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I agree, he’s a consummate professional so would just do as instructed, when he had that spell of playing further forward he looked at his most effective. Maybe he was stifled a bit by instruction. Bragg is one player I’m looking forward to see progress this season, think he’s got huge potential so don’t want his path blocked at all.

Yep that raised an eyebrow when reading Blackmore's comments, JWP frustratingly didn't do that enough when here. Can't really see (or the need for) it happening, if it somehow did he'd get my support, It might rekindle his form at a club he was comfortable at and he's surely a decent talent for Championship level. But those wages.....

Agree with many others about the flat build up to this World Cup, so much about this tournament is just crap. I felt the same about Qatar but did find myself getting into it more than I thought I would as it went on. Don't know how younger fans feel about it today, World Cups and FA Cup finals felt so special when growing up. I was around for 1966 but remember nothing about it (although I was given a World Cup Willie glove puppet!), 1970 was the first time I became aware of it and really started to get into football. There was something exciting hearing commentary that sounded like it was coming down a ropey phone line that made everything seem so far away and exotic. As I was young and just so into anything football, the 1974 is my favourite ever WC closely followed by 1978 (even though England failed to reach either, I was devastated). 1982 and 1990 are also up there as most-liked. Collecting Esso World Cup coins, small player bust figures and filling Panini sticker albums were all the rage in our house in the early seventies.

Sad news and condolences to all family and friends. RIP

The old Eyal Berkovitz chant would fit quite well... "Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, Born is the King of Is-ra-el"

Great news if Peretz is secured but I think he'd have even struggled in a RM side with a defence in constant disarray in front of him. I was mostly happy with Ramsdale for us but, yeah, Peretz gets the nod for me now.

Maybe he doesn't fancy following us around the country commentating games next season as it may get a bit heated around. He's a Villa fan so likely won't be sharing our siege mentality or fancy batting off all the gobshites we'll no doubt encounter.

The Teeside Squealers 0 v Southampton 1 nobody likes a grass

Can you see cunts like Winter, etc. banging on if it’d been say Millwall or (last season) Leeds guilty of this? They wouldn’t because they know they’d get lynched, we’ve been seen as too nice over the years and an easy hit. Fuck ‘em.

I think that may be setting our sights a little high. Forget that the 3 relegated PL sides will likely be battling away at the top, if our side is as depleted as I think it could well be then another half dozen or so current Championship teams will prove to be a bit of a bugger too.

Just seen the statement, I kind of agree with 'Blakey' responding to Adam Blackmore. I think the lack of a fans apology in it could very well be (maybe wishful thinking...) that a separate gesture with regards reduced cost of upcoming season tickets alongside an apology to go with it. I also believe it's a bit restrained due to the FA action that's still to come.

Done quite a few of the Greek Islands, love ‘em, and Kefalonia for first time last year, stayed on the edge of Skala. We like to jump on a boat and skip around the coastline. Fiskado worth a visit, also took a day trip out of the capital Argostoli, cracking time with 2 or 3 stops. We pulled up at a place called (I think) White Rocks for a swim in crystal clear turquoise waters - I’m mid-60s but still a sucker for diving off the top of the boats. Will be going back to Kefalonia, loved it, and all the islands and they seem just great people.

Logisitics - time, cost, travel, accommodation. Penalties is the only way.

Yep, I clearly didn't word that too well, I should have just said the potential of promotion (that I feel we would have had a very good chance against Hull in the final) and all the rewards, financial and status, that would have resulted.

What a shit situation the club have found themselves in. If Dragan was really completely unaware of all this then he must be fookin' furious. The probable loss of £200m+, sponsors, reputation and now so much extra work to be done in a very short space of time just to settle things down. We seem to have taken all these sanctions (and likely more to follow) a bit too passively, is there more shit in the background and we've cut a deal with the EFL to just accept our punishment or face more damning evidence? I'm still clinging to the thought that we may yet have that ace up our sleeve and will soon fight back kicking and screaming.

I think that would go nice with (a long-awaited by some) dark navy shorts and white socks (as it would with the previous red suggestion too)

I saw that episode

I’m mostly giving the football a swerve at the mo so only just read this. That’s a very good summary imo. I’ve said before that it feels like we’ve been used as a bit of an experiment whilst they try to reinvent football but constantly fail. I know he’s the chairman and the buck ultimately stops with him but I believe Dragan Solak is mostly guilty of putting too much trust in the laps of chancers, he stepped up and took action after the Will Steel debacle and it finally looked to be working but those chancers have now fucked up all the good stuff. What a shitshow.

“Your” oops…

Cyril 'gnasher' Sidebottom of Royston Vasey said stop taking the piss

And not sure if this is correct either (or already mentioned) but just read this from a poster on the UI "Lydia Banerjee is a sports and employment law barrister at Littleton Chambers in London. Her direct links to Middlesbrough stem from her professional legal practice, where she has advised and represented Middlesbrough F.C. in various sports-related and regulatory matters" His Honour Philip Sycamore, Lydia Banerjee and David Winnie were the independent and impartial panel.

I started going regularly from the 71/72 season, it didn't start well. That 7-0 drubbing at Leeds on MOTD which still gets an airing, soon followed by an 8-0 at Everton. There's other crushing defeats, I was there for the 7-1 at Watford. I'd also bung in the away trip to Reading midweek in the League Cup. One of their fans made a hoax call to SFC to say the game had been postponed due to the weather. Club just accepted it and announced it was off so an about turn for the team and 5,000 away fans. Until they worked it out......... But I'll be back for more of the same, no doubt, next season.

Hands up, we broke the rules. Punish us. Proportionately. But as others have said, we’re being charged with breaking EFL regulations, Middlesbrough really shouldn't be competing in the Play-Off final because some mush with an iPhone tried to watch them training for a few minutes in an open area. I understand it doesn’t matter for how long but the brief 'spying' was done specifically for their first leg's likely tactics. They mullered us for 45 mins at the Riverside but failed to score and then run out of steam. They then lead at St Mary's but again, run out of steam. They blew automatic promotion. Nothing to do with 'spying' they just weren't good enough. They don't deserve another go. And I really can't believe they were stupid enough to do secretive tactical training in an area so open to every Tom, Dick and...Will. If it was a set-up through tip-offs from the ex-boro fella and they knew our man was there, they could have just sent the players round to those exposed pitches for a bit of keepy-uppy for half an hour and let him incriminate himself. Then called them back to a more secure area for the real stuff. They had a media campaign and their man at the EFL waiting to be exploited, everything just feels too convenient and murky.

I would assume as soon as our appeal is thrown out. SWT will also be cancelling all those ‘extra’ trains to Waterloo on Saturday, probably good news for a refund if specifically booked on one of those.

At the least he'd have tipped them off that we were almost certainly going to send someone up to 'spy'. They would have been well prepared, ready and waiting. What a shitshow - would think the fairest thing to do is delay the final now and, and the least, set up a MIllwall v boro game to see who plays Hull in the final. Millwall have as much, if not more, right as them to be there.