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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...
@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...
@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...
@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...
@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)
@pedro You have to remember that Dom and Scott at the Echo are, like Craig Johns at the Gazette, effectively part of the Boro's PR team. So the fig...
As the new season approaches and the blog discusses how to balance a widespread pessimism with some degree of optimism, it may be helpful to remember ...
Three or four successive defeats or dire displays puts any coach under pressure these days, added to which I don't think RE will get as much of a hone...
@werdermouth Straight plagiarism. A call to Sue, Grabbit and Runne is surely called for.
@werdermouth Yes, I saw that, and it's hard to decide which is the most stupid, the idiocy of the idea or the judgment of the journalist in reporti...
@werdermouth A brilliant spot that demonstrates that the Gazette is reporting whatever the club's PR line is at any particular moment even though i...
To read the Gazette these days is like having the misfortune to catch Fox News. You have to read against the grain of the text because the truth of th...
Many thanks for all of your kind thoughts and best wishes. They have really meant a lot to me and have given me extra motivation after a difficult per...
@clive-hurren Excellent post. My thoughts entirely.
A timely and well written opener, Werder. Many thanks. I fear that I must pull out of the roster of leader writers. I have been hospitalised for th...
As I have said before Rob Edwards seems like a thoroughly decent man and a good man manager. His support of Tom Lockyer was absolutely exemplary, the ...
Interesting post, Paul with a timely warning: "Don't get lost in the eyes and the teeth."
@powmillnaemore "An experienced and wise old head, Lennie is just the man for the job." Sorry Powmill, I'm not entering that viper's nest. Im set...
One of the most curious aspects of the Edwards appointment and of Scott's role within it is that it does seem to represent a distinct, and perhaps eve...
What began as tragedy has now descended into farce with Gazette reporters the only ones contracted to keep a straight face.
According to the Gazette, it was Edwards' knowledge of the Boro squad that won Gibson over. One guess on how he came to acquire such granular knowle...
Make no mistake, Boro is now a club in crisis. The players saw at first hand the conflicts between Carrick and Scott that punctuated last season and t...
@martin-bellamy A witty and fitting conclusion. And it scans
@werdermouth Indeed. I find it impossible to read any of the Gazette's reports without coming to exactly the opposite conclusion to the one seemin...
Martin, I beseech you, for your own sanity, go no further down this rabbit hole. It has no bottom.
Don't rise to it, Martin. You would be wasting your time. Just enjoy your holiday
@peter-surtees Great point Peter, and two excellent posts
Excellent opener, Werder. I agree with every word. Scott has really painted himself into a corner with this appointment and in terms of media relation...
With all due respect to the new folks, I don't think that their names will have quite the attraction that Michael Carrick and Jonathon Woodgate's had ...
Let the lack of professionalism, and competence of this disastrously pedestrian and possibly corrupt appointment, and its predictably disastrous conse...