Karanka It Up: The Career Aitor Karanka

[robbieboro82]

Karanka It Up: The Career of Aitor Karanka

Karanka It Up: The Career of Aitor Karanka


This Story will follow the new appointed Manager at Middlesbrough, Spaniard, Aitor Karanka who, at 40, about to start his managerial adventure.

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Aitor Karanka

Karanka Started his career with Basque club Bilbao Athletic and Athletic Bilbao, making a combined 172 appearances. He then moved to Real Madrid for 5 years and played 93 times for the Madrid Giants. In 2002 he moved back to Athletic Bilbao before ending his career in the USA with Colorado Rapids.

He began his Managing career as Spain Under 16 coach which, showed his talent at nurturing great Youth prospects.
A move to Real Madrid followed, becoming Assistant to the great Jose Mourinho, learning from the best in the world during his 3 year stint in Madrid.


Now in 2013, Karanka has finally stepped up to the role of First Team Coach at Championship side Middlesbrough, who are eager to get back into the Premiership after a 5 year absence! Will Aitor be Successful or will he have to move to pastures new to become a legend!!


Trophy Cabinet

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Career History

SEASON	CLUB	NAT	LEAGUE	LG CUP	FA CUP	EUROPE	TOP SCORER
2013/14	Middlesbrough		Championship 7th / 1st	QF / SF	4th /3rd	NA / NA	Lukas Jutkiewicz - 24
2014/15	Middlesbrough	View attachment 434178	Premiership 18th / NA	QF /	4th /	NA / NA
2015/16
2016/17

Best Current 18

POS	NAME	AGE	NAT	VALUE
GK	Jason Steele	23	ENG	3m
WBR	Lorenzo De Silvestri	28	ITA	1.7m
WBL	Mattia Cassani	30	ITA	800k
DC	Lucio	33	ENG	300k
DC	Santiago Vergini	25	ARG	2.5m
AMR	Albert Adomah	25	GHA	4.8m
AML	Mustapha Carayol	25	GAM	2.7m
DM	Franco Zuculini	23	ARG	2.7m
MC	Pablo Aimar	34	ARG	400k
FC	Ziquinha	27	POR	1m
FC	Aleksander Mitrovic	19	SRB	15.5m
S1	Liam McGuire	19	NIR	60k
S2	Ben Gibson	20	ENG	1.7m
S3	Jaques Placide	18	FRA	3m
S4	Matej Vydra	22	CZE	2.1m
S5	Anthony Annan	28	GHA	1.5m
S6	Lukas Jutkiewicz	25	ENG	4.7m
S7	Oscar Robinson	17	ENG	600k

Regen History

Name / Signed from / Cost / Apps / Goals / Sold to / Price

Jacques Placide - Monaco | 1.2m | 11- 3
Oscar Robinson - Harrogate | 7k | 22 - 11
Nathanial Hayward - Boston Utd | 6k | 0 - 0
Max Davies - Basingstoke | 7k | 0 - 0
Shane Sullivan - Ebbsfleet | 10k | 1 - 0
Jay Langford - Free | Free | 9 - 0 | Man City | 3.7m
Dean Parett - Free | Free | 0 - 0
Justin Ogar - Free | Free | 0 - 0


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[robbieboro82]

July 2013

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The Gates of the Riverside Stadium

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Club Info

The clubs finances are Okay, we have been given a Budget of 1.4m for transfers and 320k pw for wages. Players will need to be sold before new ones are brought into the club. The clubs scouts are working hard to bring in upto 10 youth players which will help the club grow.

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Middlesbrough Ups and Downs

The Club has a Short and Long term plan, the Short is to get Middlesbrough back into the Premiership as soon as possible without infringing FFP rules.
The long term plan is twofold, Establish Middlesbrough in the top flight and build a team for the Future, so in 6 to 8 years the club could be challenging for European honours.

