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So long as the Boro does the job we all hope for on Monday evening, it doesn't matter what other clubs do. It is in Boro's hands at the moment. Other...
@malcolm - Foreign money, and not modest amounts but enough to float a small country, may be the thing that ruins football. Owners' money and national...
@andy-r - It's a strange thing, personal likes/dislikes. I haven't ever REALLY disliked many people and I have never REALLY hated Club X or Club Y. I...
Thank you for the very kind comments about the Match Preview, fellow Diasborians. It's just that it feels like we are being battered over the head w...
@werdermouth - Thanks, mate! Always good to know I have a backstop. Those "ths" are a bit of a problem. It's when I cut and paste from my saved docu...
@pedro - You are right that I started to write it yesterday but I put in the "finishing touches" (or rather wrote the later sections and reviewed it) ...
I have just posted the Match Preview for Sheffield Utd v BORO on a separate thread.
@clive-hurren -Maybe, if he looks special, he should be put on the pitch so he has a chance to PROVE he is special. If he is getting game time it's l...
@pedro - That WAS the time I was sitting on the side of the bed and pressing "send". It was 1.09am (appropriately).
@exmil - I reply to this as I sit on the side of my bed before getting in! The blog is primarily one for Boro supporters, wherever they may be in the...
@paulinboro - That was good for Boro! OK, time to socialiase now...
@lenmasterman - I have SO MUCH enjoyed reading this thread of the Blog, especially your posts. A Sir William Turner's School boy (Coatham) here but o...
Anyway, it is getting late. In the last couple of days in the January Transfer window it would seem that no news is good news. A back-up keeper (Joe ...
@clive-hurren - You are right there (firstly because the Aussies always get things the wrong way around - 2 for 140 sounds like the bowler's figures r...
@clive-hurren - Spot on there, Clive!
...right! As I was saying before I was interrupted: The thing to avoid is mixing the singular and plural as in "A family displaced by the fighting P...
@werdermouth - You are right, there was such a discussion. I might struggle to do this as dinner will shortly be ready but, here it goes... The "Bib...
Hayden Hackney is the most important person on the pitch for Boro. I can't imagine any player, at least out of the players the club might reasonably e...
@stircrazy - Isn't IT etc amazing?
@Selwynoz - I am sorry to hear about the health travails of you and your wife. Hopefully you will have Boro's performances to soothe you back to full...
@jarkko - Do you have a mokki, Jarkko? If so, how far away is it from your home? Some distance from the sea but on the banks of a lake further north...
@lenmasterman - As I may have said to Jarkko previously (I think): "Nobody on their death bed has ever been heard to say that they wished they had spe...
Blow me down! Without wishing to hijack this into a weather blog, and despite the sun shining as set out in my previous post, a mist has set in, and ...
@jarkko - A happy retirement to you, Jarkko. Just a few days to go!
Ey up! What's going on here? The sun is shining? Very definite sunny intervals outside just now. Is it Spring...?
It was good to read your Match Preview, Jarkko, and I hope things are OK for you in Finland. Thanks for the information in the piece you posted. Clear...
Very happy to have the opening bars of Chris Rea's Steel River played before the matches start at The Riverside. I did think, in a moment of weaknes...
I'm glad that Boro Becky, plus her father and other family member enjoyed their outing this lunchtime. Perhaps a repetition of the outing may give a ...
@stircrazy - If it is a comment on his ability to hit the wrong keys, I empathise with CJ. I do it frequently and sometimes I don't spot it until aft...