It was a mercy killing really, not just a ‘rubbish laptop’. The plug was pulled under circumspect conditions, but we still followed it until the end – another dreadful display under the bright – or more appropriately snow swept – gaze of a nation. A single text to our Newcastle supporting mate read: ‘That was [...]

‘I have no doubt that Middlesbrough will be there or thereabouts in the promotion race. I still regard them as promotion rivals for us…’ At a time when promotion pessimism pervades Teesside, there is at least one outsider still confident that Gordon Strachan can correct the current ills and rehabilitate prospects for this campaign. Never [...]

The eloquent and erudite Dave Kitson said it during the week: some club was due to get a ‘right spanking’. His prescience was augmented by the immediacy of it – QPR the victims in a 5-1 mauling Saturday at Loftus Road. The chances lamentably missed over the last 5 plus matches were bagged with class. [...]

The stalwart, the erstwhile moderator of reason – he’s turned: AV is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore! The latest gutting installment of Untypical Boro raises a variety of excellent points: How many away goals do we have to score to protect against defensive lapses? Is the [...]

World Cup qualification is officially done and dusted, but the stream of anti-Gallic invective is still strong. Whether our frail Frenchman Didier Digard becomes collateral damage in the maelstrom is irrelevant – club football returns, and Boro are back at the Riverside to host a frighteningly            in-form Nottingham Forest side that have passed us in the [...]