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  1.  
    Feel a little strange posting this but just wanted to thank all the members for their contributions to the site. Been struggling for the last 2 years. Often go to bed on a night wondering whether it would just be easier to stay asleep. When i do wake up and try to pretend everything is ok and go to work as normal this forum is a genuine source of escape for me. Thanks to all. #UTFB
    22 points
  2.  
    Us and Stoke shouldn't be in that article. It's just parroting the Telegraph's pile of dogshite they posted yesterday trying to ragebait clicks from salty fans of cheating clubs. We routinely lose the maximum amount we're permitted to under FFP and it's an area Gibson really has his finger on the pulse. We've had windows where we've voluntarily acted like we were under embargo (thinking Mowbray and Woodgate days) to stick within our limits. Some donkey from the Telegraph's looked at our losses from last season without considering we've shifted on some of the most expensive players we've h
    12 points
  3.  
    @Youngy228first of all, very brave of you to speak up on here. Many wouldn't. As most of you know, I like so many have had a tough couple of years myself, and, with social contact limited, it's been a great comfort to find people online to have a chat and a laugh about the less important things (and remember, that's what football is!) Keep looking upwards, pal.
    9 points
  4.  
    This was from @swissramble last year, so if the maths adds up we can probs make up to similar losses as last year and stay within FFP... just
    8 points
  5.  
    Heads up. Ben Brereton is missing for Blackburn when the play us. He's off with the Chilean national team for some qualifiers. Good news!
    7 points
  6.  
    Appreciate all of the responses here. I'm doing ok at the moment which is kind of why I wanted to thank people for the forum. I know different people use it in different ways and for a variety of reasons. But as I said for me it's a great escape and I enjoy reading people's views and seeing their discussions regardless of whether I agree with them 100% or 0%! So thanks again everyone.
    7 points
  7.  
    You were just asking for this... šŸ˜
    7 points
  8.  
    They have to print something to mitigate their embarrassing ā€˜jumping the gunā€™. Doesnā€™t make it true.
    7 points
  9.  
    Why? He literally saved the club from League 1. And after being told he was finished, he took the team away to WBA and got a proper performance out of them. Have a little respect for the man.
    6 points
  10.  
    I've had those feelings of hopelessness as well, @Youngy228. I spent most of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021 going to bed hoping I wouldn't wake up in the morning, and then feeling sad when I inevitably did. The first few months of last year were the worst of my life, for a variety of reasons, but circumstances have steadily improved since those bleak days. I've deleted my Facebook and Twitter accounts (and I previously left FMTTM) because all the baiting and bitterness was becoming more harmful than beneficial, but oneBoro is one of the few sites I still contribute to - precisely beca
    6 points
  11.  
    Typical local media damage limitation. It paints him as a money grabber and their fans predictably react by thinking they're glad they didn't sign him anyway.
    6 points
  12.  
    Mate keep fighting. Sometimes life smacks us in the faceā€¦things seem impossible, but they arenā€™t. If there is anything I can do to help or if you just need to talk, please dm me. Iā€™ve not contributed much over the last year, Iā€™ve been through the mill, but I still check out this forum every day and I agree, itā€™s cathartic and there is a real sense of community. look after yourself UTFB
    6 points
  13.  
    Genuinely think Davis is dreadful, looked horrendous every time I've watched him Another in the long line of reasons why I'm delighted Warnock is gone
    5 points
  14.  
    I've said my piece on the survival. People have a go at Woodgate for being crap but hold Warnock in high regard for saving us from the position Woodgate had us in. Any decent manager would have saved that squad from relegation, it was abysmal to be there to begin with. Thankful for how he approached it when he arrived but since that season ended, he's been nothing but an array of excuses padded by rants about referees. I couldn't care less about the West Brom game with regards to him as a person or manager, I don't know why anyone would. I still have nightmares of Brum at home when w
    5 points
  15.  
    No I post, pretty certain I've seen Aarfy on there who used to post here as well. Not telling you my username tho as I'm pretty certain I've commented in a few more 'adult themed' subs before and I'm not about to have my own @SmogDane moment šŸ˜‚
    5 points
  16.  
    Terrific thanks one and all for responding to this thread yes sometimes there are instances of pettiness and unkind words thrown around but we can all do better than that. I apologise if I have insulted or berated folks on here I am not that kind of guy and I will strive to do better, yes even with you @Denzel ZanzibaršŸ„°
    5 points
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  18.  
