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@simonfallaha Yes, Karanka was definitely into control and he drilled the players on how to play and move up the pitch - I seem to recall either he...
@simonfallaha Good to hear from you again Simon with your usual thoughtful posts - Boro definitely need a reboot as Carrick's team seem neither one...
@peter-surtees It will certainly be a season to forget with local rivals Leeds and possibly Sunderland promoted and Newcastle winning the League Cu...
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@mw-in-darwin btw I just added the 'm' after the £2 I originally typed 😉
@pedro Apparently, many reports say Hamilton was bought for £2m with add-ons rising to £5m - though given he couldn't even get a kick for Stockport...
Great idea Andy - many thanks for putting together a really good assessment of the season just passed. I think Carrick could feel hard done by to be d...
@exmil I'm surprised Cleverly lasted the season at Watford given where they finished and how trigger happy the owner is 🙂
@forever-dormo Sounds about right for Carrick - send someone on for 15 minutes and hope they do something. Though in reality Boro's bench has been ...
Incidentally, just to demonstrate the huge gap in Championship to PL - Boro's weekly wage bill is equivalent to what Villa are paying for loan signing...
@forever-dormo On the issue of Carrick not making subs early - I read that the average time a substitute spends on the pitch in the PL has not vari...
@forever-dormo A £22.5m wage bill for a 25-man squad works out at an average of just under £17k a week for each player - I think I recall Borges wa...
@original-fat-bob Thanks for your discretion OFB, I suppose it's one thing for us to speculate on what is behind articles in the local press but pe...
@paulinboro You're probably right, I'm sure Mogga would rather be a manager - it seems to be in his blood!
@lenmasterman Let's not forget that Kieran Scott has been linked in recent months with a move to Crystal Palace as their sporting director and that...
@paulinboro As long as he didn't get booked to play crazy golf...
@stircrazy Funnily enough I did wonder about Gary O'Neil as possible replacement to Carrick back when Boro had lost 5 in a row - he certainly had h...
@forever-dormo They've collectively amassed just 26 points from their last 24 games - should be a play-off to see who drops into League One really ...
@jarkko Indeed, having fit players has been a major problem in the last few seasons and Boro do already have 4 centre-backs in Fry, van den Berg, L...
That is the implication in the article, which also goes on to say... "Boro’s recruitment team will attempt to repair the damage when the transfer wi...
Some interesting stats from Opta where Boro players topped the table for 2024-25 Hayden Hackney received 1045 Opta points putting him easily top as ...
@martin-bellamy Thanks Martin - all I would say is that Boro have lost more games when I didn’t write the starter than when I did 🤔
Unfortunately my wait for a win goes on - surely next season 🤔
@boroexile Yes, the January Window was the beginning of Boro's decline but it started at Preston on 25 January - Latte Lath went off injured after ...