Discussion Forum

@exmil - Is it really worth your time + effort, Exmil? If the players don't SEEM bothered, why should you/we be bothered? There is clearly no point...

@werdermouth - I just kind of knew that if anything went wrong, I'd be involved somewhere along the line... Let's just either sit back and watch onl...

@martin-bellamy - I am trying to be *realistic* rather than just being a dreamer. Let's see how it goes....

@original-fat-bob - In the knowledge that you prefer upbeat posts, how about this as a Championship prediction for next season (2024-25): Champions:...

"Mad Pog" as described in that article was, in fact, "Mad Dog" as I recall it. He'd get in Boro's current side. There was never any doubt about his ...

Sunderland has sacked the manager (Michael Beale) appointed only 8 weeks ago when Mogga was sacked there. A merry-go-round of a club. Nice pay-off i...

@Selwynoz - a great Starter so thank you! Get well soon, Mogga. The fact he is talking about being absent from work with the Blues for only 6 weeks...

@martin-bellamy - The last time I read The Guardian it spelled Middlesbrough with 2 Fs (*cough*, *cough*).

GENTLEMEN - I have bad news! The "away win" at Leicester didn't happen on Saturday as we all thought. It must have been some sort of mass delusion. ...

@martin-bellamy - OUTSTANDING, Martin.

I say Red-car* but some say Red-kuh (some even say Ret-Kuh or Re'kuh). * Many of us in plebeian Dormo used to look upon Redcar as the bourgeois d...

@stircrazy - ESPECIALLY in Scotland ! They have a secret weapon - Scots Gaelic ("GALLIC" rather than the related Irish "GAY-lick") which is the root...

It obviously makes sense to tailor your style of play to (1) the players available for selection (2) your opposition and (3) the situation. (1). It ...

@k-p-in-spain - I always had Faith (*cough*).

@peter-surtees - To be fair there is a precedent for it. But (1) it was a long time ago and (2) there will be video, photographic and plenty of docum...

To win 1-2 at Leicester, having beaten City 1-0 at home earlier in the season, makes little sense bearing in mind our league results in recent weeks. ...

@clive-hurren - Accepting that Jarkko knows the past participle of "to teach" is taught but that, often like me when typing entries here, he was tired...

What do we know about football, eh? Leicester City 0-1 BORO (Azaz). I know there is a long time to go, but at least the lead has been taken... I am ...

@lenmasterman - I was impressed by Mr Allison, who was the ref in the match between BORO v Bristol City. I thought he did well and remember on a numbe...

@jarkko - What a cracking little book! I think to an extent SOME names in English are also pronounced in a particular way to show your status to the ...

I must have been very tired last night. This is a "rest weekend" in the Six Nations Rugby...!

Gentlemen, I have now caught up on today's posts. Ignoring mine of 7.01pm (I jumped into the pond and didn't recognise how deep the linguistic/histori...

@martin-bellamy - Are you referring to Mask, near to Retkuh? And not that far from Stawsluh and Canny Yatton? (Your previous post wasd the last one...

@Powmill-Naemore: Now, that's my sort of Starter for Ten! Anyone who produces a better one this season will have have done the writing equivalent of...

@powmillnaemore - You put forward an arguable case. I especially like the argument that Boro is in a better position with money in its coffers as the ...

@selwynoz - Not yet ANOTHER "Must Win" game? It would be an interesting subject for a PhD thesis. Identify how many "Must Win" games have faced Midd...

@werdermouth - The Brexit tackle? That is something that has passed me. But if I hung around the parks in, say, Middlesbrough, Stockton or Redcar, wa...

@jarkko - "...we played quite well against Bristol City on Saturday..." Forgive me, Jarkko, for not agreeing. Yes, there were times we put togethe...

@lenmasterman Cheers!

@martin-bellamy - Probably (*sighs*).