Saint_clark

It's absurd isn't it. I can only assume the hierarchy of the club are in such disarray with arguments taking place that nothing is being filtered down to be put out.

I don't think we volunteered the information, I think those two were the ones who had some sort of evidence so we admitted it. Of course it was systemic though, probably every single game.

I didn't say they did, I said it was a possibility. Now it's been confirmed that Tonda was largely responsible for dragging our clubs reputation through the mud to try and progress his own personal reputation.

There was a possibility before the announcement that this was the data analysis department working on their own steam to cheat and get extra info to feed back to the coaching staff without them being aware of where it was coming from.

You will never ever see a game played with one side being given a handicap, it's just such an amateur idea and would never get off the ground in the professional game.

Almost makes you wonder if Saints have said that most clubs do it, and so the expulsion was to send a message to everyone else.

It would be interesting to know what their punishment would have been if we HAD been knocked out already.

We might have been benefitting from knowing how teams were lining up to defend set pieces.

Yep. Anyone who knew is complicit. Get rid, clear the club out of the lot, start again.

I'm almost certain that there is no legal basis for players taking action against the club to get their contracts terminated. There would need to be direct breaches of contractual agreements such as unpaid wages. The club cheating indirectly harms the player, not directly.

Got a bit emotional watching this I have to admit, for different reasons than I normally would.

Only thing I will say is that the argument of "they won't overturn it now, it's too disruptive etc" holds no weight. Throwing us out when we'd sold out, 4 days to the game, was disruptive and they still did it. You can argue that we have no chance based on what we did etc but to say they won't do it purely because it's too much hassle is wrong.

I know it's still raw, but I'm honestly feeling like I won't even really be following the club from here on out. I'm thinking ahead to next season and trying to imagine watching the games or even checking the results and I just don't imagine myself giving a shit at all.

If the telegraph article is accurate, and we've got no reason to suspect it isn't at this point, then this is almost entirely on Tonda.

I'd imagine they'll be pissed off enough to want to demand answers in person.

I've had a season ticket at Dorchester last season and will be again next season. Much more enjoyable. To demand answers from the club.

Would love to be present at the training ground tomorrow when the players come in.

I've been confused about why we aren't allowed to go to CAS about this, don't they exist for purely this kind of oversight?

Oh yeah he came in just before an easy run in, I remember now.

I'm not on any social media, have any players reacted on twitter, insta etc?

I don't fucking care anymore. Get Adkins back and maybe I'll care again.

We have scored more goals from set pieces than any other side in the championship haven't we?

Did he? We were shit under him initially I thought, then suddenly turned it around. Can we be sure that didn't have anything to do with rule breaking now?

It'll look all the more ridiculous when City get a 5 point deduction for their 115 charges.

That proper process hasn't been followed I guess, which might see us get compensation if we take them to civil court but won't do anything now.