Transfer Rumour Hayden Hackney

[the golden visionary]

No you dont.

If he was that good he'd be in a PL club already.

He's Championship class until he proves otherwise.


Offer Boro £10M.

Beto and barry cost 26 million.

Theyre championship standard

 

[Curtis]

you DONT know were we would play him ffs

I don't matty but I'm just going by how we played kdh who I think has a similar profile

 

[davek]

Beto and barry cost 26 million.

Theyre championship standard

So let's not buy any of them.

Hackney.

FFS, people are easily pleased. A Championship player who has no discipline.

What an addition.

 

[ah11984]

A nice footballer from what I’ve seen of him at Middlesbrough.

A midfield 3 of him, Garner and KDH would seem lacking in any kind of physicality though, in terms of height/athleticism/speed. Doesn’t seem an optimum way of building your midfield in this Premier League era

 

[matty1878]

I don't matty but I'm just going by how we played kdh who I think has a similar profile

we won’t know until we see him

on as a sub in the 84th min

 

[Librarian]

Was he Championship Player of the Season for the 2025/26

 

[MikeH72]

Not sure as to where Dave’s agenda against this player has come from tbh. Might need to dig a bit deeper.

 

[LeeCarsley]

He's the same age as Tim Iroegbunam and I reckon he's far better. I don't hate it at £20m but the issue is I can't see Moyes playing him very much and even if he did, I don't think he'd get much out of him in this setup

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

Because he was only any good with Hale.

Good cultural reference for those over 40 mate!

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

He’s a baller. Be a very good addition imho.

In a flat three he’d play on the right, Garner central and KDH on the left linking with Jackie boy.

Equally have Armstrong and Rohl as very capable back ups.

Sell Charlie and Tim.

But Bobble also said that the club want to buy a proper, physical no 6 too. Which we do need, but it makes me wonder again what on Earth the plan is.

 

[Librarian]

Not sure that would be his position mate.

We wanted him last summer - have this saved from then when the big priority seemed to be players top end of ball progression



Oh and this is a a recent one

Counter attacking?
He ranks in the 98th percentile among midfielders for chances created, ending the season with 85 total chances created and 7 assists.

He ranks in the top 1% of midfielders for passes into the final third (completing an unbeatable 875 passes into that zone for Boro).

He places in the 99th percentile for overall touches, operating with an impressive 86.37% pass accuracy despite taking high-risk, high-reward creative options.

He attempted 128 take-ons over the campaign—the most in the Middlesbrough squad—proving incredibly difficult to pin down in tight spaces.

 

[Curtis]

No you dont.

If he was that good he'd be in a PL club already.

He's Championship class until he proves otherwise.


Offer Boro £10M.

Jarred bowen was the same age when he joined west ham from the championship

 

[davek]

Jarred bowen was the same age when he joined west ham from the championship

Yes, of course. Because all Championship players make a roaring success of the PL.

 

[Librarian]

Well you all asked for a taxi for Moyes….

 

[brittcop1]

Wouldn't it just be nice to have a player signed and ready to go for the first day of pre-season, and not first day of the end of the transfer window?

£20m just sign him, more than likely to break even at the very worst if we sell him

It would be nice... that being said my frikkin head will explode if I hear David Moyes say " the wee boy isnt where we want him just yet, no Premier League experience and not used to the physicality...will do him good to watch for a season"