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I just wish Stewart all the best. I think he's too risky for us and I think it's the right move. As others have said, I think he'll end up at Hearts. Shankland was earning more than Stewart so they can afford him

He popped up the other day on an ai search I did, and I think he'd be a good signing for us I just don't know if there's any truth to it all

Martin did ok with us because we had a superior team in the league. League 1 is full of teams who play low block, direct or counter attacking football. Even with a superior Leicester team, his team will give away silly goals and they'll probably make the playoffs at best like us. If they lose their good players then God help them Another problem is he blames players for his own faults, which is not good

We were looking for a response, and this is an occasion where actions definitely speak louder that words What a great day

Ooh, good spot 👍 I think there's a chance Scienza might stay. Footballers love to be loved, and there must be a sense of unfinished business

That's amazing news 👏

Yeah, as I said before, in society if you do something wrong, you say sorry and move on. And the reality is, your average football fan is very tribal, they're right and you are always wrong. In reality, noone really cares about Spygate that much. Your average keyboard warrior is not a reflection on society as a whole Football has always been about getting little advantages where you can, mainly on the pitch and it'll never change. Every week, every club does something so noone can really preach

They should show the Tonda video in the Tyne Tees region as like a party political broadcast before the news

It's just the FA to deal with. Hopefully, they'll go easy on a young manager If we can navigate the summer, we should be fine As for legacy, this'll be largely be forgotten whereas Middlesbrough will become a question on who are the only team to lose a semi final and final of the same competition. They'll be remembered forever 😃

He's a young manager, and people make mistakes Death by a thousand whips is for some, but not for me. You make a mistake, you take responsibility for that mistake, then move on As for the 200m, Hull could have beaten us. It wasn't a given

It could have been a Scooby Doo moment at the hearing where they unmasked Will Salt and it's actually Will Still

Oh yeah, the goalkeeper formerly known as Prince Charles

I misread that as Prince Charles 😆

Another thought is that if the FA ban him, we won't owe him any compensation as he'll be in breach of contract. If they don't ban him, then he might stay

I think keep him if we can, it's just the FA I think throw a curveball and have all training sessions open next year for all intern analysts. It's culturally acceptable and educational everywhere else. That'll mess with the spying laws

I like Murphy the Cardiff manager. He's statistical and positional like Tonda. I have a funny feeling it'll be Lallana

I think time has added some context to the whole Spygate drama First, there's been some articles about 'spying' in Germany where it's not a thing. Analysts are actively encouraged to watch opponents train, so it's very different over there. So some of this has been down to cultural differences. I think we've picked up that this goes on here, but it's under the radar and overlooked. Tonda maybe knew of the cultural differences but maybe not the laws of the game I think releasing the picture of Will Salt was in very bad taste given Tonda was behind it all. It has publicly shamed a man who was sent to do a job that he wasn't quite sure about The spying law itself will never sit right. Because they look at the act and not the damage, it sits in an uncomfortable place. I would rather either go like Germany and let analysts in, or make clubs build fences. I think the law of two semi final winners should have been adhered to. Maybe bring Wrexham in, that needs looked at. There are so many things about Spygate that will never sit right, and I think the EFL made this difficult for themselves not giving more guidelines

It's an odd thing to do As much as we have spied and have been punished, from his perspective it's a strange thing to do. Trust is a massive thing for me when hiring people.

It was the result everyone wanted.

I read somewhere the FA thing can take up to 6 weeks

A slightly different take. I think what stands out for me is the lone wolf theory at the beginning. It was given to us, to Gibson and to the panel initially. Alot of what we were talking about was based off that theory. And it turns out in the report that it looks like an attempt to deceive everyone before the actual truth came out. It's really just that part that doesn't sit right

I agree I think clearing the decks provides that clean sheet feel we need just now, as brutal as is might be internally It also let's everyone move on

I suppose there's a human side to it all. Eckerts world has come crashing in and it probably feels like a pile on at the moment with the anger from all quarters, plus the FA gunning for him SR will have to sack him because he'll get banned. Maybe they are just giving it a bit of space and time

I suppose we say he will get a job abroad, but clubs abroad have now seen the gains of playing team who spy. So, it might not be as easy to get another job

Boro might become the first team to lose in the semi final and final of the playoffs in the same year