goodymatt

Frustrating from a Saints point of view to lose such a key player for him to not even be playing (other than their league cup game).

Our two defeats have come against 2 poor performing sides, very frustrating. Do wonder how much the cloud over Tonda has affected things, especially in away games. Hopefully we win tomorrow and kick on.

We didn’t hear about Chelsea appealing until the final verdict was published but this is a manager not a club, so not sure if comparable for any hush rules from the FA.

The Rob Edwards link and radio silence from the FA over the last week since the hearing does support the theory that we have appealed a decision. Chelsea had appealed their initial decision (with success) and that was kept quiet throughout. Maybe there is a good chance Tonda will be in the dugout against the skates with an appeal ongoing. It’s all very frustrating as the expectation was by the end of this international break it would be fully dealt with. Still just over a week before then, so perhaps it still might be but at the moment it feels like the uncertainty might rumble on.

My understanding is the 3 charges are all against Tonda specifically, points deductions are not on the table.

Saints stance in the media has gone from Parsons suggesting we haven’t been looking for replacements on Monday/Tuesday to the more believable preparation for worst case scenarios this morning. My question is, do we think that’s because we have an indication a long ban is coming?

With Chelsea’s appeal, did we even hear an appeal had happened? I recall we just heard the final verdict. So is there a world where we appeal and we hear absolutely nothing for a while? Would be ridiculous.

Indicative of the cancel culture we live in. Voting for a punishment doesn’t necessarily mean those fans are voting for a 6 month ban mind, just that he should have an individual punishment of some description. Would be interesting to see that chart for the question of a 6 or 12 month ban.

We should have a comfortable lead, nothing to do with speed of our build up play, we’ve created good chances, just not finished them off today… so far.

We have had enough of the play to take the lead here, need to score whilst the dominant team.

The embargoed section was probably the longest, getting the impression Tonda doesn’t love Adam Blackmore.