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Peter Surtees
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RE: Southampton v Boro

That's a wonderful piece of writing Werder. We're very lucky to be able to read something of that quality, whilst bathing in the glow of unexpected su...

5 months ago
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RE: PNE vs Boro

I've seen very little reaction to the departure of Alan Fettis, explanation about what's behind it or whether he is going to be directly replaced. H...

6 months ago
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RE: PNE vs Boro

@clive-hurren Thanks Clive Nothing beats the first hand account

6 months ago
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RE: PNE vs Boro

@mw-in-darwin Regarding hearing the crowd reaction to Whittaker's substitution, I didn't hear anything on the TV coverage. Mind you, I hardly heard...

6 months ago
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RE: PNE vs Boro

@lenmasterman I thought the section in the Scott interview about selling the club to incoming players was interesting. For quite a few w...

6 months ago
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RE: PNE vs Boro

@jarkko Yes. Perhaps the introduction of Strelec will be the trickiest one of the lot. His stellar goal last week has probably raised expectations ...

6 months ago
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RE: Boro v Sheffield Utd

Slovakia lead Germany by 2-0. One goal and one assist from David Strelec.

6 months ago
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RE: Boro v Sheffield Utd

@selwynoz As I read your post, I felt increasing levels of amazement at what has been achieved in this window. I think if you had asked most ...

6 months ago
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RE: Boro v Sheffield Utd

@pedro Perhaps bringing on Lenihan in the last few minutes was deliberately designed to reassure the fans that he is fit and available, in the know...

6 months ago
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RE: Boro v Sheffield Utd

The thing that encouraged me the most yesterday was the tenacity right through the team to win the so-called 50-50 balls. It just felt that whenever...

6 months ago
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RE: Boro v Sheffield Utd

I'm quite surprised to see Neto Borges going out on loan. I think he was a major force for good as the season progressed last time. I suppose it's a...

6 months ago
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RE: Norwich v BORO

@clive-hurren It doesn't seem to be there at all. Teesside Live seems to be all over the place at the moment, even without taking into account the ...

6 months ago
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RE: Millwall v Boro

I've been having a look back at the baseless hopes that I posted the day before the season started and reviewing progress. Who knows how good or bad i...

7 months ago
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RE: Boro v Doncaster Rovers

@clive-hurren Well your scene-setter couldn't have set the scene more accurately. An addition to the pantheon of depressing home cup defeats to l...

7 months ago
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RE: Boro v Swansea

I've found it very difficult to comment meaningfully in recent weeks, as so much of what lies ahead is unknown. As we head into the actual reali...

7 months ago
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RE: The Diasboro COTS Challenge 2025/26

Thanks very much for running this, Powmill. I very much admire your spreadsheet work. I'll make it eleven entries, so that at least we've got a full...

7 months ago
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RE: New season New squad?

@lenmasterman It's great to see you back in the outside world after your very long incarceration. I look forward to your next installment of Scott ...

7 months ago
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RE: The Diasboro COTS Challenge 2025/26

@powmillnaemore A man after my own IT heart. I'm sad to say that I get far more pleasure than is rational from finding an excuse to apply a spreads...

7 months ago
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RE: Fixtures and fitting in

@powmillnaemore I've been getting the same problem. I think if you click on this link directly, it will also take you back to page 1, but if you ...

8 months ago
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RE: Rob Edwards set to take charge of Boro

It looks like we could learn a thing or two from Luton. If I'm understanding things correctly, they didn't pay off RE's contract in January. They put ...

9 months ago
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RE: Rob Edwards set to take charge of Boro

For much of the latter part of my working life, I was involved with implementing large scale IT quality management systems. When reading any of the po...

9 months ago
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RE: Boro Sack Carrick and seek replacement

The Echo article also has a good go at pinning the blame for the long injury list on MC too. "There will always be an element of luck behind a clu...

9 months ago
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RE: Boro Sack Carrick and seek replacement

I was in the pro-Carrick corner but, now that it's done, we might as well look at the positives. There was definitely a danger that the turgid at...

9 months ago
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RE: Tumbleweed blowing through the deepest regions of our minds and dusting off snippets of memories to be shared.

@john-richardson I looked on Google Earth and Devil's Bridge is still there. So you and I must have had joint stickleback rights to that section ...

9 months ago
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RE: Tumbleweed blowing through the deepest regions of our minds and dusting off snippets of memories to be shared.

Much of my childhood memories are built around what I now notice Google Maps calls Marton West Beck, but I'm sure was known to us just as "The Beck". ...

9 months ago
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RE: Season Review and Next Season Discussion Points

In defence of Ayling, in a period when the lack of leadership and experience has been bemoaned, Ayling has both. I know he was in involved in some s...

10 months ago
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RE: Season Review and Next Season Discussion Points

Couldn't resist a sneaky peak at the dying moments of the Sunderland match last night. The scenes at the end were incredible, even though I was, of co...

10 months ago
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RE: Coventry v Boro

@werdermouth Several really excellent points there, all packed into one post. Thank you.

10 months ago
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RE: Coventry v Boro

@pedro I guess if we're looking at credits and debits we need to put Sammy Silvera, Micah Hamilton, Alex Gilbert and probably Lucas Engel in the Ki...

10 months ago
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RE: Coventry v Boro

@original-fat-bob So if you do know what really happened in January, or know someone that knows someone who does.......

10 months ago
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