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MIDDLESBROUGH
I WAS pleased to read in Paul
Fraser's article that former
Middlesbrough player David
Mills had renewed his links
with the club by becoming part
of the scouting team (Echo,
Sport, April 30).
I saw Mills at Ayresome Park
several times and in the 1970s
he was one of Boro's finest.
He had a particularly good
game in an FA Cup tie against
Everton and was one of the
scorers in a match that
Middlesbrough won. His
£500,000 transfer to West
Bromwich Albion in 1979 had
something of a humorous side.
Albion manager Ron
Atkinson kept Mills on the
bench, and said: "I couldn't
afford to play him. He cost too
much!"
L D Wilson,
Guisborough
OKAY, so we beat Portsmouth
to make sure of another long
and unfulfilling season in the
plastic Premier League. No
doubt we have another silly
summer of endless speculation
linking us with the cream of
world talent, only to get
lumbered with some gadgy
who happened to do well at the
European Championships.
Remember Mikkel Beck?
Nobody can fault Steve
Gibson for everything he has
done for the club but now I feel
Park End's finest really needs
to deliver before next season.
He was brave enough to fund
the signing of Afonso Alves,
but we can't surely rely on one
man, who is still settling into
the Premier League.
For me George Boateng's
days in a Boro shirt are
numbered. He's now only a
shadow of the player he once
was and I think our failure to
replace him this season has
contributed largely to our
shortfalls.
Of course Southgate's failure
to replace Yakubu and Mark
Viduka is the main reason
behind this season's struggle.
While I have faith that Alves
and Tuncay will improve with
a second season under their
belt I still feel we are a striker
short of making any sort of
impact.
A right midfielder wouldn't
go amiss either as Gary O'Neill
seems like a clone of James
Morrison. Bring back Stuart
Ripley!
Ray Large,
South Bank
9:15am Monday 12th May 2008
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