Jimmy_D

Great ball, great run, perfect finish!

Let me guess, we'll get VAR wasn't able to work, and some crap lines in the wrong place again.

Brilliant corner and header!

GERRRRRRIN!

Feels like it's taken forever for England to have a match this tournament! Now it actually feels like the World Cup is properly getting going

There are few sights in football more satisfying than seeing Ronaldo annoyed

What a result.

That's a ridiculous smash and grab. Perhaps a bit deserved as the penalty really looked offside.

Classing diving as mistaken identity is an interesting interpretation. I'm in favour of that if it stops blatant diving.

Larin looks so confident at the moment. Really promising for next season

Excellent business being done today

Excellent news

By that logic you’d be arguing that yellow cards should be red in the playoffs because it’s a more valuable game.

Hmm. Being treated as the worst offence that’s ever occurred in the Football League then. No doubt we’ll appeal the scale of the punishment.

If there’s been a decision and they’re not worried about leaving announcing it until tomorrow, strongly suggests there’s no massive logistics operation required as a result of the decision.

It’s quite funny that Boro seem to have got it into their heads that this is apparently the worst offence that has ever occurred in football and so needs to be punished with the most severe sanction in the history of the Football League to make sure it can never happen again.

Is a yellow card a deterrent for a cynical foul?

The new rule makes no indication that it should be treated more seriously than the original acting in good faith rule that Leeds were charged with. It does, however, refer directly to that good faith rule, and the EFL's charge includes both the new spying rule and the original good faith rule, which gives a good indication that it's being treated as a similar level of offence.

Which they will do by applying an appropriate sanction if we're found guilty. Precedent for a similar offence comes from Leeds spying for every game for half a season. The new rule added clarifies that spying is an offence, but makes no indication that it should be considered more seriously. Since a full range of sanctions is technically available, newspapers have been able to create clickbait by pointing out that it's technically possible the harshest of sanctions could possibly happen, and Boro have been creating a lot of noise calling for that to happen, but all the smart money at the bookies points otherwise.

You’re right, we faced far more lasting long term demonstrable disadvantage on the pitch.

When VvD was tapped up, what was done to restore us having the best defender in the world on a five year contract and willing to play for us?

Sometimes there’s just the deterrent, for example, a retrospective ban for a player or a fine for failing to control players/staff. Boro don’t necessarily have to be given an unprecedented and undeserved free ride to a playoff final for a minor indiscretion.

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