00:00For Dale Fry, playing for Middlesbrough means more. As someone who hails from
00:05Teesside, representing his hometown club for nearly all of his playing career is
00:09the stuff that dreams are made of. With Borough currently in the hunt for a
00:13playoff spot in the championship this season, there is a real chance he could
00:17play for them in the Premier League. The idea of wearing the Middlesbrough red in
00:21England's top division certainly seemed a long way off for Fry, as he recovered
00:25from a pelvic injury which kept him sidelined for around nine months this
00:29year. Having made his return to playing recently, he made clear what the aim is
00:34for the rest of the season.
00:39This he did at the annual Middlesbrough Christmas party for champion children
00:43at the Riverside Stadium, adorning some rather festive headwear for the occasion.
00:49You know everybody knows the main goal is you know promotion whether it's a
00:52playoffs or going up from the top two but it's important as well not get
00:56carried away with that as you always take one game as it comes because you
00:59can get caught looking at the end goal but really what matters is the next game
01:02and you know the lads are focused you know every game's hard in the
01:05championship so we're just you know trying to chip away especially over this
01:08Christmas period there's a lot of games and you know you can really kick on from
01:11then. Fry added that his teammates were fully aware of who they represent in the
01:16stands. You know I don't think they need reminding, I think you know the seeded
01:20support that we get you know on the weekend and also I've mentioned before
01:24that I spoke to one of the lads in the dressing room before we came here and he said
01:27you seen on Instagram that it sold out on Boxing Day and he was he was
01:31absolutely over the moon and he's from Brazil do you know what I mean so that just shows
01:33you know the lads don't need extra motivation we already see it and you
01:37know we got a lot of support from the fans as well. On Michael Carrick Fry was
01:41full of praise and talked of the detail he incorporates Interborough's tactics
01:46and setup. Yeah you know the gaffer's you know the gaffer's top on the training
01:51pitch you know he's a lot of information goes into a lot of attention to detail
01:55all of his backroom staff as well and it's crazy because you wouldn't think
01:59that he's actually you know being in the dressing rooms of the players that he has
02:01done because you know he's so down to earth and he never brings up his
02:04career but no he's excellent to work with, very calm approach and when we go out on
02:10the pitch everybody knows what they're doing. Middlesbrough have the opportunity
02:14to achieve something special this season which will be forefront in Fry's
02:19mind. There is certainly a good feeling amongst the squad in terms of what they
02:23are capable of despite the quality of the teams around them in the
02:27championship. Does this season, does this squad feel special to you just
02:32sort of where you are in the league, some of the the games you're winning, some of the
02:35goals you're scoring, does it feel like things are really coming together this
02:38season? Yeah it does, like I say we've got we've got players all over the place who
02:41can do a job you know we've probably got lads who've been on the bench who
02:45could probably get any side in the championship really and like I say we've
02:49had a few illnesses, a few injuries but the lads who've come in you know they've
02:52done really well and I think we've given the manager a bit of a headache at
02:55times you know with his starting XI which is you know good problems to have.
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