StrangelyBrown

Completely agree. What is to stop a Saints fan from watching and recording the Middlesbrough training sessions next season before our game and putting the recording in the public domain so the club can't help but see it.... absolutely nothing. Build a fence and this becomes a moot point. We're not exactly talking mega bucks to put up a fence.

To be fair the first half was a tactical masterclass in killing the game - dull as ditchwater to watch, but impressive all the same seeing the Arsenal team so effective as a unit stopping PSG from doing anything. Second half was just poor from both teams - Arsenal didn't defend with the same quality and PSG had nothing in the final third. Tuchel ought to be concerned - looks like he's made a mistake picking Eze and Madueke - neither of them had the balls to turn up in the big game and that pen from Eze was just embarrassing.

If that was the best that football can do I'll stick with the Championship. That was an utterly shite and boring game of football.

Understandable when you've got nothing better to do than spend your life smoking crack and drinking meths while waiting for your next benefit cheque

I was thinking sack him, but then saw Saint loyal's posts and realised I needed to give my head a wobble. Sacking him would be an irrational overreaction - I was there to begin with, but the only reason we're having the spy gate discussion is because Tonda pulled off a miracle (albeit partially by cheating) and got us into the playoffs in the first place.

What a dreadful idea. He's looked average at best since he left us, still has no pace and not a lot other than a set piece delivery. Time to move on from signing yesterday's players and being disappointed: Walcott, lallana, Romeu have shown it's another Sports Republic flawed idea.

I'm starting to change my mind and think we should keep him, but there should be a serious from the heart grovelling apology, some serious commitment to doing something in the community, etc to try and reset the optics. The longer the silence goes on the less authentic this will come across and the harder it will be to move on. Also, the club need to come out and say no matter what they will throw the kitchen sink at us getting promoted next year.

Maybe it is only these 3 teams who had training sessions that were so easily spied on?

For me I think if we kept him we'd continue to be successful; the players that stuck around would forget quickly and us fans would be happy once we were winning, but this isn't about success, it is about optics and showing a little bit of remorse for what we've done as a club. We need to sack him before the FA inevitably ban him - the FA as another bunch of moronic cock wombles will ban him - we're not important enough to them for them so they'll throw us under the bus for their own image. Unfortunately the whole saga is about optics rather than the right thing.

I'm still wondering when the EFL are going to deal with Boro trying to influence an ongoing investigation through misinformation spread via the media/social media?

A Hull win is the "right" thing for all concerned, but you can bet your bottom dollar that Gibbo the prick will try and sue us or the EFL if Karen FC don't go up.

Given that observing training is allegedly a widespread practice there needs to be a holistic investigation. The club need to push hard for this. Someone then also needs to look at statistical anomalies like the crazy number of penalties Ipswich received this year. My belief is that cheating is rife - the money at stake is far too tempting for it only to be us that have done something wrong. The difference is we're just shit at getting away with it.

-4 points in the championship from mid table in the premier league. This is what we have achieved. Coming soon, Rasmus' new ted talk: If it isn't broke, break it.... then fuck it up and turn it into a collosal pile of shite

A young manager and a young analyst have done something stupid and we've been punished for it. I don't condone what they've done at all, but equally think they shouldn't be hung out to dry. The punishment is what it is. It needs to be applied consistently going forwards. A precedent has been set, but you can bet your bottom dollar that certain clubs will continue to get away with cheating and there will be no consistency. I'm not cross with the club, nor the EFL. I'm just disillusioned with football in general, a game I love that is sadly broken because it's run by wankers who love status and money and couldn't give a shit about us fans or the volunteer based system that props football up. Having said that I'll undoubtedly be back for more punishment next year!

Wishful thinking, but I can only hope saints have some evidence of others (hopefully Boro) doing it to us. That would then open an enormous can of worms that the EFL couldn't cope with.