Sunglasses Ron

Yup, just because there's now a rule about observing a training session, doesn't mean that the fine will be any more than what Leeds had. In fact, and by rights, if we're only pulled up on this one infraction then you could argue that we should be fined less. All that's changed is that they don't have to pigeon-hole a charge into the vague rule that Leeds got done under. I'm still a little unsure why we've also been charged with breaking the old rule though, as surely the new one supersedes that. A total guess from my side, but I reckon we're on for a £500k fine.

Yes, I’ve been thinking about this. Whilst there wasn’t an explicit rule back then, they were simply charged (and fined) under a more general one, which oddly is also being applied this time round. There is little precedent here though as they were fined for multiple admitted breaches, whereas ours could literally be one act by a rogue employee. So we could end up with a slap on the wrists and a sacked analyst to a £500k fine and possibly even points deducted.

I expect what might help is if the club can demonstrate an appropriate ‘Code of Conduct’ that their staff have received and agreed to. A well run club should have something like this in place that suitably captures some of the key rules that apply to them. if this was the case then it would almost certainly help to mitigate some of the repercussions as it would be viewed more about rogue employee behaviour rather than a condoned culture.

Were we even ‘spying’? It sounds like we were merely observing (albeit some hours after we’re technically allowed to do so). I also question why we have two charges, as surely the one relating to observing trumps the woolly one about treating fellow clubs fairly. Also, can anyone remind me what Liverpool’s punishment was when they blatantly tapped up Virgil van Dijk and effectively ended his Southampton career a few months before he eventually moved?

You can see it now... A Boro player takes a blatant dive in the box under a nothing challenge. Penalty given. Peretz saves it (because he knew where to go right?), but a Boro player bundles in the rebound using his hand. A glorious victory for the beautiful game. Integrity restored.

Agreed. No brainer to order the home shirt!

Frustrating day.

Happy Days!

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

Imagine if you check this having not known the actual score! 😅

We want nine, we want nine!

Fuck off Manning!

Based on the first half, there must be at least 30+ minutes of added time to come.

BBC are as crap as we are!

Wow, we are so very shit. Fuck off.

Well, we achieved one of those things ourselves I guess. 😅

That one that hit the post, he got a touch didn’t he? Amazing save if so!

Ohhhh, I guess we’ll be treated to a full time score report on the official Facebook page!

Not a fraud, just someone who should never have been offered the job.

Yup, it's got to the stage now where Sport Republic have completely run out of slack. We KNOW that whatever they do will be a total disaster. The sooner they fuck off the better.

Sadly, have seen this type of post many times over the last 10 years.

We really are an anti football club, a total heap of dog shit.

I did quite like this, if only because it's the closest way I could have got to looking like Batman!

We’re an absolute fraud, pathetically attempting to mascaraed as a professional football club.

It’s ok, they got a free programme and pie so bet they’re well chuffed.