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Peretz must be confident that Eckhert will be manager if that's one of the main reasons he is signing.

Surely it has to be this....

Let's hope we do make a good start if he stays. Otherwise things could get very messy.

Entrapment or not. Basically we shouldn't have been there and Middlesborough played a blinder with the information they had.

Yup. Whatever the outcome it will result in chaos. I sincerely hope my suggestion is wrong, that we play Hull on Saturday, beat them and everything turns out rosy. 🤔

I agree absolutely but they might think this is the least of all evils. What a shitshow.

My prediction? Saints expelled - playoff different from league. Middlesborough lost fair and square (no advantage gained by Saints) so they are out too. Hull promoted without playing the final. From EFL perspective bad deeds are penalised and their reputation for "fairness" not besmirched. They lose the revenue from their big match but think that is worth it. Saints and Middlesborough make legal challenges but by the time it's sorted Hull are playing in the Premier league. We both get some monetary compensation.

Let's assume we are found guilty by the commission. Who decides what the punishment should be? Independent commission or EFL?

If the hearing has not yet been heard then no one knows what the outcome will be. EFL must prepare for any outcome.

IF Saints are guilty and IF Tonda was aware I think Tonda will be the most likely guy to br punished as it's a footballing issue rather than a financial one. Maybe a fine too.

Presume we are cheering for Hull tonight?

Whilst this debate is all very entertaining and worrisome I think I'll just wait for a statement either from the club or the EFL.

I hope Ipswich go on and take second now. They would be the hardest play off opponents.

Can't say I'm too bothered. I want promotion and a cup win not some half arsed EFL award.

Much more fun to have come storming up the table and then win the play off final.

Is it possible to watch this game from Spain?

If you're happy to pay a tenner you can watch on Southampton FC main website. I'm in Indonesia and that's what I'll be doing.

I predict a final points total of 16.

OK, another defeat and the expected capitulation but for once that was really fun to watch (barring the last 15 minutes). Give me more.

So that's probably about the score we expected? I saw again several serious errors that cost us against a vastly superior team. But: 1. There's less tippy tappy in the past few games. 2. We are breaking out of defence and into the opponents final third in the last few games much more quickly than previously. 3. We did get into scoring positions on several occasions. 4. I think the players are still playing for the manager. 5. Without the mistakes I think we would be out of the relegation zone. We do have some good players. 5. Overall we haven't had much luck with VAR. 6. That Northam end sounded loud again. 7. Despite this I fear we're doomed.

If we were viewing that performance from a position where we were already on say four or five points I think we would see that as a pretty OK display against one of the free hit teams.

Well, I just watched it and found it very interesting. With a low current points score and a poor goal difference it would be fascinating to hear his current views on our situation and how he intends to rectify it.

Hopefully he might already know that he will be nurtured and appreciated more with us than at a big club. Might mean we get an extra year or two from him before he leaves for megabucks.

I gess theirs notmuch hapinin' In the Tranzfurr marrkit at prezent¿

Depends how the app works I guess but maybe you could share your app logon details with the person you are transferring to and they could become you for the afternoon?