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We didn't just spy on one game. It was Middlesbrough, Oxford and Ipswich, and those were only the ones we admitted to. It wasn't a one-off mistake, it was a premeditated pattern of behaviour, which is one of the reasons they're coming down so hard on us.

I might think it was harsh but if there were rules in place that said there was even a possibility of me getting that punishment, however remote those chances might be, I’d probably think twice about doing it in the first place. And I definitely wouldn’t do it repeatedly.

How are people still not getting this? It doesn't matter whether 'we' think the rules are stupid or not. The rules exist. Our club broke them. Not once, but multiple times. Deliberately. They got caught. They admitted they'd done it. Breaking rules has consequences. The club misjudged what those consequences would be. That's no-one else's fault but theirs. Now we/ they are finding out those consequences the hard way. I might not agree with a 70mph speed limit on British motorways, but if I get pulled over steaming along the M3 at 100mph, multiple times, I can't then start bleating that I should get leniency because it's different on the fucking Autobahn. The club did it deliberately, trying to gain an advantage to win a massive prize. It knew there were risks. Their gamble failed. Now they face the consequences. It's on them, and they have no-one else to blame but themselves. Unfortunately, as usual the fans have to suffer the collateral damage, because if this derails our promotion chances this season, which it very obviously might, then it could fuck us up for years.

Once again you demonstrate that you understand the concept of media & comms strategy far better than the person we've had leading our response ever will Can you do the next interview please

All That Matters is justice ✊

Heard this morning that Curtis Stigers reckons a 4 match touchline ban with another 4 suspended for 18 months would be the fairest outcome, so I’m feeling more confident about things now

Why? They don’t make any sense, and it’s just some random with no clout or knowledge, who gives a fuck what they think? No-one treats Football Insider as a credible source on anything. It’s literally made up. You might as well ask Salman Rushdie or Anton du Beke, it would have about as much significance

That article is gibberish. The headline says that the FA have issued a fresh statement ahead of the hearing. Which of course they haven’t, and it’s never mentioned again in the article. Then the article itself is just some random who used to work for Everton giving his personal thoughts. Then it says ‘the fact that Eckert was aware of it or directed it to some extent will serve in mitigation of the fine’, which makes absolutely zero sense. It’s just the usual Football Insider mix of AI slop and random quotes from obscure people with no knowledge of the situation.

Well that's Parsons fucked then

To be fair to Livramento, if the rest of his career is a guide then he almost certainly is injured

Alfie on TSP said hearing is on Thursday, and based on that he expected (though couldn't guarantee) to hear something before the weekend.

Equidistant. Big fan of Bangkok chick boys

Hasenhüttl

I’ve been whelked

Excellent points from Saint Pete KC. Meanwhile in his big national interview, half-term Phil chooses to focus on whining about how much the club has had to spend on the legal fees which have been incurred as a direct consequence of the club's own premeditated actions. That should really help to get people onside.

I think I may have spotted the potential issue here

What in god’s name are you going on about

Also spot on. I can see no benefit whatsoever to doing an interview at all, but if you're going to do it, actually present an argument that has factual validity, or bring something new to the table, not just waaah waaah waaah crying like a little bitch with no substance and nothing worthwhile to add. His actions are poorly judged and will cause us more harm, as always. He's an idiot, and every new mistake he's allowed to make just makes me think that Solak must be an idiot too for leaving him in place to blunder on making everything worse.

👆 Exactly this. Nothing he ever does has a point. He actively damages everything he touches. He's an embarrassment, and quite clearly has been completely out of his depth from the beginning.

Textbook Baz goal. Not a howler, but enough to make you think 'he should have done better with that'.

Jesus christ When we kicked off yesterday our centre forward had scored as many as anyone in the top five leagues in Europe

No we didn’t

What’s more concerning is that our £9m attacking summer signing is only deemed worth throwing on for 3 minutes of injury time

Yes no doubt he would have really changed the game like he did so many times before

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