I've always found it a bit cringeworthy as its not even a technically a national anthem. Just some brown-nosing royalist git thought he'd try and get in with the monarchy.
You listen to pretty much any other national anthem and it focuses fairly heavily on the country...not an individual.
Agree we do need a new national anthem, but if you wanted something old / traditional, Jerusalem would do (at least it mentions "England's green and pleasant land".
Only European clubs for now.
Season ticket prices and pre-match sales shouldn't be affected by this...in theory.
But I guess when tickets are made available on matchdays it could be a problem.
Still, with football already as expensive as it is for fans, you have to ask yourself...where does the opportunism and greed end?
Do we know what the story is with Howson?
Like, how long he has left on his contract and whether he will move on, or maybe take up a coaching role with us?
He's been a great servant to the club and I'll be sorry to see him go, even though he's no longer the player he once was.
You forgot the fourth one for Jones. 😉
Saying that, why would anyone put ELL on a cross? Pretty sure his contributions far outweigh any mistakes he has made.
I think swap him for Azaz and you're there.
Bit of an odd game.
For the most part Boro looked sub-par. Only really controlled play to any extent in midfield. Defensively uncertain and toothless in attack.
Needed some last-ditch defending from Ayling to keep it 0-0 early in the second half. Also at least 1 good save from Dieng (that I saw).
But we looked a lot better after the subs were made. Funny how Boro can look so much better when they play how we know they can, instead of the endless, indecisive tippy-tappy passing around and disjointed attacks that go nowhere.
Lovely passage of play that led to the corner, which led to Clarke's opener (beauty of a header). Similar build-up to Morris' deflected shot off Ramsey that wrapped the game up.
Very happy with the result but hopefully there is still a lot that can be improved on. Great 3 points away from home...nice one lads!
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