Last seen: March 3, 2026 7:59 am
KP, The supporters are with you. Get yourself sorted, get well and look after yourself. We're all with you. ATB and UTB, John
@exmil Well done on the getting home front. As my consultant told me, 'when you feel tired, or knackered as he put it, stop and have rest it's just y...
@boroexile I agree with everything you say, however the profile that "any team can beat any other' needs to be adjusted for Boro. Their problem is, ...
@powmillnaemore I would imagine he's only just out of the ICU, the operation could have been up to six hours long and is, I would imagine a Thorace...
Crikey Selwynoz, yet more superb scholarship to start the ball rolling towards the Watford game. Exceptional work and research as all of the lead arti...
Quite a few of the pegs seem to have slotted into the right holes and what a difference. Are Boro approaching a settled team/squad at last? I just hop...
@martin-bellamy Sometimes Boro have reminded me more of Monty Python's Philosophers XI with their slow meditative play! Powmill, great stuff and tha...
Come on OFB, just one more. Don't be greedy John. UTB, John
Exmil, I'll be thinking of you and rooting for you. Stay positive and get well, I've got my quarterly review next month so to some extent we're comrad...
@original-fat-bob I'm still behind the couch. Lights out too! Is it dark in your cave? UTB, John
Jarkko, Thanks for the wonderful and encyclopaedic opener. Excellent. I think Boro have to win this one so I'll have to consult the Marton Oracle fo...
Bizarrely Boro don't seem to have the answers to the questions they pose themselve, after all the packed defences are because of the way Boro play and...
@powmillnaemore Spot-on Powmill. We don't learn from our experiences or mistakes and we all know where that leads to. I just don't understand. Is...
Forever Dormo, That is a great headliner. Very engaging and interesting. I hope you enjoy your Swaledale break, I've enjoyed many hours fly fishing ...
@werdermouth That sums up a disappointing result nicely. UTB, John
Looking up from the Perishers rock pool I see a score beloved and favoured by the Marton Oracle. 3 - 0, there, that's knackered it, me prophesising a ...
@werdermouth Bloody hell Werder, I would have been like Mr T in that television series. Don't you love it when a plan doesn't come together? So much f...
@clive-hurren Thanks Clive, they are amazing and they always stop me in my tracks when I see them, regardless of how often I've seen them., UTB, J...
@martin-bellamy The Coal Coast is a catalogue/book about an exhibition at The Baltic in Gateshead a few years ago and the photographer, Sirkka-Liis...
@martin-bellamy They're fantastic, Sue and I saw the exhibition at the Side Gallery, I think it has closed now. There's another book called The Coa...
@martin-bellamy Look my friend Gavin's website The Smell of Water on www.teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com and search Greatham and/or Ian Macdo...
@martin-bellamy Martin, I bought my copy in the early 1990's but there is a small paperback volume printed by Cafe Royal books of Ian Macdonald's T...
@martin-bellamy Martin, Thanks for the link, there's a fabulous book by Len Tabner and Ian Macdonald called 'Images of the Tees', it's published ...
OFB, I thought you'd be polishing some new runes but your prediction, a prediction not made in your robes with your staff in hand shows a real confide...
Is it safe to come out from behind the couch yet? Werder that was a great headliner, pity Boro didn't play as well as your piece was written. WE a...
0-1 after two minutes?! I'm suffering from shell-shock. Now where's that Oracle gone? UTB, John
@lenmasterman Erudite, focussed, precise and to the point. A hard truth and I hope some people at the club, read, digest and think. I live in hope...
Clive, A great read and the nerves are already jangling and twanging away. Will Boro win? I'm leaving that to the Marton Oracle to emerge from his c...
Exmil, Good to hear the first lap is over and the CT scan too, if they haven't got you in quick that's good news too so the very best wishes for Sep...
Si,= It's really good to see you back and I look forward to seeing and reading your posts. UTB, John