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Very much a 50/50 game in my opinion, hard to call how it will go , we can't afford to be as bad as we were first half again

Boro stewards were helping fans with flares outside the ground , not trying to stop them, inside the ground fair enough but outside wont be an issue, I remember at Goodison last year it was encouraged by the club pre match for their grand farewell

Finn Azaz would be very familiar with the layout

Remember if we have done it before as long as it was more than 72 hours before the game thats ok. Also, not many training pitches can be viewed quite so easily unless having a drone

Yeah i stayed in the pub two years ago, will make an effort to go down for this one, might go to Chapel Arms pre match

Let's just win the game , ignore all this

It is, but the overreaction has been very carefully orchestrated using people on various media platforms to whip it up. I've seen comments like the whole of football will be willing for a Boro win to show cheats dont prosper , definitely pressure being applied to get us harshest possible punishment

Good point, seems to really affect him playing them

This. Its not like he bribed someone to get into the premises or used fake ID , you can literally just walk up the grounds from a publicly accessible hotel / golf course

Yep temporarily joined us from the Wanderers of Wolverhampton. But for real check out the background, could be his grandad is a skate and he got a job at Saints for sole intention of sabotage from within., he then tips off Middlesbrough of his intentions to ensure they fulfil their role of reporting him and causing maximum controversy, we could be witnessing a coordinated attempt by Middlesbrough and Portsmouth to damage our football club.

That's West Ham relegated isn't it

I agree, it all feels very contrived to give them the maximum advantage, clearly we've not benefited from any info, I think the lone-wolf intern will turn out to have Boro links and this whole scenario has cleverly been manufactured to disrupt Saints

Middlesbrough are also expected to remind the commission – which has been assembled and will be chaired by a lawyer – that in 2024, the Canada Women coach, Bev Priestman, and two of her staff were banned from football for 12 months after spying on New Zealand at the Paris Olympics. Canada were also docked six Olympic points.

Yep, as good as it was to get a draw in the first leg i actually think Boro are more dangerous as the away team , they're a good side , penalties is a good shout

There's definitely a big PR issue where it feels like they're coming for us from all angles, need a no one likes us we don't care attitude

If anything we'd deserve a higher penalty for such a ridiculous defence

Assume Boro are flying down Monday and staying in Harbour hotel? As long as our analysts have done their jobs and got the hotel rooms under surveillance we should be ok, I'm told we've installed a couple of our catering workers to go undercover in the kitchen and report back on what they all order for lunch, marginal gains.

Close call between him and Azaz who looked like he was playing with one of these in the first half

Its always sad to see the state of town centres like these, the grey clouds and rain post match didn't help either , can't complain at £6.40 for two pints though. Boro fans i chatted to in the pub were sound to be fair, had a good laugh at the whole spy affair . Still dont know how they failed to score first half, luck was on our side a bit there

Exactly, its virtually impossible to get near most clubs training pitches, Middlesbrough having such as easy access is different if you can watch from a golf course

They just refused to serve me in kings Cross M&S, we're social outcasts

I couldn't sleep well last night, never do when worried I'll sleep through alarm and miss the train, reading various reports of news outlets one thing that stands out in the comments is that neutrals all seem to be willing us to lose now, need to adopt the no one likes us we dont care motto.

Yeah seems like a proper carry on effort, its so bad its laughable, we're going to have to get used to being called cheats

From a fairly reliable source it sounds like there is some truth to all this. Bit of a shambles from the club, got to crack on with it, hardly like we've gained an advantage, do our talking on the pitch