Home form will be crucial if Boro

IT’S fortunate that Boro don’t suffer from travel sickness because they will spend most of October on the road.

The only one of their forthcoming five games which is due to be played at the Riverside is the big clash against Cardiff City in two weeks.

Boro’s overall form at home will be a crucial factor in their promotion push, so they need to become more Teesside.

Only in the easy victory against Burton Albion and the Carabao Cup romp against Scunthorpe United have Boro looked comfortable at the Riverside.

They needed a last-gasp winner from Rudy Gestede to overcome Sheffield United and then were fortunate to come away convincing on from their game against Preston North End with a point.

Garry Monk’s men had to graft hard to come out on top against QPR, after twice falling behind, while they never looked capable of overcoming Norwich once the Canaries had grabbed their shock early lead.

The biggest surprise was Boro’s lacklustre effort against Brentford, which again brought one point when it might easily have been none.

Fabio’s leveller was gratefully received, yet it was Boro who were hanging on at the final whistle.

We keep hearing that Boro are a work in progress and this phrase certainly describes their performances at the Riverside.

Yet Boro possess an attacking armoury for which most clubs in