'A season of consolidation and transition ahead?'
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."
Listen to the BBC Radio Tees season preview in full via BBC Sounds.
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