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@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.
@powmillnaemore - I'll have a pint of what you're drinking, Powmill! (He says, sheepishly drinking a mug of tea before setting off for the match. Mi...
Just as the teams line up for Newcastle v Arsenal, I will stick my neck out. A thundering performance by Boro and a very welcome 1-0 home win today ag...
@original-fat-bob - Good to hear you are intending to go to the match. Thanks for your comments. If Boro wins, can I share some of the credit? 3-1, ...
@andy-r - Thanks for that, Andy. I think the system this season is GENERALLY working. From my point of view I suspect printing out a list of MY games...
@chris-from-barlby - You're welcome, Chris. Quite a few on here have been very encouraging about a trip to Coventry (for the Cathedral and other thing...
@john-richardson - Cheers, John.
@pedro - Best wishes to all of the recovering Diasborians out there.(Though that does sound as if they're a little too fond of a drink!).