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  1. usually see people who dont have any understanding of football accounts often pipe up like they think gibsons pocketing the money and should leave instead of holding the club back when people are sold, generally in the minority for sure, usually its just a reaction to things not going well, after blame the manager or scott there only another person left in line to be mad at lol
  2. aye I think someone can only put more money into the club than gibbo would if we were in the premier league, he's giving the most he is allowed to in this league, but feel in the premier league although we will probs have close as he can get to the tv money, so in the event we come back down we would still be in a position to keep the financials in check. who would you even pick? any billionaire boro fans? its a careful what you wish for situation, we seen far to many people try to take over clubs and fail because they couldn't prove they were who they said they were financially, even when take overs are announced quite often it feels like you have a strong chance of getting a dreamer who don't cross the line.
  3. mutual is just a negotiation, no club sacks anyone unless they meet termination terms, wilder was a rare sack because if he was in relegation zone after being in charge so long the payoff was agreed. we can afford to sack and rehire
  4. we had the same issues when danks was here last season, he wasn't the cause or solution of the problem
  5. I think Garys issues are from this more than anything rather than his managerial credentials https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough-fc/ex-middlesbrough-and-portsmouth-star-admits-to-purposely-getting-booked-to-watch-golf-1351826 not that we won't have had plenty of people do similar over the years, players often hold back as the summer comes to avoid being injured during time off, or for future prospects of a move, get suspended for xmas etc, but most have at least the sense to keep it quiet rather than out it publicly.
  6. i honestly think the loans were just because the permanents just were not right in january due to either money demands or availability. I don't think they did it thinking they might be having to sack carrick in the next month, because you would likley just take him out in january and build around the new manager while you could you could see it in the striker that we bid for that didn't work out due to them wanting a lot more money right now than we bid.
  7. I said last year that I thought our final good run was purely because the pressure was off and the expectations had been wrote off fully. ELL come back at the right time too, and things did click. Maybe its easy for me to just put it on that, rather than the squad finally gelling, but I believe this could have been a huge weight taken off their shoulders and they had a big run from it. Felt like it was the old just go out there and have fun because there was nothing to play for This team (I suppose most are tbh) seems to be highly influenced with confidence levels. But unlike the last 2 seasons, when we get ahead we are not seeing the confidence come back. I think if the players are half expecting something to go very wrong at the back, (like us fans do) are there's way more chance of it manifesting somehow, epically if your overthinking everything to try and make sure you don't make them mistakes your probably more likely to make one, than you would playing off instinct with confidence.
  8. yeah I wouldn't want o'neil either, although I wouldn't doubt he would be under some level of consideration if he was available, but he don't come across as someone I would expect to be here very long even if he was a success, I wouldn't trust him to stick around , he's already turned down some championship jobs too.
  9. the players he has are good enough for qualifying in the playoffs, this is demonstrated by them being in and around the playoffs we might not have the right backup for midfield or CB, but at the moment that has not caught us short. new players may need a little time to gel, but he might not get that time if he keeps our form almost red.
  10. I wonder if the blackburn job (or another job coming up) will hasten things, if we are close to pushing the button and our choices we are in communication with is saying they are about to take the job, it could make things happen quicker. I've seen yesterday that Gary O'Neil and Rob Edwards were mentioned the other day, seen this as another update https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/blackburn-rovers-next-manager-middlesbrough-promotion-winner-and-former-sheffield-wednesday-boss-linked-4987245 mentions Carvalhal as a likley option, then Karanka, then O’Neil, then Swiss coach Raphael Wicky if they are going to push the button Carrick, I'd probs want Edwards, took over luton in similar positions we find ourselves in, can clearly work with scott, probs would use the squad we have now and do what is needed, and has the experience of taking an underdog up via the play offs. I could imagine if he was our choice that if he said he was about to take the job (or who ever was our 1st choice were taking another job) then maybe the axe could land quicker.
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