Just now, Rioch's Braves said:

Yep like a nice giant Easter egg in the form of 3 points for Plymouth.

That is a distinct possibility. They fight like hell.

What if we push the boat out and get S**n D***e?

It's not thrilling, but it's 2 up top and we get promoted

Then we just get rid or stay up a year then get rid 

Just now, Robin Johnson said:

In fairness I used the word often. I accept there's always going to be one or two exceptions. Carrick does not fit into that category.

If Carrick was a nasty git I think he'd still be crap, you've either got it or you haven't and unfortunately.

2 minutes ago, Rioch's Braves said:

If Carrick was a nasty git I think he'd still be crap, you've either got it or you haven't and unfortunately.

 

39 minutes ago, Changing Times said:

You must be out of your *** mind.

Not really. I was never as apathetic towards Boro in them seasons as I have been this season. 

2 minutes ago, LBP said:

What if we push the boat out and get S**n D***e?

It's not thrilling, but it's 2 up top and we get promoted

Then we just get rid or stay up a year then get rid 

Nah we need to stick with the idea of a manager who wants possession and attacking football, we just want one with tactical ability and who is able to set up a defence

5 minutes ago, LBP said:

What if we push the boat out and get S**n D***e?

It's not thrilling, but it's 2 up top and we get promoted

Then we just get rid or stay up a year then get rid 

God forbid, but right now if it was an either/or scenario it's a no brainer for me and I don't mean retaining Carrick.

7 minutes ago, Rioch's Braves said:

If Carrick was a nasty git I think he'd still be crap, you've either got it or you haven't and unfortunately.

Iling kicking the ball out of play when he did sums up the mindset of the squad under Carrick.

4 minutes ago, SzilardNemethsCurtains said:

Nah we need to stick with the idea of a manager who wants possession and attacking football, we just want one with tactical ability and who is able to set up a defence

True but are we giving Scott the keys to decide this?

He wanted Rob Edwards who imo is *** and not fluked exactly but did something close for that Luton promotion, a physical hard to beat team and the right conditions came about 

 

6 minutes ago, BoroSmoggie said:

Not really. I was never as apathetic towards Boro in them seasons as I have been this season. 

I'm not as bad as towards the end of Pulis' tenure but the feeling I have is similar in terms of being fed up by the sheer pointless futility of it all. 

14 minutes ago, LBP said:

What if we push the boat out and get S**n D***e?

It's not thrilling, but it's 2 up top and we get promoted

Then we just get rid or stay up a year then get rid 

I swear you made post after post last season laughing at people who wanted Carrick replaced by similarly awful managers. Sean Dyche? No *** thanks.

Any apathy towards the team now is all just relative

Carrick's 1st season was so good that it makes this season look so bad

But this season is still light years ahead of Woodgate, Pulis and Wilder for me 

1 minute ago, LinoJo3 said:

I swear you made post after post last season laughing at people who wanted Carrick replaced by similarly awful managers. Sean Dyche? No *** thanks.

Now will sign my soul over to the devil for some sustained premier league football 

1 hour ago, LBP said:

Look I knew it midweek and now it should be known by all

This season is over

We don't have the attacking players to beat any good side over 2 legs

The season was probably done and dusted when Nacho was signed by Scott to replace Latte Lath but was fully realised by me the other night against Leeds, an overall lack of quality and pretty much all the forwards bar Conway I wouldn't miss 

I wouldnt miss Conway either. He is a total pansy.

6 minutes ago, LBP said:

Now will sign my soul over to the devil for some sustained premier league football 

And if it doesn’t work out then what? Dyche would be a classic Boro appointment, spend money trying to play football with a upcoming manager, see that it hasn’t worked so go for the nearest dinosaur with ‘experience’ to try get a quick fix. 
 

It’s easy to say it now like I can see the benefits it ‘could’ bring getting Dyche in, we would have a shape, stronger defensively, won’t lose many maybe.

But nobody thinks of the other side. Say we concede an early goal and keep trying to get the ball wide but the other team know that so just block our avenues, so we lump it in from deeper and it just comes back. Maybe the midfielders don’t commit forward as much and we have nothing central. So people are crying out for us to try something different, we’re ’to predictable’ etc

Surely we don’t want to go down those roads again? For once let’s just stick to a plan, cooper is the obvious choice for starters, not only would he be far more compatible with our current players but also has better recent success than Dyche does.