Midfield_General

Take away the acts of GBH and he's just not the same player. Always reminds me of this. "A clumsy challenge"

That would be the sensible approach, but that's not really the SR way. None of the managers they've hired have really followed on directly in style from the one before. (Ralph) > Jones > Selles > Martin > Juric > Still > Tonda Not really any pattern there at all. I suppose you could argue that because they all ended up getting sacked, that it was 'time for change' at each point the next new manager came in, but each one basically started from scratch in terms of playing style, regardless of personnel. That's why if the ban means they go down the caretaker route I think it will be Lallana and Garner for some sort of continuity. If we need a new permanent manager, god knows what happens. Could be anyone.

Yep it was Alfie’s educated guess

No, I'm saying that crying after the event about how unfair or stupid the rules are, that were clear for everyone to see, is a total waste of time and totally missing the point. Whether the punishment fits the crime is a separate issue entirely. But whatever. Knock yourselves out.

Because it's allowed in the rules? The ones that are written down clearly, published, and that everyone is told to follow?

Why the rules exist, and whether you personally agree with them or not, is as completely irrelevant now as it was the 10,000 other times you've made the same point. Why the rules were put in place doesn't matter. What seasoned pros think doesn't matter. What other leagues and countries do, doesn't matter. Whether you personally agree with the rules about timescales doesn't matter. The rules were put in place by the governing body. The club broke them, multiple times. They got caught. They admitted to it. Now they're being punished. That's it.

Personally, I'd shoot him, then hang draw and quarter his body, and then once that's done I'd scrape all the bits into a bucket, shoot it into space and then get Neil Harris to nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Firing squad

Some of the comments on Facebook and X will be scathing Seriously, you don't want to be around for that, the vlogs alone are going to properly go off

Go on...

When wondering about things like that, a simple test you can apply is to read the rules and see what they say. Hope this helps

Seeing it all set out like that, yeah, I think he's fucked. I hope not, but I think they're going to come down hard. I'm predicting six months total ban.

Creating an analogy is very much like making love to a beautiful woman. You start with a point to prove, do your best to make it work, and when you've finished you're left wondering whether it was worth the effort.

Is the bit in bold the only point that has any actual relevance to this process and it's outcome? Yes

I think we’re missing the real question here. Which is: when the verdict is announced, what day and time will Saintsweb crash, what will the error message be, and how long will it stay down for? I’m going for: Friday 25th September 2.13pm 502 Bad Gateway 72 minutes

I know right - in a fair world the BBC would have come to St Mary's weeks ago and their Sports Editor Dan Roan would have done a one-to-one interview with the club's CEO, giving him the opportunity to put forward the club and Tonda's case in his own words. They would have filmed it, and put it on the BBC football homepage in both written and video format. At the same time, they would have interviewed Tonda, asking for his thoughts and views and giving him the chance to get his points across as well. Then they would have published both of those stories several days earlier, giving them much more time to be seen by more people. But as if that would ever happen

Maddest take yet, congratulations. Go on then - who wrote this script, and why?

And 20 Benson & Hedges to buy his way out of trouble with Kinky Vern in the exercise yard. Then he needs to get himself a tool, identify the Daddy and beat the shit out of him early. 30 days solitary but it’s worth it. Sends a message. it’s the only way to survive.

If we can prove it Edit: Although thinking about it, his defence was that he said he didn't know what the rules were. So he/ the club can't have it both ways.

The rule is the rule. What you think of it or whether you agree with it is irrelevant.

So what you’re saying is, people are just trying to think of reasons we should get out of it because it’s their team it happened to. It’s not a neutral, objective view. Which rather undermines the arguments, especially when so many people on here are frothing about objectivity, fairness and so on.

Let’s say it wasn’t us. Let’s say it had been Pompey who had been doing it, had been caught, and had admitted to it. Would everyone still be putting these arguments forward?

Calling @Turkish to stamp on this dream

Quite.