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  2. 'Players like Latte Lath make you believe you can go up'

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    Emmanuel Latte Lath celebrates his final Boro goalRex Features

    Emmanuel Latte Lath scored 27 goals in 59 Championship appearances for Boro

    On Tuesday we asked what you made of Middlesbrough's business in the transfer window.

    Boro made six notable additions to their squad with forwards Morgan Whittaker and Kelechi Iheanacho joining from Plymouth and Sevilla respectively.

    Winger Samuel Iling-Junior came in from Aston Villa while Hull City defender Ryan Giles and Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers also arrived on loan.

    Middlesbrough were also able to complete a permanent deal for defender George Edmundson from Ipswich after his temporary spell over the first half of the season.

    Leading scorer Emmanuel Latte Lath has, however, joined Atlanta United for an MLS-record £22.5m while Alex Gilbert has gone on loan to Charlton, defender Matt Clarke to Derby and forward Isaiah Jones to Luton.

    Here are some of your responses:

    Kevin: Sad to see Latte Lath go, players like that make you believe you can go up! As for the January replacements, it takes time for new signings to settle in, fit into Carrick's system and make an impact, so we can't expect too much from the new recruits straight away.

    This season feels like a bit of a disappointment in so much as some of our defending has been comical at times. We are losing games in such a frustrating manner that I just can't see us going up through the play-offs. As for the economic model we are pursuing, it may well see us gain promotion in the long run, but how many players will Boro sell before that happens? The wealth of the Premier League has left a lot of clubs with a mountain to climb.

    John: Happy with all signings apart from Giles. He has played little football since he left us, and has been very poor for Luton and Hull. Fans demanded his return... it makes no sense. Even less sense that Carrick picked him for the derby.

    Paul: We shouldn't have let Matt Clarke go, he is a good defender. Jones going to Luton shows he is desperate to get games. Probably in League One next season.

    Geoff: Unfortunately it's far too late. Boro still a very poor side with little or no proper finishers. We're unable to turn goal scoring positions into goals time after time. Couple that with a defence that looks like school kids playing in the school yard, all running around chasing the ball, falling over, bumping into each other - it's comical. A good defence coach is urgently required and Woodgate is not it.

    Still a few more to move on, I'm afraid.

    Lem: Good players. Wrong positions. Clear to most Boro fans that defenders (centre-halves) and a strong centre midfielder are required.

    Also a defensive coach, to stop us trying to play like Barcelona from the back…..

    Neil: Decent window. With Latte Lath leaving, bringing in Kelechi was a good move.

    Not totally sold on Giles returning but we'll see. I love the Illing Jr loan... liked the look of him for a while and with Doak out for a few weeks it could be a masterstroke.

    Declan: A poor transfer window, none of the signings are better than anyone we have already got. Our team is now much weaker than pre-transfer window as yesterday's match proved immediately.

    James: Losing Latte Lath is a big blow and I'm not convinced by Iheanacho. But I'm hopeful Conway can step up. Otherwise I believe we have strengthened the attacking options we have. However, we have big problems with our defence and I'm not sure Giles is better than what we had and I don't rate the signing of Edmundson one bit. Losing Matt Clark and not replacing him is a mistake that may come back to bite us. As is not securing another central midfielder and right-back.

    David: We have brought in more attacking players when the problem we have is in defence and a couple of flaky midfielders, a problem that is recognised by 20-odd thousand people who sit in the stands. Unfortunately it is a problem by the head coach and his side-kick. If the defence remains so benevolent to the opposition, if Boro do manage the play-offs there is every likelihood that mistakes will cost us. We need to be scouting defensive targets for next season's Championship.

    Glenn: Players we have signed I'm impressed with. It's what we didn't sign is more worrying. Not tried to fix the defensive side to our game or the midfield.

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  4. Mark Knight is sitting on a park bench wearing a grey jumper and dark glasses. There is a grey building in the background and park railings.

  5. The two-storey villa with a turret has white, arched windows. In front there is a wooden fence with steps leading down a stone monument.

  6. Artist's impression of the centre which is black and single-storey. There are purple shrubs outside beside a purple-brick entrance.

  7. A fire station pictured from the road. It is made up of two single-storey buildings. The taller one, on the left, includes two traditional red garage style shutters behind which fire engines are parked. Each shutter has six rectangular windows in two rows of three. The shorter building, on the right, has a blue door with windows either side and a longer expanse of brick with an old style police lamppost outside. Each building has a grey pyramid-shaped corrugated roof.

