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Christ it gets even more suspicious. He was found in the bushes with a chainsaw ?

Wonder who’s got the best lawyers on speed dial, local big wig on Teeside, Gibson, or the likes of Dragan, Kat Liebherr ? Seem to recall the name of a Magic Circle firm being mentioned re KL at one point, fancy your chances ??

Or in confinement at orders of the Saints Stasi to keep them quiet. Perhaps interviews with Tonda and players will now have to be voiced by actors so as not to infringe club policy in this new Cold War with Middlesbrough era

Credit where it’s due. Good work !!

The search before the game won’t be for bottles of booze, or offensive weapons but to see if anyone is ‘wired up’ with transmitters etc

Yeh, that’s nothing. MI5 and MI6 will be all over this. Heard on the grapevine from a bloke - after a few pints - who works at GCHQ Cheltenham that they’ve immediately suspended vetting anything to do with the Middle East conflict or the Kremlin spreading its influence. Appears main focus is on ‘Operation Smoggiegate’ and how Boro’s defence system has been compromised.

Next twist in story is that someone has phoned our hotel and cancelled the booking. Caller claiming to be from Saints did have a thick Teeside accent, but Sharon on reception thought it purely coincidence

Why? Boro will lap it up, and the Daily Mail want something to fill their pages before going full on about Keir and Zac tomorrow

Not sure how Middlesbrough staff dress. Anyone got a spare transporter bridge to bring down ? I know there’s one in Newport but doubt I’ll be able to tow it down the M4 and A34 at short notice without attracting attention

Not even they surely ….. and why would they need to watch them train when everything you need to know about Middlesbrough will already be on a Rasmus inspired spreadsheet

Ditto

If true, then pretty poor, and a bit of a knobhead thing to do.

If the bloke is on our payroll, then we'll have to say he just went there as an amateur twitcher , entirely of his own accord. Teeside being well known for the lesser spotted species. He's been hooked since seeing the murmerations at Doncaster.

Surely they’ll be in for Baz next season*. After all he has been a L1 player of the season before for his club. *especially if they recruit Martin

Were these games at Ayresome or Riverside ? Interesting you mention a 2-2 draw. I recall two games that might match up. A 2-2 under Chris Nicholl, I think Ruddock may have scored but also missed a penalty (c1989). More ‘recently’ a 2-2 from being 2 up under Strachan. The Strachan match seemed to be pivotal in his time with us, as before that we seemed to play to attack and win. After that game it seemed to me we were a lot more cautious, and play not to concede.