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Thanks KP appreciate you taking the lead for this forum on the next game. Hopefully the Boro will be untypical rather than typical and we can have t...

Thanks Ken I saw the England game from the Upper reaches of the North Stand one of the few times I’ve sat there. Great times for us to have Internatio...

Interesting the Times gave Paddy 9 and Fry / Morsey 6 it’s not what I and a lot of other Boro fans thought. Or perhaps we are taking Paddy’s performan...

Redcar Red I thought the match officials were very poor today as per previous games we have seen in the championship As per your comment: “Bef...

@malcolm i did see it and Boro have some very good people behind the scenes. It is nice that Neil Warnock acknowledged that fact today not like a ...

Sorry Len missed the irony I’m a bit slow on the uptake ! But I will start them again if everyone thinks it’s a good idea. OFB

@k-p-in-spain No editorial rights for me sorry

@lenmasterman Hi Len I do think it’s a good idea and I only stopped doing the In2Views because of the workload it imposed on Werder and his other ...

@jarkko Dissent leading to a red card willgenerally earn a two-match ban, OFB

@redcarred Which is why I was confident it would be rescinded as it wasn’t violent conduct or dangerous foul play. A serious error of misjudgment ...

@jarkko your English is better than mine don’t forget we’ve talked and a pleasant afternoon it was too seeing the Boro. OFB

@jarkko Good post but they are not rules but LAWS of the game which are international and as posted elsewhere the Laws for the game are the same for...

@powmillnaemore The answer is having match officials who are better and give correct decisions and know the difference between a hard fair challenge...

@redcarred For example, a sending off due to a second yellow card will result in a one-match ban, as will a red card received for a professional fou...

@k-p-in-spain The club has won its appeal against the red card shown to Paddy McNair during the win against Huddersfield on Tuesday. The Northern I...

Thanks Ken appreciate the leading article it was packed with facts and salient data which is more informative than anything I usually do! We all hav...

Middlesbrough will today make their case for Paddy McNair's Huddersfield red card to be overturned. The club have confirmed an appeal will be submit...

@andy-r Ken has volunteered for this one ☝️

@redcarred Posh Geordie ? Talking about me.....?

@ken well done Ken

Andy R Thanks for doing the preview for the Boro V Huddersfield Game. Redcar Red and myself discussing the preview for the Reading game do you wis...

No foul hard challenge but fair Referee and assistant got it wrong in my opinion. I think an appeal would be successful and if VAR in Premiership wo...

Tonight’s game is a must win for lots of reasons. Firstly we must turn around our season and get playing on the front foot. Secondly if we want to...

@allan-in-bahrain i agree with you as a fellow QS and also as as former Referee! OFB

Ken The offside law was changed primarily for Television who wanted to see more goals and to stop unnecessary free kicks when an opposing player was...

@ken I don’t beleeeeve it !

Thanks Andy for an excellent surgical preview with incisive comments followed up by a great appendix operation by Redcar Red. It is rare for any fo...

@lenmasterman great post Len and perhaps it’s time the FA started to think about how referees are recruited. The big change of course was when the...