    So itā€™s Thursday 13th of January and itā€™s been an active window so far. Inā€™s Balagun - Loan Arsenal Boyd- Munce - Perm Birmingham City Connolly - Loan Brighton & Hove Albion McGree - Signed But not announced yet Billongo - Perm - Kingstonian Extended Contracts Coburn - New Contract till 2025 Taylor - Extension till end of season 2021/2022 left Kokolo - permanent - Burton Albion Return from/ Gone out on Loan Brynn - Return - QotS Not bad for the first 13 days is it.... Looking at this it really makes you think t
    5 points
  19.  
    I only get the odd line here and there. Just been lucky this window with a couple working out.
    5 points
  20.  
    I wouldnt agree with thatšŸ¤ 
    5 points
  21.  
    Hereā€™s a nice 23 page thread about Mcgree very nicely brought to us by a Celtic fan
    5 points
  22.  
    You have been a tremendous contributor to this forum @Youngy228 The predictions league is fantastic and you keep people interested in it with your brilliant work. I for one would love to sit down and have a pint with you someday. Keep the faith my friend UTB
    5 points
  23.  
    Got to say credit where credit is due, Iā€™m hugely impressed with the business we have done so far. The fact that other clubs were willing to pay a higher percentage of Floā€™s wages but we were the club and playerā€™s preference. The fact that weā€™ve edged out Celtic for McGree, a club who have the pull of European football and a manager the player already knows from his time with the national team. I just feel like it speaks volumes to the project that Chris Wilder and Kieran Scott are building. Very exciting times to be a Boro fan.
    5 points
  24.  
    MIDDLESBROUGH v READING Use the following link to translate the following text! https://www.google.com/search?q=google+translate&oq=google+trans&aqs=chrome.0.0i433i512j69i57j0i433i512j0i512l7.4464j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Det er atter tid til Championship fodbold og favoritterne fra Middlesbrough (7th) tager imod gƦsterne fra Reading, der er desperate efter at fjerne skampletten de fik pƄ sig, da de forleden aften tabte hele 7-0 hjemme til Fulham! Hjemmeholdet er i flyvende form og har ikke tabt i nogen turneringer i 7 kampe i streg, hvor de 6 af k
    4 points
  25.  
    Yep it was in the summer after we stayed up. I posted it at the time but the goalposts changed as one of their strikers got injured playing against Burton if I remember correctly. I for one was over the moon he didn't come because I thought he looked extremely raw and we were going to be paying his full 20k a week wages which would of pushed us to our limit.
    4 points
  26.  
    This really isn't a great way to deliver decisions on a forum we are all part of. Making a locked thread and shutting down discussion about the ban only serves to create an us and them feeling between mods and other members.
    4 points
  27.  
    Hope you're doing better now too mate, and my offer stands to you (and anyone who feels they need it) to PM me if you ever just want to vent / rant / talk or anything.
    4 points
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  29.  
    I can't believe how many people have suggested we should/could get Dean Henderson. Aside from his wages which are about 120k, he is trying to become England's 1st choice and could get into a good number of top 8 teams in leagues across Europe.
    4 points
  30.  
    Imagine thinking Warnock wouldn't be sacked by Gibson.
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  31.  
    Keep fighting Youngy, you make a world of difference to this Forum. Glad that you are a big part of it.
    4 points
  32.  
    Looking after your mental health is incredibly important, so I'm glad this forum is a positive place for you to visit, @Youngy228, even with idiots like me and @Changing Times on here! Take life day by day, create small goals and most importantly, don't let the *** grind you down! šŸ™‚
    4 points
  33.  
    Life's a lot like supporting Boro, it's not easy and indeed is often painful and difficult and you wonder why you bother sometimes. The hard times don't last forever (1986), there are cup runs and promotions interspersed with those relegations and Pulis ball. Every so often along comes a Charlton, a Rioch, a Robson or a Karanka and life suddenly seems a lot better. Granted those good times don't last but neither do the bad ones and before you know it they are all consigned to the past. Better things do come along and like Boro there will be a Wilder effect soon and usually when you least
    4 points
  34.  
    You keep your head up and don't let it drop ok @Youngy228. Echo the thoughts of what other posters have said above. We all here for you. If you ever need anything just get in touch with any one of us mate. @Changing Times is right. Just try take 1 day at a time and you will keep winning. Just like you are now.
    4 points
  35.  
    A lot of Boro fans have felt like that over the past 2 years šŸ˜‰ Day by day mate, just go day by day, enjoying what you can from each day, and looking forward to what you can about the following one šŸ‘
    4 points
  36.  
