Recent content by On The Bob

Basically where I am. I was willing the season to end 6-8 weeks ago. Now I’m thinking forward. Looking forward to the first pre and post match pints with the lads etc. I’ve had one season without a season ticket in 20 years since turning 18 (I fell out a bit with football and the club when...

Problem being is that we’re a little behind in the negotiation side of things since we’ve only must got a new manager. It’s hard to present your vision to a player with no manager in place, and other clubs will be further along that path. This is part of the reason I’d have got rid of Carrick...

Think I’ve posted this on a similar thread before. But back in the day when I used to work in Walkabout. I met Brad Jones and Rhys Williams who used to come in quite often for a period. They’d always stay back for staff drinks after we had closed. Brad was okay but a bit arrogant. Rhys was a...

I fully expect this pre-season to be similar to the season before last when we brought on Rogers etc. I just hope there’s a larger mix of proven quality that we bring in, especially if we lose Hackney / Rav.

I think the initial ball park figure is about right. £20m for Hackney + Add-ons and sell on clauses. £7m for Rav feels a bit low but on the back of a poor season it’s about right. I would expect £3m worth of add-ons on top of the 7 + sell on clause. I have a feeling Rav may want away. We’ve...

You mean the Lee Tomlin Trophy?

It’ll be interesting to see how he does. Managing at a basket case club with low expectations is a different world to what he’s going into. The pressure to succeed will be on from day one. Remember how highly rated Monk was at Leeds before joining us. Rooney got a load of plaudits at Derby...

Like with all things, I’m very much live and let live with these types of things. I don’t tend to watch women’s football. I’ve tried and the standard / speed of the game is nowhere near what I’m used to. I just don’t enjoy it. It’s great the young girls / women have other sporting avenues to...

I sometimes think it’s just luck of the draw as to who you get and what they’re feeling like. When I was 19, I had a very brief stint in a retentions team at Garlands. It was very target driven and they used to incentivise specific deals or contract lengths etc. I didn’t really care and Orange...

The best lines were always about Crooksy’s hair and his Belters (giving extra energy and emphasis in the BELTERS bit). Good effort but it’s not the same.

With the right additions, I would say play offs should be a realistic target.

The Meltdown will be recorded on The Richter scale, emanating from Teesside!

Disappointing for me but a decent fee on the face of it. I very much hope we have a couple of decent strikers lined up to bring in if we are moving him on.

There are some overly harsh opinions on Azaz IMO. However, I can see why he frustrates people at times. But, when 90% of our attacking play went through him last season, he was often in the focus of everybody’s attention more than most. For that reason, he has way more opportunities to make...

He’ll do a job for Derby, I’m sure. Just not somebody I’d want at the Boro 👍