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CJ's first-half player ratings: Sol Brynn - 7 One good claim from a cross, one fantastic sweep as Hull made a rare break in behind. Luke Ayling ...
Beeb preview of the match: The stats at the end make sobering reading, says SC, reintroducing a note of pessimism. It would be good to think tha...
I wonder what Big Jack would've been saying today...
Off topic, I know, but I see that MC, having cut his managerial teeth at Boro, has bagged the top job at "ManUre"!
KH, he say HH ready - but his time on the pitch will have to be carefully managed. 🙂
KH reckons the lads will be ready: Includes a 12-minute interview with him which I haven't yet listened to.
And the independent disciplinary panel has apparently opined that Eckert sanctioned the spying:
The Beeb has now expanded a bit on that bald statement:
Contribution all the way from a fan in Melbourne to the Beeb's live text commentary on the Chelski-Spurs match (which Spurs lost): Which division wi...
The outcome according to the Beeb: I'm stunned!
Detailed analysis by the Beeb:
Breaking news on the Beeb site: "Boro want Southampton out of play-offs over Spygate" - /p>
Agreed. Honest, too.
The situation as reported by the Beeb:
Echo player ratings: Ayling MotM. And the Gazette's:
Ah well. As KP said, nice while it lasted. 🙁
FIVE minutes of added time...
Bugger! Charles for Saints in the 116th minute. 🙁
Maddo after the first half of extra time: Boro can't really hurt Southampton with the personnel out there. They had a spell earlier but they didn't...
Extra time! 🙁
FIVE minutes of injury time before we see which of the sides is the less tired...
Leo Castledine on for David Strelec in the 83rd minute. Tempers fraying - the Beeb: Aidan Morris seems to tug the ball out of the grasp of a ballb...
A third yellow for Boro: Malanda in the 77th minute.
Browne on for Conway in the 72nd minute (injury). 🙁
Still all to play for, I suppose, but I fear the worst... No changes at the start of the second half.
Ayling booked in the 39th minute - CJ: He's very angry and the referee books him. But he was upset about something that was said, and it's now been ...
McGree then booked eight minutes later! CJ: Nasty tackle on Charles. Studs were up and into the ankle. Was no force behind it though, which gets hi...
Early lead for Boro: McGree in the fifth minute! CJ: Boro keep possession as a cross is cleared. Brittain takes it up on the right. Southampton e...
Chairman CJ's assessment of the starting XI: As expected, an unchanged XI from Kim Hellberg this evening, and still no Hayden Hackney. Hellberg had ...
The starting XI - unchanged: