andrew haslam

Journalist, Middlesbrough fan, misanthrope. Not necessarily in that order. Below average footballer, above average runner.

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@Realdavebrown @SdohertySean @Smithy_MFC84 It's not controversial - it's also a better valuation than you gave the club credit for, even if it looks cheap now with the value of hindsight.

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@Realdavebrown @SdohertySean @Smithy_MFC84 Up to £20m.
https://t.co/SCKf0fv88b

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@Dabs06721990971 @GraemeBandeira My gut feeling is it's a bit of everything.

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@TallentireMedia @untypicalboro Break clause in Nuno's contract, apparently.

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@TallentireMedia @untypicalboro It'll be interesting to see how it unravels. I can't see they have all that many saleable assets, especially if they do need to try and raise £150m.

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@Loulameg Yeah I would - thank you for that

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@Realdavebrown @mattyhynes88 @GraemeBandeira Yeah agreed, if we can afford them. More squad depth is a must. We've had about 14 usable players for the last couple of months.

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@mattyhynes88 @Realdavebrown @GraemeBandeira Better players though. I think improving United was relatively easy given how poor they were. Be interesting to see how next season goes.

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@mattyhynes88 @Realdavebrown @GraemeBandeira Agree, needs to be 3/4 solid and predictable additions and then you have the foundations for a couple of calculated gambles. If there is such a thing.

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@Realdavebrown @mattyhynes88 @GraemeBandeira Yeah but I meant the most pressing issue.

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@Realdavebrown @mattyhynes88 @GraemeBandeira I wonder if Strelec was signed as a focal point and just isn't that olayer. Or maybe was but can't replicate it in the Championship.

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@Realdavebrown @GraemeBandeira Yeah it might be as simple as that obviously. Might be something else as well.

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@mattyhynes88 @Realdavebrown @GraemeBandeira That's my point yes - all that entirely fair criticism. I just can't see what they saw in him. To have chased for so long just baffles me given how it's worked out so far. I honestly don't know, maybe he needs someone to play off, something else, not good enough. Who knows.

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@Realdavebrown @GraemeBandeira That's exactly what I'm saying. I can't really understand what thry saw in him, especially to pursue him for so long, but presumably it is something?

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@pjcboro @middy1989 I find it hard to fathom as well. Are people just leaning into the supervillain angle?
(That said, decision likely to be made for you by FA/EFL ban)

[andrew haslam @AndrewHaslam79]

@wallsendredicko @TypicalBoroPod @GraemeBandeira @SimonPobble Good work as ever lads. Stats pretty damning aren't they. Attack a big concern and can't decide whether it's down to invididuals or systemic. If you take Whittaker, for example - weak, peripheral but also nothing ahead of him. Strelec - ineffective, ponderous, no real service.

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@untypicalboro Woman on our tube thought Boro had won.