-Mendieta is good but not the player he was. If he was truly that good Lazio would never have let him go, or more to the point Barcelona would have signed him after he went on loan there. He wasn't even in the Spanish squad for Euro 2004 when he would've been an almost certain starter 2-3 years ago, so that tells you something. - LAZIO LET HIM GO BECAUSE THEY ARE THE LEEDS OF ITALY, HOW DID DAVIDS DO AT BARCA? SURLY THEY SHOULD HAVE SIGNED HIM ASWELL? SPAIN SHOULD HAVE TAKEN MENDI TO PORTUGAL, HE WAS A NUMBER OF PLAYERS THAT SHOULD HAVE GONE BUT DIDNT.
-We were never linked with anyone who would be an unrealistic target for this club. When Robson was in charge all I ever read about was him being 'interested' in signing god only knows how many players *that were beyond Middlesbrough's means* - Man United get linked with a ton of players but they can buy almost anyone because they're a huge club...examples off the top of my head include the De Boer brothers (when they were still at Ajax and could've moved to any club in Europe), Sol Campbell, Kluivert (again when he had the pick of teams in Europe), Shevchenko, and I'm pretty sure at one point he might've mentioned Zidane
The point is he made himself look like a prat by even thinking they would ever go near Middlesbrough. - DE BOER INTREST CAME JUST BEFORE RANGERS MOVED IN. WE HAVE NEVER INQUIRED ABOUT SOL CAMPBELL SO THAT NY FRIEND IS PAPER TALK AS IS SHEVCHENKO. KLUIVERT TURNED US DOWN AS WANTS TO PLAY IN LONDON, YOU ARE MAKING UP ZIDANE JUST SO YOUR PARAGRAPH LOOKS BIGGER. WE WOULD LOVE HIM TO COME HERE BUT WE COULDNT AFFORD HIM & HAVE NEVER ATTEMPTED TO SIGN HIM.
-If you think I'm jealous of Middlesbrough you must be on a different planet. NOPE JUST A DIFFERENT POSTAL AREA
-Bryan Robson - a mini Chelsea years before Abramovich came along. Threw money at a team and hoped some of it stuck. Won nothing. Eventually got found out. His fantastic management skills sure worked at Bradford this season didn't they? - ROBSON THREW NO MONEY INTO THIS CLUB,HE HELPED TURN US FROM A MEDIOKER OLD 1ST DIV CLUB INTO A RESPECTABLE MIDTABLE PREMIERSHIP TEAM. WE SACKED HIM DUE TO THE FACT HE DOESNT KNOW WHEN TO US SUBSTITUTES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BORO NOT BRADFORD SO THAT HAS NO RELIVANCE
-Juninho - wow, the Umbro Cup
Seriously, he had a good season when he first arrived (lord knows why he did, I'll never understand it) but then his form dipped. Sold, broke his leg, couldn't get a regular place in a team back home, came back still good but not the player he once was.- UMBRO CUP MENTIONED AS THATS WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO LIGHT WITHIN THE ENGLISH GAME, WE BEAT OFF ARSENAL TO SIGN HIM. HIS FORMED DIPPED B4 WE SOLD HIM???? THE GUY GOT PIPPED BY ZOLA FOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A DIP IN FORM? HE WAS SOLD OUT OF RESPECT & FINANCIAL REASONS, WE GOT A GOOD OFFER & WITH WORLD CUP COMING UP HE NEED TO BE IN A TOP DIVISION TO GET NOTICED, HE UNFORTUANTLY BROKE HIS LEG AND MISSED OUT. WHEN CAME ON LOAN ROBSON PLAYED HIM OUT OF POSITION. LAST SEASON HE WAS OUR SECOND TOP SCORER. PLEASE DO NOT KNOCK THIS GUY AS HE IS QUALITY AND HE HAS A HEART THAT IS F**KIN BREATHING BORO EVERY TIME HE PULLS ON THAT SHIRT. THE GUY IS COMMITTED & IM HAPPY WITH THAT.
