and unlucky in equal measure. I’m not convinced it was a red card ( though my brot...

That’s brilliant, Ken. It really shows Boro’s excellent work supporting the local community. I’m so pleased for you. You absolutely deserve the books,...

I’m in agreement with you all that the so-called ‘Super League’ (Spurs??) is a disaster. I want UEFA, FIFA and our own FA to take the strongest possib...

RR - Before I read your posts I put a comment on AV’s Untypical Boro blog to the effect that our crowd will rapidly turn - perhaps after a brief honey...

Thanks for a great opener, OFB. I’ve been to Barnsley 3 times. Lost them all. The most infamous was our 3-2 defeat in 2013, Mogga’s last game i...

It drives me nuts. On at least 5 occasions today we managed to pass it back to Bettinelli from advanced attacking positions, losing all impetus. This ...

Thanks RR. You’ve saved me the trouble of writing something very similar. I also blame NW for a very poor first half selection. A very poor defeat, es...

Love that, Ken! Excellent!

Yes, Paul and Malcolm. I used to think like you. I had thought for a long-time that Maddo was a hopeless commentator. However, I do think he’s improvi...

Come on you Cottagers! Can’t wait to take 6 points off the Geordies next season!

Thanks for that Quest reference, Paul. Sky debated the penalty, of course, but no-one commented about Bidwell kicking through Saville’s foot. It’s ver...

And I seem to recall he ran with his arms waving about like windmills! Or is that another false memory?

Sorry - that should say ‘definitely’ not defensively!