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  1. Esoterica

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    Flights booked but very doubtful I’m getting 2 tickets.
  2. Esoterica

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    He’s only 33 though. If he’s not ready to stop playing yet, and his game relies on positioning and anticipation not pace, he could easily play another year in the Championship with someone and another 2 or 3 in the lower leagues. Think it’s too early to be coaching for him.
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    Final Tickets Thread. Yessss

    It’ll be 1000s of corporate tickets left empty because no-one fancies little old Coventry and unfashionable Luton.
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    Final Tickets Thread. Yessss

    I’ve booked my flights already. Now just need to find a way to get my hands on 2 tickets. Prepared to do unspeakable things for them.
  5. Esoterica

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    If it’s true that Kelly has been released and signed a pre-contract somewhere else then these performances have been so unbelievably professional and at a level I bet even he himself doubted after all his injuries. Incredible. Love what he has given this club over the last few years.
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    Match Thread Middlesbrough vs Coventry City Play off Semi final 2nd leg Match Thread - Wednesday 17th May

    Would have been my choice of starting XI too. The only odd bit for me is that he’s left Sheaf unused on the bench for a couple of matches and then throws him in rusty for the biggest game off the season.
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    Match Thread Middlesbrough vs Coventry City Play off Semi final 2nd leg Match Thread - Wednesday 17th May

    You don’t think a play off place will allow us to attract better plays in the summer rebuild and get better quality loans from the PL than if we’d finished 21st? Or that the fan base and feeling around the club is any more galvanised because of it?
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    Match Thread Middlesbrough vs Coventry City Play off Semi final 2nd leg Match Thread - Wednesday 17th May

    Sunderland losing massively reduced the nerves for me yesterday but this morning I’ve seen Sunderland fans saying (now they’re out, of course), that they should do away with the play offs and should be top 3 promoted automatically. So now I want to win tonight even more!
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    Transfer Rumour Dabo / Rose / Kelly gone?

    Just some guy speculating that it might be the last time he sees the fringe first teamers, who contributed to our league 1 promotion, play? On a side note - Dabo is built like a footballer there. After his injuries he's come back looking like a Light Heavyweight boxer. Convinced he's bulked up...
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    Rob Gurney v Clive Eakin

    Played football against Dent. Had an extremely unlikeable streak that came out whenever he was losing. Which he was every time he ever played against me. 😛
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    Rob Gurney v Clive Eakin

    I like Clive a lot. He’s like a slightly barmy uncle who gets everyone’s names wrong at a family party but his commentary is good, and his knowledge of refereeing provides a good balance with Oggy’s knowledge of tactics and the players. They’re a great match really.
  12. Esoterica

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    In general terms, if you play 3 in midfield, you have a creative 10, a sitter, and a guy who goes box to box. The box to box role ticks all of Hamer’s boxes. I think he’d score 12 goals if given the freedom in a full season.
  13. Esoterica

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    He's 'only' 33. That said, I do think 3 central midfielders has played a significant part in his recent success. Not sure if he could play in 2 man central midfield at this level still. I think his biggest issue though, like Godden, is staying fit for an extended period of time.
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    5 Wins and we are in the Prem

    Didn't even need 70 in the end :)
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    Ratings

    I still remember Kelly getting slated after the defeat away at Forest Green Rovers in Feb 2018. He went off injured in the same match that Jodi Jones did his first ACL and didn’t play for 10 weeks after. He got absolutely slated in his first match back, that FGR game, while people were loving...
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    Has is sunk in?

    For a moment I thought Hasis Sunkin was our new Turkish striker.
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    Match Thread ⚽️ Middlesbrough vs Coventry City Match Thread - Monday 8th May

    The thing I’m looking forward to most today is the 20 different ways of spelling permutations on the match thread.
  18. Esoterica

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    I wouldn’t be surprised if King turns out to be an absolute egotistical maniac who has signed some weird deal with SISU that didn’t actually cost him anything up front but sees them get a huge wedge if we go up or on the sales of players somehow. There’s something uncomfortably narcissistic...
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    Championship 22-23

    Yellow and with a worm in it?
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