saints1988

This has been handled poorly by all parties - they are an independent commission and by that nature do not care about the timelines (having a game on Saturday) the EFL do and should have prepared for this eventuality (sporting sanction) - not letting Saints or Hull sell tickets and fans making travel and accommodation plans. Ultimately, the EFL set this rule in place (when Leeds spied on Derby in the playoffs) and should have had a punishment in place if a club was found guilty of “spying” this is the formal punishment - akin to FFP The club are in the wrong and certain people should go for what has gone on, but this decision has one precedent to go of (200k fine) how have they come to the decision that a points deduction and forced withdrawal from the competition + loss of potential £200 Million windfall and the decision has to be swallowed without normal procedure being followed in relation to 14 days appeal. It stinks just as much as the clubs stink on spying on other member clubs

Highly doubt the game goes ahead Saturday to be honest. This is a huge decision/punishment for the EFL to make. The club surely has the right to use the full 14 days for appeal

This…..we have just been caught and have been made an example off. And the thing that stinks is the example is way over the top and opens up a whole can of worms. There should be something in place to say that if you are found to be guilty of breaking rules then this is the punishment

Some of them on Karen FC message board are getting excited for announcement at 12:30 today from the EFL……

Turning into the Gadget show on Middlesborough Forums: That phones capabilities he iPhone 17 Pro Max features a 48MP Fusion Telephoto camera with a 4x optical zoom (100mm equivalent) and 8x "optical-quality" zoom (200mm equivalent) using a next-gen tetraprism design. It supports a total 16x optical zoom range and up to 40x digital zoom for capturing distant subjects 🤣

Trying to put myself in their shoes. Just me or would you not really give a rats if this was the other way round? What massive advantage can be gained - maybe early info that Hackney was not fit…..

Stream anyone?

Autos………..long shot I know

Lallana will be taking over the U21’s as Head Coach.

Just don’t understand the five at the back. Clearly has not worked and at this point the caretaker manager has no expectations so why not change it? Playing a winger who got 14 assists in this league last year at fullback makes no sense

I have heard the opposite from a coach within the club at youth level. Does not come across very well but quite frankly, these players have won four league games in 17 months, perhaps some reflection on themselves wouldn’t go amiss

Doyle will not be the last to leave out of this batch of youngsters. I have been told by someone who coaches within the club that youth team players that have gone through the age groups where not happy with the terms offered to the two players we got in from Tottenham recently. For a number of years, the club has had a structure around salaries for youth players - that went out the window for the two high profile signings from Tottenham and it did not go down well. Personally, if I had dedicated my development since an 8 year old to a certain club and had been told that we have a structure around financials to keep kids grounded and that changes to hoover up talent elsewhere, it would not sit right with me.

If true (highly doubtful) - considering how United have been working in the world of football over the past decade I wouldn’t call it a glowing inditement of Ralph’s managerial ability

Describe clutching at straws

Ultimately if Ralph was any good at this level then he wouldn’t still be at Saints, the Premier League and top European clubs have had a lot of movement in managerial appointments over the past three years - not one solid sniff of interest in Ralph. Clubs can see past the tight budgets and restrictions in his role when hiring, he is just not that good and hopefully SR have seen it now

Well, someone’s been talking to the Daily Mail. Loose lips sink ships - May have some sort of bearing on people mentioning at the forum last night that you could see some tension. Beginning of the end I think Considering what I believe to be good work in the market so far by SR, it would be nice to see who they could bring in

#Colwillwatch was at the game tonight in the stands

Adam Armstrong - Do want him to come good, has something about him the one positive so far tonight

Nathan Jones? - that’s a bit left field…..

Looking for two away tickets for Spurs game

What could have been…..

Most obscure: Chris Lines - Bristol Rovers (another Cortese mess around I believe)

Stuart Armstrong wouldn’t be a bad option to be honest - our best attacking player currently

This may have some merit. Thought is was odd at the time - I can’t see any upside to making that information public and certainly not to 25 professional footballers, it just created unnecessary noise

Am I the only one that thought Bruno was terrible?