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Most Boro fans fear it, but with very good reason, taught through bitter experience. It goes back ages, something will happen to fulfill it. There's the usual reasons, such our opponent performing out of their boots (relevant in our games against you this season) our own side just inexplicably...

Exactly. Sunderland beat us last season and they never do that either. Prior to last season we'd pulled their pants down in almost every game going back a few decades. It was the season to shake off their Hoodoos amd the signs were there against us. Meanwhile this year our own jinxes have been...

Those figures sound ridiculous, but they're not. Ipswich spent a combined total of 35M on Philogene and Clarke. We'd need two strikers of that kind of level to ensure promotion next season as whilst not guaranteed I (and most on here tbh) suspect there would be more sides in the mix in 26/27.

Oh against the sides most likely as it stands to be in the playoff mix with us so far (Ipswich, Hull, Saints) our record this season reads P5 W3D1L1 Aggregate scores, 11-3 to us. Doesn't matter one bit. The Wembley Hoodoo would prevail. 😕 In 14/15 our record against the 3 other sides was even...

Indeed it could. There could feasibly be a chunk of sides at the top, then a good 20 point gap then "the rest" the way it's shaping up. In a way it would be hilarious if the top 8 was composed of ourselves, Spurs/Hammers, the Eternal Bouncers, Wolves, Ipswich, Wrexham, Saints and Norwich ALL on...

I suspect the party thing is a bit premature to say the least tbh😳🤣 We'd likely throw every penny we had at our front line.

This. Regarding 3 non-parachute teams going up anyway. In truth I don't think we'll win the playoffs (even if we got him and Whittaker back and without half of our other midfielders being knackered for fighting for the international cause less than 60 hours before with jetlag into the bargain)...

I don't hate Alex Neil, but Cov and him being not around next season can only be great for our chances of getting out of this league🤣

I'd replace Sheff United with Norwich in the most feared sides tbh. At least if we get promoted next season fending off the rest of that lot, we'd have had more practice for the Prem (and by default a much better forward line to start from) and probably stand a much better shot of staying up...

I know this post is tongue in cheek, but I will bite to say most strikers would love to go to a side that regularly creates 30 shots a game amd relish the prospect of showing the current crop what they're doing wrong.

Because we create more than we did under Carrick. It's just unfortunate that the strikers we have are far inferior to what Carrick had at his disposal. Strelec and Conway (who is more of a left winger now let's be honest, so not sure we can even count him in the equation properly) aren't fit to...

We still have by goals conceded the best defence in the league this year. Our outfield defence is actually right up there. Keeper I'd agree with you mind. Brynn isn't a bad keeper overall, but he's nowhere near the standard of a top keeper in the championship, such as Rushworth. The last time...

Oh they're both embarrassing given today's results. But we were playing the side now in 2nd as a result with a decimated midfield...Whereas Brum were playing erm, Blackburn, who we considered a draw against as bloody dire. So I'd say they probably shade it by a decent amount.

I think you'll not win a game or two that you'd normally expect to, for such is football, but I also don't think it will matter in the slightest to your going up and indeed your winning the league. And not by a single point or GD for that matter either. I think you'll still do it comfortably...

Not sure if it is since Hellberg came (it might be tbf, I haven't checked) but our xG was never decent under Edwards as we were defensive as buggery. Other than that though, you're not stating anything I didn't know about your strikers being better at sticking the ball in the net. That's...

Why would you be sorry?🤣 Today's result just cements your promotion and pushes you closer to the title, not that either were in doubt IMHO mind. You've not been fucked over by us mind, we've done everything in our power to get you up for a few seasons now🤣 Should we not get through the...

xG whilst far from the accurate stat of how well a team does almost certainly indicates fairly accurately one of 2 things; if your goals scored are far exceeding it, it shows that whilst the rest of your side could be average, overall your strikers are clinical.and superb at this level, like...

Who the hell else would we have played in the midfield 3? Hackney, Whittaker and Casteldine are injured. Browne could have played despite playing games for Ireland as he wasn't long haul, and indeed he did, but other than that we'd be looking at Gilbert who is an emergency player really and...

Who knows. We'd like to think so, but at this stage and given the injury record we've had for 3 seasons, we're inclined to be cynical and suspect not.

We're unsure tbh, the same with Casteldine. Hellberg keeps his cards pretty close to his chest and who can blame him tbf.