Nick Beall

Middlesbrough FC fan working in HE Sport. Views all my own.

[Nick Beall @NickBeall73]

@NwclChemfica All the very best guys!!!!!

Hopefully there will be an opportunity to have you back at some point!

I’ll still be watching out for your results every week 👍

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@Realdavebrown @GraemeBandeira @inrictus @sarahfinn8 I agree with both of you but not so sure the Club will head in that direction sadly!

I foresee a similar season to this one where we will be brilliant on our day but will be found wanting just as often.

Hope I’m absolutely wrong

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@Realdavebrown @inrictus @GraemeBandeira @sarahfinn8 I think squad depth is massive for next season - the guy coming on has got to be as good or offer something different to the guy he replaces.

I’d be looking for GK, LB, CM x 2, attackers x 4. All of these need to be first 11 players.

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@Realdavebrown @inrictus @GraemeBandeira @sarahfinn8 Still sounds like a bit of a rebuild……..certainly at the top end of the pitch!

Goalkeeper?

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@Realdavebrown @inrictus @GraemeBandeira @sarahfinn8 And the manager run out of ideas too in my opinion - but to be fair he had little to work with.

Do you think it needs a major overhaul this Sumner or more just adding depth?

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I rarely post anything other than football and Boro……..but this Henry Nowak footage and story is awful.

Those police officers who attended the scene have misjudged the situation so badly. Incompetent and negligent.

And the murderer should have been locked up for good

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@inrictus @GraemeBandeira @sarahfinn8 I definitely think we need a different set of players to suit KH and the way he wants to play. I think he got a little lost towards the back end of the season with such limitations as to what he had available.

But, as you say, any squad rebuild comes with a risk………

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@inrictus @GraemeBandeira @sarahfinn8 Yeah it feels different to the Karanka play off final defeat where we only needed to find a little bit extra and there was an immediate steely determination to do so.

This seems more like a rebuild of the squad and a bit more in hope than expectation.

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@BBCTeesSport Depends on what Hellberg wants his full back to do.

If he wants to play with flat back four and at the tempo we played for the last three months of this season then I’d defo take him if the wages are right.

I’d prefer to see us up the tempo and have a more energetic full back

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@tom7lawrence @Boropolis No problem and understood. I think that is the narrative that your Club are trying to push too and as I said earlier I think it might well work for you and see you promoted next season.

But I think you need to accept that many people perceive it very negatively.

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@tom7lawrence @Boropolis What do you genuinely think about the way Southampton FC have handled this whole thing?

Is your position that you have been caught, punished, and now it’s time to move on?

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@tom7lawrence @Boropolis It’s a footballing story and people from all sorts of other Clubs have opinions on this. Surely Saints fans have an opinion on stories involving other Clubs too…?

I personally don’t like the way Soton FC are going about this but it may well get you promoted next season.

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@GraemeBandeira They keep their manager, they keep their squad, and they will have a good chance of being promoted next season.

They clearly don’t care about reputation or what anybody else thinks about them - they simply want promotion.

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Penalties are just a killer way to lose a game………….

Arsenal executed their game plan superbly well tonight against the best team in Europe.

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@Boro_Breakdown He’s been excellent this season. Only Hackney has been better than him in my opinion.

If his legs don’t go and he can cope with playing in a back four then he is a nailed on starter next season

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@KJ_TheSmiths Boro not quite good enough, Kieran, but there’s always next year……….it’s the eternal hope!

So good to see you and the family having some happy times after I know you’ve had some difficult ones.

All good with me thanks, really pleased to see you guys all seem to be doing well

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@Spreaderz @TheRedUK @sarahfinn8 I agree on 4 at the back. And I agree with Browne if he is not considered a regular starter, but it has to be right with wages etc.

Targett…….maybe if we get a strong player playing ahead of him on the left but I’d prefer a player with a bit more energy at left back

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@KJ_TheSmiths Remember when we were sat in Barley Mash in San Diego and you could barely believe you’d just beaten Chelsea?

Now you are way ahead of them on merit and deservedly so!!!

Brilliantly to be able to share it with the kids too.

Up the Villa!