Has? Has?! He's 29 and coming back from a devastating injury. At best he has the potential to be a serviceable Premiership striker. To do that though he has to pull his finger out of his arse and up with work ethic.

Why the hell was this kid asking for Taylor's autograph?! He was, and remains, pants.

The Boro vs Fulham game tonight was interesting. Boro's team is full of academy players, a lot of whom didn't look up to it. They're getting the full season though to prove themselves, which is nice....if a little risky. As for Kane - is he any good?

Matteo and Gray bloated in the reserves (Gray's probably only recently just come back to match fitness). I've never seen anyone rot though, agreed.

Bingo, utterly unprofessional. Which, ironically, is the argument of many of his supporters - he's seeing out a contract he signed. As I said earlier, there was a rather large argument on my row last night concerning Neill's action. A father and son duo who have never booed Neill before, though they're not impressed with his defending - but that's another story, declared that they would be doing so from now on. Fair enough, I say. I'm starting to fear Hughes has lost it y'know. Sure he has several injury problems, but the lack of commitment on the field is shocking. What's worse, he comes out in every post match interview saying we played well. Now whilst I'm not asking for public condemnation of underperformers, I wouldn't mind him admitting every now and again that the team isn't quite up to the task and needs to work harder for each other. Super Andy Todd? The man that came on against Newcastle and immediately showed more resolve and passion than we've seen from the rest of the team all season? That's alright by me then.

If that's the best we have to offer, they might as well close the academy now. Gallagher, Derbyshire Sergio and Jay are all twenty and above yet still have a long way to go, if indeed they'll ever make it. Nolan wasn't much better. Gallagher and Jay aside, they're all far too slight with not enough football skill to play at the top flight. Tugay is a perfect example - if you're going to lose out physically you have to be exceptional on the ball.

He put it in the back of the net, ran the length of the pitch, cupped his hand to those that had been booing him (as they were all cheering) and then proceeded to tell them where to go. Cue more arguments in the Jack Walker. As the guys next to me said, they've never booed him before, but after that petulant act they will now. Fair play if you ask me, he's meant to be a professional. As for the game, absolutely dire once again. If Nancy could finish they'd have been out of sight.

Well worth going then, about time the kids got a start.

They'd win a lot of supporters if they simply worked harder. More than half of Benni's offsides are down to him not bothering to get himself back onside. Neither defends from the front either - one of Dickov's more admirable qualities. I'm not even going to mention the complete lack of pace.

4-5-1, gentlemen (and ladies), it's the future. We need points and we need them now - there's no point trying (and failing) to play football when you don't have the team to do it (be it through a lack of activity in the transfer window, the reluctance to drop underperforming players, or indeed injuries). It's sad to see, but this season is about survival right now. Bring back Mokoena into the spoiler role and let's grind out some results.

Pace costs money, something we lack.

With the way these takeovers are going, I'd imagine they'd put in a cheeky bid.

The superior Bourne franchise.

I'm not paying that lot £30 this year. They rip off all the away fans (£35 a ticket for Citeh - ludicrous). Plus I'm still not over the free pies scandal.

And for all those Carolina Panther fans (....just me then ). Almost team I support has laid down and died within 24 hours (The Oakland Athletics are on their offseason, otherwise I'm sure they'd have followed suit). It's days like this where I hate sport. As for the game, well by the sounds of it they fully deserved it. Once again we failed to turn up and the front two were non-existant.

F#cking disgraceful. Absolute pathetic result.

We're going to lose this.

If only we could score. Our front two don't put enough away.

This Carson lad sounds pretty useful.

3 & 3 for me too, and I wholeheartedly agree, red and black halves should be a fixture for the away kit.

Threadbare back line that. A win is looking less likely now.

I thought Bentley had some neat touches and, most importantly, looked to simply keep possession. He's a long way away from claiming the Tugay role, but I agree, he flashed the potential on Saturday.

Benni or Shefki - it's not a difficult choice really. I agree with Joey, Nonda is the far superior player, but the sheer size and work ethic of Shefki is missed, especially off the bench.

Isn't he scoring again, albeit in the Championship. As for SWP being better than Bellamy, well I'm inclined to agree - especially when you factor in personality and proneness to injury.

Too much, and yes, they're a selling club.