Steve Gibson’s decision to cast Gareth Southgate aside and bring Gordon Strachan into the Riverside hot seat while Boro were sitting just a point off the Championship’s top spot may have seemed strange to the neutrals, but it could prove to be a master-stroke in the long run.
When Steve McClaren unveiled Gareth Southgate as his first signing for Boro back in summer 2001 few fans could have foreseen what an eventful eight years he would go on to have on Teesside.
The lack of Championship action over the past ten days or so has been reflected in the stories dredged out in the local media with regards to all things Boro.
Two weeks can be a very long time in football and that has proved to be the case once again with Middlesbrough Football Club since the last article I served up.
What a terrific Tuesday it was in South Yorkshire watching Boro’s second half demolition job on Sheffield Wednesday to add another three points and goals to the tally and keep us flying high.