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Middlesbrough last season were more boring.

Managed to get a 2 o'clock finish at work. Plenty extra pre match drinking time now. Buzzing for this!

Aye she'll get them if she's got the card used to buy them.

What a make believe world they live in. But who would want to live in their world when it's better to live in denial. Yet our gate receipts are 3 times higher than theirs are. If we're giving all these tickets away those who are paying must be forking out over £100 a game for those sums to add up!

South Shields is mainly a mackem area and further up the tyne you go the less mackem supporters you find, so you do get some in Jarrow. No way is South Shields mainly a mackem area like, at the very worst its 50/50 To keep it simple just assume everyone South of The Tyne is a mackem. We can forgive the folk in Gateshead because they're connected via the Tyne Bridge amongst others. Saves all the bickering. A lot of our most dedicated supporters are from South of the Tyne mind.

This wheelchair has already collected 85 points thanks very much

I stuck £20 on them

He wasn't particularly good last season like. Happy to keep him on as back up because of his versatility but when everyone's fit he shouldn't be anywhere near the 1st team assuming we are in the PL. Nah - he played pretty well at right back last season. Would be more than happy to have him and Yedlin was our RBs next season, given the need to strengthen elsewhere. Shouldn't even be close to a priority. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.

He wasn't particularly good last season like. Happy to keep him on as back up because of his versatility but when everyone's fit he shouldn't be anywhere near the 1st team assuming we are in the PL.

He has to be one of us on a massive wind up like.

A masterclass from Juventus.

You're very naive then. He's from Huddersfield. Not sure whether or not he supports them (He's not allowed to referee them) but he'll have many friends and family members who are Huddersfield fans if nowt else and it's a huge game for them as well. It's an unnecessary appointment which puts the referee in an awkward position.

Ashley will probably use those statistics next January, to calculate whether he can get away with spending nowt again. If we've got 26 points by deadline day he'll spend nowt. Not a chance we'll have 26 points by the end of January unless he spends big in the summer.

He's conceded 30 goals in 14 games for AZ edit: for reference their other GK conceded 38 goals in 32 games before Krul signed How many of those 30 were his fault? For reference the Dutch League is typically the highest scoring league in Europe. no idea, not many are solely a GK's fault anyway. Depends how many he could/should have saved, again something I don't have an answer for. When you don't know things like that, the stats are all there is to go off ..and that may be, don't see what relevance that has to him still having a worse goals conceded per game ratio to the other, younger GK, in the same league & team There could have been nothing he could have done about any of those goals then, which makes your post irrelevant. What is relevant is that he's a better goalkeeper than Darlow and should be our No 1 next season unless we sign someone else as first choice.

He's conceded 30 goals in 14 games for AZ edit: for reference their other GK conceded 38 goals in 32 games before Krul signed How many of those 30 were his fault? For reference the Dutch League is typically the highest scoring league in Europe.

He has to take on more than he should though because him and Shelvey are our only 2 creative players and Shelvey's been off form for quite a while now. Gouffran and Atsu aren't fit for purpose as attacking wide players so he's our only attacking threat from the flanks. He's got 15 goals and 10 assists so far this season. Not really sure what more people were expecting of him.

If we don't sign a keeper in the summer Krul has to start in goal next season.

I'd play Murphy. More likely to get us a goal.

Absolute rubbish. He's scored the winning goals for us in our last 2 victories. Probably our player of the year and certainly the most influential. We wouldn't even be 2nd if not for him.

Derby 1-0 home game. QPR 6-0 away he scored in. Aye, Derby he did. QPR he didn't start though did he, came off of the bench? Not sure what I'm even pointing out by it tbh. Just looking for someone to blame because Colback didn't play. I still find it ridiculous that Lascelles started instead of Mbemba today. Aye that was a bit of a strange one. Mbemba did ok v Leeds and Lascelles needs taken out of the team for everyone's sake, his included.

Put a padlock on this for the time being eh.

Doesn't change the fact he has the most talented group of players in the division. Im sure about 100% of championship managers could/would say the same. Failing to get promoted with this squad would be a massive failure and f*** up regardless of lack of investment in january/not getting wanted players in the summer. That beeing said, Im extremely confident that he will take us up, and few bad games where we have our key spine in the team out with injuries doesn't change that. I like that he is keeping true to his philosophy as I think it will make the team more prepared for better teams next season. Who are all these talented players? Not counting say, Gayle, shelvey and Richie. In addition to those you so kindly already listed, Clarke, Yedlin, Atsu and Hayden would walk into the starting XI of any team in this league. Possibly even Anita, Mitrovic, Gouffran and Perez. Nonsense. This.

Any chance of Clark and/or Gayle being fit for this one?

They do well until they get near the box and they then have zero to offer. I'd be very surprised if Boro managed to score tbh.