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Yeah, I know he was being tongue-in-cheek, but I read that into it too... Had a 'There for the grace of God go I.... " vibe about it...

An apt number of signatures perhaps....

He was actually pretty reasonable and pragmatic about it all. When asked how he would have reacted if it happened at a club he owned,he said (paraphrased): "I'd have been bloody annoyed they got caught more than anything!"

Why would we want to deny ourselves free and glorious entertainment?

That only covers one of the charges... We'd still be in breach of the other charge (i.e. "acting in good faith")...

Yep, agree... Unless, for some reason, this particular 'mission' wasn't a run-of-the-mill exercise... Until we know the facts we can't rule out that it wasn't specifically requested / sanctioned by the manager. I'm hoping it's unlikely, but don't think we can rule it out as a possibility (yet)...?

If this 'spying mission' was sanctioned by the club, then Tonda almost certainly had to be aware of it, otherwise, what would be the point of spying on the opposition if you kept it secret from the manager? It would be utterly pointless. Whether Tonda was the instigator remains to be seen, but at the very least he has to be complicit, surely? (Assuming the underlying accusations are true, of course)

Bringing the podcasting world into disrepute... Ban him from podcasting for 12 months FFS!!

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRs4vkyF/ "The young couple next door to me have recently made a sex tape.... I mean, obviously, they don't know that yet..." (c/o Gary Delaney)

Wonder if that's because we've been given a heads up that the punishment won't be too punitive if we put our hands up to it, even though we think we might have a case to argue against it? (i.e. the "loan wolf" story could have some truth in it, but it'll just be easy to take the punishment rather thand spend time and money contesting it, upon which the fine etc could increase)

Nice touch by the club for the away end on Tuesday 👍🏻

Who's saying he isn't...?

This is the key point for me... Whether it's an intern acting off his own back or under instruction from the club, it's somewhat baffling either way. As you say, if we're going to go down the spying route, surely we'd do it more professionally?! 🙂

Assuming it's this fella (which we've not seen any proof of btw), the answer to your question is: since this article was written / published by the University of Derby... https://www.derby.ac.uk/undergraduate/sport-exercise-science-courses/wills-placement-year-is-key-to-success/ Is there any way of determining when a webpage was first published?

I believe you're looking for the "Small things that annoy me" thread...?