The current #boro situation with Carrick feels a lot like the final weeks of Karanka - a manager for whom many fans have a great deal of affection but who can’t stop the rot or show any flexibility from their favoured tactical system (which had worked so well the season before). Seems inevitable.

Iling-Junior promising, Morris superb, Hackney lively, Burgzorg growing with each game and Giles excellent (going forward) - but Ayling dire 2nd half, Edmundson has the mobility of a small caravan and the usual comedy defending. Even when we’re winning, watching #boro has felt the same all season…