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 [...]

While concurrently complex, football is a simple game. Passing, defending, attacking, and SCORING FUCKING GOALS. The last dimension is seemingly lost on Middlesbrough at the moment – 1 goal in the last 8 league matches. This dovetails nicely into the middle of an abject run of form…winless in the last 13 top flight matches. At [...]

…the explicit reason for an inexcusable lack of updates regarding the crucial 4 of 6 points we’ve recently garnered. A 2-0 triumph over Cit-eh last mid-week and a rescue by Mido, again, to secure a 1-1 draw at The Riverside last Saturday v West Ham.  Quick notes, and a mini-Likely Lads for the respective affairs: Middlesbrough [...]