IT HAS been a productive year of professionally planned progress for Aitor Karanka’s Boro.
They have improved in every department, the club is more coherent on and off the pitch and the table looks healthy and full of possibility. There is a sense of focus, purpose and vision about the club “from the chairman to the tea lady”.
There is a relentless, upbeat energy about the team, a positive spirit that bubbles through the entire squad and a swagger on the pitch. And that air of confidence and optimism has spilled over into the crowd with rejuvenated supporters gradually turning up the volume and the numbers by the week. What a difference a year makes.