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Thanks Andy for all of your commitment and hard work. Your openers were not only well informed but stylish and professionally crafted, putting the wor...

Great post, Powmill, following on from Dormo's excellent analysis in his earlier post.

I would have stayed with Jones too. He gave them any amount of trouble in the first game.

I defer to Bob's experience and knowledge on refereeing and the laws of the game, of which we have all been beneficiaries on the blog, but I thought B...

@stircrazy Liddle was actually brought up in Nunthorpe and went to a comprehensive in Guisborough, so there may be some vestigial support for the ...

Thoroughly enjoyed the game on Sunday and thought it an absorbing encounter and a tactical master class from Carrick and his coaching staff impeccably...

We need to be tight defensively today, so no risks from Steffen, Giles has a big defensive job, and both Archer and Akpom need to chase everything and...

I think that we will win over the two legs, but there is a danger that if the first game is too open then we may get caught more than once at the back...

Another excellent opener, Andy. Thanks to you and Bob for the high quality background pieces you have both produced all season to keep us so well i...

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Many thanks for doing this exmil, it's greatly appreciated. Congratulations to Ian. If memory serves he just pipped me last year too, so he obviousl...

@andy-r Pretty good set of predictions there, Andy.

@original-fat-bob Thanks for the photos, Bob. Nice to see. But I wouldn't want to tangle with that lady steward in the first one.

Although I have no inside information, the return of Ramsey to Aston Villa suggests to me that he is unlikely to take any further part in our season. ...

Does anyone remember the very similar situation in 2015 when Boro went into the final dead rubber game before the play-offs? The almost universal op...

Bob, I got your e mail this morning and I did eventually find Werder's e mail address and contacted him immediately. However I tried a few times ...

@pedro Pedro, I guess we will just have to wait and see. I don't myself think we have lost our form, but the proof will be in the play-offs. I re...

I'm with exmil and Boroexile. It's exactly the kind of performance and result one might expect with so much at stake for one side and the game being a...

@john-richardson Such a sensitively expressed post, John, which speaks so eloquently for many of us . Thank you.

@deleriad Thank you for what is a very important contribution, which I am sure Ken will find genuinely helpful, but which also carries a salutary m...

So sorry to hear of your condition,Ken. You are irreplaceable on this blog and your historical contributions will outlive us all. You carry the best w...

@deleriad You are absolutely right that Ramsey is an upgrade on Watmore. There is no disputing that, and I always welcomed the fact that we were ...

@exmil For Boro fans the most ominous feature of the game was Duncan Watmore's outstanding performance. He effectively won the game for them wit...

A really professional and well written opener, Andy, which puts most of the journalism written about the Boro to shame. Many thanks. We are in the ...

@exmil I don't blame you exmil. I always associate cold wet Tuesday nights with Stoke.

I'm in the Powmill and Selwyn camp on last night's game. I can remember few occasions in the past when we have played so well and yet been beaten. ...

I agree with Carrick's selections. It's imperative that Dijksteel, Bola, Barlaser, Crooks, Mowatt and Jones are all brought up to match fitness in r...

Thanks for another excellent opener, Bob, and I'm glad that you were able to get to the game. So sorry to hear that your Covid symptoms are persisti...

Thanks for posting this KP. It's a very interesting piece. I suppose it's in the nature of supporters- and especially Boro supporters- to worry, eve...

@exmil A very sensible suggestion I'm in favour of anything that lessens your workload. Thanks again for all of your considerable efforts at wha...