TONY PULIS has urged Middlesbrough fans to turn out in force and “make a right din” to help get his team off to the perfect start when they go into battle with an Aston Villa side he regards as favourites for the semi-final.
AFTER witnessing Sunderland’s biggest win for more than a year, Chris Coleman beamed with pride at Pride Park before then challenging his players to follow it up by keeping Championship football on Wearside.
FORMER Darlington chairman Raj Singh is pushing to have taken over Hartlepool United by the weekend amid fears the club could fall into administration.
MIDDLESBROUGH bowed out of the EFL Cup last night after a defeat to Premier League outfit Bournemouth, but manager Garry Monk was proud of the way his players went about reacting to the criticism of recent weeks.
FOR a short time in the second half on the south coast last night it seemed Middlesbrough might finally get to right a few of the wrongs they had endured against Bournemouth in the recent past.
ADAM CLAYTON knows Middlesbrough are not firing in the Championship like they would like to be, even if he is convinced there is nothing to worry about on Teesside.
SUCH are the high expectations at Middlesbrough this season, a failure to win either of their two home games inside a week has plenty of fans worried.
GARRY MONK suffered his first defeat at the Riverside Stadium as Middlesbrough manager and then warned his players to learn from the “harsh lesson” served up by Norwich City.
NORWICH CITY are getting into the habit of frustrating Middlesbrough. Not content with being the team that piled play-off misery on Teesside when they last met at Wembley, they brought an impressive run at the Riverside to an end two years later.
SIMON GRAYSON would love to see Sunderland deliver a result on Saturday that gives everyone a lift on Wearside, just as Everton delivered on Merseyside to put his own team out of the Carabao Cup.
