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Phew!

Thank God for that Dijksteel goal!

Forss & Whittaker on for Conway & Iheanacho in the 77th minute.

Dijksteel increases the Boro lead in the 58th minute, assisted by Morris. 🙂

Still only 1-0 at half-time. Several decent chances to increase the lead spurned, if CJ is to be believed.

Boro takeS the lead: Conway in the 11th minute, assisted by Azaz. 🙂 (I'll come back to that "S" later... 😉 ) CJ: Superb from Hackney. He wi...

Starting XI - four changes, with Howson, Iling-Junior, Burgzorg & Iheanacho in for Fry, Giles, Whittaker & Forss:

For what? I know I haven't visited the blog much since the shambles in Swansea on Saturday, but have I missed something? *puzzled*

I see that Big Josh put Millwall 1-2 up at Watford a few minutes ago... From the Beeb's live match commentary: Great header! Ra'ees Bangura-Willi...

Giles in for Ayling:

I couldn't read it, as it demanded payment of a subscription, which I wasn't prepared to authorise. 😡

By the sounds of it, Boro's well shot of him:

In common with KP, the Echo has Dael Fry as MotM, though Borges & Morris also earned 8s: The Gazette also gave Fry & Morris 8s, but doesn...

Hartlepool Mail player ratings (no MotM nominated, but 2/3 7s):

So, a win AND a clean sheet! 🙂 Is that Travers' first? 8th in the table...

SEVEN minutes of injury time to see out...

CJ: Boro lead! Boro finally have their breakthrough. Morris does really well to read a ball on the edge of the Derby box and cuts it out. He slides ...

The Derby defensive wall is breached at long last: Azaz in the 80th minute! 🙂

And Iheanacho comes on for Forss 10 minutes later...

Ayling crocked - again. Giles on as a sub in the 62nd minute.

Beeb live reporting at 15.35: Boro have had 75 per cent possession but have been struggling to break down a stubborn Derby backline. And quote fro...

Ayling in for the injured Edmundson, Jonny H on the bench, HH not shown as captain:

Sorry. Spotted the superfluous "man", not to mention the missing "a" from "apparently" too late to be able to edit my post. 😡

Blackburn no longer man managerless, Werder. They've apprently appointed Valérien Ismaël as John Eustace's successor: so there'll be "new manage...

Phew! 1-3. MC finally gets the better of Mark Robins at the 7th/8th (???) time of asking! 🙂

We want four, we want four, we want four - just to be on the safe side (with 20 minutes+ to go)...

Now raining Boro goals: Conway in the 73rd, assisted by Azaz.

Burgzorg on for Forss in the 68th minute.

Azaz (!!!) restores the lead in the 52nd minute, assisted by Conway...

MC forced into a making a substitution within minutes of the restart following an injury to Edmundson: Ayling on... Part of CJ's comment: Rav of ...