CB Fry

Correct. Zero prospect of an election before 2028, Zero. Burnham is not stupid enough to risk being a 3 month Prime Minister, there's not going to be one this year. Even if he "won" a autumn 26 election his majority would be nowhere near what it is now so just stupid on every single level. He's not going to do that. If everything goes great in the next two years (and/or Farage really fucks up, and/or we win the Euros ) he might risk summer '28 but the most likely is go all the way to Spring/Summer 2029.

We spent eight million quid on him and one year later he scores a goal in a nothing pre season friendly. Not sure this is quite the moment for the "he's proved all the doubters wrong" open top bus parade.

Damion Downs didn't score in the first pre-season match but he did score in his second. If he keeps this up...

I spy a club legend in the making.

You're going to secure Commonwealth Gold no problem with gymnastics like that. Top class.

He wasn't fresh of the boat from Germany. He worked in the EFL for two years previously at Barnsley.

Hats off for not going to the cinema for 32 years.

This, I would think, is the landing zone the club are looking at. 6 game touchline ban say no more about it. Anything longer than Paul Davis got for lamping Glenn Cockerill one (9 games) would be bang out of order.

I'm not going to lie I have absolutely no idea what this is supposed to mean. You think the FA need "tread carefully" on charging us with spying because it could set a "precedent". But you also don't think any other clubs are about to be caught/charged with spying either. So what "precedent" is being created if you are not expecting any other club to face similar charges any time soon? I am worried that all you are saying is the millionth version of "why are we being punished when Manchester City aren't being punished". To which the answer is: we wouldn't be being punished if we didn't do the spying. Whatever is or isn't happening with other "big clubs" with "smart lawyers" on completely different cases is not particularly relevant here.

Precedent setting in that other clubs will tighten things up so that they don't ever get caught spying, you mean? Sounds like a good thing. If you think suddenly there is going to a raft of spying charges against Premier League teams because of some "precedent" being set then you are going to be very disappointed. I think we have to accept that only our idiot club are stupid enough to get caught. Anyway, the FA charges will mainly about the spying but I would think it will cover the culture around the coaching team as well, through the lens of Tonda being the head of that.

There are rules. There are also rules like "bringing the game into disrepute" which covers unique/different/atypical situations. That kind of catch-all behaviour rules are written in every employment contract for every employee in the country. Basically don't be a twat and we judge what that is if we think you've done it. No business or institution anywhere has an Encyclopedia Brittanica of every conceivable punishable offence all written out.

aaaaand we're back round to "its not in the rulebook so it can't be against the rules" horseshit.

I heard Southampton being mentioned as a club KK played for on BBC radio and TV loads of times in the last couple of days. Honestly some people are fucking mental.

I think you need to get over me telling you to get over it. Get over it.

None of that is "Punishment" from the FA's perspective. Honestly this is quite tiring.