David McGoldrick

[Champagneblade]

Love Didzy. But if the mantra is to bring on youth, then this is the type of decision you make. You can occasionally make exceptions e.g. Sharp was still top scorer, is club captain and heavily contributed.

But we have N’Diaye, Brewster, Jebbison, Osula and Lankshear. If you want these lads to develop then some of the older ones need to get out of the way.

Look at N’Diaye. He developed tremendously with a run of games. If Didzy had been fit, then would he have got his chance?

Low risk signing for Wilder, though another squad spot filled and wage added. Wish him well. But not in line with giving these lads, who are talented in their own right, a pathway.

 

[BigBed]

Aslong as he doesnt score against us, then all the best to Didzy!
If he can still play at 34 after tearing his thigh, then good on him.
I'll happily give him a clap on his return to the lane, whoever's shirt he has on!

 

[Grappler]

Does anyone have a league 1 guide for next season that's were we are heading, can't even get a stray cat through the door and let didzy leave. Joke of South Yorkshire now in my eyes

Not while we have our neighbours in S6, with their rusting shit heap of a ground, book fiddling and getting caught, points deduction, and all their deluded fans, many still waiting for the season ticket money back.

We might not be perfect, but one look across the city will tell you who the big fucking joke around here is.

But you already knew that, surely.............

 

[S64 Blade]

I don’t know why people are worried. If Wilder is putting all his promotion eggs in the Didsy basket, I think we have little to fear. If he’s not, then it’s unlikely he’ll get into any rhythm to make an impact.

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

Better than McBurnie?

Yes of course

However they are Both the two top scorers in the two seasons we had in the premier

Those are FACTS

 

[Antonb]

I just dont understand how anyone can be happy about this!

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

I loved watching McGoldrick play, and sad to see him leave, but at 34 after a serious injury, and with a career of injuries, this was the right decision.

It might come back to bite us on the arse, but chances are it won't.

GLTTL

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

This is like when you dump your Cougar because you know she's getting on and you can do better.
It still hurts though when she ends up shagging someone you know that's your age.

About this cougar, is she single..?

 

[HeySethUTB]

He’s wilders Clayton Donaldson for Middlesbrough, experienced head, good character and will probably feature in games here or there. GLTTL. Great servant for the club and at times his close control and ability to bring others into the games was joy to behold. In front of goal not as lethal as he should have been. No doubt he’ll help Middlesbrough take a step closer to playoffs, but he has to stay fit.

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

Love Didzy. But if the mantra is to bring on youth, then this is the type of decision you make. You can occasionally make exceptions e.g. Sharp was still top scorer, is club captain and heavily contributed.

But we have N’Diaye, Brewster, Jebbison, Osula and Lankshear. If you want these lads to develop then some of the older ones need to get out of the way.

Look at N’Diaye. He developed tremendously with a run of games. If Didzy had been fit, then would he have got his chance?

Low risk signing for Wilder, though another squad spot filled and wage added. Wish him well. But not in line with giving these lads, who are talented in their own right, a pathway.

You are bang on but at what point do we become a youth team ?

It really should be as simple as is Didzy good enough to play for us , yes he would be our best forward when he is fit

The decision is even more baffling when we know MGW is going + Berge who is likely going which leaves us with one reliable striker Sharp who his self is 38 and has just been injured.

McGoldrick on his day is one of the best forwards in the league that's a FACT , to let him go is baffling especially with the current squad

 

[Bashamed]

Upsetting news

 

[HarryHaslam]

I don’t know why people are worried. If Wilder is putting all his promotion eggs in the Didsy basket, I think we have little to fear. If he’s not, then it’s unlikely he’ll get into any rhythm to make an impact.

Yes mate that’s exactly what he’s doing, all Wilders and Boro’s hopes for promotion are on 34 year old David McGoldricks shoulders. Promotion or bust with their new block buster signing, jeez….. can people not just understand what he will bring to Boro? On no doubt vastly reduced wages or even a pay as you play deal, he brings real quality to a team when he’s fit and tons of experience, even if just a squad player to come off the bench he will do a good job for them. He could certainly have done a job this season for us even as a squad player he will have come in handy and helped the young lads. I have seen people say Hecky helped turn around Brewster and got him playing better, wrong, it was McGoldrick who was basically coaching him at every opportunity after taking him under his wing, ask anyone at the club and they will tell you. He will be missed this season that is for sure.

 

[bertieblade]

fallowfield :- “McGoldrick on his day is one of the best forwards in the league that's a FACT , to let him go is baffling especially with the current squad”

Forwards score goals, that is a fact. He did not score many, another fact!

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

Forwards score goals, that is a fact. He did not score many, another fact!

He scored 8 in the premier league you absolute plonker the season we finished rock bottom

 

[bertieblade]

He scored 8 in the premier league you absolute plonker the season we finished rock bottom

and two last season, and to quote you :— you absolute plonker

 

[Champagneblade]

You are bang on but at what point do we become a youth team ?

It really should be as simple as is Didzy good enough to play for us , yes he would be our best forward when he is fit

The decision is even more baffling when we know MGW is going + Berge who is likely going which leaves us with one reliable striker Sharp who his self is 38 and has just been injured.

