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Middlesbrough went into last Saturday’s game away at the City ground full of confidence and expectation after back to back home wins softened the defeat to Wolves in the opening game of the season.
Why didn't Boro's 4-3-3 first half display work against Forest?
Middlesbrough went into last Saturday’s game away at the City ground full of confidence and expectation after back to back home wins softened the defeat to Wolves in the opening game of the season.
Middlesbrough and Money: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
The transfer market, as anyone with a passing interest in football will testify, has ‘gone crazy’.
2Hot! 2Not! The Boro rebirth of the Beast from Benin?
First and foremost, I'll be highly surprised if 2H2N! features a more alliterative title than that all season! On to business at hand though in another rollercoaster week for Boro fans as we falter at Forest but resoundingly beat Scunthorpe in the Carabao Cup.
Should Garry Monk give youth a chance in the Carabao Cup?
Boro welcome Scunthorpe to The Riverside for the first time since 2011. Kris Boyd and Tony McMahon scored the goals that day in a comprehensive 2-0 Boro win.
Cyrus Christie - The modern full back who has changed Boro’s defensive nature
Cyrus Christie was one of the least thought about transfers this summer, due to the influx of attacking quality brought in by Garry Monk.
Boro's new No.10
Pre-season was fraught with many questions about who'd be staying and who'd be going, but one key dilemma was yet to be sorted...would Gaston roll up his sleeves and repent, or slink away for a European adventure.
2Hot! 2Not! No change at the top
What a difference a week makes (well…9 days)! Whilst I don’t think anyone was in full panic mode after Wolves last week, there were a few typical murmurings being heard around message-boards and social media.
Lewis Baker – The new “Little Fella”
A win is a win is a win as they say and Boro just scrapped over the line in front of the Sky cameras on Saturday evening.
Could Bamford and Baker be the creative sparks we need
Boro lack creativity. It’s a sentence that haunted the club last season and it’s something that Steve Gibson admitted he was looking to add this summer.
Marten De Roon - breaking waves was his thing, but did he manage to make any?
Well, like a blink and you miss it moment, Marten De Roon’s Middlesbrough FC career ended this week after his move back to Atalanta in Italy.
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