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I love it, used to watch it with the kids, feel sad they dont want to watch it with me anymore

Lol well at least the hearing was just to decide on our punishment and nothing to do with Middlesbrough

Just all a big fucking massive coincidence isn't it , never mind eh

At the very least Dragan should have a couple of his Serbian ex-special forces lads pay a visit to Jason Taylor and see how many whistles he can blow whilst looking over the edge of a shark infested pool

Because the difference in moral outrage over doing the same thing is remarkable

Who appointed "Sport Resolutions" and what connections do they have with them?

Media hypocrisy at its finest, Bielsa is still talked in fond terms by both Leeds fans and media and he was congratulated for getting them promoted the following season

Yes yes yes , your honour may like to consider the decision of this panel was not just to decide on a punishment for Southampton football club but actually to reward Middlesbrough who are clearly beneficiaries of the ruling

Genuinely Saintsweb has been better at this than Saints , incredible really , useless legal representation

*but an extra hour of season ticket holder discount in the fan zones each home game, total saving actually represents a discount on this year's prices #spendtosave

Sign me up Genuinely looking forward to the carabao Cup 1st round start of August, get back out there and start the March to the Arch again

Dont forget the tartan paint

Got to be Middlesbrough for me Clive

I'd be delighted if Hull win Saturday, those games next season with KFC will be spicier than Millwall v West Ham, bring it on

Do your kids go to same as mine? Really noticed that, saw a few PSG and Arsenal shirts though!

You're a wind up merchant, for some reason deliberately acting stupid Middlesbrough fans will be well aware of how their club has manipulated the situation to gain maximum advantage, clever but dirty tricks still. Of all the lawyers in the world they just happened to have one of played for Boro and one who'd represented Boro on the panel. Its perfectly reasonable for Saints fans to see the club were stupid and shouldn't have spied (primary cause) but that we've also been stitched up with the process and punishment

Hopefully everyone who went on official travel to Middlesborough away in the play offs will be given a free sausage roll again

Fucking hell clearly.its not like that, Middlesbrough realised they stood to GAIN from the situation and have benefited from it

Seems odd that a handful of posters on here are so blinkered they just want to dismiss anything as "we were guilty so nothing else matters" Clearly the context is important. Role of the "whistleblower" for me is key to allowing Middlesbrough to hatch the plot and use it to their benefit. Links to EFL board. EFL have followed Middlesbrough instructions whole way through, clear to see. Fair to ask questions of independent panel. "New rule" with no defined punishment . Leeds admitted to same actions as Saints, punishment should have acted as a precedent to be considered, 200k fine to Saints punishment clearly disproportionate

Middlesbrough were out of order leaking the picture of Will Salt to the press and naming him, the whole "we know it was him because he left a paper trail buying a coffee" ffs they came out with some nonsense that needed calling out on but media have been complicit in running their PR mission .

Yep our own stupidity and inexperience within the club is to blame, taking big risks that were never worth it, but Middlesbrough used intelligence to take advantage of it , hatched a plan and implemented it ruthlessly

Middlesbrough's finger prints are all over this, from our ex analyst whistleblower to Director on EFL board and now a connection on the internal panel, corruption

Who was it? Please tell me it was Gazza

Their lawyer presented their case gift wrapped to the EFL with demands on what punishment they were to give "or else"

Tondas hardly going to be sneaking around the bushes himself is he, of course if anyone was doing it then junior members obvious choice, Tonda probably had done it when he was a 21 year old analyst. Intern sounds like a right grass, suck it up and tell them you were a lone wolf you numpty