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@original-fat-bob Brilliant, Bob. Not very empathetic, but still brilliant.
@original-fat-bob I'm afraid that I don't have any knowledge of who might be managing Ken's estate. Perhaps Philip has a contact who might help. I...
@original-fat-bob Thanks Bob. I wasn't thinking about Ken's Diasboro archive , which is readily available, but all of the Boro-related reference wo...
Many thanks for all of your very kind comments. May I return your compliments by saying that this blog provides the greatest gift that anyone writin...
Peter, If you haven't yet heard from the blog's Pedant Sub-Commitee your- or rather you're- in the clear
How many pigs did we see flying over the Stadium of Light yesterday? I counted at least four- and I don't mean one for every goal. First of all th...
"Illness has befell a number of Middlesbrough players" according to a headline in the Gazette. I'm not sure whether to be more concerned about a Cov...
Loved the intro, deleriad. Mind you, it took me a couple of hours to get through it as I fell asleep at the music and birdsong. But it was funny, ...
@original-fat-bob Bob, Was that comparison meant as a compliment or an insult?
@andy-r Andy, since I always seem to agree with you and respect your judgment 100% of the time it makes a refreshing change for me to query your ob...
I think we should talk about poor Hayden Coulson. I should say from the outset that my sympathies are all with the player in finding himself apparen...
Great opener, Clive. You could have walked into a job at the BBC given your ability to inform, educate and entertain. Thoroughly enjoyed your individu...
Agree with Andy that McGree was immense today, not just for his two well-taken goals and his ability to break the lines (his pass to Crooks and run in...
Thanks Andy for an excellent opener, one well up to your usual high standard. I fancy us to get something from this game. I'll go for a scoring draw...
@clive-hurren Thanks Clive for your excellent first-hand report. I'm pleased that Barlaser had such a good game. I thought he was unlucky to be s...
@exmil To be fair to Philip he was merely reporting what other commentators were saying, I saw the goal on Sky last night and my immediate respon...
@werdermouth Two exceptional posts, Werder. Both spot on.
Another excellent piece, Andy. Thanks for bringing us up to date on Bradford City. Always interesting to see the ex-Boro connections. I hadn't realis...
As usual, comments on here have quickly got to the essence of it. As both Werder and Pedro have said the improvement in performance came down to th...
OFB Ken was a Boro fan of 75 years standing and an online historian and statistician of all things Boro. He has produced a historical archive on the...
@k-p-in-spain The headline to the Gazette article should have read; "Sports Editor Copies, Pastes and Gets Paid".
Great opener Selwyn and an insightful personal and professional take on the Southampton story. Really enjoyed it.
Great opener, Powmill. I really like the surprise element of the leading pieces, their range and variety, and the way that contributors are stamping ...
@deleriad I think we are looking in the wrong place if our immediate response to the current situation is to criticise the manager for attempting t...
I thought there were many redeeming features of our defeat at West Brom last week, where we controlled some parts of the game and even threatened to s...
Very poor first half for Boro. Silvero and Rogers both passengers. Neither of them look up to it at this level and they are presumed to be the pick ...
@werdermouth A very good summary. Werder. I'm far from convinced too, and am just hoping that come October we don't have the third successive insta...
@werdermouth Touche. A great find. How do you do it ?
@werdermouth I did love your headliner, but the pedants' sub-committee has asked me to remind you that the Boro will be playing KPR tomorrow.
@k-p-in-spain I often use a saying I picked up from Sergeant Bilko: 'It's not the principle of the thing, it's the money".