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There was a consumer law suit about it. Unfortunately, they hired the Saints lawyers who tried to argue about the difference between 72 and 71 hours. 🙂

Who's laughing now? No one. 😪

I quite like the way the tree supports the football, like Yggdrasill supporting a little footballing world. 🙂 The coffee is a lovely data trail touch, too.

Exactly. How would he work here with Guardiola? 🙂

Last noted as trying to buy H Samuel and Ernest Jones, in hopefully not a parallel to the SR multi club model.

Sibley, and anyone else on the media front, will have been told by legal reps to post nothing. I agree that a holding response would be the standard for an organisation looking to show it has a grasp of the situation. It wouldn't appease many or stop the speculation. But it would be something, to show there was some leadership behind the scenes. I think they've been a bit paralysed even in the wording of a holding statement. There's their internal investigation, upcoming FA investigation, and impact internally across staff, sponsors etc. Even using the word "sorry" can be seen as accepting liability. Not a word to use if lots of people are reviewing contracts. Being "disappointed with outcomes" of anything, could be seen as a pop at Tonda. Who, for all we know, made Spors and Parsons fully aware of what was going on. Being seen to hold people to account could jeapordise negotiations with various parties. Better nothing than making it worse. As we saw when Parsons fessed up to Gibson. That said, they could employ a professional PR company to produce a standard statement when their clients are having serious issues. I'd not trust the internal expertise to get it right.

Gosh! I sure hope the emotional heartbreak from that first loss, and the emotional back and forth, didn't impact that second heartbreaking loss. 🙂

If they're going to apply HR practices that exist elsewhere to football squads, coaching and back room, there's going to be a lot of vacancies coming up.

Unbeaten in ages (ta @Turkish) Most in form team in the league Strong squad. Lots of minutes spread around, depth and a structure to the shape. Continuing to clear out surplus players. One our most successful win rate managers in charge. A committed owner, who has invested despite some setbacks. Raring to go for 26/27!

It's an awkward topic. It can only be a good thing to have a fully inclusive hiring system. But with that, we have to face some unfortunate truths. The colourful clothing, with bright embroidery and feathered cap of your average dandy, is just not well suited for spying missions.

Without looking too closely, they've spent a fortune on not improving their side. I remember it being a vocal, or media friendly lot who were baying for Moyes to go, as he couldn't take them to "the next level." With the dodgy owners and dodgy stadium deal, I've only sympathy for club staff and suppliers whose jobs will be impacted. That applies to any club.

Would you put his execution before or after the Take That concert? 🙂

The crowd were shouting towards Sullivan, who Sky showed to have gone from his seat on 88 mins. Didn't see any shots of him coming back. His partner was still there though.

The moment when he got his own side to start shooting towards Pickford was a bit of a giveaway. 🙂

Spygate is nothing compared to Brunchgate.

A new FAB?! Surely, this means continuing their statement of a percentage of the FAB moving within agreed timescales? If the club get to just change the entire FAB because it doesn't like what it's hearing, then we could just end up being represented by um...wooden puppets.

That explains the club silence. Everyone is having The Catcher in the Rye read to them in the auditorium, with activated Manchurian Candidates then carted off.

Sladden: Yeah, I reckon this'll cut through pretty well anything that exists. I did steel armor plate with it six inches thick, just like that! Oh, it was legal. Bloke shut in a strong room, I got him out. Secret job, like this one. Col. Breen: Then I'm glad you don't talk about it. - Quatermass and the Pit

Yup. If you breach our strict data communications processes you will be disciplined. Basically, you will be fired. Depending on what it is you've been stupid enough to communicate opens up a number of other painful avenues on both personal and corporate levels. So much money, so little competence.

I like this. I'm also looking forward to reading John Le Carre's Intern, Analyst, Manager, Spy

It does. Hard to think of THB using anything other than this, the most straightforward, reasoning.

Agreed. There's quite a few on this board, who work in industries where the above requirements from legal/compliance would be standard, and well ingrained, processes. There's an incident and the wheels immediately begin turning. If persons have hidden, misled or outright lied during that process there will be hell to pay. That's sending people out there to lie to police, courts and regulators, and we may see some of that in the FA in estivation results. @ChristopheVAFC makes the good point, that silence may be part of the club conducting a full internal investigation, not just into the spying itself, but into the information that was known and shared throughout the club. If you can't rely on the veracity of the information, then there won't be a press release with any detail.

Well, 'boro have failed to grind out results in the league... the semi finals... the final...

Our spying will improve for a start. 🙂

Lovely image. Just the sort of image that would look nice on say... a big screen to welcome certain visitors to St Mary's.