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@clive-hurren - Is Boro after the 1-4 win at QPR the finished article? Almost certainly not. Are we confident after that win that Boro will beat Luto...
I missed the Bonfire Night at the Cricket Club but the chicken was good and was followed by a 4-1 away win by Boro. Quite a good evening. In the US...
I am just relieved. A 4-1 win away! What would Man City give for that when they lost at Sporting Lisbon 4-1. Their third consecutive loss - last hap...
Explain QPR 1-4 Boro after last weekend's display! My view - Jarkko has to do EVERY Match Preview from here onwards. It's obviously down to him.
As we know, it's never over until the Fat Lady sings ... But I liked the First Act and hope for more of the same in the Second. Get that Fat Lady t...
@werdermouth - or his mate Phil....
@original-fat-bob - I'd like nothing better. The chicken dinner went down well. Too much of a rush to get to the Fireworks Display. So now it's down...
@stircrazy - It would be a good sign for the future if Forss could get on for the last 30 minutes. He's still the most likely to score if through on ...
@werdermouth - On the one hand I'd hate you to miss anything but on the other hand I'd be delighted if Boro got an early goal ! Too greedy to ask fo...
Busy evening. Obviously it's Bonfire Night so I might go to the Cricket Club to watch the fireworks display starting at 6.30pm (105 minutes away) tho...
@lenmasterman - That's great so, thanks, Len! For all that I might go on about these things, there are often words/spellings that I pause before usin...
@borophil - Hey! Good to have you back on active duty again!
@original-fat-bob - That OFB: Boro3. He'll never learn, will he?
@jarkko - I used M'bro as "shorthand" for Middlesbrough when writing notes on court files in th 1980s, just as S'ton for Stockton etc. Not "official" ...
@werdermouth - Thanks for that link to the article in The Guardian. If I'd read it first, I wouldn't have bothered to mention the grocer's apostrophe...
@jarkko - Thanks for that. Since apostrophe is a new English word for you, I should perhaps say that it is pronounced as if it were spelled "APPOSS-T...
@jarkko - QPR's name. Normally as you know, in order to show ownership by a single person, you'd expect to use an apostrophe. So the pen belonging ...
@Jarkko - I have read your Match Preview and, I think, two of the replies. I was then interrupted by something I will not trouble you with at present....
@gt _ I doubt that you OR I will live to see how football turns out. I suspect there will be some sort of European Super League. Money often gets w...
@original-fat-bob - I'm with OFB. If I had to list the managers I'd least like to be in charge at Boro, CW would be at or near top of the list with St...
@gt - I guess it's not how much money/financial backing a club has but (a) how it's spent (b) how secure and long-term that backing is. The advantage...
@boroexile - One might expect the odd slip-up against lower table sides. But somehow, for Boro, those slip-ups are not remarkable. Almost expected. A...
@paulinboro - The performance was so grim that, if it had been a bad smell, it would probably hang around until Wednesday.
I have just watched the match highlights linked by @werdermouth and I don't think they quite portrayed how poor Boro performed, even though the commen...
@powmillnaemore - Venables would have this team at the top of the league. He was an exceptional coach. Like an expert watchmaker, you can imagine hi...
@pedro - I stayed until the bitter end but I was willing the ref to blow the final whistle as early as possible to end the pain. There was booing at t...
@jarkko - Up inside the Arctic Circle! I hope it was worth the visit for you, even though waiting for the football match wasn't. I hope you get back ...
I feel better for that ....
I will keep this short because I cannot wait to open a bottle of wine (maybe a second, later) in order to dull the pain that assault on my sensibiliti...
@original-fat-bob - What we've seen in the first half would only have stressed you out.