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Many thanks Powmill for the festive treat of a very clever opener - unfortunately my attempts at singing couldn't do it justice 😉 Anyway, let's hop...

@martin-bellamy Just spotted your Guardian link - nice one - hope you enjoy your festive soup and sandwiches plus sounds like the cobwebs will most...

Well that was a pretty intense game and a great team performance by Boro today where everyone worked extremely hard for the three points. It was also ...

Been an interesting tactical battle in the first half with the game toing and froing between the two teams as each builds up momentum and the other ke...

Team News... So Rogers and Jones are fit but Lathe Latte is missing or indeed any recognised striker starts - Greenwood comes in as Crooks gets to r...

Big result for Boro tonight - Hull were 2-1 up at Bristol City at HT but the Robins scored twice in the second half to beat the Tigers 3-2 - stopped H...

Many thanks OFB for another enjoyable and comprehensive opener - two in a week is pretty amazing! While Aaron Danks sounds as if he's got plenty of ex...

I've moved the Port Vale and WBA threads to the 2023-24 Forum - I guess OFB had posted them under the festive season instead of the 2023-24 season 😉

@original-fat-bob I'm down for the Villa preview played on 6th January so I'd be pushed to manage the first leg on 9th January - I could in theory ...

So Chelsea it is in the semi-final but they have to thank Kieran Trippier for a defensive mistake that gifted them an injury-time equaliser and then f...

Well the second half turned into something of a training game as Boro eased into the semi-final against quite a poor Port Vale side. Getting a few you...

Here's the team Michael Carrick couldn't pick ... Dieng Smith - Lenihan - McNair - van den Berg Hackney - O'Brien Forss - McGree - Greenwood...

Well a comfortable lead at half-time but not a comfortable performance with Boro's passing too wayward with players struggling to make simple passes w...

Here's an unofficial link to start with - not HD and this is the HD Link

@jarkko Ah that explains Greenwood’s absence

I hope players like Howson and Crooks don't play much more than an hour so they can recover for the weekend - though I suppose that depends on whether...

@lenmasterman Big Uche is on the bench as you suspected.

Team News... Just a couple of changes (five 😉) Engel returns with Clarke in for RvdB, who isn't even on the bench so hopefully not injured, Dieng re...

@k-p-in-spain An early prediction: Hesgoal one DAZN nil 😉

Thanks OFB for the amusing yet informative fizzing preview of the big quarter-final tie that even the BBC headline for tonight's live text has careles...

Nice one Deriad adding a January window thread - I guess business will depend on when we expect to see the return of our key injured players (Hackney,...

@pedro Carrick needs to be proactive with his team selections on Tuesday before more injuries make the decisions for him as he selects the Fit XI.

@exmil I did have that same thought when Dieng went off as he'll probably be out for at least two weeks and then off on international duty - though...

Craig Hignett was only standing in for Neil Maddison as he was at a wedding yesterday - so at least we were spared hearing his repertoire of malapropi...

@pedro If you compare the marks given yesterday to those awarded for the Hull game you would think everyone played much better but in my opinion Bo...

Well Boro somehow managed to come away from South Wales with a welcome three points - don't know if they deserved them but after more poor defending a...

Boro were easily second best for nearly all the first half with typically losing possession and getting caught on the break where Swansea had four rea...

Team News... Just the one change with Bangura in for Engel

So back in the game after a few days being absorbed with configuring a couple of wifi routers to replace the an ageing one and subsequently reconfigur...

I think Dijksteel should be given time to get match fit before passing judgement - that was something like his second start in over a year and I thoug...