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@andy-r Was out all day yesterday but missed your superb post with great analysis - many thanks as thought I was going to have to wait until your E...
@gt I'm confident Boro will have at least 50 points by 5pm on 1st March as I'm not imagining there will be no reaction from the players in the comi...
@paulinboro I don't think he'll leave before the summer, because if it did go badly in the next three games it's too late then to make any differen...
Do football managers resign these days and lose out on compensation? might be the odd one and probably if they've got something else lined up. It woul...
I'm not convinced that Neil Warnock and Michael Carrick is a match made in heaven and also probably not something Carrick would probably want in havin...
@original-fat-bob I'll be up for writing a preview for the final if we beat Coventry in the last game to qualify for the play-offs - otherwise it m...
@martin-bellamy Just read that passing out from the back article - I think like any tactic, if you do it the majority of the time it becomes a pred...
@andy-r I look forward to your analysis on your Easter preview and hope your record is considerably better than mine - thankfully just the last gam...
@paulinboro It will be interesting to see what the attendance is for the next game - though visually as I think they count season ticket holders as...
@clive-hurren Interesting observations about the crowd reaction at the Riverside yesterday - I missed most of the game so didn't see it. It is obvi...
@selwynoz I'm not against the moneyball approach, indeed it's probably necessary given Boro are competing against clubs with parachute payments for...
No point ditching Carrick now and whoever came in would inherit all the same problems with an unbalanced squad where half of them will be gone in the ...
Can’t seem to shake it off - maybe next time 🤔
Well Boro lost to the team that was in the worst form and are now below them in the table - must be at we-could-try-turning-it-off-and-on-again levels...
25 minutes gone and little sign that Boro have found their rhythm - in fact quite a few misplaced passes out of defence and no sign that the players a...
At least it's a bonus that Cardiff scored a 90th minute equaliser against Bristol City! Burnley unsurprisingly drew 0-0...
OK I'm hoping that Boro are 3-0 up before I have to leave in 30 minutes - and then hope it's not another Sheffield Wednesday game 😬
Dale Fry is apparently ill today...
So no regular central defender on the bench, which presumably means Ayling and Borges (apparently he can play as CB according to Carrick) are cover if...
@original-fat-bob It seems Fry is out in the cold too! Surprised to see Burgzorg benched as he's looked our best player for a number of weeks. Dijk...
Team News... Borges in for Giles, Barlaser in for Azaz, Conway surprisingly replaces Burgzorg and Whittaker replaces Iling-Junior with Dijksteel on ...
@original-fat-bob I believe it's often the case when teams don't have a game on 4th round weekend the players have a break but given the number of ...
@original-fat-bob I didn't expect Boro to win at Sheff Utd but what was obvious was that they played with much more intensity and looked to know ho...
@forever-dormo Yes, I'm afraid it's not a great record when I write a preview in the new rotation scheme. Wrote 7 - Lost 7 - Scored 2 - Conceded ...
@clive-hurren Thanks and good luck with those previews - I dread to think just how serious the Derby one is if things don't pick up in the next 2 w...
@pedro I guess we have no perfect options in defence and even RvdB hasn't looked as good as last season since coming back from injury - I think Fry...
@jarkko I was surprised Iling-Junior started ahead of Whittaker on Wednesday as the former looked off the pace against Sunderland and likewise agai...
Many thanks for all the comments on the preview, as ever much appreciated and glad you enjoyed it! And yes Jarkko I'm hoping to get my first preview...