Plenty in Nunthorpe... Matt Crooks, Dael Fry, Mogga, Woodgate, Jamie Pollock, Downing lived in Nunthorpe for years, only just recently moved I think.Not this again. Footballers dont live in the boro really do they. Plenty of past and current players live in leeds, Harrogate, yarm, wynyard, north yorks. It is harder yes to attract good players to the champiobship full stop. Be less of an issue if we was a premiership team. Theyll come for the money
So whats the problem?They don't commute to the Boro, they need to visit less than 30 times a year.
Im saying that its not the only area in the United Kingdom to have some of the issues you mentioned.So your saying Middlesbrough is one of the best places to live in England?
But London is a huge draw for players(from abroad especially) and any clubs in that vicinity will doubtless benefit.A good point.
Sunderland - literally nothing to offer outside of the club.
Huddersfield - governed by the M62 chaos and just a small town in industry and steep hills.
Rotherham - horrendous add on to Sheffield.
Hull - shocker of a place (sorry Bri)
Sheffield - big city, great if you are a student, but otherwise no draw at all. Leeds' rear view mirror.
Burnley - a small town on life support.
Blackburn - a genuinely horrible place.
Preston - good retail, but very small.
Wigan - good fun, but an eyesore. Only dubious attraction being close to Manchester and the airport.
Blackpool - where to start.
Stoke - a truly ugly soulless place, half the size of Teesside but with all the problems.
West Brom - second city "opportunities" and otherwise.
Birmingham - the nasty dimension of Birmingham in every way.
Coventry - there are nice Warwickshire escapes, but the city itself has been grim since it was bombed.
Bristol City - good city, but a long way from anywhere and a pig to get around.
Cardiff City - decent city, but very remote and low surrounding attraction.
Swansea - horrible city, lovely surroundings, but The Gower is no Moors or Dales. So very isolated.
Reading - nothing town, expensively surrounded.
Watford - see Reading.
Luton - war zone, expensively surrounded.
Millwall - I just don't understand why you would live nearby unless you work in the City of London.
QPR - the west side of London, but you'd better be very good to afford it.
Norwich - nice place, but hugely isolated.
I don't see Middlesbrough having a recruitment issue compared to this competitive set.
Im saying that its not the only area in the United Kingdom to have some of the issues you mentioned.
Where`s the source of your smear about "benefits"?
Says more about your attitude towards other people than anything
Do a quick Google search and you’ll find about 60% of households in the north east are on benefits. That doesn’t suggest the north east is a good place to live at all To me it suggests no work, or scammersIm saying that its not the only area in the United Kingdom to have some of the issues you mentioned.
Where`s the source of your smear about "benefits"?
Says more about your attitude towards other people than anything else.
"Benefits" is not a dirty word. The fact that [according to some statistics] 60% [of who?] are reportedly on "benefits" is a complete condemnation of 12 years of Tory government - who have lined their own pockets and those billionaire mates in finance, the arms industry and dirty money in the City of London. The rich have got richer on the backs of the poor. The biggest single growth market in the North East are food-banks: a direct result of economic policy over 12+ years - where families are having to rely on charity to ensure school children dont go hungry and ordinary people in poverty have some food to survive on.Do a quick Google search and you’ll find about 60% of households in the north east are on benefits. That doesn’t suggest the north east is a good place to live at all To me it suggests no work, or scammers
And you are hard of thinking it would seem.If you think every player lives in the city/town they play for then you are a fool!!
Merseyside always seem to get away with being a good area to live, but it has a lot of deprivation and crime and is not close to London. It also rains a lot. Liverpool FC and Everton FC to some extent have a pull that overcomes the negatives of the area they are located in.
And you are hard of thinking it would seem.
Someone talked about Middlesbrough being an anti draw as a place for recruitment.
I agree nobody is likely to live in the town itself, any more than in Blackburn or Reading themselves for example.
All I did was consider the actual Championship places as a comparison.
If you are looking at the surrounding areas and quality of life then I’m pretty sure we fair extremely well.
Either way I don’t see a disadvantage in going after good Championship quality players.
I do agree with NorthumberlandBoro’s point re London and overseas players.
Spot onMerseyside always seem to get away with being a good area to live, but it has a lot of deprivation and crime and is not close to London. It also rains a lot. Liverpool FC and Everton FC to some extent have a pull that overcomes the negatives of the area they are located in.
Do you reckon some clubs still think they can milk us because we have paid inflated transfers in the past?The reason we've not made as much progress in the market as we'd have hoped at this point isn't anything to do with location. It's because clubs are asking more for their players than we're willing to pay (possibly Goyorkes? See Wilder's comments on what we've been quoted for strikers) or because clubs aren't willing to sanction exits till they've brought in their own replacements (Armstrong).
It doesn't sound like we've even got to the "discussing personal terms" part with any targets yet.
In fact didn't Wilder say he'd already spoken to several players who'd indicated they were keen? From what Wilder has said it seems attracting the players isn't the problem, it's convincing other clubs to part with them in the first place.