Boro's plight paints sorry picture

FANS of Newcastle, Sunderland and Hull City are in for a torrid afternoon this Sunday, as their respective teams try to avoid relegation to the Championship. Middlesbrough, on the other hand are all but gone, and for English football on the whole, their demise paints a sad picture.

In an era where looking abroad seems the obvious answer to any problem, Boro’ continue to look a little closer to home. In Steve Gibson they have a young, English Chairman, who would do anything for the club he has supported since he was a boy. Gareth Southgate will be the first to admit that he has made some mistakes, but ultimately, he is a young manager that has tried to do things the right way, and his time will come.

On the pitch, few clubs, if any, can field as many home-grown players as Boro’, and it is probably this lack of experience that has cost them in the end. The town is one of the poorest in the country, which is often a factor in the high number of empty seats on view at the Riverside, and it will be hit hard by relegation.

Let’s just hope that, for the sake of English football, Gibson, Southgate and co can regroup and head for the dizzy heights of the Premier League in the next few years; if anybody deserves a second chance, it’s Boro’.