Last seen: December 3, 2025 1:41 pm
The Swans go a goal up in the 15th minute. 🙁
The starting XI - no sign of Fry:
Gazette player ratings - nines for Ramsey & Akpom: I have to say, I'm intrigued by the description of Barlaser as Ryan Giles' "tame-mate"! ;...
Vic's full-time verdict: Whistle. 5-0. A superb, ruthless, efficient display as Boro rattle up a sixth successive home win. Dominated throughout, pa...
Vic's half-time verdict: HT: Boro comfortable. Dominated throughout but it was low-key until it exploded into goals & chaos. Chuba penalty &...
The Blades seen off by Blackburn 0-1, which means that Rovers (temporarily, I hope) move into third place with 58 points from their 35 games, one ahea...
Fry in for Paddy & Ramsey for Forss; Crooks apparently has a bit of a niggle:
And the Baggies go down 0-2 away to Hull in this evening's match...
Had to happen sooner or later. 🙁 Vic's verdict: FT: Boro punished for a creaky start then struggled to break down the well drilled Baggies. Resu...
And a Ryan Porteous OG put the Blades a goal up in the 73rd minute.
Crooks on for Archer in the 77th minute, while Jones replaces McGree a minute later.
Fry on for an injured Paddy (carried off on a stretcher & on oxygen, apparently) in the 57th minute, Ramsey for Forss in the 68th.
Vic's verdict on the first half: HT: Two down. Caught cold. West Brom were assertive, Boro not so much. Grew into game later on but slow & faile...
Tommy Smith picks up a yellow in the 44th minute.
Just when I was going to gloat that the Black Cats had lost to Coventry by 1-2 in the early match! 🙁
Vic's observation: Both very tight decisions. Boro caught twice. Worst possible start. Time to dig in and regain control like they did v Sheff Utd. ...
Kaye Holland wasn't wrong! 🙁
From the Beeb's scene-setting live commentary in this afternoon's EFL matches: Can Baggies end bad run against Boro? West Bromwich Albion boss Car...
I see that the ITV EFL highlights programme at 23.30 today actually mentions the match by name (at least in my copy of the current Sunday Times cultur...
Forss back, McNair again preferred to Fry:
MC on the other MC ("Crooksy") + very brief comments on Barlaser & Ramsey & their first starts:
Reaction from Chuba, who's had his contract extended to 2024:
Interesting to compare the Echo's player ratings: with those of the Gazette: Only the Echo nominates a MotM, i.e. Riley McGree.
Having just watched the usual skimpy two minutes of Sky highlights (which didn't bother with the first half!), I see why he was booked: he took off h...
And Matthew Hoppe scored his first for the Hibees in a 2-0 win against Killie - from Edinburgh Live: Hoppe along Matthew Hoppe will be buzzing with...
Whatever it was MC said to the lads at half-time, it worked! ic's verdict: FT: 3-1. A superb second half show after a sluggish, out of synch first ...
SheffU now has 61 points from 32 games & a GD of +24 in second place, Boro 57 from 33 & +18. The gap is narrowing... Elsewhere, Dani Ayala ...
The Hoops pull one back in the final minute of normal time, but McGree makes it 3-1 in the second minute of injury time with a little help from Matt C...
Crooks & Howson on for Archer & Ramsey respectively in the 78th minute.
The flood gates seem to have opened: Chuba bags a second in the 77th minute (rebound from a weak penalty, according to Vic - McGree brought down in t...