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@stircrazy Thanks, Stir. I think it answers my question precisely. The only evidence given for the signing is statistical which is beyond parody in...
Has anyone associated with the club actually seen either of these two play? If so, I think we should be told as it would add credibility to their si...
Congratulations, Clive, on a brilliant piece: comprehensive and immaculately researched whist retaining your own distinctive voice. I thoroughly enjoy...
@clive-hurren So sorry to hear about your testing positive, Clive. Hope you're up and about again soon
"Welcome back you Boro fans! Hopes have been high in the close season with one or two signings made and some obvious weaknesses remedied..." So bega...
Great post exmil, and congratulations on having seen so many of the pre-season games. I have gone backwards and forwards on seeing the highlights. U...
Does anyone recall Michael Carrick's priority for recruitment as reported by Craig Johns in the Gazette at the end of May? "Teesside Live understand...
@deleriad I'm not sure that it is entirely fair to say that the current situation is a real test for Carrick and the coaching team. They have alre...
There may be a number of paradoxes around Akpom's situation. Whilst Carrick and his coaching staff will certainly wish to keep him, the club's hiera...
@peter-surtees A warm welcome, Peter. As with Clive I may just have missed you at Acklam Hall. I taught there from 1963-65.
@malcolm Thanks for the link Malcolm. May I put in a 5* recommendation for the Beautiful Game podcast which is referenced in the Echo piece. It...
Hear, hear. Keep fighting Ken. I well understand and still remember most of your historical references, so you are never "rambling on" as far as I am ...
Malcolm I have always enjoyed and valued your contributions and hope that you will continue to make them. Your knowledge of and interest in Scott...
Top post from Werder with excellent follow-up comments. It's heartening to see that even in the silly season this blog still produces such first-class...
So sorry about your situation, Ken. I hope the Ashes games starting soon bring you some pleasure and consolation. You will still have a clear memory ...
Well said exmil. In spite of our disappointment I am looking forward to the Champs play off final, and, as is traditional, I hope that Coventry, as ...
@original-fat-bob Thanks Bob, appreciated re- RR. Hope he is well. Also a good shout on Galbraith. I have more faith in the influence, contac...
@k-p-in-spain Wouldn't surprise me if Scott himself were the source of the rumour since there is no specific attribution.
@pedro I agree with deleriad, KP and pedro. The starters have been brilliant, but once contributing to the blog becomes a task or feels like homewo...
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...