Football Special

He played for the u21s the other night, not sure why having him on bench for first team should be a problem

Watford set out to injury him from the start, bunch of cunts , they have the cheek to call us cheats

I pointed out when fixtures came out we didn't win any of the equivalent first 7 games last season (Watford (a), Stoke (h) Millwall (h) Birmingham (a) , Lincoln , Swansea (h) , Bristol City (h) so a poor start wouldn't be a surprise

We wont be in contention for automatic, top 8 has to be the aim

Did you miss Scienza being kicked out of the game for the first 15 mins? Time and time again, clearly a plan from Watford and it worked , few of them missed by the useless ref

Ref was a useless cunt wasn't he

Yeah, pre match vibes based on what I've seen pre season , nothing more than that

Wood can come on and move Stephens into CM

This game has the feel of a 1-1 draw to me , we'll concede a scrapy goal , possibly a scramble from a corner late on

Not only that, they had "the whistleblower" , they expected someone to be there and made sure they collected evidence and used it to THEIR advantage, no negative impact at all as they were prepared. Should we have sent someone up? Obviously no. Did they manipulate the whole scenario to ensure maximum benefit to Middlesborough, Obviously yes. Absolutely mental they are still portrayed as they are in recovery from some trauma.

The media coverage felt so coordinated and extreme and it still continues, always felt like Boro were controlling the narrative for their benefit. This has been sent to me from today's Sunday Times, mindboggling how they still are perceived as victims , wording such as "rehabilitation" ffs

Portuguese league has obviously decided the Championship is a good place to go shopping with this deal and Benfica bidding for THB, definite shift in the market there, previously we used to have to worry about players being poached by the call of the Premier League not so much foreign leagues

Colwill didnt go through our academy? Kids recruitment in football is now incredibly corrupt , and greedy parents will always take a quick windfall when offered , shame when some initial early scouting picks up some gems at primary school age only to see them walk out a few years later

I think Middlesbrough will be in the top 8, have made some excellent signings

We *should* of course, but surely we all know these games dont work like that