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Hurray! Forget the World Cup. Real football is back: mighty Boro. 
The squad stepped up their pre-season preparations in Austria this week with a run-out against Sturm Graz and on Tuesday Tony Pulis takes Boro for the first domestic friendly at Spennymoor.
But what are friendlies for? What do managers expect? Do they want to see their team winning games or just get fitness levels up?
And what do fans expect? Do they want emphatic victory and to go away entertained and convinced of inevitable impending glory or just to break the cold turkey sweats of a matchless summer? 
Are friendlies ever any good? Whatever happened to the high-profile glamour games of the early Riverside days? Which players really caught the eye in pre-season? Or got crocked? And which glamour game did Untypicalboro take his wife to on their first date? 
Join the lads in the latest Tripe Supper as they shake off the ring-rust with a low-key chat about friendlies.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Fixtures! And a lot of transfer talk!
It's been a busy week for Boro - at least it has by pre-season standards.
We can all start to plot the path to promotion after Thursday's fixture release.
But what will the Boro squad look like come the start of the season? There's been a lot of transfer talk in the last seven days, including various Paddy McNair developments and both Aden Flint and Ramiro Funes Mori being linked with moves to Teesside.
What does the centre-half speculation mean for Ben Gibson? And where does Dael Fry fit in?
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When Gareth Southgate was sacked as Middlesbrough manager in 2009, it would have been hard to imagine that within a decade he'd be leading England into a World Cup.
Especially considering he hasn't had a club job since his Boro exit.
But the ex-Boro captain and boss has done a solid job in charge of the national side so far and is now looking to guide the Three Lions into the knockout stages - at least - in Russia.
So nine years on from his Riverside departure, how is Southgate remembered at Boro?
Should he have been appointed? Should he have been sacked? And what has he learnt since?
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The World Cup was at one time an ideal opportunity for Boro to scout world stars and make audacious bids for global names.
Tony Pulis is much more likely to stay closer to home as he shapes his squad this summer, with the manager no doubt keen on making a transfer breakthrough in the coming weeks.
Transfers and the World Cup both crop up in the latest Tripe Supper Boro podcast.
And the lads talk kits. What's your favourite Boro shirt of the last couple of decades? And which player does each kit remind you of?
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Speculation season is in full swing and Boro have already made one signing this summer - Adrian Bevington, the club's new head of recruitment operations.
So what will be the recruitment priorities for Tony Pulis and his backroom team on the pitch this summer as the manager looks to put his own stamp on the side?
Dominic Shaw is joined by writers Anthony Vickers and Philip Tallentire and Boro season ticket holder Chris Garbutt to talk transfers in this week's podcast.
The lads discuss the appointment of Bevington and what Pulis will look to change in the weeks ahead this summer.
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It's the Middlesbrough end of season awards - with a bit of a difference.
Dominic Shaw is joined by Philip Tallentire, Anthony Vickers and Chris Garbutt in this week's Tripe Supper to look back on Boro's 2017/18 campaign and to dish out the awards.
The lads discuss the best away day, the surprise of the season, the #Limbs moment and the players who have enjoyed or endured a complete transformation in fortunes over the course of the campaign. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Boro are facing up to the reality of a second season in the Championship.
Promotion hopes were ended at Villa Park as Boro were dumped out of the play-offs by Steve Bruce's organised side.
Dominic Shaw, Philip Tallentire and Anthony Vickers got the mic rolling the morning after to reflect on the disappointment and look ahead to what is a crucial summer.
How will the season be remembered?
What are Tony Pulis's priorities in the months ahead?
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The play-offs are upon us.
Boro host Aston Villa in the semi-final first leg at the Riverside on Saturday before heading for Villa Park three days later.
Dominic Shaw is joined by Philip Tallentire and season card holder Chris Garbutt to preview the game and discuss the various talking points, including Pulis revealing his team more than 24 hours before the game and Adama Traore coming up against his former side.
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Suddenly the play-offs are upon us and Middlesbrough’s Wembley destiny will be decided on Tuesday night at Villa Park.
So how are Boro looking as they head into Saturday’s first leg at the Riverside? Can we take heart from their last gasp fifth-place sealing
draw at Ispwich or be worried that they twice went behind to a team with nothing to play for? Should Boro’s stoppage time goalscoring hero Patrick Bamford start up front against Aston Villa at the weekend or should Tony Pulis name an unchanged XI for the third successive game?
And what about the ticket allocations for away supporters for both semi-finals? Is it fair that both clubs will be backed by just 2,000
of their own supporters on the road, meaning many loyal fans miss out on one of the biggest games of the season?
Philip Tallentire was joined by his fellow Gazettelive reporter Anthony Vickers and season card holder Chris Garbutt to debate those
questions and a couple of other play-off-related topics in the latest Tripe Supper Podcast. So listen now to find out what they had to say. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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And breathe.
Middlesbrough have nailed down their play-off place but, before addressing their semi-final, they must safely dispose of Ipswich Town.
Should Tony Pulis use that match to rest a few tired players? After all, it's been a long, hard season and no doubt one or two individuals
will be feeling a niggle or two. That, and a couple of other topical issues were debated in the latest Middlesbrough FC Tripe Supper Podcast.
Host Philip Tallentire is joined by Anthony Vickers and season ticket holder Chris Garbutt, They also discuss the post Millwall pitch invasion and which team would be best to play in the play-offs.
They also reflect on the news that the EFL clubs will vote on the
future of matchday programmes in the summer. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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