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@andy-r I think in recent years the club need to generate around £10m a year to cover running costs so I'm not hopeful that there's much change lef...
@paulinboro I think it may still depend on which PL club makes an offer as I don't imagine Hackney will want to be back in the Championship next se...
@presidentjump I suppose they could have told Ipswich what they have now reportedly told the Echo, that Hackney is not for sale this season - thoug...
@powmillnaemore It could be argued that Boro’s recent statement that Hackney is no longer for sale is simply designed to increase the asking price ...
Of course selling Azaz means that the club don't need to sell Hackney - however, there is a complication if a PL club makes an offer for him - the clu...
@pedro I'm not sure if we could enforce Man City's buy-back clause on Hamilton 😉
Further to those childbirth statistics... I was just thinking about those numbers again while washing up after dinner (as you do) as 5 out of 7 didn...
@k-p-in-spain £15m sounds a decent fee for a player while can be very good on his day can also disappear if he doesn’t get into games. At least t...
I guess statistical probabilities are just another means to measure performance or assess expected outcomes - xG is just the computer's numerical equi...
Talking of Typical Boro - Danny Ings has just signed for Sheff Utd - hopefully Steve Gibson didn't give too much away when he was sat next to him in t...
@andy-r I wonder if xG takes into account the player the chance falls to as some always seem to lose composure before shooting - if so I would imag...
Many thanks Andy for another great headliner with excellent analysis of both Boro under Edwards and the Blades without Wilder. Just goes to show how c...
@presidentjump Welcome on board to Diasboro! I just noticed late yesterday evening you'd registered as I need to approve your first 2 posts (otherw...
@pedro Yes it's only essentially the current year (1985 + 40 = 2025 or simply just 85 + 40 = 125) minus your age - so only works 100% on new year's...
@martin-bellamy I think you need to drink another half 😉
Before you think I may have gone deliriously optimistic, it's probably just the 85 pints talking that OFB suggested we had in the pre-match poser ...
So Boro's tough opening fixtures continue to be skillfully negotiated with just a game against the would-be automatic promotion contenders Sheff Utd (...
Funny old game - Boro started well and maybe should've scored a couple but Norwich were the better side after 15 minutes as Boro looked to have proble...
Anyway, looking forward to watching the game despite it being a beautiful day in Brussels 😎 😉
@stircrazy Certainly looks a much stronger bench now!
Yes it worked for me - it took me a few minutes to work out why that is - but I won't give it away 😉
@philip-of-huddersfield Yes in terms of a deal for Newcastle - if Targett’s in the last year of his contract then they will get no transfer fee at ...
@andy-r Solid is probably the right word - it seems he fell down the pecking order at Newcastle because of his lack of pace - which is probably OK ...
@jarkko What's interesting is Max Arsten's salary in the MLS (where there are complicated salary cap rules) was reported as $7,500 a week - which i...
@exmil It seems they were holding out for a higher transfer fee but I guess much depends on how he performs for the rest of the season and whether ...
So it appears Boro have given up on their pursuit of MLS league Max Arfsten and will instead sign Newcastle's left wing-back Matt Targett on a season ...
@clive-hurren It's possible that Malanda has been signed with a view to cashing in on Fry in January - since Dael is in the last year of his contra...
@gt Sounds like there's now interest in Azaz - I wonder if we'd accept his sale if it meant Hackney then stayed. I think Hackney is harder to repla...
@pedro Yes that’s 26 players shown - minus McCabe, Kante and Hamilton as U21 and plus Nypan - which makes the 24 I mentioned would need to be regis...
@pedro I think the rule is that a player's age is calculated from that on 1st January the previous season - i.e. 1 January 2024 - so Hamilton will ...