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Ha! That needs to be on a Saintsweb t-shirt... Make it so @stevegrant

Yeah, I'm almost praying this happens (if they throw the book at Tonda).

Good morning Phil 👋🏻 😉

Have I left my webcam on again FFS...?

I admire your optimism, but having been on the planet for 58 years, the FA and "double standards" have always been synonyms as far as I recall... I'm not convinced they're suddenly going to turn into a reasonable / rational / logical organisation overnight...

Looking on the bright side, if that's true, then Tonda should still be at the helm for the derby game (assuming we invoke the appeal process, which we have 7 days to do after the verdict, I believe)

Yeah... Fancy people speculating what might happen on an internet football forum... Whatever next...?

Which the FA won't give a stuff about...?

Hypothetically, (and just pondering out loud on an internet football forum, before the thought police intervene...), are we to believe that if Tonda had committed this misdemeanor as a Premier League manager, then the FA would HAVE to have treated him the same as Bielsa, given they wouldn't have the "new EFL rule" scenario on the table to leverage a different outcome, as seems likely this time around...? Which undelines the point I've been sticking to all along, that surely the FA should be treating all managers the same for misdemeanors such as this, regardless of which rules a particular league happens to have in place, or not as the case may be. Otherwise you just end up with inconsistent outcomes for the same 'crime'...

I'm not "pretending" anything... I think the new EFL rule WILL be taken into account by the FA, doesn't mean I have to agree with that stance...

Indeed... I'm just about to submit my nomination of Tonda for this year's Nobel Peace Prize...

Actually, there's a fair number of posts from other clubs' fans on this BBC Sport Facebook post saying that we've been punished enough and that the FA shouldn't dish out anything too significant... Maybe Parsons has played a blinder after all...? https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19LJiUXifZ/

Indeed... Now where did I put my Groundhog Day GIF...?

Banned from all footballing activities for a whole season, backdated to the start of this season. We then appeal and f*** that up again.