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The Breakdown: Middlesbrough preview

We’re back in Premier League action against Middlesbrough on Monday, and ahead of the game Adrian Clarke assesses our opponents.

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THE MANAGER

MC: “After the departure of Aitor Karanka last month, Middlesbrough’s caretaker manager is Steve Agnew, who was previously Karanka’s assistant. Agnew, who faced the Gunners a couple of times as a Sunderland player in the mid-1990s, has changed relatively little about the side. Middlesbrough are still reasonably solid defensively, but desperately lack firepower up front.“

AC: “I don’t think they’ve got any chance of surviving even though they’ve changed their manager.