POS	NAME	NAT	AGE
GK	Jason Steele	ENG	22
GK	Shay Given	IRE	37
WBR	Frazer Richardson	ENG	30
WBL	George Friend	ENG	25
DC	Jonathan Woodgate (c)	ENG	33
DC	Ben Gibson	ENG	20
DC	Seb Hines	ENG	25
DC	Daniel Ayala	SPA	22
DM	Rhys Williams	AUS	24
DM	Joseph Varga	HUN	25
MC	Jacob Butterfield	ENG	23
MC	Dean Whitehead	ENG	31
MC	Grant Leadbitter	ENG	27
MC	Richard Smalwood	ENG	22
AMR	Albert Adomah	GHA	25
AML	Mustapha Carayol	GAM	24
FC	Kei Kamara	SLE	28
FC	Marvin Emnes	NED	25
FC	Emmanuel Ledesma	ARG	25
FC	Lukas Jutkiewicz	ENG	24

First Team Squad on Arrival

It's a Pretty strong squad overall and I believe the Youth players will be able to step up when required, but the Championship is a tough League to get out of so I do think I will need to strengthen in certain areas.

Key Men:
1. Albert Adomah
2. Jonathan Woodgate
3. Lukas Jutkiewicz

POS	NAME	NAT	AGE
DC	Dael Fry	ENG	15
DC	Matthew Elsden	ENG	16
DM	Matthew Dolan	ENG	21
AML	Cameron Park	SCO	21
AML	Adam Reach	ENG	20
MC	Bryn Morris	ENG	17
MC	Callum Cooke	ENG	16
FC	Bradley Fewster	ENG	17
FC	Curtis Main	ENG	21

Youth Players with Potential

Potential Stars:
1. Adam Reach
2. Bryn Morris
3. Bradley Fewster

The Academy continues to produce quality players and I hope this continues as it will be the Clubs bloodline for years to come. Producing and Finding star players of the future is one of the clubs main aims.

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[robbieboro82]

July Pre Season 2013

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Transfers In

POS	NAME	FROM	FEE
MC	Franco Zuculini	Free	Free
ML	Justin Ogar	Free	Free
MR	Dean Parett	Free	Free
DL	Jay Langford	Free	Free
DM	Mahamadou Diarra	Free	Free
MC	Shane Sullivan	Ebbsfleet	10k
ML	Max Davies	Basingstoke	7k
FC	Nathaniel Hayward	Boston Utd	6k
FC	Oscar Robinson	Harrogate	7k
DC	Jacques Placide	Monaco	1.2m
FC	Vitali Radzionau	BATE	100k
WB	Ryan Bertrand	Chelsea	Loan
MC	Oliver Torres	Atletico Madrid	Loan

Total: 1.3m

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Transfers Out


21 Youth Players

POS	NAME	TO	FEE
DR	Stuart Parnaby	Blackpool	250k
DM	Rhys Williams	Dinamo Moscow	5m
MC	Richard Smallwood	Norwich City	2.3m

Total: 7.5m



Total +6.2m



Staff In

Inaki Tejada - Assistant Manager
Javi Garcia - Under 21 Manager
John McMahon - Under 18 Manager
Frank Barlow - Coach
John Owens - Coach
Gwyn Williams - Scout
Juan Merino -Scout
Walter Ferreira - Physio

Staff Out

Tony Mowbray - Manager
Peter Hood - Fitness Coach
Martin Carter - Scout
Gary Gill - Chief Scout
Phillip Hudson - Scout
Andy Boles - Fitness Coach
Jamie Clapham - Under 21 Manager
Mark Venus - Assistant Manager
Adam Kerr - Fitness Coach
Adam Reed - Under 18 Physio
Mark Tinkler - Under 21 Coach
Brian English - Fitness Coach


Pre Season Results

Belgian Tour

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Club Brugge ... 4
Middlesbrough ... 3
( Kamara, Diarra, Jutkiewicz )


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Dessel ... 1
Middlesbrough ... 3
( Kamara, Emnes, Torres )


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Bastogne ... 0
Middlesbrough ... 7
( Kamara 3, Carayol, Placide, Radzionau, Adomah )


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Lembeek ... 1
Middlesbrough ... 12
( Carayol 3, Adomah 2, Jutkiewicz 2, Emnes 2, Woodgate, Friend, Torres )


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Middlesbrough ... 5
Velez Sarsfield ... 2
( Jutkiewicz 3, Gibson, Placide )

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Pre Season Overview

Despite the loss to Brugge during the Tour of Belgium it turned out to be a quality Pre Season, giving me the chance to assess the squads strong points and weaknesses.

