John B

It is hardly the end of the world somebody's error of judgement which rightly led to our non attendance at the playoffs, We just need to be patient and support the club another year in the Championship was always going to be a problem but now we need a new manager as we cannot have someone who has been found guilty of cheating in charge I remember Bloodgate in Rugby Union where Dean Richards of Harlequins was found guilty of cheating banned for three years but returned and became Director of Rugby at Newcastle for ten years

Surely it takes time to carry out the refund of 37000 tickets with special IT routines possibly having to be written which takes time

Based on what?

Perhaps there was no corruption but a lot of cheating by SFC The panel was swayed by evidence not conspiracy theories IF you have evidence feel free to reply with it

Totally agree it was cheating and the punishment was correct in the circumstances as we were trying to cheat to get to the PL but there is a chance Tonda did not know of its existence and only applies to the EFL Most people in football seem to think that the information being collected will make little difference to the outcome of the games involved

I am the same vintage first game August 1962 I am still going to support them It is my club and yours too We are where we are lets get on with it I am not really annoyed Football is just a cess pit

You can believe anything but the only fact we have is that SFC cheated and got punished get over it if other clubs are doing it no doubt the EFL will get involved From what I have seen filming other teams has not been particularly successful in producing winning results so why do it

Well breaking the rules is cheating and that is what we did in order to get to the PL so what do you suggest our lawyers should have done as it is not easy to defend the indefensible ,

You must be a moron if you do not realise that the media is there to highlight wrong doing What we did in cheating was a disgrace we deserve all we got

Southampton had admitted to "multiple breaches of EFL regulations related to the unauthorised filming of other clubs' training", the EFL said. The club have also received a reprimand in respect of all the charges.

I do not think you understand what I am saying The case is about whether we cheated and what punishment we can expect all the stuff Boro are saying is totally irrelevant to the process except they caught the Intern filming They may well take our place in the final but Boro and their stance will not be part of the evidence put forward to the tribunal because SFC could probably appeal against or sue the League if they did I still cannot believe that the club sent up somebody to spy on opponents and if they did they will have to accept the consequences which are potentially mind blowing. Gibson and Middlebrough are just mudding the waters which of course they are entitled to do I think we may have to accept the club was stupid as they have not said they are not implicated and have accepted the charges We did have a good season did we not culminating in a great result last tuesday which of course could happen again this tuesday we survived going into receivership in 2008 I an certain we will survive this mad episode

It is nothing to do with Middleborough it is to do with us apparently cheating and our intent to do so and the punishment we have to accept If we did send this Intern to get illegal information we were fucking stupid and it is hardly surprising we were caught The true facts will soon emerge I can not see how our actions prevented then winning and I cannot see how we can be sued and lose a court case but I may be wrong and somebody could put be right

At the end of the day we still cheated apparently and cheats never prosper

Well what is the point of breaking the rules unless you gain an advantage of some sort

It is nothing to do with Middleboro being wronged it is do with whether the rules were broken and what should be the penalty if they were