Pamplemousse

If they thought the atmosphere was hostile back in May, just wait until next month.

Spurs or Man Utd then

Another annoying thing about the Sunday 12pm kickoff. With the bubble in place, there's no reason this can't be at a more respectable time. People (myself included) are just going to shift their drinking earlier.

A1 and A2 only I believe

Speaking of Twats, Middlesbrough have given another interview about us in the Athletic

I suspect we'd sack him for gross misconduct if he received a massive ban and we wouldn't need to pay him off

No match for this legend

Fuck!!!

Something strange is going on, it's not normal to wait this long for a sanction when the party has accepted the charges.

The skates have their own injury issues, they only have two centre backs fit, one of whom has only played a couple of times for them. Larin will be licking his lips

Maybe by not sacking Tonda, he agreed to not reveal all the other occasions we were spying and not get any further punishment. I read that on the Boro forum

Ramsdale HAS to start. This game is too important for us to start fucking about.

Worth it if we beat the Skates

On the bench for Israel today

Think we all know a ban is coming. Could be a touchline ban, stadium ban, total ban, ban from the town of Middlesbrough, who knows

Maybe it is as simple as nobody knows anything and no decision has been made yet. Which is ridiculous but also a bit worrying.

There have been a couple of articles about the police operation on the Portsmouth News website https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/portsmouth-fc-southampton-south-coast-derby-bubble-busses-st-marys-9224093 https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/portsmouth-fc-southampton-police-south-coast-derby-costs-9219643 "I would love for us to be in a position in the future - if the two clubs remain in the same league - that we won’t need buses. For the fans to have a much more normal experience, we need to make sure we are balancing that with the threat risk assessment... At the moment, the risk is at a point where between these two clubs it still needs that level of intervention. Ultimately, the game and the security arrangements are down to the club themselves and the police are supporting and advising... With the coaches, it’s called a managed travel approach within football, which is very much the decision of the football club. Clearly the police give advice to the club, but the football club have decided that the managed travel approach is what they want to adapt." Apparently there will be fewer police officers this time around, and also it was the police that specifically requested the games to take place in October and February. Hopefully we can move away from the bubble after this season. The fans really need to put pressure on the club. Also, the Portsmouth coaches are arriving a bit later than last year, so hopefully it'll be the same for us and we won't have to get to the ground at 7am!!

Looking back at previous decisions from the disciplinary board, there is nothing stopping the FA from publishing the sanction, even if there is a right of appeal. Whatever the reason for the delay, waiting for a potential appeal isn't it.

I suspect they've stuck to 3000 because they have the same type of divider barriers that we have at SMS set up between the home and away fans.

The headline that he is 'fourth choice' is obviously nonsense. If Peretz did get injured, he'd be brought straight back in to the first team without any hesitation.

Of course one possible option is that the FA thought any sanction imposed was too lenient and they're the ones to have appealed it.

What exactly are they waiting for? It's not like we're contesting the charges, just fucking announce the sanction and everyone can move on.

I wish he'd done the same with us

Any sort of total ban would be ludicrous but 18 months and the FA loses all credibility as a serious organisation

Presumably they've been reading MB's posts on here