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Many thanks OFB for lighting the blue-touch paper and igniting the debate with a impressive whizz-bang display of a preview! I'll be looking forward t...
Hull came out of the blocks for the second half and when they equalised I feared the worst but then the Tiger's realised they couldn't change their st...
As Len said, the first half hour was a nothing game, no questions asked, no answers needed. However, the goal (another for Akpom) has settled the team...
Team News... Just one change from the team that started against Preston with Forss replacing Muniz - Crooks is on the bench but no Watmore or Bola i...
Many thanks Andy for the frighteningly good Hull-raising opener and hopefully Boro's horrific opening to the season can be exorcised in the next two w...
@deleriad I think 12th would be a good result for Carrick since if you consider Coventry finished in that position last season on 64 points then it...
@k-p-in-spain Not sure if Greaves would have helped much as Hull have had the worst defence in the Championship by far - though still above Boro! A...
@pedro I'm sure Boro were playing 4-3-3 from some of the wide shots of the shape I saw in the first half - though whether each full-back was instru...
@boroexile Well 17 points from 17 games tells us that a point a game is not the sign of a good team - just to add more simple maths, Boro now need ...
Boro upped the pace in the second half with McGree pulling the strings but still no end product with just Akpom's early goal being the only shot on ta...
Not the best quality game with Boro not building on their early lead and failing to create any further clear-cut chances other than a half-chance for ...
Here's an unofficial link if anyone needs one... Preston v Boro
Team News... Looks like Watmore is injured as not in the squad so Muniz replaces him in the Gazette's predicted team posted by Stir Crazy
@stircrazy I'd probably go with Bola as left-back and still think Muniz has more on the ball to offer than Chuba - though his form has dipped a lit...
@lenmasterman Thanks Len, will do - she's not given up but not as enthusiastic a follower as a few seasons ago when she went to all home and away g...
Got back on Thursday from a week's trip to visit family on Teesside but thankfully there was no interest in a trip to the Riverside for the Huddersfie...
@selwynoz Indeed, it should have been 5-1 when Crooks scored but I think his hernia was just offside...
A ridiculous performance in the second half and I fully expect the manager will be relieved of his duties before the next game - this is not the Boro ...
It was one of those where the opposition were happy to let Boro have possession and for all the neat passing there were few opportunities created. Cro...
Team News... So Leo's last selection unless Boro are still chatting with Michael Carrick: Well it's Akpom and Watmore up top as Muniz heads to the b...
Some good news today, Huddersfield lost at home to Preston tonight so Boro at least won't be bottom when Carrick takes over - also Blackburn beat Sund...
@original-fat-bob So we're talking about the dream team of Michael Carrick, Alex Bruce and John O Shea - could be time to hit that shift key again....
@lenmasterman In many ways, the club have form in undermining their managers of late - remember Warnock remarked that he was dismissed in a manner ...
@david-in-cumbria If the Gazette is right, then problems getting Carrick's coaching team together seems to be one of the causes of the delay - appa...
@k-p-in-spain There should be no second chances with anything of a similar nature - I think spitting is regarded by footballers as the worst thing ...
So according to the Gazette: Middlesbrough confident of wrapping up deal to appoint Michael Carrick as new manager - though that may now be towards he...
@lenmasterman Good post Len and highlights the inconsistencies of how the club is being run and how it has lost sight of the main purpose of how it...
@andy-r I expect the first interview with Carrick went along the lines of 'We have our principles as a club that the head coach has to work under' ...
@ken Now Ken stop trying to get us all excited for next season with all this talk of Crawley and Fleetwood š
@malcolm I console myself with the fact that it sounds too ridiculous to be true - must be just more clickbait musings surely?