  8. Former Middlesbrough striker Emmanuel Latte Lath celebrates a goal against Cardiff City

  9. What did you make of Boro's transfer business?

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    Morgan Whittaker, pictured on debut for MiddlesbroughRex Features

    So, what did you make of Middlesbrough's January transfer dealings?

    Boro made six notable additions to their squad with forwards Morgan Whittaker and Kelechi Iheanacho joining from Plymouth and Sevilla respectively.

    Winger Samuel Iling-Junior came in from Aston Villa while defender Ryan Giles from Hull City and Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers also arrived on loan.

    Middlesbrough were also able to complete a permanent deal for defender George Edmundson from Ipswich after his temporary spell over the first half of the season.

    Leading scorer Emmanuel Latte Lath is set for a move away to Atlanta United in MLS with other major departures being midfielder Alex Gilbert on loan to Charlton, defender Matt Clarke to Derby and forward Isaiah Jones to Luton.

    Is all this enough to get Michael Carrick's side into the Championship play-offs at the end of the season?

    Let us know your thoughts here.

  10. Boro winger Doak out injured for 'a number of weeks'

    Ben Doak in Middlesbrough colours.Rex Features

    Ben Doak has started 21 Championship games for Middlesbrough this season

    Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick has confirmed winger Ben Doak will be out for a number of weeks because of a thigh injury.

    The on-loan Liverpool player missed Monday night's 3-2 home defeat by Sunderland in the Championship.

    "He felt his thigh in training, and we'll have to see. It's probably a number of weeks, if anything, not days, but I don't think it'll be too long," Carrick told BBC Radio Tees.

    Middlesbrough signed Doak on a season-long loan in August, and despite speculation he could be recalled in the January transfer window, he will remain at the Riverside for the remainder of the campaign.

    Boro completed the signings of Aston Villa winger Samuel Iling-Junior and former Manchester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho on deadline day, ahead of the loss to Sunderland.

  11. Artist impression of a replacement for Preston Park lodge. It consists of three steel allow girder frames, roughly replicating the existing lodge which will be demolished. Five people - including a man in a wheelchair - are depicted on the paved area surrounding it. There are trees to two sides of it

  12. 'Horrible way to lose' - Carrick

    Michael Carrick watching Middlesbrough at the RiversideRex Features

    Michael Carrick's Middlesbrough have won two of their last nine in the Championship

    Middlesbrough head coach Michael Carrick admitted that Ryan Giles' 87th minute own-goal was a 'horrible way' to lose the Tees-Wear derby.

    Boro had led 1-0 through Delano Burgzorg and pulled it back to 2-2 through Hayden Hackney's fine strike, but Giles' unfortunate contribution settled the match in Sunderland's favour.

    Defeat keeps Boro in seventh, outside the play-offs on goal difference from West Bromwich Albion.

    "It's a horrible way to lose a game, especially a game of this significance and stature," he said.

    "To lose the game and concede those goals, an own goal and a deflection is difficult but we have to accept it.

    "We started the game ever so well, went ahead, looked like we could add to that and were in a really good place.

    "There was a two-goal swing which we dealt with well and we came back into it well, but we kind of drifted second half and didn't do enough."

  13. Kelechi Iheanacho is introduced to the Boro fans before kick-off in Monday's Tees-Wear deby with Sunderland

  14. Lennie Lawrence watching Hartlepool play

  15. Wilson Isidor raises Sunderland team-mate Chris Rigg into the air following their win over Middlesbrough

  16. Mugshot of Lucas Taylor. He is wearing a light blue t-shirt and has short grey hair.

  17. Google Maps image of the former Crown pub. It is a red-brick building with discoloured and peeling cream paintwork around the many windows. It stands on the corner of the street and is surrounded by metal fencing. Sale signs are above the main entrance.

  18. Alex Gilbert playing for Middlesbrough

  19. Finn Azaz claps his hands along with other Middlesbrough players after a match

  20. A purple-and-black trackless tram, known as a "glider bus", is about to pull away from the kerb in Belfast city centre.

  21. A man and a woman picking up litter and putting it into black bags while walking along a riverside path, with Middlesbrough's Newport Bridge in front of them.

  22. Two men are working on a Viking boat in a boatshed. It is about five metres long, narrow with a figurehead and blue and red circles attached to the side.

  23. Kim McGuinness and Ben Houchen sat smiling together on the red sofa on BBC Politics North. She has long blonde hair and he has short black hair.

  24. Sevilla's Kelechi Iheanacho in the Spanish club's white kit