Brunners

RIP Kobe.

Training video put out by Boro shows Britt, Friend and Shotton all back in first team training. Also we see an excellent finish by Spence and one by Malley, a great save from the new keeper and at one point Fletcher absolutely mugs Lewis Wing, much to the delight of everyone else.

Maybe he just wants to come home; some players are like that.

He must have pulled it getting up from the dinner table when out with Fletch and Clayts the other night.

Honestly I'm surprised we don't have more people fill these out! Thought they'd be more popular! Glad you do them.

Seems fair enough; basically just average for everybody!

So that suggests then that Fletcher is helping create a lot from open play? Because actual assists aren't counted are they? So he's had 27 passes result in a "chance", as well as like 4 assists and 9 goals (7 championship). Pretty solid season so far from Ash. Although again, I wonder how many of Fletchers key passes are layoffs for someone to shoot from 30 yards.

I suppose ultimately he doesn't have to go anywhere, if he only wants to go to Boro no one can make him play for Watford. The Watford link seems to be for a purchase not a loan; and I just have a sneaking suspicion there's only one place Gibbo wants to go.

The Spence line is very encouraging though.

Watford considering bidding for Gibbo, according to the Northern Echo

Ah yes I remember now, I think the discussion was always about corners counting as key passes. I suppose if it's every pass before a shot, it will count a lot of passes before our 10 long range efforts into row Z every game too lol.

Which is the thing - I'm sure we've found in the past that it's far more lenient than this. I'm sure I remember @Changing Times being involved in the discussion so hopefully his good memory can come in handy here and he can let me know if I'm remembering correctly?

I wonder what they class as key passes, as this comes up every time we have a key pass discussion haha. Actually is nice to see Wing in 2nd despite what many consider to be a sub par season from him.

Probably, as far as I know he didn't really want to go in the first place.

Report: Derby and Middlesbrough want to rescue 'lovely footballer' from PL strugglers Jack Simpson link again.