So much for the loyal boro fans. Get behind your team.­ Christ. Blame the shi players like Alves, not the­ manager or chief conman. Fans blame clubs for not­ bringing through youth, now its balmed for bringing­ youth through. Boro, Newcastle, Fulham, Wigan, etc.­ are bound to go down sometime. Support your team and­ get a season ticket, not just after "a sequence of­ winning matches away and­ at home". SUPPORT -­ look it up in the dictionary. FAN - look it up in the­ dictionary

Well done Mr Lamb for stating the absolute obvious­ !

This 'annual apolgy' does not repay the­ loyal fans who have turned up every week.

You were­ warned LAST year when a goal keeper and midfielder left­ that the side lacked experience. At the time I thought­ it may been a cost cutting exercise not to replace them­ - hindsight has shown once agin, that poor management­ is to blame.

The £12m Alves saga has remained a­ standing joke all year. That money could have better­ employed replacing the two experienced bods (who are­ still in the Premiership) instead of buying the clubs­ biggest ever financial flop

We're not called­ 'Battling Boro' for nothing. Perhaps we're­ battling with the management team IMHO?

Understandable and good arguments but the club is­ bigger than any of the players and we must stand by by­ OUR club. If money is an issue, its further­ understandable but dont let the likes of Lamb and­ Southgate - both of which should leave in my opinion,­ spoil your obvious passion for the Boro. Season tickets­ prices need to be reduced or I fear that a large­ percentage of good honest fans will simply pick and­ choose their games and, lets face it, there aren't­ many big ones.

You have hit the nail right on the head kht20. I also­ travelled 200 mile round trip with my Son, and was­ absolutely sick to death of hearing the same old­ rubbish being broadcast. I was pleased when the end of­ the season came and I didnt have to bother going up.
I­ work in the NHS as a professional and if I turned up at­ work and put in the poor effort that the majority of­ the players did, then I would have been sacked.
I will­ not be renewing either. My son is now 18 and goes to­ college but would still have to trump up £400 and­ myself also.
Until I see a winning mentality at the­ club and a forward thinking mamagement team, then I­ shall also keep my hard earned cash for myself.
The­ players that took us down in my opinion should be made­ to see out the rest of their contracts with a pay cut.

Well done Mr Lamb for being big enough to admit the­ mistakes, however what about an apology to the loyal­ fanbase who paid for season tickets either from their­ hard earned salaries and wages or took out loans and­ who turned up week after week to watch defeat after­ defeat or at best a draw. On various message boards­ including this one posting after posting put forward­ theis very argument that the team and indeed the­ manager was too inexperienced to survive. As to next­ season, I really do wish Boro well and hope they are­ promoted at the first attempt, but I will not be­ investing in a season ticket until I see the team­ string together a sequence of winning matches away and­ at home. I am sorry Messrs Gibson and Lamb, but my­ money stays in my pocket until then. Together with my­ son, I bought a ticket last year and travelled 140­ miles to watch each home game in good faith only to­ drive home after the match disillusioned and­ demoralised listening to Southgate trotting out the­ same platitudes each time about'couldn't fault­ the effort', 'lessons learned'. I too am­ sure a number of players will move on and some would­ say good riddance, but, if those who do move had an­ ounce of professional pride and even one thought for­ the supporters they would stay and fight to gain­ promotion and save their self respect, even if it did­ mean a cut in wages.