Cuddles

Careful, we don't want them to take offence. That said, Boro don't have a fence for them to take anyway.

You've done well to get tier 2. I must have got in earlier and it was all top tier.

Is it 12.30 yet?

The queue on the Middlesbrough site is quicker for those struggling.

Wow, 5000 in front on me 🤣

The only thing FCK will be getting out of this, is cramp.

That's not how it works. But they might try separate legal action afterwards, which would keep this thread going for some time yet 👀

He might not be any more... 😂

When you put it like that!!

Not necessarily, there's still a high chance we'd come straight back down again (although Leeds and Sunderland have done very well this season).

Still seems a lot, particularly if we don't go up...

I reckon we get a big fine reduced on appeal to something sensible like £500k.

If it looks a bit iPhoney, it's probably pony

Wasn't that just from that scratchy audio clip from Friday?

Apologies, should have put a wink next to it. But wouldn't be surprised if that's what we end up with. Bloody Ipswich.

I think we're in the clear. £500k fine, three points (suspended) and a penalty to Ipswich.

Doubt Gobbo would be allowed to rock up on horseback two days in, with an ex-Saints employee tied and bound in the back of a carriage with a guilty note. If that's what you mean.

The ex-employee staging it is the more likely scenario, as it would come back to Boro eventually otherwise. All seems incredibly unlikely but the Linkedin thing is weird unless the ex-employee found out immediately and deleted their profile to avoid being wrongly accused in the press (although you'd think Linkedin would show them as no longer employed by us anyway).

Had the same thought last night. Boro fans will think we're clutching at straws, but the whole thing feels odd and the Linkedin deletions surely must be related. It's too coincidental. If this WAS the case, you can understand Tonda's frustration and wanting to say something.

Same as Leicester literally winning the league with a team they couldn't afford? 💀

I think we'd go on and play the game and appeal anyway. Six points would be disproportionate, especially in the EPL with less games 😉

This was being banded about via some fake audio clip. Likely nonsense!

Sorry, that is nonsense.

Can we refer to them as FCK instead?