Patrick Bateman

Middlesbrough are relegated, you know they'll win now and it'll be no pressure on them, always happens - every season, every freshly relegated team.

I'm probably horribly wrong, but I still think he'll be here next season, purely on the basis he's been out injured for so long that I think anyone wanting to spend that level of cash will want to see him back to form - maybe then going in the Jan window!?

This.

No, enough is enough today, it was weak all round, yet again. An Adkins' Saints would've scored 3 against this lot tonight and maybe lost, but it would've been enjoyable. Arguably, Pochettino's and Koeman's Saints would have beaten them easily. This was yet another dull, insipid match. I've been giving the guy another chance, match after match, but I'm done.

I've now done a u-turn, happy to see Puel leave now.

I never realised that Ben Gibson was also the nephew of the Middlesbrough chairman ... maybe I've been living in a box!

He'll be off to any of the top 10 - he is supposed to be very good and most of the Premier League want him.

I'd say that was a rubbish and lazy summary. Our defence certainly wasn't on the beach, nor were Forster or Romeu...

Oh well, never mind.

I think it's more that they insist on playing the year below in each team. So the U23 is full of the U18 and the U18 full of the U16 etc. Maybe I'm wrong but I'm sure that's what I read!?

Me too, proper sense of humour, proper bantz, he's the original #Archbishopofbanterbury #PrinceBantz

Actually, that is true too - I would've had De Boer, but he didn't end up so well in Italy ... so shows what I know

This, plus I think that with a few more players who like Puel's style in over the summer, we may play better football than some of what we've seen. If we can play like we did in the cup final, it just shows (to me), it's more the players who aren't putting the effort in against certain teams.

They knew our fans would be in meltdown tonight and in need of protection ...

My uncle knows him, had a season ticket for Beijing FC, reckons we should steer well clear because he's crooked and has loads of silly demands. He would be awful.

5-0

No to both. I would like to see what Puel can do over the summer and into next season. Let's face it, this season is now finished for us, we may as well now get a few more results and let him tinker around like an extended preseason.

Yep ,this. It was a win win for Hoddle, it really couldn't be any worse.

I presumed he was 'dressing up ironically' or something ... weirdo.

Already had that discussion. I can't be bothered with home game any more, utterly tedious and the ground is full of dinlos, I'd far rather do all the away matches instead.

Have I missed something, but where's he got to now? Never hear anything and I don't recall seeing his name in the U23 team either?

Thing is, when have these w*nkers ever been relegated? When was the last time they finished in the bottom half of top flight football??

LOL, pipe down:lol:

Or he's on lots of painkillers and injections in order to help his club win the league and has been rushed back on the pitch; therefore will be out from the end of the season properly injured?

Apologies, I was being a dunce and misread your post in context with the mention of Romeu.