Gloucester Saint

Forewarned is forearmed in Middlesbrough at the moment.

Saudi window open for at least couple more weeks though.

Completed your post for you.

Sterling would a risk of a Peter Osgood-type accident on the M3, or worse, to training every day. Assuming he isn’t banned/incarcerated.

You’d have to say very strange having shifted so many in that area of the squad to not being able to bring in a loan PL fringe striker. I don’t think it is serious financial trouble though, I think it’s expectation setting after yesterday.

At least one short. Loaning the lad to Leyton Orient seems daft in that context unless he really isn’t up to the Champ if they’re so skint so they can’t even loan a PL fringe striker in.

Dobbin isn’t a striker, or a winger. Seems to have been a #10 for PNE so more rotation for Finn Azaz. Would be stupid to leave the club that short up front with DD gone as well, Stewart already gone and Archer very likely but the club has history eg Fonte and January which cost us a major trophy.

That would be a huge risk not to bring in another striker on loan considering one left already (Stewart), one is leaving on loan albeit unselectable (DD) from a wages perspective and Alfie seems confident Archer out, probably on loan.

Worth 0 in the summer and club seem desperate for money - seems bizarre not to take £4m if most of it upfront.

Unless it was structured weirdly, that’s an odd decision. Only paid £8m and only a year of his contract left.

Three further arrests linked to the A66 crash. Middlesbrough making the Bronx look safe and peaceful https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9w45yyk551o

I got irritated with you know who. Yes, I know that I shouldn’t!

The lack of a quality replacement for THB, someone to drive with the ball in midfield and another taller striker to rotate with Larin turns us from what I was hoping would be a 1-4th contending team to 5th to 10th. Not a disaster but poor stuff when you think the last two seasons have been null and void.

It looks that way. JWP was a helpful distraction technique.

I said he’s inexperienced. When Spors has been perspiring from all the transfer activity, you’ll be off to the dry cleaners midweek with his suit and shirts. That’ll be nice for you.