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Yeah, could be fucking anything with the mongrels in charge of our country's football.

I mean, I don't have a clue either way. Not sure if there is any correlation between severity and delays of timings for announcements

Why?

How long for pal?

He's got his 'I told you so' tifo ready for the first game after his ban.

Lots of football folk probably remember us as a club that circled the 1990s PL drain, a small club with a small fanbase. Even in the Championship after PL relegation, a club that produced young talent but was seen as generally shite. Sandwiched between the 1990s relegation battles and our most recent spell of PL embarrassment were the years of promotion and European nights, a time now forgotten to all but Saints fans. So yeah, I agree - most other clubs see us as a bit of a bland, success-starved, nondescript provincial club with an average fanbase. Ripe for the taking in the eyes of the EFL or FA. Low-hanging fruit to allow them to retain the visage of integrity.

Money is king. Always will be.

Why did you do it, Tonda? Why?!?!

So rules is rules and shouldn't be critiqued? Whatever the big man says goes? Don't whine about it and carry on?

So what you're saying is... any discussion on a football forum is just pissing into the wind? There's no point to this thread at all? Is that it? Blimey, what a waste of time.

Like the old bankers from Mary Poppins. Bunch of white haired cockwombles with moths in their blazer pockets.

I think as soon as it is labelled 'cheating' and is seen as a blasphemous crime, the concept of it actually being okay if you do it a bit earlier makes it wholly farcical. I understand that teams progressively train in a manner more akin to the next match the closer they get to it chronologically. I understand that is why the rule was made. However, if it is a heinous act worthy of such public scrutiny and lampooning, then surely it should be outlawed full fucking stop. Black and fucking white. No grey. No timescale differentials. The EFL can fuck right off. Whether the FA need to remains to be seen, should they be similarly harsh.

Not sure I buy the 'if it were lenient it would've been done by now' take. The FA take their sweet fucking time with everything, it seems.

Obvious to be Garner or Lallana. Either way, when Tonda goes I don't hold out much hope for our season.

New chant: We cant have nice things, We cant have nice timings, We are Southampton, We can't have nice things

I wonder what topic all of these fans of other clubs and sports journalists will turn their sanctimonious attentions to next? Doris the tea lady at Blackburn flashing herself to members of their U21 team? A clandestine drug and gambling ring uncovered at the heart of Portsmouth AFC? The CEO of Middlesbrough getting a parking and unleashing a tirade of abuse to the parking attendant?

As with many things currently, loud and regular public flagellation is needed for organisations to virtue signal.

I have severe doubts in our fanbase's ability to react in a proactive and fiery manner to an injustice like this.

What was our bench like when we got automatic promotion back in the 2011 season? Once Jander comes back it will be even stronger. Think you might be expecting too much.

Our three losses this season: Watford West Ham Wrexham Weird.

Told you so. Really? Well done on being right though, very accurate.

Classic knee-jerk out of emotion, leave him to it.

Oh dear. I feel we've looked complacent today.

Millwall trying to hold on to a point against a team with lots of PL level players... good luck!