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Just a gut feel really, plus a fair amount of 'reading between the lines'... I don't think anyone can say with any certainty that "a ban is inevitable"... Yes, we can't rule it out, of course, but the vibes to me are that the FA will deem that the club (and therefore the people that work there) have been punished enough. As I say, just a hunch and, yes, my hunches have been wrong plenty of times before! 🙂 Time will tell who gets the "told you so" medal...

I've still not seen an official statement from the FA outlining their scope and terms of reference for their investigation. All I've seen is media reports citing an "FA spokesman" that an investigation was underway. Anyone got a link today the official FA statement?.(I asked for one yesterday, but nothing forthcoming)

I guess they were waiting for the final EFL report in order to draw a line under the EFL side of things... i.e. best for the club to have the 'last word' in that regard...? Seems like the right chronology to me, in retrospect, despite my own clamour for a statement from Solak much earlier in the process.

Loving the hysterical comments on Dan Roan's tweet this morning... As some might say: "unhinged!"

Apology accepted by me Tonda. Onwards and upwards!

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It's almost as if it's possible to be wrong on one occasion and not wrong on another occasion...

Count me in the "in denial" club in that case... In fact, the last time I was this much in denial was when I went swimming in Egypt... (I'm here all week, sadly )

Yup, agreed 👍🏻

I don't think (m)any people are saying it would have altered the outcome, rather it's a simple case of asking: given a choice between a panel member with zero links to one of clubs involved and a panel member with any kind of link to one of the clubs,which do you think would be the most sensible/ logical one to choose? I think we can probably all agree on the answer to that question...?

I can't believe Solak would have come out with his statement today if he felt there was a likelihood of Tonda being banned.... That said, I thought the same about us being chucked out of the competition when the club were being brazen in the lead up to the play off semi-finals and final... 😳

This is a fair point to me... Given the EFL's insistence on accelerating the due process, it was always going to lead to rushed statements that would inevitably contain holes and gaps. The EFL wanted a hasty statement, and they duly got one.... Twats.

If the Solak statement this morning is anything to go by, he's strongly indicating that they're going to pull out all the stops to retain / build an auto-promotion capable side.... Although, for all the cynics out there, I guess that comes under: "well, he would say that, wouldn't he?"

Ha, indeed... I've thought all along this could be one possible outcome... An actual benefit of the multi-club system maybe...? (assuming FIFA didn't get involved too of course)

You'd have thought that Solak would already have the player's buy-in by now.... He's not going to come out with a statement like today without the players being 100% behind Tonda...

What I want to know is... When's the Dan Roan interview with Mr Grant to explain and apologise for this forum grinding to a halt every time there's a bit of breaking news FFS!

Ooh... Who posted that? (Just need to update my 'potential ITK' database....

Game on! 😁

Yep, this, actually 👍🏻

Tut tut Wrighty... You should know by now (by order of the Saintsweb intelligentsia) that you're not allowed to compare one type of 'cheating' with another....

Indeed, and I don't think the "if others had done it they would have been caught by now" line is quite the 'gotcha' that some seem to believe it is. I've always said that one of the most surprising revelations that could come out of this whole saga is that it turns out we're the only club in the EFL that have ever carried out surveillance 'missions' such as these....