Player of Pre Season
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Lukas Jutkiewicz
Some outstanding performances and 2 assists for the big striker, hoping to continue the impressive partnership with Kei Kamara this season.

Club News

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Rumours circulated the Riverside in Mid July that Karanka had a falling out with Rhys Williams, which were denied, only for Williams to leave a few days later in a 5m move to Dinamo Moscow in Russia.


World Transfers

Lucas Leiva	Liverpool to PSG	23m
Andre Ayew	Marseille to Man City	15.25m
Sven Bender	Dortmund to Barcelona	14m
Nemanja Matic	Benfica to Liverpool	11.75m
Hector Moreno	Espanyol to Arsenal	10.5m

 

[TamMcCann]

Looking good so far mate.

 

[robbieboro82]

Looking good so far mate.

Cheers, coming along nicely! Any recommendations on what would be good to see!!

 

[TamMcCann]

Not that I can think of yet, all is good.

 

[robbieboro82]

August 2013

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Transfers In

	NAME	FROM	FEE
View attachment 448032	Alexander Buttner	Man Utd	Loan
View attachment 448034	Anthony Annan	Schalke	275k

Transfers Out


20 Youth Players on Loans

Staff In


View attachment 448033 Alfonso Azurza - Under 18 Fitness Coach
View attachment 448033 Juan Vicente Peinado - Coach
View attachment 448033 Gonzalo Manzano - Scout

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Season Odds

Wigan (6-4 Fav)
QPR (7-4)
Reading (5-2)
Watford (5-2)
Bolton (3-1)
Brighton (3-1)
Middlesbrough (5-1)
Leeds (6-1)

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August Results

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Saturday 3rd August 2013
Sky Bet Championship
Riverside Stadium - Att: 18,634

Middlesbrough ... 1 ... V ... 2 ... Huddersfield

Scorers:
Zuculini (82)


Very poor performance to open the season with at home, but a late rally showed the team have some fight.

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Tuesday 6th August 2013
Capital One Cup 1st Round
New York Stadium - Att: 7,703


Rotherham ... 3 ... V ... 4 ... Middlesbrough

Scorers:
Placide (2), Kamara (42), Adomah (46, 57)

Good attacking performance but were very suspect in defence, this will need to be sorted before we play the big teams.

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Saturday 10th August 2013
Sky Bet Championship
St Andrews - Att: 18,342

Birmingham ... 1 ... V ... 1 ... Middlesbrough

Scorers:
Diarra (52)

Pretty equal game, Boro having a bit more possession, but each team trying to cancel each other out. First goal for the club from Diarra.

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Saturday 17th August 2013
Sky Bet Championship
Riverside Stadium - Att: 17,874

Middlesbrough ... 1 ... V ... 2 ... Nottingham Forest

Scorers:
Kamara (25)



Second home defeat in a row which is not acceptable, especially after leading

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Saturday 24th August 2013
Sky Bet Championship
Elland Road - Att: 24,638

Leeds United ... 2 ... V ... 2 ... Middlesbrough

Scorers:
Adomah (83), Richardson (86)

Feared the worst after going 2-0 down, then Anthony Annan was sent off on his debut!! Bit in the final 10 we produced a comeback and pulled level through MoM Albert Adomah and a glorious strike from Frazer Richardson.

