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  1. chiefdave

    Match Thread Middlesbrough

    If I'm not mistaken only 3 of our starting 11 had played a Championship game before this season. That includes Godden playing a handful of games for Scunthorpe in their relegation season 10 years ago and Allen playing for Burton in their relegation season. McFadzean is the only one with a decent...
  2. chiefdave

    Match Thread Middlesbrough

    It does more than come into it. We're not talking about teams spending a few quid more than us, teams are spending tens of millions more than us. Last seasons figures not available yet but the season before I think the average was something like 107% of revenue spent on wages. We tried that the...
  3. chiefdave

    Would you have bright back?

    Do you really think we can find a place for a player that isn't up for a battle this season?
  4. chiefdave

    Match Thread Middlesbrough

    Nobody is saying we should not try and accept relegation 8 games into the season. But at the same time there needs to be a level of realism. It was only a few weeks ago when the fixtures came out that this board was full of comments that we'd struggle to win a game and were certainties for...
  5. chiefdave

    Match Thread Middlesbrough

    Gutted, he looked miles offside but the camera was well behind the play so could well be he sprung the offside or someone played him on. No replays on the high quality Sky coverage to take another look.
  6. chiefdave

    Match Thread Middlesbrough

    Not much for him at the moment, everyone else is so deep he's either got to try and hold on to it for a ridiculous amount of time while players get up to support him or go for some amazing solo effort. Both seem pretty unlikely. The difficulty is getting players up to support him, or even...
  7. chiefdave

    Match Thread Middlesbrough

    Suspect Robins will view that as job done in the first half. Be interesting to see if he sticks with what we're doing and tries to grind out a 0-0 or will he be tempted to bring a couple of Kelly, O'Hare and Walker on and try and get us moving forward a bit more.
  8. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Problem is even if we change it now it takes at least 2 weeks for any impact to be seen and probably longer for hospital admissions and deaths to show the impact. Been left way too late again and even now we're trying tactics the governments own experts are openly saying won't work.
  9. chiefdave

    Match Thread Middlesbrough

    Wasn't expecting that line up but I presume its more a case of Kelly not being up to playing Saturday - Tuesday - Friday than being dropped.
  10. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I would guess that always acting days or weeks after the other home nations has an impact. The SAGE experts said weeks ago we needed a two week 'circuit breaker' and were ignored. They warned that if it was left to tie in with half term as some suggested it would be too late. Once again we...
  11. chiefdave

    Double Murder in Bell Green

    This was today as well. https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/arrest-after-police-called-latest-19173495
  12. chiefdave

    Fresh Ricoh talks

    We all know we don't need to own a stadium, its about revenue access. No reason we can't access revenues without building or owning a stadium but of course that is reliant on who we are dealing with. At the moment the only option would be the Ricoh and while Wasps maintain their current stance...
  13. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Same way it always has been. Pre-covid I could have worked 100% of the time from home but was required to go into the office every day. I've only been back at work since yesterday but have been surprised at how many of our clients I'm talking to are back in the office when there's no real need...
  14. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    The advise is work from home if you can but its not compulsory so its down to each company to decide. For example everyone where I work can work from home but our office is open and people are going in, at the moment its voluntary but I don't think that's the case everywhere. The Health and...
  15. chiefdave

    Fresh Ricoh talks

    As the uni have said the exact site can't be confirmed until they know the final plans for the link road not sure why anyone would be expecting anything to happen before that. Was supposed to be imminent but seems to have ground to a halt, presumably thanks to covid. If you believe a new...
  16. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    You could maybe excuse one or two dodgy contracts back at the start of this when there was a mad scramble to get PPE in place, although even that is down to the government ignoring the recommendations in its own report. But the fact that its still happening so often months later suggests to me...
  17. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    What makes you think that? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-coronavirus-inquiry-when-delay-covid-b1347664.html
  18. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I've been very sceptical of a 'silver bullet' coming along to save us but the number of people who all now seem to be saying basically the same thing makes me hopeful. Without going all Big Pharma conspiracy theory how much effort is actually put into curing the common cold? In healthcare...
  19. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Its pretty much only hospitality, theatres and similar that aren't at work isn't it? The BMJ reported the roll out will take 6 - 9 months and will be done in a specific priority. Best case scenario is the current tests give the result we want and you're looking at approval in late Nov or early...
  20. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Its not been confirmed, and I'm sure it won't be until its passed every stage and been approved, but it has been noticeable how over the last couple of weeks multiple experts have changed from expressing caution and saying it could be months before we get a vaccine to talking about starting a...
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