Strachan’s Raid On Celtic Continues January 12, 2010
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Happy New Year!
What have I missed? Have we signed ‘the fat Ronaldo’ yet?
It seems that the excitement of the New Year transition at the Riverside has somewhat gone flat amongst the sledging and snow-ball throwing.
Gordon Strachan’s attempts at luring old pals from Scotland were short-lived as the bad weather intervened to scupper talks between officials at Middlesbrough and Celtic. I blame Keith Lamb for this one – his 16-year-old Volvo estate not up to the icy roads north of the border.
The Gary Caldwell saga continues. Will we or won’t we be buying the central defender? Who knows! It doesn’t look good when another team, especially one from the Premier League, starts sniffing around the 27-year-old. To be honest though, who would you rather play for: Wigan or Middlesbrough?
Don’t hold your breath about Boro signing exciting players this month. We are about to be turned into a refuge home for players that are in transition from their peak playing days who want to play to pay for their retirement home in Spain. It will get that way, I promise.
Adam Johnson and Mark Yeates are currently our most energetic players, get used to it because there won’t be anyone in the same mould as these two coming through the gates any time soon.
All we can hope for is that AJ stays and Gordon gets his hand on a defender, midfielder and a striker with a beard. The latter being able to score goals.
So, let’s get this straight. Amidst all the transfer rumours we are apparently locked in talks with Gary Caldwell, Barry Robson, Chris Killen and Willo Flood.
Should Caldwell see past the potential relegation dogfight at Wigan, we should have a quartet of Celtic lads hooking up with the Boro squad tomorrow. It could be an interesting trip to Sheffield on Saturday.
Here is a thought for all you Riverside Revolution’ lovers. What about Gordon Strachan bringing Mido back into the frame? Would our Scottish lion tamer bring the Egyptian back to reality. It could be a stroke of genius getting him back in the Boro side.
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Strachan’s New Year Boro Defence December 18, 2009
Posted by stuart in Gary Caldwell, Middlesbrough, celtic.Tags: Boro, Boro Brick Road, celtic, Follow The Boro Brick Road, Gareth Southgate, Gary Caldwell, Gordon Strachan, Middlesbrough
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With rumours hotting up as we approach the January transfer window, I take a look at the reasoning behind the Gary Caldwell link.
It was not surprising that Gordon Strachan would be linked with moves for Celtic payers, after all he did spend four seasons in his homeland in charge of the green and white half of Glasgow. So when Caldwell was mentioned it became clear that Strachan might be tempted to bring in players that he knows a lot about.
Gary Caldwell is very experienced and at the age of 27, still has a few more years left playing. Would Caldwell move over the boarder to Teesside though and would he sacrifice playing in Europe to potentially play in the Championship next season? It’s one question that only he can answer but for me this could be a very strong possibility.
Now then, where would he play? And who will miss out on a place at the back? I think, despite the rumoured bust-up between St Ledger and Strachan, that the Boro boss wants to strengthen the defence so we might see Sean play at right-back in the New Year, a position he has excelled at for the Republic of Ireland. This will make way for Caldwell, who Strachan will look to for leadership skills – someone in the back four that will marshal and lead the side. We have missed someone who can organise the defence ever since Gareth Southgate hung up his boots.
So there you have it, Strachan could reshuffle the Boro defence to unveil a new look back four for the New Year.
What do you think?
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