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Tuesday 27th August 2013
Capital One Cup 2nd Round
Cardiff City Stadium - Att: 10,623

Cardiff ... 3 ... V ... 4 ... Middlesbrough

Scorers:
Medel (og 26), Kamara (41), Jutkiewicz (80), Cowie (og 89)

What a game! 3-2 down with 10 mins to go and Jutkiewicz becomes super sub and equalises, then Cowie puts past his own keeper in the dying minutes to give us a Cup victory!!

Capital One Cup 3rd Round Draw:
Middlesbrough V Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Saturday 31st August 2013
Sky Bet Championship
Oakwell - Att:

Barnsley ... 2 ... V ... 3 ... Middlesbrough

Scorers:
Jutkiewicz (42, 56), Carayol (65)

Finally grabbed the first league win of the season and it was about time, Barnsley shocking in defence giving away 3 penalties, though the Juke only scored 2 of them!

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Table



PotM
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Albert Adomah
Out of a poor month Adomah stood out with some great play, 3 goals and 2 assists for the Ghanaian

August Overview

Not a great start to the season, only 1 win in 5 games! The squad is starting to gel now and there are signs of some fight and work ethic building, but a few wins are needed now or it could be a long season

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Under 18 Team


Results

Friendly
14-08-2013

Rushall U18 ...2... V ...4... Middlesbrough U18
Johnson
Robinson (2)
Davies

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Group 1 North
17-08-2013

Bolton U18 ...0... V ...2... Middlesbrough U18
Ogar
Johnson

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Group 1 North
24-08-2013

Middlesbrough U18 ... 1 ... V ... 2 ... Man City U18
Robinson

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Group 1 North
31-08-2013

Liverpool U18 ...1... V ...2... Middlesbrough U18
Jowers (2)

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YPoM


Oscar Robinson
Brilliant stuff from the Youngster, 9 goals in 3 games for the U18s and U21s, including 5 in one game. Let's hope that he scores like this once he is in the first team.

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Club News

Oscar Robinson becomes youngest Boro player When he came on as a sub during the game against Rotherham, aged 16 and 143 Days

Buttner joins on loan after Bertrand deal falls through

Boro close to signing Maxi Rodriguez, Christian Chivu and Cacau, but wage demands prove too much

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Top Transfer Deadline Deals

NAME	FROM	TO	FEE
Ander Hererra	Atletic Bilbao	Arsenal	14.5m
Ever Banega	Valencia	Shaktar	12.25m
Nolan Roux	Lille	Lyon	6m

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September Fixtures

Yeovil
Burnley
Wigan
Wolves LC
Millwall


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[thokazu]

what's your tactics with boro? I'm a boro fan, currently using a 4-2DM-3-1 with boro in the first season. hasnt play much recently as I was occupied with my kiel save.

would follow this story and hope you get boro up soon.

similar to you, i release most of the staff and hire my own set.
sold williams - he has a release clause at 6mil, so i offered him to clubs at tat price.
sold parnaby as well.
But I kept smallwood. he is one of the more consistent players for me.

Keep track of jordan jones, he is already in and out of my first team and scoring.

 

[robbieboro82]

what's your tactics with boro? I'm a boro fan, currently using a 4-2DM-3-1 with boro in the first season. hasnt play much recently as I was occupied with my kiel save.

would follow this story and hope you get boro up soon.

similar to you, i release most of the staff and hire my own set.
sold williams - he has a release clause at 6mil, so i offered him to clubs at tat price.
sold parnaby as well.
But I kept smallwood. he is one of the more consistent players for me.

Keep track of jordan jones, he is already in and out of my first team and scoring.

------------------------Steele--------------------

-----------------Placide --------Ayala-------------
Richardson --------------------------------Buttner

------------------------Diarra-----------------------

------------------------Zuculini---------------------

Adomah ------------------------------------Carayol

---------------Jutkiewicz ------Kamara--------------

Thats the way I usually play, with settings to Attacking and Fluid, but it doesn't seem to be working well lately, though my next update my results have improved.

Williams was just complaining all the time so 5m was good!

