viv_andersons_nana
Well-known member
I have to say that I'm excited. I'm almost always excited about Boro but this has been a really good week for us, hasn't it?
I think Lenihan is a really shrewd signing. We've needed a proper captain, a leader of men, at the back for ages. The new 'keeper is highly rated and this manager knows his 'keepers. Giles is well thought of and has good experience of this division. He could be a real gem. Howson has his new deal.
I personally think the new shirt is smart(apart from the sponsor, obvs). It's the sort of shirt where if you close your eyes, you can see the players celebrating promotion in it. The polar opposite of the 2009/10 shirt, for example. Big things happen to Boro when Errea make our shirts, that's a fact.
Then the club announce 18,000 season tickets already sold, which is probably a few thousand more than we'd sold at this stage last year. It shows that a lot of people are buying into this manager and what he brings to us. To my mind it sort of reminds me of something McClaren said near the end of his first season as manager, when he said he realised the potential of this club when 30-odd thousand Teessiders went to Old Trafford for the Arsenal semi final decked in red and white and out-sung the opposition, staying to applaud the players off despite losing the game. I have a sense Wilder thinks he can achieve something similar, with a promotion and a couple of really good cup runs.
I think the club have cleared out almost all of the expensive drek that hadn't produced the goods over a number of years. There is scope for more good signings. Everything is in place for a really good season ahead IMO. And Steve Bruce coming to town and getting walloped 3-0 on the telly in the first game of the season? Yes please.
I think Lenihan is a really shrewd signing. We've needed a proper captain, a leader of men, at the back for ages. The new 'keeper is highly rated and this manager knows his 'keepers. Giles is well thought of and has good experience of this division. He could be a real gem. Howson has his new deal.
I personally think the new shirt is smart(apart from the sponsor, obvs). It's the sort of shirt where if you close your eyes, you can see the players celebrating promotion in it. The polar opposite of the 2009/10 shirt, for example. Big things happen to Boro when Errea make our shirts, that's a fact.
Then the club announce 18,000 season tickets already sold, which is probably a few thousand more than we'd sold at this stage last year. It shows that a lot of people are buying into this manager and what he brings to us. To my mind it sort of reminds me of something McClaren said near the end of his first season as manager, when he said he realised the potential of this club when 30-odd thousand Teessiders went to Old Trafford for the Arsenal semi final decked in red and white and out-sung the opposition, staying to applaud the players off despite losing the game. I have a sense Wilder thinks he can achieve something similar, with a promotion and a couple of really good cup runs.
I think the club have cleared out almost all of the expensive drek that hadn't produced the goods over a number of years. There is scope for more good signings. Everything is in place for a really good season ahead IMO. And Steve Bruce coming to town and getting walloped 3-0 on the telly in the first game of the season? Yes please.
, but as we have not signed anybody today feel we have lost the momentum….
