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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...
Boro simply not good enough all over the pitch tonight and got what they deserved - yet more unbelievably poor defensive errors and they even got away...
Well that first half was backs against the wall stuff and it seemed only a matter of when Sheff Utd scored - strangely the live feed suddenly jumped f...
@powmillnaemore Just quiet here in Northern Germany...
Team News... Starts for Iheanacho and Iling-Junior with Dede? on the bench
Just tuning back into Diasboro after tuning out of Boro since the Sunderland match with no game this last weekend - which seems like ages ago now afte...
@forever-dormo Yes there's always hope - interestingly both Fulham and Bournemouth were relegated in the previous 2 seasons before they gained prom...
Just for the record, I think Boro have just as good a chance as any of making the top six this season - indeed nearly all the teams below us chasing f...
@exmil That's very bad luck for Tommy Smith that he couldn't recover from that injury after 15 months - he must be devastated. Here's an article wh...
@martin-bellamy As we look at the bottom three of the PL we can see last season's promoted clubs with 9 wins out of 72 games between them and a who...
@clive-hurren It looks like a major rebuild next season whatever the outcome - though that's the Championship where players who excel are open to o...
One slight complication for Boro is that the MLS transfer window is open from 31 January to 23 April - this means if the Latte Lath transfer fell thro...
@exmil I think clubs normally have 24 hours after the window closes to registered their squads.
As for the Doak injury, Carrick said after the game: "Ben just felt his thigh during the week in training. We'll see how it is. It won't be a few days...
Was up at 4:30am and have now managed to watch the game recorded on ITV4 - though felt sorry for the presenters at the ground who were barely audible ...
OFB, sounds like your earlier intel was correct as Northern Echo reporting Doak is injured and will be out for a number of weeks!
@philip-of-huddersfield Fry is on the bench - I guess Carrick has gone for a left-footed central defender
@original-fat-bob Oh dear that's not good ☹️ 3 new signings start and Junior surprisingly makes the bench - hope Doak isn't out fo...
@original-fat-bob I'm hoping for a treat over breakfast and Boro 3 - hopefully I won't screw up the recording as it's a while since I watched ITV4!