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Alex Gilbert - Sept 2025 still at Middlesbrough
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He started the game. NJ must rate him more than some see him.He turned out to be far better than the last minute loan initially suggested.I’d see it as a good signing particularly as he’s already familiar with the club now and pre season for any newbies can’t be many weeks away. Better early signings than late if possible.1
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Didn’t do enough in my opinion, if we were still in league one, maybe, but in Championship we need better quality.9
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Agree with the above - hasn't done enough to warrant a Championship contract. He gave the ball away a lot in the final, and i'm sure NJ would have played Berry if he had been fit.0
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I wouldn't say it was a last minute loan when we had clearly been chasing him for the whole window. Agree with others that I think he will be on the Middlesborough bench or back on loan in league 1 next season. Not sure Boro would want to send him back to us when he really didn't play enough to develop while he was herevalleynick66 said:He started the game. NJ must rate him more than some see him.He turned out to be far better than the last minute loan initially suggested.I’d see it as a good signing particularly as he’s already familiar with the club now and pre season for any newbies can’t be many weeks away. Better early signings than late if possible.0 -
I'm on the fence with this one. I wouldn't be unhappy if he came back next season, but I wouldn't be outraged if he didn't. It entirely depends on what other players we keep and what new signings we make4
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Gilbert looks to play the forward pass and doesn't rely on just keeping it safe. I see a lot of potential and he's still only played about career 50 games.
From his own point of view, he needs a full season games, so maybe a season in League One would benefit him most. Orient would seem a very good fit for him.
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Made a lot of crucial blocks too0
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This is the thing. It's not just passing. A CAM needs to help the team by SCORING GOALS! It takes pressure off the strikers if the goals come from more sources. People seem to have forgotten that Berry scored as many goals as TC.
Watch how they play. Berry is always pushing forward, almost like a withdrawn striker. Wins tackles high up the pitch to keep the pressure on. Gilbert plays more like a quarter back. Fine as it stands. But one shot, just wide, against Wycombe? Not enough.
And Berry is 33. Gilbert is 24. Yes, they both run out of gas, but Gilbert really has no excuse.
NJ prides himself on having a team that is running as hard at the 90th minute, as at the first.
Do we need another player to push (not replace) Berry? Absolutely. Is that player Gilbert? I don't think so...5 -
spot onSteveACS said:This is the thing. It's not just passing. A CAM needs to help the team by SCORING GOALS! It takes pressure of the strikers if the goals come from more sources. People seem to have forgotten that Berry scored as many goals as TC.
Watch how they play. Berry is always pushing forward, almost like a withdrawn striker. Wins tackles high up the pitch to keep the pressure on. Gilbert plays more like a quarter back. Fine as it stands. But one shot, just wide, against Wycombe? Not enough.
And Berry is 33. Gilbert is 24. Yes, they both run out of gas, but Gilbert really has no excuse.
NJ prides himself on having a team that is running as hard at the 90th minute, as at the first.
Do we need another player to push (not replace) Berry? Absolutely. Is that player Gilbert? I don't think so...0 -
It looks he's still at Boro, a long way down the pecking order.0
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Personally, I would welcome him back. I thought he was a good player for us6
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Was average at best in league one . Not what we needed14
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Very surprised he didn't get a League 1 loan , don't see his pathway to playing much at Boro with their squadkillerandflash said:It looks he's still at Boro, a long way down the pecking order.3 -
Decent enough L1 player but I wouldn't have wanted to sign him permanently.3
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His corners against Peterborough and Leyton Orient beg to differ.Bedsaddick said:Was average at best in league one . Not what we needed
What we needed not what we need.
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bang average player.
surely Apter can knock over a better set piece ?1 -
Still don't have his TYPE of player but wouldn't want him back.
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Outside of good set piece delivery which would be nice to have, do we need this type of player?Henry Irving said:Still don't have his TYPE of player but wouldn't want him back.1 -
I think there’s a good chance he won’t even be registered to play due to squad size limits, shame for his career but I’m guessing they couldn’t find any takerskillerandflash said:It looks he's still at Boro, a long way down the pecking order.0 -
I would say so, at the least as an option to offer something different (creativity from the midfield) off the bench. Knibbs, Carey and Berry all seem to be similar types, industrious and capable of coming up with goals but not what you'd call creative.NabySarr said:
Outside of good set piece delivery which would be nice to have, do we need this type of player?Henry Irving said:Still don't have his TYPE of player but wouldn't want him back.1 -
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I wouldn’t call him creative either , bar a couple of ok corners1
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Maybe they’ll release him.0
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Exactly, his "creativity" came from set pieces mostly - in live play he didn't really produce much in the way of killer passes from what I remember. Our problem at the moment is actually getting the ball into the net and he wouldn't do much to change that.wmcf123 said:I wouldn’t call him creative either , bar a couple of ok corners
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A decent set piece taker would do wonders for our goal threat, as we had so many set pieces on Saturday, which we wasted.thenewbie said:
Exactly, his "creativity" came from set pieces mostly - in live play he didn't really produce much in the way of killer passes from what I remember. Our problem at the moment is actually getting the ball into the net and he wouldn't do much to change that.wmcf123 said:I wouldn’t call him creative either , bar a couple of ok corners
Of course you can't carry someone whose only role is taking set pieces, but decent delivery isn't to be sniffed at.0 -
Most of Bree's highlights are of crosses and set pieces, Gilbert only really had that in his locker and even then it was patchy, Orient away was the exception rather than the norm1
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Macca is usually on the benchkillerandflash said:
A decent set piece taker would do wonders for our goal threat, as we had so many set pieces on Saturday, which we wasted.thenewbie said:
Exactly, his "creativity" came from set pieces mostly - in live play he didn't really produce much in the way of killer passes from what I remember. Our problem at the moment is actually getting the ball into the net and he wouldn't do much to change that.wmcf123 said:I wouldn’t call him creative either , bar a couple of ok corners
Of course you can't carry someone whose only role is taking set pieces, but decent delivery isn't to be sniffed at.0 -
2 of those set pieces would have been caught by a proper goalkeeper .killerandflash said:
A decent set piece taker would do wonders for our goal threat, as we had so many set pieces on Saturday, which we wasted.thenewbie said:
Exactly, his "creativity" came from set pieces mostly - in live play he didn't really produce much in the way of killer passes from what I remember. Our problem at the moment is actually getting the ball into the net and he wouldn't do much to change that.wmcf123 said:I wouldn’t call him creative either , bar a couple of ok corners
Of course you can't carry someone whose only role is taking set pieces, but decent delivery isn't to be sniffed at.0 -
I think we can conclude that his loan to us was a success overall. I would be surprised if no League One club wanted him.1
