Karanka leaves Middlesbrough

New manager syndrome....

We'll put 3/4 past them ffs....

Before Karanka was given the tin-tac it had 0-0 written all over it. As poor as they are going forward they are pretty solid at the back.

I expect United to now win on Sunday as they won't be as negative as they were under Karanka and will leave spaces at the back.

Didn't he quit for a few days before because of a bust up with the players?

Earlier this season or last seasons

Originally Posted by AK14

Didn't he quit for a few days before because of a bust up with the players?

Earlier this season or last seasons

This time last season. His team were cruising the Championship until a mini blip of about four games which saw Downing lead a training ground revolt. Karanka quit but the chairman begged him to stay.

Boro have a weird mix of nothing Championship players and big ego has-been's. Mind you that was the case twenty years ago

Still crazy how this team got relegated...



I know they were deducted points, but they still shouldn't have been anywhere near the drop. Two cup finals as well.

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

We'll put 3/4 past them ffs....

No chance pal, this is bad timing for us.

1-1 and another very frustrating afternoon.

Originally Posted by TheFatGoth

Still crazy how this team got relegated...



I know they were deducted points, but they still shouldn't have been anywhere near the drop. Two cup finals as well.

Yeah, that's an all-star side.

Couldn't name seven of them.

no surprise.

dont think i've ever seen a team in the prem with worse players than they have

didnt they sign that absolute no-mark from Aston Villa recently £#%&!ing ludicrous decision that

nailed on Valdes will play like Buffon re-incarnated though

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Yeah, that's an all-star side.

Couldn't name seven of them.

Not the most representative pic tbf, but best I could find.

Good squad.

If we're being honest, mate, that squad is a pile of shit isn't it? Branco obsese by that point and Emerson was barely arsed.

Ravanelli and Juninho should have been enough to keep them in the '90s Premier League mind, granted.

Originally Posted by TheFatGoth

Not the most representative pic tbf, but best I could find.

Good squad.

Who's in nets then? It isn't Schwarzer or Walsh.

Gary Walsh, Bryan Robson, Clayton Blackmore and Viv Anderson

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Yeah, that's an all-star side.

Couldn't name seven of them.

Yet United couldn't beat them in 2 attempts that season. Drew 2-2 and 3-3.

Originally Posted by Tronics

no surprise.

dont think i've ever seen a team in the prem with worse players than they have

didnt they sign that absolute no-mark from Aston Villa recently £#%&!ing ludicrous decision that

nailed on Valdes will play like Buffon re-incarnated though

When did Buffon die?

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

If we're being honest, mate, that squad is a pile of shit isn't it? Branco obsese by that point and Emerson was barely arsed.

Ravanelli and Juninho should have been enough to keep them in the '90s Premier League mind, granted.

The di Maria of his day, nqat.

Originally Posted by Tronics

no surprise.

dont think i've ever seen a team in the prem with worse players than they have

didnt they sign that absolute no-mark from Aston Villa recently £#%&!ing ludicrous decision that

nailed on Valdes will play like Buffon re-incarnated though

Or we'll fire a few shots at comfortable heights I'd expect most PL keepers to deal with and then claim he was brilliant because he made five of them.

Originally Posted by Billy Redface

Or we'll fire a few shots at comfortable heights I'd expect most PL keepers to deal with and then claim he was brilliant because he made five of them.

Bingo. The only goalkeeper i think that has had a genuine blinder against us this season is the Burnley goalkeeper. All the others have made saves you'd expect them to.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Bingo. The only goalkeeper i think that has had a genuine blinder against us this season is the Burnley goalkeeper. All the others have made saves you'd expect them to.

Stoke home too but agree our shots on target/unlucky angle is overplayed, it doesn't take Dino Zoff to keep a clean sheet against us.

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

The di Maria of his day, nqat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCBvUjtsB3A

I imagine they'll wait until after the game to announce Giggs as manager.