→ February 28, 2010
For all the previous penalty injustices. Dodgy ones called against – Luke Young’s hand ball at Villa…with his back completely turned against the attacker. And the ones not awarded – Lee Dong-Gook at United in 2007 anyone? We win that match and United might not be enjoying their current clutch of 3 consecutive league trophies. [...]
→ February 24, 2010
Haven’t we been here before? A club recently incapable of stringing any sort of strong form together – something more ambitious than 6 unbeaten w/ 3 draws – are required to produce another miraculous feat to avoid an undesirable league position. Last year’s model had infamous results, and the current trajectory of a rebuild-on-the-fly project [...]
→ February 17, 2010
We left, but were never really away. And the more things change, the more they stay the same. Shoddy clichés are all we can muster after officially completing the most packed 4+ weeks ever experienced in any incarnation. Middlesbroughfcblog.com has entered into a ground share agreement w/ Dynamo Girlfriend , open ended and w/ immediate [...]
→ January 3, 2010
It wasn’t difficult to agree w/ Roberto Mancini. Boro did play very well – for large spells anyway. Immaterial really, since the quality of the final product remains abject. Gordon Strachan employed a five-man midfield to harry their elite opposition, even overcoming a devastating injury to Adam Johnson – which is becoming so redolent of [...]
