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Really happy for him. Carrick's doing a great job with that team
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Lovely goal.Really hope he gets Boro promoted. They play some brilliant football.
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I watched this game on the telly live and Boro just looked so much better that Blackpool it was embarrassing. Carrick is working something close to black magic up there.Really hope he gets Boro promoted. They play some brilliant football.
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That's sexy af!Really hope he gets Boro promoted. They play some brilliant football.
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Hopefully they stick by him even if they struggle in their first season back as well.The PL gig will be getting Boro promoted.
Would still require a collapse in form from Sheff Utd for Boro to get auto promotion.3-1 win at Sheffield Utd (2nd in Championship) to cut the gap between the teams from 10 points to 7, with Sheff Utd having one game in hand. With the form Boro are in and the amount of matches still to be played, who knows if they can even push for an automatic promotion.
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Not many Boro fans were even expecting top 10 when Carrick was appointed. Boro was outside the relegation zone on goal difference. They would have settled for safety this season and would have laughed if you'd told them Boro would be 3rd putting pressure on 2nd comes Feb.I would say now he’s exceeding expectations. Think many of the boro fans expected to challenge for playoffs, then after the bad start they must have been thinking top 10. Now they are challenging for the autos. Always seems a team cones from nowhere in the championship. Might be them this year.
Wouldn’t be so sure of that - Sheffield United’s next 6 all against top half teams, and 4 of them are away, Boro 5 of their next 6 against bottom half teams, and all the momentum is with them.Would still require a collapse in form from Sheff Utd for Boro to get auto promotion.
Definitely.Carrick came across as a more than capable manager at United last season when he successfully navigated a tricky run of fixtures vs Villarrael, Chelsea and Arsenal. Looking back, that was one of our only bright sparks of the season.
I remember reading a quote from Herrera a few years ago about how Carrick's rousing speech at half time vs Man City was what inspired the players to turnaround a 2-0 loss and win 3-2 against the odds. He must be showing those kind of motivational skills to inherit a Middlesbrough squad that wasn't far off relegation and have them climbing up the table as promotion contenders.
I hope to see him in the Premier League next season. He was a talented (and criminally underrated) footballer and now he's showing that he's also a talented manager.
Steady now.Genuinely chuffed to see him doing so well.
Who knows, a few years from now……..
ThisLove the guy, so happy for him
He is soft spoken and no Gerrard or Lampard .So what are his weaknesses thus far? He sounds flawless to this point in time?
Bit naive at times against opponents who were clear favourites and simply superior in quality, tried to play pretty passing football against Brighton in the FA Cup and Burnley away and got beaten quite comfortably.So what are his weaknesses thus far? He sounds flawless to this point in time?