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Great link, Martin. The Boro's way with throw-ins has tapped such a rich vein of comedy, however, that It would be a pity to interfere with it. Wh...

Couldn't fault the energy and commitment today. We fully deserved at least a point. Credit to the crowd. Though small they made plenty of noise and...

Agree with everyone else. Anything other than a defeat will be a bonus. We're not at our best against passing teams. We can't match them, but unde...

@original-fat-bob Welcome back, Bob. Hope you're back to good health vey soon.

I've just watched a PR video entitled 'You Won't Believe How good Chuba Akpom has become'. It's correctly titled. I don't believe that he has beco...

Ten quid for a product that would have had Poundland customers demanding their money back. Only McNair looked even reasonably competent. Barnsley ...

I was impressed by the way that Struber managed to get his bargain-basement team playing decent football last season, even when stuck, seemingly irre...

@redcarred Good point about Tav. As one of his fans I have been disappointed with him so far this season for precisely the reasons you identify. ...

@deleriad Agreed. And you can add to that Clayton who scored his fair share of goals before joining us. And both Leadbitter and Adomah, who sco...

I am no apologist for George Saville, and have been as underwhelmed by his performances since we signed him as everyone else. I suspect that he will...

I was interested in Bob's comments on Saville, which I saw after I posted my own piece. I don't disagree with you, Bob, but I think that he may be ...

Seeing the game through the blinkers of TV it's only possible to make conditional judgments, but I thought we played well last night and deserved a po...

Best position for Tav. Not before time. In spite of recent defensive lapses this looks to be as solid a line-up as we could have hoped for. Hop...

Werder There doesn't appear to be any access to your Watford intro.

Good discussion above. In my view we have never really had an authentic defensive right back since we allowed Tony McMahon to leave us all of 8 year...

I agree with the consensus that there was more cause for concern than optimism in this performance, albeit that it was a winning one. The familiar w...

My missus is baking today so I will quite literally be able to mumble through my crumble during tonight's game.

Werder A brilliant tale, very well told. Never mess with a Boro lad, eh.

Thanks Werder. I enjoyed your usual elegant, funny and intelligent piece of the kind that we have become used to on this blog. I was especially st...

GHW Yes, only my opinion but I've always thought that the significant Irish population of both Liverpool and the Boro have lent the two places many ...

@grovehillwallah Thanks for yet another of your hidden gems. It's a brilliant article, very well written and researched, and will entertain everyo...

Unbelievable churlishness at the Gazette. I turned again to Vic's fine valedictory article to read the readers' comments. There didn't appear to b...

Shocked and saddened by Vic's news. We don't know the circumstances of his departure, and the fact that PT has gone too suggests that it may have be...

@redcarred Tricky. Could easily be L L L. And if it is then NW and his newish untried team will be under immediate pressure. Hope not, but t...

About McNair. I think most of us have been pretty relaxed about his moving on. He has often played well, and has plenty of energy, skill and grit...

I thought I might pitch a new series for Netflix. It's called Boro til I Die, the suspenseful story of a dedicated septuagenarian football manager t...

I see that Transport Minister, Grant Shapps announced that quarantine arrangements for France will begin on Sunday. He caused chaos and confusion s...

I wonder if AV still has the occasional peek in here, particularly during the silly season. His most recent piece on football's new economics covers e...

It should be all quiet on the transfer front. It's a buyer's market and it would be folly to rush in and flash the cash. Given the awful season we...

@ken Agree Ken. But isn't the tacit agreement on Teesside to keep all of these things secret to protect us from the Southerners.