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@original-fat-bob These Chinese whispers are getting out of hand - I heard the recruitment process was turning into whack-a-mole...
@malcolm You've just reminded me why I don't use a photograph of myself as a gravatar 😉
@original-fat-bob Sounds like that old gentle let down of "it's not you it's me" - probably not ideal to start your managerial career after the sea...
@k-p-in-spain To be honest, all these media reports on who's about to be appointed or has been ruled out appears to be nothing more than Chinese wh...
@k-p-in-spain Next week sounds optimistic after reading that article where there's still no shortlist with a dozen candidates being interviewed alo...
Depending on which media outlet you read or listen to, then Michael Carrick is either "closing in" on the Boro job or "will hold talks today" over the...
@original-fat-bob At least some positives over Michael Carrick - good man-manager, good communicator and good at telling midfielders how they shoul...
@andy-r I suspect Chris Wilder will be in another job soon and perhaps Alan Knill would wager his own future is better tied to his partner than ris...
@martin-bellamy Just for balance, I would also add that all bad managers started somewhere too 😉 It's hard to say whether someone starting in th...
Still no sign of white smoke over Rockliffe - did BBC Five Live go too early or were they fed duff information? I must admit sleeping on the decisio...
@andy-r I think we're thinking along the same lines 😉
@exmil Though you let him off the leash you still have to pick up his mess...
Interesting report from The Sun... Former Middlesbrough boss Chris Wilder was sacked by Head of Football Kieran Scott with the 55-year-old not seein...
@exmil I guess the BBC wouldn't make up stories so it must be true - a leap into the unknown that nobody can say if it will go well - now where did...
@pedro The main reason I think Boro need to appoint a head coach by Monday is that this week is only one of two that doesn't include a midweek game...
@exmil I'm not sure if Carrick would be better advised to bring in an assistant with recent Championship experience - I'm not sure if Meulensteen a...
Just on the Crooks hernia issue - I suspect the plan would probably be for him to try and have the op and recovery over the Qatar World Cup break - it...
Not sure when Boro plan to appoint a new head coach but hopefully no later than Monday given the lack of organisation and shape displayed at Mllwall. ...
Well that was a dire game of football in the second half - both sides were rubbish and Boro completely lacking shape and ideas or indeed any sense the...
Boro unfortunate to go into half-time behind in this game after a soft miss-hit deflected free-kick wrong-footed Steffen. On the whole Boro have looke...
Here's an unofficial link if anyone needs one... Millwall v Boro
@exmil You never know with Watmore given his fitness record - looks like a back three with Bola as wing-back - perhaps McNair as left centre-back a...
Team News... Quite a few changes with Jones the unsurprising returning player in place of Dijksteel but Hackney is on the bench as McGree starts but...
@malcolm He's still 5 years younger than Joe Biden so may still have one big job in him 😉
Just to add, the other point to make on appointing a rookie manager is that it's not long since Boro went down this road with Jonathan Woodgate and th...
If Boro opt for Michael Carrick then we really are in unknown territory - though you could say he's never lost a game as manager with two wins and a d...
@john-richardson Further to your point about Coulson up at Aberdeen, I just read this quote from a Swansea journalist about another unwanted Boro g...
I'm not overly convinced by Corberan as he's another that falls into the category of one good season. Indeed, after 20 games last season his Terriers ...
Thanks for another detailed preview OFB and a good postscript on why Wilder's time was up at Boro - the club were clearly going backwards under his te...
Well it was probably mainly all about getting the three points and drawing a line under what has been a disastrous season so far. Can't fault the play...