Got 2.3m for Smallwood which was needed to boost the coffers

The Youth Players I've signed are slightly better than the Boro Youth already here so will be bringing them through more

 

[richards8610]

this is well written, well layed out too, stick at it, my first season with boro was tough to start with but a few wins and your up at the top fighting for playoffs...hopefully

 

[robbieboro82]

this is well written, well layed out too, stick at it, my first season with boro was tough to start with but a few wins and your up at the top fighting for playoffs...hopefully

Thanks, appreciate the feedback!

It started tough, but finally starting to pick up points and climb the table

 

[robbieboro82]

September 2013


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Sky Bet Championship
14th September 2013
Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough 1 ... Yeovil Town 1 ...
Carayol (43)

Points dropped again at home, need to start winning fast or the season will slip away

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Sky Bet Championship
17th September 2013
Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough 5 ... Burnley 2 ...
Jutkiewicz (17, 50, 77) Emnes (61) Carayol (90)

Brought the Juke back into the starting line up and delivered a Hattrick, awesome stuff, hope we can keep it up now

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Sky Bet Championship
22nd September 2013
DW Stadium

Wigan 1 ... Middlesbrough 2 ...
Jutkiewicz (27) Radzionau (56)

Brilliant win, another from goal Lukas, starting to move up the table slowly

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Capital One Cup 3rd Round
24th September 2013
Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough 4 ... Wolves 1 ...
McCarey (og11) Jutkiewicz (23, 66) Carayol (65)

Fairly straightforward game, another two goals for Juke who is on fire at the minute.

Capital One Cup 4th Round Draw: Middlesbrough V Wigan Athletic

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Sky Bet Championship
28th September 2013
Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough 2 ... Millwall 3 ...
Jutkiewicz (59) Zuculini (74)

Nearly went the Month unbeaten, but this was a poor loss at home, need to do better and stay consistent

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Player of the Month
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Lukas Jutkiewicz

Had a fantastic Month after coming back into the First Team scoring 7 goals

League Table as of 1st October 2013

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So overall not a bad month despite the loss to Millwall, Jukes form has been stunning and I hope it continues, we are now slowly starting to climb the table



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[robbieboro82]

October 2013

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Sky Bet Championship
1st October 2013
King Power Stadium

Leicester 3 ... Middlesbrough 1 ...
Emnes (82)

Second defeat in a row, we are far too inconsistent. The board are already showing their discontent.

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Sky Bet Championship
5th October 2013
Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough 2 Derby County 1
Jutkiewicz (2, 45)

Back to winning ways with a brace from the Juke, I'd be lost without him right now. He has earned himself a call up by Poland and he's decided to play for them

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Sky Bet Championship
19th October 2013
Bloomfield Road

Blackpool 1 ... Middlesbrough 3 ...
Buttner (9) Carayol (65, 67)

Great away win, Lovely goal by Alex Buttner on loan from Man Utd and a brace from Carayol

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Sky Bet Championship
25th October 2013
Vicarage Road

Watford 2 ...Middlesbrough 3 ...
Jutkiewicz (25, 32) Torres (69)

Despite starting to play well lately, the media suggested that this could be Karanka's last game if we lost. Thankfully we narrowly won 3-2 with the Man of the Moment again grabbing a brace.

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Capital One Cup 4th Round
29th October 2013
Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough 4 ... Wigan Athletic 2 ...
Radzionau (47, 72) Robinson (78) Placide (81)

Dominated the game and was nice to see Radzionau grab 2 goals after a difficult start to his Boro career. Was a great moment for Oscar Robinson as he grabbed a goal 12 mins from time and looked like he could have great potential.

Capital One Cup QF Draw: Newcastle United V Middlesbrough


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Player of the Month

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Lukas Jutkiewicz

Had another fantastic Month, seriously don't know where we would be without his goals, 4 goals in 5 games

League Table as of 1st November

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Bad start to the month but then won 4 in a row to start creeping back up the table, good win against Wigan sends us into the Capital One Cup Quarters against our local rivals Newcastle.

