S-Clarke

I don't buy this as a reason for them to be unhappy, if we lost on Saturday there would be the same outcome - ditto if we didn't make the Top 6. This bit feels like nonsense.

It absolutley is extreme, but when the evidence stacks up against you there really isn't much to appeal against. You have to try, it's the default response. But believing anything would be reversed is daft. Although I thought us being removed would be daft, so who the fuck knows after this evening.

Oh totally, not saying it from a performance level. I was pretty vocal over the QPR game in particular, we were a mess. I was expecting and hoping we'd use the international break to put in a 'proper' manager, but it never materialised, we allowed him to continue, maybe with some help - no comment - and Spors got his wish to make him manager. It feels more orchestrated the more you look back.

His start was strong. We had a bad spell during December > January, but picked up after that.

As this content comes out in the light of day, you kind of aren't surprised at how badly run we've been for many years now. This level of incompetence seems to be the norm. Another angle I don't think anyone has mentioned - would Sponsors be calling up at this point, potentially tarnishing their brand? There is so much to come out of this, it's the national media mud sling that's going to really hurt us longer term. And Boro have played that almost perfectly up against our buffons.

The club are morons though, so there is that.

The appeal is just a default thing really, we were always going to do so. We'll probably appeal the severity, the game will be postponed, we'll get nowhere with it, and end up with a further 10 point deduction as Parsons admits to further occasions.

I've seen some Leeds fans applauding the EFL over this, and saying it was the right decision. I guess Bielsa doesn't count because he's Bielsa, and you know, he knows Pep.

Let's be fair, the club has been blown up already. This summer will be a mess, and next season isn't going to be stable.

TBF a postponement at this point feels inevitable, Hull will argue their prep has been damaged too. and Boro won't have enough time to sort tickets.

He's not been able to sort anything else out, so I don't expect anything different here. The bloke is sadly a buffoon.

Yeah it's posturing at this point, no more than that. We're bang to rights now, more so than I ever believed we were. I don't remember the last time we were on the news at 10 on a weekday. What a time to be alive.

What a complete mess this all is. The last act of SR I hope.

Are you saying SR were incompetent in something else? I don't believe you.

Yeah it's a bit of a shit show, it really is. It's all over the national news, papers, everywhere - but we still have the playoff final arrangements on our website. I saw that Parsons has sent an internal mail to staff, but what about the fans? Fuckers. It just sums it all up really. We are run by absolute lunatics who have no idea about running a football club.

I wanted to believe that, but this feels more systemic the more I see it. And if it's this systemic it's not just known by the analysts, it's running deeper throughout. The full report will be somewhat revealing, this should show everything. Some of the snippets coming out tonight are grim and it shows us in such a terrible light. Dragging us through the gutter.

I think it was worked out that a former employee, who was let go in late December, was the whistleblower. Quite typically he was a former Boro employee before we got him too. You couldn't make it up, just a complete comedy sketch really.

Grim.

At least we have Bazunu to look forward to next season.

Sadly you're right, there is no logic on show anywhere which makes this all the more frustrating. Every angle equals incompetence.

Be interesting what the players agents are being instructed to do in this situation, it's all rather unprecedented. We could have law suits left right and centre if we're not careful.

There have been some great moments, the rise under Adkins, the evolution under Poch and Koeman. The takeover at the 11th hour by Markus. But I can't help but feel that since SR have got hold of us, the clubs trajectory has been negative to extreme levels. Bar that play off win against Leeds, it's all been misery under these losers. This evening has been the lowest of the lows for me, the 'takeover' sagas were stressful, but this just feels like a new low. And like you say, none of us have asked for this. We've kept going, we've kept paying, we pay more when the prices go up etc etc. We do it all in good faith ourselves, and expect the club to act in good faith too.

There's no way he can stay. This will be referred to the FA and he'll likely be blocked from coaching in England. It feels very extreme as he hasn't set out to kill anyone, he was just an inexperienced idiot. But that's where we're at.

That's the gallows humour part of all this, we spied on Oxford and were horrendous all game. A team that we were better than in terms of player. We can't even do spying right. Or hiding behind a tree.