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Kris Boyd was hyped up to be the key man for Boro, after all his SPL record spoke for itself

carrolls knockdowns ? outside the box he won everything in the air but had not a clue where it was going, the defender may aswell have won them. inside the box different altogether. knockdowns, knock on's etc. Most of our football was route one and when they cleared up what was coming off his head we struggled to break teams down in open play. thats what i was getting at, they cleared easily because his headers further out were directionless. The point I'm making is that with a static team with little movement it's much easier to clean those up. Aye, when Carroll was playing for us, there were loads of occasions when he would win the header but there would be no-one near him to take advantage. This frustrated the hell out of me. If we are playing a generic 4-4-2, Erdinç would be perfect for those knock-ons/knockdowns whatever (that's if we have that big target man playing alongside him). EDIT: though I still reckon Erdinç can do a job as a lone striker too - just needs proper service.

Not going well again I gather?

I reckon Ba is the imminent one.

Douglas is s***-stirring

You're supposed to build on a good core of players/of a team, not get it to take you to one goal, immediately dismantled it, replace them all and start again. yeah....

When was this?

Plus he admitted he dosen't hold much love for football. Mercenary. No thanks. In that case, yeah no thanks.

Haven't seen him play in ages like, that's why I put it out there. Was decent-ish a few years back iirc.

But in all seriousness, I can still see Barton getting it. Don't know how that could possibly happen after today's comments, but I just have an inkling it might happen.

Sidney Govou worth a punt?

He was the perfect signing at the time. Aye, it is unfortunate that his level is the Championship. Hoped he would come good in the PL eventually.

Nice post

Danny Simpson, you know it makes sense http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5078317739_f12c4b2d73.jpg

He was joking. rioferdy5 Rio Ferdinand Too many jumped in #2footedtackle ! The rivalry is strong in the midlands so the response from the fans doesn't surprise Maybe he's "pretending" that it was a pisstake just to make himself look clever.

The perception on here is that he's barely any better than James Perch. As usual the truth is somewhere in between. He'd have remained an excellent squad member even if not starting every game.

It was what he had done in the last two years that generated such sentiment imo. He made a massive contribution in the Championship in getting us back up and all that. Then he scored 12 goals last season, 3 of which were against the Mackems in one of the highlights of the season. Without his goals, we would have arguably went down. Or with a decent midfielder that contributed more to our general play we might have finished top half. We were two minutes away from the top half. With a better midfielder instead of a passenger for the majority of the season who's to say we wouldn't have got it comfortably? If's, but's and maybe's etc. It was touch and go last season. The main goal was surviving really so finishing 12th was decent enough even though we could have finished 9th. Nolan was a key player last season, yes he was often a passenger in games but he had a knack of being at the right place at the right time to score goals. Goals wins you games strangely enough. So why are there not Premiership clubs fighting over his signature if he's so good? Stoke, Everton and Fulham were reportedly interested. Fair enough, Nolan's general play leaves a lot to be desired but he was "right" for us somehow. So does he see West Ham a better option to them or can't they afford what West Ham are paying? Or was it paper bollocks? Probably the latter tbh, guess West Ham were prepared to offer the terms Nolan wanted - ie. a long-term contract compared to the contract we offered him (only a year's extension). My general feeling is we should have rejected any offer that came in for Nolan. I'd have been content in letting him run down his contract and leave on a free.

It was what he had done in the last two years that generated such sentiment imo. He made a massive contribution in the Championship in getting us back up and all that. Then he scored 12 goals last season, 3 of which were against the Mackems in one of the highlights of the season. Without his goals, we would have arguably went down. Or with a decent midfielder that contributed more to our general play we might have finished top half. We were two minutes away from the top half. With a better midfielder instead of a passenger for the majority of the season who's to say we wouldn't have got it comfortably? If's, but's and maybe's etc. It was touch and go last season. The main goal was surviving really so finishing 12th was decent enough even though we could have finished 9th. Nolan was a key player last season, yes he was often a passenger in games but he had a knack of being at the right place at the right time to score goals. Goals wins you games strangely enough. So why are there not Premiership clubs fighting over his signature if he's so good? Stoke, Everton and Fulham were reportedly interested. Fair enough, Nolan's general play leaves a lot to be desired but he was "right" for us somehow.

Sorry Cheik, it's not going to happen now

He really is an idiot.

It was what he had done in the last two years that generated such sentiment imo. He made a massive contribution in the Championship in getting us back up and all that. Then he scored 12 goals last season, 3 of which were against the Mackems in one of the highlights of the season. Without his goals, we would have arguably went down. Or with a decent midfielder that contributed more to our general play we might have finished top half. We were two minutes away from the top half. With a better midfielder instead of a passenger for the majority of the season who's to say we wouldn't have got it comfortably? If's, but's and maybe's etc. It was touch and go last season. The main goal was surviving really so finishing 12th was decent enough even though we could have finished 9th. Nolan was a key player last season, yes he was often a passenger in games but he had a knack of being at the right place at the right time to score goals. Goals wins you games strangely enough.

It was what he had done in the last two years that generated such sentiment imo. He made a massive contribution in the Championship in getting us back up and all that. Then he scored 12 goals last season, 3 of which were against the Mackems in one of the highlights of the season. Without his goals, we would have arguably went down. Or with a decent midfielder that contributed more to our general play we might have finished top half. We were two minutes away from the top half.