We're at a Watershed ; Boro Facing Crucial Week Before the Window Shuts

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IT WAS Boro by numbers as the last match before the transfer window slams shut ended with booing. Bubbling Boro dominated territory and possession and spurned a string of sitters to seal victory against rock-bottom Preston - Marvin Emnes and Leroy Lita the culprits this week -then leaked the now obligatory late goal and dropped two precious points, an outcome that surprised only the wild- eyed optimists and the congenitally naive.

It was all so predictable: a turgid first half followed by a vividly-contrasting sizzling second; an imperious spell of total control by a confident team in full flow; some golden chances going begging; a penalty shout waved away; a sting in the tail as an out- classed Preston threw everything forward in a desperate final flurry that paid off as Boro's brittle back line suffered a catastrophic lapse.

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We're at a Watershed ; Boro Facing Crucial Week Before the Window Shuts

We know and expect all that. It is part of the team's DNA. After battering Bristol City 4-0 away last time out, the only real surprise is that Boro didn't lose. For all the positive signs of tentative inching progress under Tony Mowbray, the painful old frailties and frustrations per...

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