Most ‘boring’ ever Boro midfield player you have seen play !!

Otto42 said:
Mick Buckley, when we signed him thought that's a good signing as he had played at a decent level for Everton and Sunderland. Despite seeing most of his performances in 84/85 can't remember him ever doing anything of note, in fact he may have been poor enough to be dropped from one of the worst Boro teams ever!
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Feeling of a deja vu. I wrote similar in February it seems. Why do people resurrect old threads? Us over 50s can't remember what we wrote yesterday, let alone 9 months and two lockdowns ago😂
 
r00fie1 said:
I`l add to the Dary ONeil list.
He flattered to deceive.
Ran everywhere, but did nothing.
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He was one of many over the years who 'puts in a shift'. That's the bare minimum you'd expect.

That said let's not forget in recent years we've converted box to box CMs like Clayton / Bailey / Howson / Saville etc into none scoring grafters.

Bailey was a goal machine at Charlton. I remember reading Clayton was a box to box with a great shot on him😂
 
coluka said:
In all honesty, I thought Peake was better than many fans credited him with imho, I think the memories are a bit hazy. He did a grand job as the holding midfielder in our relegation year, he even got the players player of the year award too as I recall. I accept the role he was asked to perform was unglamorous and agree he was a boo boy target for a while, but he actually did his job reasonably well for me, There was a lot of Mickey taking from the fans regarding his relationship to Lennie though.
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Couldn't agree more always thought he did great job for us. It all depends on what you call boring playing it simple and short is more difcult than most fans imagine. A good midfielder doesnt necessarily have to play Hollywood passes. Look at the likes of david batty ray wilkins ronnie whelan all played it simply but they were very good players mark proctor second time round was quite a sideways passer but was still decent.
 
O'Neil is definitely one of the most underwhelming players I have had the misfortune to watch.
He never seemed to do anything. No passion. No skill. Girlie white ankle bandages.
On top of which, his comments recently about deliberately getting booked for us so he could play golf make me realise that he was also a t.w.a.t
 
Frozen Horse said:
Okon's a good shout.

I don't think boring always means bad, but he was both for us.

Doriva was boring but pretty good; I think he got a lot of undeserved stick because he was often seen as being picked at the expense of a forward.

At the time, playing 1 up front was seen as fundamentally negative.
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Yeah the Boro fans used to go mad at McClaren for being negative when we had Juninho, Zenden and Mendieta playing behind a striker.

Clueless.
 
MoggasDog said:
What? He was great in the tackle. Not many skills but he put it about.
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Yes I remember him at Sunderland, yelling & snapping at Boro players when leading one nil then losing 2-1, not a term I'd use TBH, but each to their own we can't all like & dislike the same players
 
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