January: Middlesbrough considering moves for Kamil Grosicki and Yannick Bolasie [Echo]

[Humpty]

Theres 110% absolutely no - chance of Middlesbrough Football Club [aka Neil Warnock] "blowing" bubbles - let alone "blow the budget".

Football - like real life - is not all about money.
And money doesnt [always] buy you love or happiness or a place in the starting eleven or even a number on the back of your shirt.

But the right words at the right time ,in the ears of footballers down on their luck, will convince them its worth dying for Neil Warnock.

He manages men - not money or agents.
In many ways hes like Cloughie - if he doesnt like what he sees - he moves on to the next one, and the next - until he gets players begging to come to the Boro.

You can bet your Dads best golf clubs - Neil will know what he wants from them - and he wont hold back telling them either!

If Neil Warnock was an officer in the army - hes the sort your ordinary soldier would follow to the end of the earth.
He leads by example from the front.
He commands respect by results and sheer determination.
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He calls a spade a spade.
Hes no quitter and wouldnt ask of others what he hasnt already done before or isnt prepared to do now.
Hes sharp, blunt and a bullschitt - free zone.

Never mind who we "rate".
Hes the gaffa and I rate him.
Thats good enough for me.

UTMB

WTF

 

[McBrid]

Well Warnock never denied his interest in these lads in his press conference. Said he would take the pair of them tomorrow.

 

[UKLL1981]

I think it depends on where are in the league and what Warnock is thinking about next year.

I don’t think we have enough depth or quality to go up this year but if Warnock plans to be here next year and he wants them then why not? Both are very good at this level and both should jump at the chance to join having not kicked a ball this year.

It’s not a bad time to be doing deals with an eye on next season, there are bargains to be had especially players that can’t play atm and are out of contract at the end of the season. I think Britt will be off in Jan, someone like Watford will buy him to get them over the line and we are in no position to say no.

If we got Grosicki and Bolasie on 1.5 year deals for free then we are in very good shape for next season and won’t have to do much business in the summer other than a striker. You have to remember Britt, Fletcher and probably Roberts won’t be here next year.