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November 2013

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Sky Bet Championship
2nd November 2013
Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough 2 ... Ipswich Town 1...
Ayala (64) Placide (83)

Home win with both central defenders getting on the scoresheet the young Frenchman Placide is starting to show some real quality

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Sky Bet Championship
9th November 2013
Madejski Stadium

Reading 1 ... Middlesbrough 2 ...
Ledesma (45) Radzionau (69)

Brilliant away win against a strong reading side, the march continues with a 6th straight win

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Sky Bet Championship
23rd November 2013
Loftus Road

QPR 1 ... Middlesbrough 1 ...
Radzionau (70)

Should have won but gave away a silly goal with 10 mins to go, still a good point away from home

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Sky Bet Championship
30th November 2013
Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough 3 ... Bournemouth 1 ...
Emnes (29) Francis o.g (42) Kamara (87)

Simple win to round off the month and now has us sitting in the Playoff places finally. Can we keep it going?

Player of the Month

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Daniel Ayala

Some great moments from the on loan Spanish Defender, especially the 2 important goals he has scored

League Table as of 1st December
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First month Undefeated, now starting to play like promotion candidates. Nice to see some of the youngsters starting to make an impact​

 

[robbieboro82]

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December 2013

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Great game of football but terrible defending, but Daniel Ayala continues to impress with 2 goals. We need to sort this leaky defence out!!

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Terrible defending again!!! But at least we can score goals, much more entertaining! Stunning strike from Jutkiewicz on 20 mins and then a Penalty at the death to rescue a point for us!

Steele
Gibson Ayala
Richardson Annan Buttner
Zuculini
Abomah Carayol
Jutkiewicz Robinson

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3rd draw in a row, was a difficult game as both sides neutralised each other

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AMAZING!!!!!! Juke missed a penalty early in the game and when Remy scored I really thought that was it!! Que a stunning comeback lead by the 16 year old Oscar Robinson!! Tore them to shreds in the last 20 minutes!! Sets up a Semi Final with Manchester United!! GULP!!

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What a come down after the Newcastle game, only positive was Oscar Robinson starting to look better each game.

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Very poor game and performance, only 2 wins in 8, need a win before the pressure starts building again!

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Important win and a clean sheet, finally!! Great goal by Robinson before half time to cap a fantastic month for the 16 Year Old.

Player of the Month

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Oscar Robinson
4 Goals this month, but he mainly gets it for leading the fight in the 3-1 win over our rivals Newcastle


League Table as of 1st January 2014

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Goal of the Month

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Stunning strike in off the bar to give Boro the lead

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World Cup Draw
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World Club Cup
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Bayern Munich 0... V ...1 Athletic Miniero



FIFA Ballon d'Or
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Lionel Messi wins for a fifth Straight year, Ronaldo 2nd and Juan Mata 3rd, how long before one of my youngStars is up for the nomination?

Dispatches
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English Premiership

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European Tables

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[robbieboro82]

Finally got it sorted, only took about 4 hours as it kept crashing!!

Any feedback would be appreciated, any advice on the layout or things you would like to see?

 

[Mahoney85]

u ve done it all so far. Perhaps a list of top 10 goalscorers in championship

 

[Conn]

awesome work!
i cnat wait for the next part to come out!

 

[robbieboro82]

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January 2014

Players In
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Pablo Aimar - Darul Takzim - 50k

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Lucio - FC Groningen - 75k

Two vastly experienced players, world class players in their day. Getting on a bit now but hopefully they will be able to handle life in the English second tier.

Players Out

Emmanuel Ledesma 1.2m

Wasn't getting anywhere near the first team consistently enough, 1.2m was easy to tempt me to sell

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Results

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ARSENAL ... 1 ... MIDDLESBROUGH ... 0 ...

Defeat to start the year off, but it was Arsenal!!

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MANCHESTER UTD ... 5 ... MIDDLESBROUGH ... 3 ...

