How impressive were Arsenal when the Gunners eased past Boro in the FA Cup earlier this month.
Impressive enough to pay a minimum of £1,014 to watch the likes of Ozil, Cazorla and Sanchez strut their stuff for a full season?
That was the cheapest season ticket on offer to Arsenal fans at the Emirates this season. Those who are happy to splash the cash for the best seats had to pay double that.
This is the Premier League we're talking about. The top table where, for some clubs, those sorts of figures are remarkably considered the norm.
Not for Boro. And should Aitor Karanka's side win promotion to the top tier, their season ticket prices will be among the cheapest on offer in the Premier League next year. Or at least they will for those who snap up a ticket before the April 2 deadline.
Seats in both the North and South stands are available for £397 for the full campaign for current season card holders next season.
Promotion permitting, of course, Boro's latest list of prices will be extremely competitive in the top league.
Katie Lunn 
A sold out Riverside Stadium on Boxing Day
Only five clubs had a lower priced season card than Boro's latest offering at the start of the current campaign.
The cheapest in the Premier League this season? £299.
Not at Burnley, the team widely expected to be the whipping boys before a ball was kicked, or at Villa Park, the home for misery and lots of it for Villa fans this year, but at Manchester City - the Premier League champions.
But while the cheapest season card on offer at the Etihad was just under £300, the most expensive was £860 - compared to £558 at the Riverside next season.
Not that Boro and Manchester City is the obvious comparison.
But those in the bottom half of the Premier League are and if Aitor Karanka's side can complete the job this season and win promotion, season card holders will be forking out less than the fans of clubs including Burnley, QPR, Hull and Crystal Palace did this year.
Manchester City, Aston Villa, West Brom, Leicester and Newcastle were the only clubs who had a cheaper option on offer to fans this season than Boro do for the next campaign.
But the cheapest tickets at Chelsea, Southampton, West Ham, Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal were more expensive than £558 - the most expensive ticket for the full season at the Riverside next year.
West Brom and Sunderland both put together extremely tempting packages for fans this year. The priciest year-long ticket at the Hawthornes was £449 while the most expensive season card at Sunderland was £525.
But right now most Mackems must regret forking out that sort of cash to watch a weekly stalemate and listen to Gus Poyet's post-match moans.
The average price of the lowest season card in the Premier League this year is £526, according to sportingintelligence.com. The highest is £870.
The chances are that will rise this year. Only eight clubs froze their prices before the current campaign.
Boro still need to get to the Premier League. Nobody wants to number crunch Championship comparisons if Boro fail in their promotion bid.
Should they book a spot in the top tier Boro will look to build a side that will be competitive.
At first glance, their season card prices will be exactly that.
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