Dan Thurlwell

Married to Emma | Proudest Daddy to my beautiful twins Alice & Jacob | Boro season ticket holder

[Dan Thurlwell @danthurlwell]

@danamalt @DomShawEcho Losing arguably the only player capable of playing a splitting pass for the attackers to run onto (rather than trying to pick up the ball and travel before shooting) is going to be difficult to replace - not to mention his goals which far outweigh any other MF in the squad

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IMO @schwarzer_mark gave an impartial assessment of the game last night and held back on criticism, respectfully. We gave it a good go over 2 legs, but the gap between PL and EFL gets wider every season.

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@thepinkponce Recruitment pre-season regarding CF has been dreadful. Wilder last season was left without a striker and Carrick this season. Akpom was a fluke last season in terms of how he got reintegrated into the squad out of pure lack of options so he can’t be counted in reality

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@AndrewHaslam79 @GraemeBandeira @NahItsLyingTho They took a risk. It failed. Miserably.

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@AndrewHaslam79 @GraemeBandeira @NahItsLyingTho To be fair to Wilder, he said it time and time again, in pretty much every presser that he was our best player - so I don’t buy that internally the club didn’t appreciate that and how damaging the effect of not replacing him would be

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@AndrewHaslam79 @GraemeBandeira @NahItsLyingTho I honestly think that they thought they’d get away with it with Giles and McGree on the left. Otherwise why let Payero and Tav both leave

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@AndrewHaslam79 @GraemeBandeira @NahItsLyingTho No matter what club you are at, you always prepare for losing your best/most influential player and have a list of possible replacements to hand. Unless you’re Boro recruitment. Eyes shut, fingers in ears. And yet not one journo asks the club such pertinent questions

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@AndrewHaslam79 @GraemeBandeira @NahItsLyingTho I don’t question that they’re not trying. But they’ve been dealt a a bad hand by wiping the squad of pace and movement. Even Sporar would drag defenders/midfielders to the channels giving Crooks and Jones space to exploit.

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@GraemeBandeira @AndrewHaslam79 @NahItsLyingTho We simply do not have a captain in the squad. Nobody vocal or who will hold underperformance/mistakes/going missing on the pitch to account

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@AndrewHaslam79 @GraemeBandeira @NahItsLyingTho With a CM choice of Howson, Crooks, McGree, McNair there is zero pace. Shows how much Tav’s running was crucial to that midfield dynamic. Criminal not to replace that

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@AndrewHaslam79 @GraemeBandeira File under ‘plays for a big club so must be good’. The Championship is relentless in terms of balls pumped into the box on top of a keeper without a world class defence to help. A tough ask for any GK with no EFL experience regardless of quality

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@AndrewHaslam79 @GraemeBandeira A lot to be said for allowing the likes of Bamba and Peltier go in the summer - players that can offer advice and coaching to a defence devoid of confidence. They didn’t need to play week in week out, simply being there as experienced heads was invaluable

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@GraemeBandeira Exactly that. Weak spine always a recipe for disaster. GK, CB, CM and ST. Not one of those positions really has a player you can say week in week out they’re on the team sheet because of attitude, reliability and performance. They’re simply on there because they’re what we have

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@GraemeBandeira @sknab1 Listening to Warnock recently - NB is very good at bringing in the money and spreadsheets/cash flow but it was a struggle to get signings over the line and felt he lacked support. Just hope we’re not hearing the same from Wilder when window shuts (if he is still here)…

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@Smogonthetees Not even listed on the squad page on the website

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@rachelhudson84 @Boro @DMY008 Absolutely the best

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Hopefully not the last one of the season @boro

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Sorted now cheers for sharing! UTFB

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Anybody after 2 x @boro tickets for the game tomorrow? No money wanted for them

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