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Len Masterman
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RE: New season New squad?

@exmil I have no first hand information about these things, but that does seem to be a persistent rumour that has some legs. If it turns out to be ...

1 year ago
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Talk of a £15m fee up front supports Bob's suggestion a few weeks ago that Hackney was put up for offers, this being a final straw for Carrick. Certai...

1 year ago
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Mmm...£3m for an unknown quantity, whom we wish well, but who, as Werder says, will certainly take some time to settle and adapt. Wrexham got Lewis O'...

1 year ago
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RE: New season New squad?

Thank you all so much for your kind messages. I was really touched by them, and they definitely helped to spur me on through my exercises this morning...

1 year ago
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@jarkko Very kind of you to ask, Jarkko, and many thanks to everyone for their best wishes. They reached me just when I needed them most, immediate...

1 year ago
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A very different second half with Boro's energetic closing down taking its toll after an hour with the introduction of a battery of first choice Range...

1 year ago
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A pleasure to record how well the Boro have played in the first half. It's no exaggeration to say that we could easily have been 5 up by half-time, th...

1 year ago
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I see that the Gazette is promoting the debate as to whether Glover or Brynne is our No.1 keeper. Apparently Edwards isn't sure and is giving each of ...

1 year ago
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According to Scott "Scoop" Wilson in the Echo today Boro are on the verge of signing Aboulaye Faye from Troyes. He should bring some much needed expe...

1 year ago
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@pedro Good post, Pedro. Agree with all of that

1 year ago
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@werdermouth I hope I'm wrong but hanging on to Hackney seems like a fond hope. Bob posted weeks ago that the club were open to offers on Hackney a...

1 year ago
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RE: The Diasboro COTS Challenge 2025/26

Great stuff, Powmill. Many thanks for all of your hard work.

1 year ago
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RE: New season New squad?

@werdermouth Thanks Werder, a decent interview as it turns out. I see from the Gazette below the line comments that some supporters are already cri...

1 year ago
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"Sorry, but there is an issue with this video". That is the message that will greet you on the Boro website if you click on to the promised Bradford...

1 year ago
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So Boro give away a second goal with the last kick of the game after Law McCabe is brushed too easily off the ball in a dangerous area. Zero firepow...

1 year ago
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Powderpuff football from Boro. Neat interplay with Whittaker having the freedom of the park and Hackney playing well within himself, but very few cha...

1 year ago
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@martin-bellamy A fair point, Martin, but Howson wouldn't have been a new signing. He was a completely known quantity, a strong player, and already...

1 year ago
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Yet another in what is now a long line of terrible and badly handled decisions. Jonny would walk into that team on ability alone, let alone experience...

1 year ago
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Welcome back, Clive, and to Bob too, and others after a thinnish Summer for the blog.

1 year ago
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The only thing I have seen is Graeme Bandeira on X saying he would like the Collyer loan to happen, but there is zero chance of it.

1 year ago
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The big question surrounding Danny Ings is surely whether anyone at the club has actually scouted him recently. Is he fully fit and raring to go? Has ...

1 year ago
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That's it exactly, Dormo. We all want to believe, but where is the solid evidence coming from the club to substantiate that faith? All we have been of...

1 year ago
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Very little information has come out about the Boro recently, but the problem I have is that the bits and pieces that have been revealed appear to mak...

1 year ago
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Thanks for that interesting opener, Werder. How refreshing to read something about the Boro that is original, topical, literate, intelligent and relev...

1 year ago
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RE: Fixtures and fitting in

Former Middlesbrough striker makes transfer decision, £18m asking price set This story from the Gazette must mark a new journalistic low. It's about ...

1 year ago
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Howson was my player of the season two years ago, and in spite of his injuries last term he never let us down whenever he played, no matter in which p...

1 year ago
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@andy-r His showreel tape is underwhelming and he does look as though he could well be another Silvera or Hamilton. Capable of good things but gene...

1 year ago
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@pedro The only money issues that we had arose from the 12 signings we made ourselves during that window. In order to make way for the likes of Pay...

1 year ago
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@martin-bellamy Martin, I thought you might be interested in a report based on an interview with Morsy in which he spoke about the circumstances of...

1 year ago
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@pedro In spite of seven attempts we never did adequately replace Bola (or Sam Morsy, Isiah Jones, and, I fear, the same may apply to Josh Coburn)

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