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Agreed. And to date no team has ever won the WC under a foreign manager.

The last 25 minutes needed someone fast - probably Saka - on the pitch and told to stay on the halfway line and chase every clearance. No way would he have been left unmarked so 1 or 2 fewer in attack for our defence to deal with. And any ball he successfully chased you can almost guarantee he'd have been fouled, breaking their momentum and ensuring the ball wasn't coming straight back every time.

Charles is still on holiday, his break started later than most as N. Ireland played several late WC warm up friendlies

With main sponsor Midnite emblazoned across the chest. Should someone point out to Gibo and their fans that they are only worthy of sponsoring our training kit, or might that upset them again

Errrr.... we do Saka - Father Nigerian + Mother Nigerian, born in Ealing not the only example

To be fair that's the same reactions I've experienced from any fan of any other club I've spoken to since , even 3 Pompey fans. It wouldn't surprise me if Boro have to put up with a rendition of OWTSGMI at every ground they visit this season.

Nice kits, the honours board on the right could do with revising though 🤣

Ronaldo doesn't even look like he's playing the same game as his team mates any more. Messi now spends 90 minutes wandering around yet still always manages to be wandering in the right place at the right time

Chris "whack-em" Packham surely, although he'd be one we'd all like to see take a hiding. Iwan Thomas is usually up for most things

One of them would have eaten it before it even landed

Real or mock up? Whichever, I like that. Could do with a break in the stripe where the E overlaps, apart from that it's a yes from me.

If he get's a ban it's out of our hands. But everything he done he done to try and win us games. He hasn't bribed referees or other clubs. He han't sent out players with instructions to injure opposing players. I do believe he didn't know it was against the rules to start with, I don't believe that nobody told him it was by the time we played Ipswich and Boro - if they didn't then that's the fault of the club not him. I don't believe spying on the opposition gains more than a tiny advantage if any, what can you really learn? In the Boro case, whether Hackney was fit and we could probably have worked that out when he stepped off the team coach. I don't believe for one minute that he or the club could have envisaged the repurcussions which are far in excess of the "crime" The guy is committed to winning. He's currently on a league 21 match unbeaten run. Not because of spying, mainly due to squad depth, substitutions and fitness. If we got rid of him now and the next boss struggles we'll only be asking ourselves "what if we'd kept him". He's not a fool, he's learnt his lesson. I vote keep him

Just a thought, could we contact Boro and tell them Salt was just a decoy and for £100m we'll sell them the info on Hull we are currently still gathering. Then do the same to Hull .

Shouldn't have anything to do with it. But I wouldn't mind betting once the dust has settled if our punishment indicates that the EFL considers it only a minor infringement as rules go, then Boro might be facing a bringing the game into disrepute charge for their wild accusations and protestations.

Exactly. If young Mr Salt had just said he was researching on behalf of a Malaysian gambling organisation they'd have probably told him to fuck off and that would have been the end of it. Its not often a satrting line up has many if any surprises, somehow they generally get out

96 hours notice. Perfect. That gives us a full day to legally spy on them

We can appeal which presumably would be immediate . Boro can't they can only go to court .

Clever. So even if Boro want to stir even more shit with their high court injuction to stop the game going ahwad no judge is going to even hear their complaint until they see the written verdict...which I bet won't be avaiable till Sunday

Good Luck Gibo. "Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has accused United Group co-owner Dragan Šolak, as well as the media outlets in the Group’s composition, of being part of a conspiracy to plan his murder. Vučić denied having made the announcement the very next day, but the recording on his Instagram profile in which he said exactly that remained."

Do they not see the irony that the League has appointed an Independent Committee to ensure neutrality with no influence clouding judgement and they then request to take part in the hearing. #deluded

As the issue is the "within 72 hours" I still think my argument that he was spying on them for the second leg not the 1st gets the case dismissed immediately 😂

Christ, where? I haven't got over the sexy nuns on last seasons matchday threads yet

Shaggy - It wasn't Me Taylor Swift - I can see you Jessie J - No Secrets

And he's not even in the bottom left pic unless he's hiding in the trees.......oh 🤔

Easy way out of this. The rule is no spying on the opposition less than 72 hours before kick off. Just make a statement we weren't spying on them before Saturday's game we were spying on them before next Tuesday's match