McGoldrick on his day is one of the best forwards in the league that's a FACT , to let him go is baffling especially with the current squad

I suppose we find out when the window closes.

I don't disagree with you especially on the MGW point of view. If we come the end of the window and we haven't properly replaced him and Sander has also gone then we'll be asking why we didn't keep McGoldrick as he could play in a number 10 or support striker role.

It's like sacking a manager. It may make sense the current guy leaving but depends on who is coming in. There were arguments Neil Warnock's time had come but if we knew Robson was the alternative I don't know many who wouldn't have stuck with Warnock.

Unfortunately we're not we'll run like Liverpool. Mane moves out but only in the knowledge his replacement has already arrived. We tend to figure it out, procrastinate, not spend and then the money just gets absorbed in club running costs.

Billy is 36 until February by the way, but I know this is a continuous theme you have going!

 

[Geordie Blade]

McGoldrick on his day is one of the best forwards in the league that's a FACT , to let him go is baffling especially with the current squad

Signing players based on how they play “on their day” is what gets clubs into trouble.

It’s the right decision. GLTLD.

 

[S64 Blade]

Yes mate that’s exactly what he’s doing, all Wilders and Boro’s hopes for promotion are on 34 year old David McGoldricks shoulders. Promotion or bust with their new block buster signing, jeez….. can people not just understand what he will bring to Boro? On no doubt vastly reduced wages or even a pay as you play deal, he brings real quality to a team when he’s fit and tons of experience, even if just a squad player to come off the bench he will do a good job for them. He could certainly have done a job this season for us even as a squad player he will have come in handy and helped the young lads. I have seen people say Hecky helped turn around Brewster and got him playing better, wrong, it was McGoldrick who was basically coaching him at every opportunity after taking him under his wing, ask anyone at the club and they will tell you. He will be missed this season that is for sure.

So you agree that he won’t play much and it won’t be an issue for us?

 

[coaxingstar71]

I think the issue for Didzy will be that it's well known one of the reasons he was plagued by injury at Ipswich was the travelling from where his family live in Nottingham and obviously when he played for us that was better for him.

Not sure how that will effect his decision if he's having to travel to Middlesbrough from Nottingham.

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

Signing players based on how they play “on their day” is what gets clubs into trouble.

It’s the right decision. GLTLD.

Not on his day he is, as shown the season before last

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

and two last season, and to quote you :— you absolute plonker

Because he was injured and for some baffling reason Slav didn't play him at the start of the season

 

[Need4speed]

One of the problems with his injuries while at Ipswich was him insisting on living in Nottingham and travelling to Ipswich If he goes to Middlesborough the same thing will happen

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

I suppose we find out when the window closes.

I don't disagree with you especially on the MGW point of view. If we come the end of the window and we haven't properly replaced him and Sander has also gone then we'll be asking why we didn't keep McGoldrick as he could play in a number 10 or support striker role.

It's like sacking a manager. It may make sense the current guy leaving but depends on who is coming in. There were arguments Neil Warnock's time had come but if we knew Robson was the alternative I don't know many who wouldn't have stuck with Warnock.

Unfortunately we're not we'll run like Liverpool. Mane moves out but only in the knowledge his replacement has already arrived. We tend to figure it out, procrastinate, not spend and then the money just gets absorbed in club running costs.

Billy is 36 until February by the way, but I know this is a continuous theme you have going!

Billy may be 36 but that's still a few years older than McGoldrick if Billy can still perform the McGoldrick definitely can

I'm all for moving on past it 30+ has beens but when you move on a player like McGoldrick your gonna be looking a long time for a player as good as him

I just find it a very strange decision that we didn't even offer him a one-year contract on recued terms

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

Because he was injured and for some baffling reason Slav didn't play him at the start of the season

I think the fact he was injured and likely to pick up more as he ages is the big influencer on letting him go.

IF we can replace with a younger player(s) and have more available to us (think of the number of unavailable injured players last season) especially with increased subs allowed, surely this improves us?

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Didzy is an absolute goat. Gutted hes been snapped up by a promotion rival

We don't have any promotion rivals

 

[HarryHaslam]

So you agree that he won’t play much and it won’t be an issue for us?

No I don’t agree, because I don’t know, he may play every game for all I know, injury permitting I’d expect him to play a lot of games either starting or from the bench. Why would it be an issue for us? He scores the goal in the play offs against us or something? Stranger things have happened but I’d expect he does a good enough job to help in some way in helping getting Boro in the play offs at least. Is that an issue for us, no because they will be there or there abouts with or without him imo. The bigger questions is could he have played a part in getting us in the play offs, imo yes he could have.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

It’s been written in the script. Didzy scores the winning goal in the playoffs final against…Guess who?

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

We don't have any promotion rivals

THAT'S EXACTLY THE SPIRIT WE NEED THIS SEASON, COYRAWWW!!!!

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

One of the problems with his injuries while at Ipswich was him insisting on living in Nottingham and travelling to Ipswich If he goes to Middlesborough the same thing will happen

This particular one wasn't......

 

[Toronto Blade]

Wilder is no fool he knows what Didzy can add to a dressing room. Wilder knows he can't perform for 90 minutes all season he will use him for the last 10 minutes as an impact player with defenders tiring.