viv_andersons_nana
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For years the Boro have needed a proper central defender. This goes back to when we were in the Premier League and subsequently relegated. We had Ben Gibson and nothing else, nothing for years before him. Monk, Pulis, Woodgate and Warnock never signed a proper one between them in about six seasons combined, despite it being a clear area of the team that needed to be improved right across that time. Flint, Shotton, Mokoudi. Bamba was the best of the bunch, a bloke in his mid-30s just back from a serious illness and with his best years firmly behind him.
Wilder comes in and has now seemingly signed one of the best in the division in Darragh Lenihan. To my mind this bodes well and shows that there's no messing about now. No stop gaps, no short termism. Lenihan has 250 games under his belt and wore the armband for his former club. He is exactly what the Boro have needed for a very long time IMO.
Fingers crossed they get the deal completed and we can look ahead to the next one coming in.
Wilder comes in and has now seemingly signed one of the best in the division in Darragh Lenihan. To my mind this bodes well and shows that there's no messing about now. No stop gaps, no short termism. Lenihan has 250 games under his belt and wore the armband for his former club. He is exactly what the Boro have needed for a very long time IMO.
Fingers crossed they get the deal completed and we can look ahead to the next one coming in.