Duffman
Well-known member
I’m not sure when it happened, the moment things changed but I realised today I can’t quite remember when I last had genuine expectations for the Boro? Not hope, always have that but actual expectation that we have a realistic chance of automatic promotion. I don’t question or get upset our hunting ground for recruits, people contracted with other clubs, is now places like Rotherham, Wycombe, Banfield and Billericay Town. That’s just accepted as the reality of how things need to be now. Still get excited by the odd good game but in equal measure just shrug me shoulders when we are poor. The Boro have become a bit like my favourite old pair of trainers, not very attractive or fashionable anymore but comfortable and familiar. Expect we will flirt with top six for a bit and equally look over our shoulders at the bottom 3 once or twice but generally settle in for another year of comfortable obscurity. The most surprising thing is the acceptability of this that so many fans now seem to have.
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