mottaloo Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 34 minutes ago, Xela said: They've always massively underperformed. Seemed to be a retirement home for ex stars... Gazza, Mendieta, Ince, etc Relegated with Juninho, Ravanelli and Emerson. They just couldn't get it right. Gibson threw at lot of money at it but didn't get a great deal back My cousin used to stay at his hotel/country house when over from Dublin on business. Suffice to say it was a top notch place with amazing spa facilities and swanky rooms. The geezer is dripping in money but even he must be getting frustrated ploughing so much cash in to boro and seeing sod all return on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Apparently Derby player Andre Wisdom has been stabbed and robbed. In stable condition so hopefully not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 On 23/06/2020 at 16:32, VillaChris said: Boro have really fallen over the last decade. Used to be an established prem club then appointed Southgate and he relegated Boro. Start of next season they started well but then they sacked Southgate in the October and appointed Strachan and he was a disaster. Then bobbed around mid table until they appointed Aitor Karanka. Was effective but they were so boring to watch and hardly seemed to score in premier league. Since then they seem to have lacked identity which appointing likes of Warnock and Pulis indicate. Going from Woodgate and bringing through youth to Warnock keeping them up with loads of old players is like us going from wanting Roberto Martinez to then appointing McLeish. Think what I'm trying to say from this is Steve Gibson just living on past glories now? Always held up as one of the best owners in football but seems to have made a hell of a lot of mistakes in last decade. Their youth academy seems to have gone wrong. Can't think of anyone major they've produced since 2006 when Downing, Adam Johnson and James Morrison all came through at the same time. In last decade Sunderland have produced two England internationals in Pickford and Henderson but appears to me Boro are pretty poor at that now. Was randomly watching 96/97 season review of them the other day and you forget the ambition they showed in that time, Ravanelli, Emerson and Juninho all signed. Still went down but signed Paul Merson from Arsenal when he was a regular. Then a few years later they were signing Ugo, Southgate and Boateng from us. Eventually won a league cup in 2004 and reached europa league final in 2006. All downhill since. Boro will be up there next season under warnock. He is excellent at championship level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Squeaky bum time for West Brom. Brentford going great guns. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Would love it if brentford pipped leeds or wba Why are fulham so fecking shit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Even when we were down with Fulham they always got close to the top two and then would throw it away. Lot of bottle missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Watching the Leeds/Luton game. and Luton just went ahead on a lightning counter attack, very good finish. The bottom of the champ is almost the exact opposite of the PL: most of the teams getting some results since the restart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Stoke suddenly gone awful again. In massive danger of going down again seeing as Luton and Barnsley are regularly picking up points now. Wigan doing an impression of us but they've just left it too late to get in play offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Jack Butland did this btw: Just think another 20m + we could've easily wasted last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Butland is a dreadful dreadful keeper, i think i would prefer Nyland which says it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Choosing between butland and nyland is like saying do prefer constipation or explosive diarrhoea. Both are shit! But thank god we missed out on butland. Dreadful keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 True but Nyland cost about 2 million, Butland would have cost about 15 million. Can join Hart in the finished goalkeepers club 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Zatman said: True but Nyland cost about 2 million, Butland would have cost about 15 million. Can join Hart in the finished goalkeepers club Agreed. All shite group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) On 23/06/2020 at 16:32, VillaChris said: Boro have really fallen over the last decade. Used to be an established prem club then appointed Southgate and he relegated Boro. Start of next season they started well but then they sacked Southgate in the October and appointed Strachan and he was a disaster. Then bobbed around mid table until they appointed Aitor Karanka. Was effective but they were so boring to watch and hardly seemed to score in premier league. Since then they seem to have lacked identity which appointing likes of Warnock and Pulis indicate. Going from Woodgate and bringing through youth to Warnock keeping them up with loads of old players is like us going from wanting Roberto Martinez to then appointing McLeish. Think what I'm trying to say from this is Steve Gibson just living on past glories now? Always held up as one of the best owners in football but seems to have made a hell of a lot of mistakes in last decade. Their youth academy seems to have gone wrong. Can't think of anyone major they've produced since 2006 when Downing, Adam Johnson and James Morrison all came through at the same time. In last decade Sunderland have produced two England internationals in Pickford and Henderson but appears to me Boro are pretty poor at that now. Was randomly watching 96/97 season review of them the other day and you forget the ambition they showed in that time, Ravanelli, Emerson and Juninho all signed. Still went down but signed Paul Merson from Arsenal when he was a regular. Then a few years later they were signing Ugo, Southgate and Boateng from us. Eventually won a league cup in 2004 and reached europa league final in 2006. All downhill since. Boro have far less support than either Newcastle or Sunderland. They had a good decade or so because Gibson is (was?) a good chairman. Being the third club in the most economically stagnant and distant part of the country can't help in terms of sponsorship, recruitment etc. Sunderland and Boro cities are projected to lose population in the next 20 years- though this may all change in the post covid/brexit world. Edited July 1, 2020 by The Fun Factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 14 hours ago, VillaChris said: Wigan doing an impression of us but they've just left it too late to get in play offs. Just gone into administration as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted July 1, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Just gone into administration as well Tip of the iceberg here I'm afraid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Due to lose 12 points so would go bottom although perhaps in these times there may be adjustment to punishment. Have to think they'd argue not being allowed to play with matchday income could knock things down to 8-10 points. Could let likes of Stoke and Hull off the hook although Barnsley and Luton have really picked up form and have a few winnable games left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 The EFL signed off their takeover a month ago. Utter farce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Small heath were looking like they could get dragged back into the relegation race, if they were to lose tonight and Hull were to win then they'd be just six points clear of the bottom three, whch in the championship can easily disappear. Wigan getting deducted twelve points should help them though. Wednesday could be in trouble as well, already expected to have points deducted, and now some of their players aren't getting paid on time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 EFL confirm 12-point deduction for Wigan. They approved this takeover last month. Utter, utter ghouls. Shame on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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