Joe France

The fact that the transport convener/committee agreed to even consider the Dean Bridge route further just seems dishonest. It’s not going to happen: it would be a mammoth undertaking.

And all it’s done is stoke local discontent further and make it more of an issue, in my view.

Yes, true - though it felt like Mowbray had tried more things, with a limited budget, and just couldn’t get anything to stick.

But you’re right that, on a personal level, I think most fans have taken to MC - whereas I actively celebrated Strachan/Pulis/Monk/Wilder leaving.

The current #boro situation with Carrick feels a lot like the final weeks of Karanka - a manager for whom many fans have a great deal of affection but who can’t stop the rot or show any flexibility from their favoured tactical system (which had worked so well the season before). Seems inevitable.

Sure, I’m not saying any of the players I praised were flawless, definitely mistakes as you said. We just seem so consistently casual that I’m not even sure it’s mistakes, it must just be the way Carrick’s happy to play. Feels like this season could have been so much more with a little application.

Iling-Junior promising, Morris superb, Hackney lively, Burgzorg growing with each game and Giles excellent (going forward) - but Ayling dire 2nd half, Edmundson has the mobility of a small caravan and the usual comedy defending. Even when we’re winning, watching #boro has felt the same all season…