MIddlesbrough Season Preview

Honestly I'm surprised that Gareth Southgate was not sacked last season. Good news for him, he's got a second chance, and not everyone gets a second chance.

Inconsistency is the team's middle's name. One day they beat chelsea, another they get thrashed 4-0 by portsmouth, Oh i even remember those days. Last season, smart move no.1 was Jonathan Woodgate, coming back to England and getting his career back. Middlesbrough finished 11th last time, not that bad, a little too good for relegation, but honestly they should be pushing for European football after appearing in the UEFA cup final the year before.

I like to see last season as beginners luck for Southgate, not screwing up to bad, but still underachieving, and this season, they will struggle like Charlton a few months back.

The promising signing award goes to Sanli Tuncay. He is another one of those FM game greats thriving to prove them self in reality.

But at the end of all the struggle, you know what, they are just too good to go down. Finishing near the bottom, safely, another year of under achievement.