Whitey Grandad

It's dissent. And treated as such. At least, it should be.

But the outcome has not been decided yet.

Indeed. What on earth was the motive for it?

Their behaviour certainly isn't 'Utmost good faith'

That was what my Latin teacher would call "A question expecting the answer 'No'."

Evidence takes time to fabricate, don't you know.

Gibson is obviously not a gentleman.

Then what about our unbeaten run under Martin? Watching another team training is a miniscule advantage. You will not learn anything that can't be ascertained from watching videos of their games. You might get information about individual players and thei fitness.

Or Crying.

Within 72 hours it's spying. Otherwise it's scouting.

Factor 72 at least.

If the EPL doesn't have a similar rule then they might decline.

We can safely ignore reg 3.4 since it is so wooly. Have Middlesbrough acted in the 'utmost good faith' towards us?

It's a technical possibility because any sanctions are unspecified but on what grounds? Preventing a club from taking part in a match is unprecedented. A retrospective points reduction is also open to challenge.

Such evidence would have to prove that it was within the 72 hours limit.

I've come across the reviews of the golf club in question:

Just Google "changing metadata on photos"

Exclusion is not a possibility. The legal case would be immense. If Saints had not got through to the Final what would the potential penalty have been? That is the only possible consideration. If we are deemed to have been guilty of course.

I'm not old enough to play golf. But I did read somewhere that it does your knees in.

£500k? How do you want that? Cash or card? 6 points? You're bloody joking mate. Where do we appeal?

Any other instances are not relevant. The committee can only consider the specific charges that have been made. Any evidence that has been obtained illegally or potentially illegally would also be dismissed with fingers in the ears and "la la la I'm not listening"

Thanks for the update but I'm too busy for another job at the moment.

Of course they do. It's impossible and impractical to prevent it. The Premier League don't. Anyone who describes it as 'spying' is an amateur journalist at best. The EFL has created a problem for itself by introducing a rule without specifying a sanction for transgression. Had we not been in the playoffs what action would Middlesbrough have taken?

Haven't we? Acknowledging the charges is not the same as accepting them.

You can't sack someone who doesn't work for you.