After all the summer investment in bolstering the forward line, there seemed little chance of Boro coming up short in front of goal this season.
But of late, that's what's let the side down. 

After Martin Braithwaite and Ashley Fletcher left on loan in January and with Patrick Bamford being used on the left, it seems a straight shoot-out between Britt Assombalonga and Rudy Gestede to lead the line. So who gets the nod?

Where Assombalonga is concerned, what does the future hold? Can the striker make a long-term success of being the frontman in a Pulis system?

Away from the subject of strikers, Jack Harrison is discussed in our latest podcast, while the lads also mull over the play-off picture and whether Boro's attention has already drifted to next season.

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