What ?

0:0 FT I'm happy, we defended pretty well but we have to improve our midfield and Falcon has to step up in order to put the opposite side in danger.
But I believe it will be better the next time, this was the first game of the season and against lille, they had the best defense after psg last year.

i meant the kits, i like the red one, Metz FC right?

Yes, in Ligue 1

2-0 Middlesbrough win! First game of the season and sitting third in the league

Looks like Kike will be a great signing for us! Haven't watched the highlights (Have seen clips of the goals though) and seems we dominated the game! Karanka has good things to bring

Bit random but is Jonathan Woodgate still injured all the time or is he actually decent?

He is great when he plays, really leads the line, but he has lots of really small injuries. Also this time last year his father died, and he is such a great fan of Boro that he played for us as a sign of respect for his dad, even on the day that he found out that his dad had passed away only a few hours earlier.

His commanding presence is great, but we are trying to bring some of the younger players through, so he plays in rotation now, both for his own health, and for experience for the younger players (Who are shaping up REALLY well!)

OHL is playing an away game vs Antwerp tomorrow.

This will be our first real challenge, Antwerp has been looking to get promoted for a while now.
Last two seasons they started of really well but on both occasions they had a loss of form which resulted in the sacking of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

Let's see how it goes!

Jimmy was a legend at Middlesbrough

We have a game today, and quite a saga going on to be honest with the transfer of Adam Clayton. He is being greedy and trying to play off multiple clubs against each other, whilst we are looking at sending a player the other way. He did not turn up for his Medical and now looks like the transfer is finally going through. Not sure what I think of him, as he has already pissed off the fans with an awful showing of faith!

It's offical, Mallorca has sacked Soler. Our new manager will be Valery Karpin, who has played an important role in the change of ownership.

After becoming one of the best players in the russian league Valery Karpin played in Spain for over a decade, mostly for la Real and Celta, where he became a legend. He was a bit of a prick, so he was often hated by many fans (Mallorca fans were no exception to this), but I always liked him because he had flare, a strong character and he was a great player. Nowadays people look back at him with nostalgia rather than hate.

However, his mangerial carrer hasn't been nearly as good. He managed Spartak Moscow twice, and he flopped both times... so I'm not happy about him being appointed as manager. The team our sports director Nadal has built is good, and it should get better after now that the new owners are going to inject some money into the transfer budget, so it would be a shame if a bad manager ruined it... I hope Karpin steps up now.

FT 1-2

There it is, our first red card

We are the only leaders now, but Aalst and Zaventem could tie with us at 9 points

so far we've been doing well, the red card gives it a downside tho