    Hey @Youngy228 I know we've never really talked, but wanted to let you know my inbox is always open if you ever want to chat, please don't hesitate to send me a PM. Here for you bud ā¤ļø
    4 points
  37.  
    Then speaking as (a) someone who has experienced quite a bit of anti-English xenophobia during three decades in Scotland and detested it, but also (b) someone who regards CT as one of the most knowledgeable and observant people on this board, I hope he returns after his ban to continue posting all sorts of MFC-related content, while avoiding anything which strays into the realms of bigotry or racism.
    3 points
  38.  
    Keiran Scott???
    3 points
  39.  
    CT takes great pleasure in staying just inside the lines of what's acceptable... most of the time it's pretty funny. I wouldn't have banned him personally so get what other posters are saying.... But also feel for the mods if they've received genuine complaints from others as they're caught between a rock and a hard place at that point. He was asked to reign it in several times on this thread over the last day or two and carried on pressing buttons... so it was hardly out the blue. I'm sure he'll be back.
    3 points
  40.  
    This is getting ridiculous, there are almost more mods than standard forum members these days. I do tend to agree with Will and Humpty that the power has gone to some of the mods heads and that they certainly have their favourites. As a long standing member of this board, I have to ask you to reconsider banning CT, Alan. I know you had some personal beef with him yesterday but itā€™s unfair to use your position of authority in this way. Banning people is not the answer itā€™s a draconian act and doesnā€™t sit well with me, CT is an articulate and intelligent poster and he knows h
    3 points
  41.  
    I think itā€™s often because the discussion afterwards is more ruthless and opinionated than the original incident. Modā€™s and Administrators have to make judgement calls on things and like a referee itā€™s a call based on interpretation rather than on an absolute. Debate is healthy but nit picking and scab pulling are not often the best ways to do and change things on this forum. Viewpoints get entrenched and a verbal war of attrition commences. Like I said itā€™s a judgement call, but it would have been better maybe in the locked thread to remind folk they can always privately PM th
    3 points
  42.  
    I wish Warnock would just keep his nose out now.
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  44.  
    I would be really disappointed if were had breached FFP given Gibson's stance. I'm hoping that means that this is unlikely and nothing in the unsubstantiated reports.
    3 points
  45.  
    Options, Adaptability, youth. All these words could be used to describe most of the incomings we have done so far. Lots of members of the squad are on loan, but imo the balance we have between permanent and loan in the first team squad is good, yes we run the risk of them playing so well we cannot get them back but thatā€™s a problem Iā€™d willingly take over permanent signings who donā€™t quite fit the bill and donā€™t have a contract to work for. If we got promoted we would need the flexibility To look at our new requirements and this method does just that. So just under another 18 d
    3 points
  46.  
    So this makes it official that we're a bigger club than Celtic?
    3 points
  47.  
    If Mel Morris owned Boro, then maybe we would gamble on selling Spence. What would happen if he got a bad injury? Gibson wouldnā€™t be so stupid, having stuck his neck out to sue Derby. If we were near FFP limits, then we wouldnā€™t be paying loan and transfer fees in this transfer window. We would be telling Wilder to make do this season and then he can splurge the money in July, after end of current financial year.
    3 points
  48.  
    Youngy228 I feel for you. The first big step is to be open and talk and I admire your strength to have done so. I am a good listener and if you have something you wish to get off your chest or share or simply want a connection, PM me anytime.
    3 points
  49.  
    @Youngy228 While youā€™re posting in your toilet/bedroom/lounge etc itā€™s easy to feel alone. Believe me when I say thatā€™s not the case you are important and would be missed by so many people. Stay strong King šŸ’Ŗ @BillyWoofs_shinpad & @Youngy228 I honestly believe we are social creatures and benefit greatly from actual human interaction face to face. Iā€™m up Boro for the Coventry game would love to meet for a beer/coffee//food just to put the human element into this forum. The offer stands for all of this forum just drop me a linešŸ‘ Chris
    3 points
  50.  
    A bit like the SPL then! Can I say that, or am I being racist to stereotypical bandy legged kilt wearing ginnocks with delusions of Champions League qualifying round grandeur or don't they count and are considered fair game? That basically is not far removed from many comments posted on here about Scottish Football in general and Celtic FC in particular all afternoon on here. I fully get DZ's indifference to AFCON. Despite the fact it has some of the World's greatest and most talented footballers it is interspersed with incidents that question it's credibility. I personally don't wa
    3 points

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