SO UNLUCKY!!! Went 3-0 down and we were as good as finished, until we pulled it back to 3-3, only for us to throw it away and lose 5-3. Will take an epic effort to beat them by 2 goals in the 2nd leg

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HUDDERSFIELD ... 1 ... MIDDLESBROUGH ... 3 ...

Great away win to bounce back from 2 defeats to big teams

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MIDDLESBROUGH ... 5 ... DONCASTER ROVERS ... 1 ...

Crashing the goals in now, biggest win of the season, ****** off we conceded again tho, can we not keep a clean sheet

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NOTTINGHAM FOREST ... 2 ... MIDDLESBROUGH ... 4 ...

Superb away win with a fantastic Jutkiewicz hat-trick, 3 wins on the bounce is moving us up the table

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MIDDLESBROUGH ... 0 ... MANCHESTER UTD ... 0 ...

Well we kept a clean sheet but could not get the breakthrough and we will miss out on a Cup final this year. Man Utd go on to Play Norwich City in the Final

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MIDDLESBROUGH ... 0 ... BARNSLEY ... 0 ...

Two clean sheets in a row, but also two games without scoring, hope things aren't drying up

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Player of the Month
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Lukas Jutkiewicz
That man again, banging them in this season, 5 in 7 for January

Manager of the Month
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Transfer Deadline Deals
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Alessandro Florenzi - Roma to FCP - 17m
Fabio Coentrao - Real Madrid to Monaco - 16.5m
Nicolas Otamendi - FCP to Man Utd - 13m
Milan Badelj - HSV to Man Utd - 12.5m









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[robbieboro82]

February 2014

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Results

YEOVIL TOWN ...1 MIDDLESBROUGH ...2
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Goal on his debut from Aimar, controlled the game and won MoM award

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BURNLEY ...0 MIDDLESBROUGH ...2
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Another important away win to keep the Promotion hopes alive. Lucio is looking class in the centre of defence

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MIDDLESBROUGH ... 0 LEEDS UNITED ...3
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SHOCKED!!! GUTTED!!!

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MIDDLESBROUGH ... 2 WIGAN ATHLETIC ... 1
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Big win after the Leeds loss, the Belarusian grabbing a brace

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MILLWALL ...3 MIDDLESBROUGH ...2
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Bad day at the office, hope this result doesn't ruin our chances of going up! Aimar continues to impress though!

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Player of the Month
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Pablo Aimar
Come in and has had a big impact already, looked quality even in the defeats



Table Unavailable until April










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[robbieboro82]

March 2014
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Youth Intake
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Only 2 players coming through this year have any quality and both are Spanish, let's hope my hours of scouting other players will unearth some gems.


Players Coming In
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Have these players coming in at the end of the season, very excited about the 2 Croats coming in and Ibarrondo looks like he will be top class. Found a 26 year old Brazilian who had scored 17 in 18 for Tigres do Brasil and looked like good value at a meagre 60k (he has now been called up for the full Portugal squad)

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Results

DERBY COUNTY ...3 MIDDLESBROUGH ...3
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Dropped 2 vital points with sloppy defending four minutes from time

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MIDDLESBROUGH ...4 LEICESTER CITY ...2
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After going one down, we produced a great performance to win 4-2

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MIDDLESBROUGH ... 4 BLACKPOOL ...1
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Aimar's form continues with a double against a weak Blackpool side

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MIDDLESBROUGH ... 2 WATFORD 1
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Robinson grabs a vital first goal and Placide scores to ensure victory

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MIDDLESBROUGH ...1 READING 1
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Rather boring game, lucky to come away with a point

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IPSWICH TOWN ...2 MIDDLESBROUGH ... 2
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Yet more points dropped with a goal conceded 2 mins from time

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BOURNEMOUTH ... 3 MIDDLESBROUGH 5
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Awesome win, 2 more from Aimar and 2 from Carayol and we close the gap on the top teams

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Player of the Month
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Pablo Aimar
Another brilliant month 6 goals in 7 games

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Overall a quality month with only 4 points dropped!! Into the Final full month of the season, let's see where Boro and Karanka end the month of April










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