'A season of consolidation and transition ahead?'

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Are Boro on for a season of transition?

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"It has been a rather slow summer. From the Coventry game at the end of last season to now, it feels like things have been moving at a glacial pace."

Ahead of Middlesbrough's opening game of the new season at home to Swansea on Saturday (15:00 BST) Boro fan Chris Saunders joined BBC Radio Tees' Rob Law to look ahead to the new campaign.

"I felt that after the absolute trainwreck that was last season, I had to detox from it all, but I'm so pleased it is back," Saunders said.

"I have no expectations of us doing anything this season. I think it will be a season of consolidation and transition.

"That feeling could change depending on the incomings and outgoings between now and the end of the window, however, as it stands, I haven't seen a squad this ill-prepared for a season in a long time."

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