Middlesbrough’s Dael Fry: “Everybody knows the main goal is promotion”

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Middlesbrough defender Dael Fry has made clear that his side’s goal is promotion, but that they must take each game as it comes in order to not get carried away with their lofty position in the league. Daniel Wales reports.

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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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