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Yep. I think I have.

Not all...but most are.

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Not sure where to start with that bollox.. assuming it's genuine. The insinuation that 3rd party clubs have been impacted has no place in a submission by Boro, it's for that club. There's also the suggestion that financial loss has been suffered. I get that it could be, but the suggestion that it has been is nonsense. Whilst civil claims may be possible, the tribunal isn't a civil court, so what could theoretically take place on other arenas has no relevance in this arena.

In a court, we'd be in or hovering around contempt territory here. They're blatantly trying to influence the outcome.

To be fair, the people that live there, and have that excuse of a football club in their manor, need all the help they can get.

Two different issues. We may have acted disgracefully. Boro, with the smear campaign, attempt to hijack our legal process, and blatant attempts to get under the skin of the tribunal, all to get something that they were not good enough to get in the field of play, are a disgrace.

They're a disgrace. The club, the manager, the fans, should be embarrassed trying to get promotion this way.

Hypersonic

Yeah, you can buy tickets. Nowt else.

According to their local rag, they're going back next week.

He comes across as a Gallagher who couldn't make the band to me, so had a crack at politics instead. I don't see an appeal far beyond his own doorstep, and I share your concern about economic policy.

The markets are not liking the idea of Burnham. Pound and FTSE down, and gilts up to 2008 levels, ie worse than Truss levels. Not ideal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr2pl5lj84o

Who appointed them (we have a say) doesn't stop an appeal against verdict or penalty. If we avoid adverse findings, or get adverse findings but a penalty which the EFL feel is unduly lenient, they could theoretically appeal. What's needed, assuming guilt, is a penalty which nobody is overjoyed with, but both sides can live with. That way, an appeal is off the table, and we can move on...no tribunal chair wants to be appealed.

Whatever facts they're being asked to determine (I assume just the one incident re Boro, but we don't know), they'll likely look at any evidence and then have to apply the simple test of whether, on balance, the allegation(s) is/are made out. My understanding is that EFL tribunals are mostly adversarial (so refereeing a scrap and making a decision as per court) but with an inquisitorial function to get the information needed to get to the right decision. Given the potential ramifications of this, I think we'll have to toe a very fine line between fight and contrition, but if anyone on our side has breached the rules, it'll be necessary to demonstrate that we've addressed that.