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@steely The one that comes to my mind is a diving Derrick Downing header from an Alex Smith cross against West Ham in the FA Cup. None of it may ...
@clive-hurren I think your solution to the Man City problem is elegant in it's simplicity. I can't see how any other teams could possibly hav...
As Samuel Johnson famously said, "Sir, a centre half bringing the ball out of defence into midfield is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is...
Most pundits seem to regard the Boro as the most exiting team in the league when we're on it. As we know, we have not been on it for more than 60 minu...
@jarkko That's an amazing article. Thanks for sharing it.
On the topic of whether or not we would really want to be in the Premier League, last year's promoted teams are hardly providing any solid evidence fo...
A very thought-provoking opener Len. Regarding the implications of AI, I have no idea where it's leading us, but I think we shouldn't underestima...
I hope that when all of the new recruits are settled in and KH figures out what his favoured formations are, he does not consider that Malanda as a mi...
I have only seen the highlights of the last two matches, so I probably don't have a complete picture, but one of the things that Tony Mowbray said be...
@jarkko I'm very sorry to hear about your brother. My best wishes to you and your family.
Thanks Selwynoz, for a really good description of the complex state of mind that last year's adventure left us. I was very much encouraged by the pe...
@clive-hurren Wow, Clive. I knew it was bad, but not as bad as that. That would cement my place as the organiser and head coach of the worst walk i...
Well it's a long time since I came in the top two in anything. Second year 80 yards hurdles, springs to mind most readily and that lingers in the memo...
The AI Law article clarified some things for me. The main point that came over to me was that the most significant issue facing the panel is proporti...
Well I didn't expect the EFL to leave the door ajar for the Boro in such a bizarre way. Almost all outcomes now seem either weird or somewhat unfair ...
Well I suppose we've spent the last few weeks thinking that we are bound to capitulate in the playoffs. At least with that performance there wer...
If you throw four tails in a row, what are the chances to that fifth throw will be a tail? I think we all know that the correct as answer is 50/50, bu...
Thanks for that stunning piece of work, Martin. Whatever happens in last 6, or 8 or 9 games this season, I don't want to forget how much I've enjoye...
The volume of attacking opportunities that we are frittering away is beyond parody. Something seems to have got into the heads of all the team, not ju...
@stircrazy Of course not. That was all my own work. I'll swear to my dying day that it was spell checker or autocorrect or something, but my best b...
What do you make of Kim Hellberg's Slow Gardening Clubs sweatshirt today, with the subtitle 'Let nature take it's time'? Was that a subliminal messa...
I too found that Len's final paragraph really resonated with me. In the weeks before the Coventry match, maybe I was looking more avidly than previo...
Thanks, Andy. What uplifting times. I dare say that many of us allow ourselves a glimpse at other blogs and podcasts and from what I have seen there s...
@lenmasterman Yes. We did notice that at the time. Edit: Just to be clear. This was a reply to your first post, not your second! &nb...
I had an inspirational English teacher at the of age 11. Some of you here may be able to guess his name. Regarding one of our other topics, footba...
A very belated thank you to Martin for so cleverly evoking that parallel Enid Blyton universe that many of us probably imagine ourselves having inhabi...
@clive-hurren Well I was feeling relatively positive about next Wednesday, but now me timbers are properly shivered. Brilliant work, Clive
I'm rapidly reaching the conclusion that Tommy Conway's biggest problem is the number on his shirt. If it was anything other than 9 he wouldn't have s...
Well, that was a satisfactory way to extricate ourselves from an unwanted cup. Much better than a 4-0 home defeat to Doncaster Rovers. Our fans enjoye...