hypochondriac

Nah. I reckon the Boro analyst knew we were doing it and he would have been identified as William salt whether he was on our website or not.

Not sure what you're suggesting. We have clearly accepted the outcome. We may separately take legal action in some form (I reckon unlikely but you never know.) None of that is going to prevent the FA from coming to a decision if that is what they are doing nor will it delay any decision which will allow us to prepare for next year.

He really should have realised it amounted to a conflict of interest for a case of this magnitude and voluntarily removed himself. Doesn't really matter because it almost certainly made no difference to the judgement but it doesn't look good and really you want to be beyond reproach with this.

Things can be true at the same time. Did the fact this guy had one appearance for Boro influence the panel? Almost certainly not. Should saints have made a fuss about this prior to the disciplinary? Definitely. Should this guy have brought this up and removed himself from the panel? Absolutely.

I bow to your superior knowledge but I'd be rather surprised if this wasn't signed off by someone legal in some way. We don't know to what extent CC are involved with things.

It reads to me exactly like something that has been run through lawyers.

I don't really understand his desire for someone to own the story and lead from the front. If we are going to sacking people or are teeing up some legal response then we are hardly going to get someone front and centre as the fall guy. It is tough for fans though clearly because we haven't been addressed at all.

I mentioned last week that I know someone who has talked to the likes of Parsons and the message was that they weren't expecting FA charges against Tonda (albeit this was shortly after the verdict). I wonder if this makes that more true?

At this point maybe just say nothing at all, keep Tonda and go up as champion next season. Do the talking on the pitch, I reckon anything they try to say now will just be mega embarrassing.

Agreed. The only way this is acceptabke if we are now going to initiate legal action against the efl. If we are just going to shrug our shoulders now and move on then it's not acceptable to have said nothing to the fans.

I'd calmed down but reading that statement I'm getting annoyed again. Surely that's not the first message the club want to send after all this time? So very disappointing.

We waited days and days and that's all the club say? What a load of shit saying essentially nothing.

I'm not an expert but I still feel like we could conceivably make a fuss over the appeals process and the hurried nature of it.

Could be a good or bad thing really.

Why would he meet you in particular. There's plenty of opportunities to hear fans views if desired.

Is your last name Chorley?

People left his rape gang enquiry in protest. The only reason he funded it was political point scoring. He is independently wealthy (in no small part because he fucked over our club) and so again, gives his mp salary to charity so he can score political points against less wealthy mps who can't afford to do so. Your last point makes no sense.

I think it may well be the same! Just interesting that the whole thing about FA charges sounded definite. That wasn't the case last week at any rate.

Still not sure how any saints fan of a certain age could like anything about swing Lowe.

Won't be garner as we were doing it prior to January. Reeves or Newton...

Just passing on some info from a friend of someone who has spoken to some of the higher ups at Saints. Apparently the message from last week was that there hadn't been an expectation of FA charges. Do we know for definite that the FA is looking to charge us? Would rather contradict what Blackmore has said and may have changed since last week. Just letting people know.

Meant will be apologies

And he did a much better job of it than our side.

Football Martin bloke mentioned yesterday there is a full staff meeting on Tuesday and there isn't likely to be anything said by the club before then.

Thanks for that Duncan. Reassuring to know things aren't maybe as terrible as they first appeared (although still not good.) Do you know if they club believe that Tonda is likely to get canned by the FA?