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FRUSTRATED: Hellberg DESPITE FALLING to defeat, Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg described his side’s display as a ‘big step forward,’ but still bemoaned ‘weak defending.’ Boro took a deserved early lead as Jeremy Sarmiento marked his first league start since signing permanently with a well-taken goal. But after enduring a frustrating...
By Andy Mitchell WALSALL goalkeeper Jed Ward was praised by his ex-stopper boss Lee Grant after the Saddlers drew with Grimsby. Ward, 23, earned the plaudits not only for chalking up his third straight clean sheet but his overall contribution to combating Grimsby’s set-piece threat. “I’m not sure he could...
GEORGE Hirst, who has just completed a £10m switch from Ipswich to Stoke, is the perfect example of a player who cannot be judged by numbers alone. Over the course of a nine-year, 248-game pro career, the 27-year-old has scored just 52 goals. It’s far from a shabby return, but...
By Chris Dunlavy GREAT EXPERIENCE: Ibane Bowat playing on loan for Austrian club TSV Hartberg and, right, at new club Huddersfield PICTURE: Alamy BUT for a heavy tackle that left him crocked, Ibane Bowat might have been lining up for Harlequins instead of Huddersfield. Released by Chelsea at 12, the...