-Ravenelli - booted out of Juventus as part of their revolving door of strikers in the late 90s. Lasted just over a season, mainly because of the fantastic paypacket he was picking up. - SO WHAT HE STILL CAME HERE THEREFORE DEAFEATING YOUR OPINION
-Merson - good player but you can't honestly tell me he would slot into a major European team. HE DID - ARSENAL, WE GOT HIM WHICH SHOCKED PEOPLE AS THEY THOUGHT HE WOULDNT COME HERE BUT HE DID.
-Emerson - came for the money, lost interest in the 2nd half of the season, sold. - WENT AWOL DUE TO HIS WIFE BEING A BITCH, WAS STILL PLAYING FOR US THE FOLLOWING YEAR
-Southgate - booted out of Villa as part of Deadly Doug's annual costcutting. Not the player he once was but still a decent defender. Best years are behind him though. - HAD THE CHOICE OF CLUBS AS HAD PLENTY OF OFFERS, HE CHOOSE US
-Ince - see Southgate, replace Villa with Liverpool and costcutting with managerial fallout.- SEE SOUTHGATE COMMENTS
-Gascoigne - please. The man is and has been for years a walking joke. Besides which we had him last season so don't be so proud
- WE HAD HIM '97,98 & '99 HE WAS STILL A GOOD PLAYER AND WOULD HAVE BEEN A LEGEND FOR US IF HOODLE HADNT HAVE DROPPED HIM FROM WORLD CUP SQUAD, THAT IS WHAT EVENTUALLY DESTROYED GAZZA.
-Geremi - loan signing, doesn't really count. Could've come back but showed how much he liked the place by signing for Chelsea. - ACTUALLY SHOWED HOW MUCH HE LIKED MONEY BY SIGNING FOR CHELSEA, HE MAY HAVE BEEN ON LOAN BUT HE HAD OTHER OPTIONS I.E CHELSEA TRYED TO GET HIM BUT HE CHOOSE US THEN WENT TO THEM FOR THE MONEY.
-Boksic - as before with Ravenelli, except Ravanelli wasn't a broken down cripple. Has flashes of his old self but time and injuries pretty much destroyed him as a player. - POINT WAS HE WAS DEEMED A WORLD CLASS PLAYER WHO WOULDNT GO TO A SMALL TOWN LIKE BORO BUT HE DID. WISH HE HADNT THOUGH (MONEY WAS FACTOR HE CAME HERE)
-World class, i.e. someone who could play for any team in the world. Dunno why you mention Wolves cause it's not about us, the last world class player we had was probably Billy Wright back in the 50s. Mendieta used to be very good, but he isn't the player he was. Zidane isn't world class? Nedved? Raul? Ayala? Shevchenko? Maldini? The list could go on. - ZIDANE ISNT WORLD CLASS IN MY OPINION BUT BY YOUR DEFO OF WORLD CLASS THEN THE PLAYERS YOU MENTIONED ARE, RAUL HASNT DONE ANYTHING OTHER THAN PLAY GOOD CLUB FOOTBALL WHAT AS HE DONE IN MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TOURNIMENTS? AYALA & SHEVCHENKO ARE THE SAME. AFTER EURO 2004 NEDVED IS ON HIS WAY AND MALDINI CAN BE ADDED TO MY ORIGINAL LIST
-Zenden isn't your player, he's Chelsea's and he knew he wouldn't get a game this season if he hadn't moved somewhere. Doriva isn't all that - Roque Jnr is a world cup winner as well, and he didn't exactly set the world on fire at Leeds did he?- AGAIN ZENDEN HAD OPTIONS BUT HE CHOSE TO COME TO US OTHER THAN OTHER CLUBS. DORIVA IS A WORK HORSE, HE DOES A GOOD IN PRIMIERSHIP WHEN CALLED UPON UNLIKE ROQUE JNR. I MENTIONED DORIVA AS WAS UNSURE AS TO YOUR DEFONITION OF WORLD CLASS.