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The statement from the club that Chris Wilder wanted to build his team around Tavernier but it was the player who forced the move doesn't quite add up...
While we may have a fairly good First XI, the problem as I've mentioned before is it's on average a game every four days until the November break for ...
Jarkko I'm also surprised at the reported Tav fee of £10m plus £2.5m in addons - this doesn't sound to me like the kind of ridiculous offer that Bor...
Selwynoz I think you may be right about perhaps McNair being more of a midfielder this season as I can't see any logic in keeping Dijksteel on the b...
Philip Reports do suggest Boro have made a £2.5m bid for Hoppe - who is yet again another gamble on a young striker needing to reboot his career. L...
PaulInBoro Indeed, but usually when things were not going well and quite often before he was dismissed! What is harder to quantify with Tav is to ...
Gazette now reporting that Marcus Tavernier is due to have a medical and has played his last game for Boro - worrying development given the lack of ar...
Thanks OFB for your excellent and very thorough opening-day match preview - early doors it certainly is with perhaps a lot more coming late through th...
Martin I didn't catch any of the Women's Euros in the group stages but have watched most of the quarter-finals and yesterday's semi. I've been impre...
Good post Len and I suspect Wilder and Scott may be on the same page but perhaps not the same book (Old Testament and New Testament?). It seems Sco...
Deleriad Muniz is essentially another gamble and has barely played since January with just 132 minutes of Championship football over 11 games (avera...
The problem with this Qatar World Cup impacted season is that it's preloaded before the mid-November break with essentially half the season's games be...
Reports suggest Muniz will arrive on Teesside for a loan move to Boro once Fulham have signed a replacement striker - probably a player in the Balogun...
Hannibal sounds like the kind of young hungry player that could add some bite to the midfield - though will he have the appetite for the Championship....
Martin I've yet to see any young footballer that reminded me of me at that age but I was definitely lacking drive and determination - not to mention...
Andy In reality, Akpom probably only played because Wilder had so few options - looking at the others on the bench Smith, Bilongo, Finch, Gibson, Co...
The re-integration of Akpom is probably an admission that it's less likely that a new striker arrives before next weekend or indeed with enough time t...
It certainly beginning to sound it's not if Tavernier leaves but when - Bournemouth have valued him at £12m so wouldn't be a big leap to get to £15m -...
The Bournemouth Echo pouring cold water on the Tav negotiations at an advanced stage but just that they are apparently still ongoing. I suspect if the...
The other rumour now being cranked up is that Bournemouth are in advanced talks with Boro over the transfer of Marcus Tavernier with the Cherries appa...
Andy Could well be those three but call me old-fashioned when I don't regard a player as a Premier League striker unless they've actually scored a g...
Andy Those squad numbers probably show that Boro need to sign at least 5 players - including a 9, 10 and 11. - so a left-sided central defender, a m...
Exmil We shouldn't dismiss completely until it's announced on TalkSport...
Andy It would be quite a novelty to sign two strikers who could actually score 20 goals each - would probably guarantee Boro a top four place at lea...
OFB Viktor Gyökeres could be a decent option - he had a blistering start to last season scoring 9 goals in the first 11 games, which earned him a ca...
Well Talk Sport seem to include in nearly every transfer snippet the phrase 'Talk Sport understands...' - the one about Tav that I saw said: "Marcus T...
PaulInBoro Anywhere in particular on the internet? Though I'd be surprised if he publicly said he wants to leave but the story does seem to be gaini...
Tav by all accounts had a good game in yesterday's friendly against Morecambe, scoring one and hitting the bar with a free kick. Afterwards, Chris Wil...
Though to be fair to Warnock he did congratulate Djed in a Tweet for taking his advice when he gained promotion with Forest...
The loan of Zack Steffen from Man City has now been completed so I've added him to the table along with turning Djed Spence from an uncertain grey to ...