Lighthouse

There were many criticisms of Puel but that shouldn't be one of them IMO. I think our recent Romeu experience has shown beyond doubt the difference in intensity between English and continental football. Playing every minute of every game in the PL and Europe is a lot to ask of a 33 year old. That being said, he's had a fantasic career and is fully deserving of the title 'European Champion' from 2016.

Which I find odd because Paul Gascoigne usually does pursue parties.

That’s as good as you can ask for an evening’s cricket. Cold cider, warm weather and a decent Hampshire win. Stubbs was a huge addition and Neal had a good night.

Sometimes I sneak into campsites after sunset and stick an upside down pineapple outside random tents and caravans.

I’d say more like swimming in the Ganges, personally.

I'm just picturing a world in which a ref gives a penalty, then gets called to the VAR screen, reviews the incident and says, "after review, there is absolutely no contact on the attacking player and he definitely dived, but it would be ridiculously harsh to take away the penalty, so I'll let them have it anyway." The thought of that happening at Anfield if Bruno Fernandes dived just tickled me, that's all.

If you get caught diving to win a penalty, do you get to then keep that penalty?

So why bother sending analysts to watch their training sessions? Why send matey and his camera all the way up to Teeside to do something we know is banned, if we can just watch a bunch of highlight videos and achieve the same thing? You can sarcastically call it a ‘heinous crime’ and say it’s no big deal all you like, that won’t make it true. We clearly stood to gain a significant sporting advantage, got caught and have forfeited that game as a consequence.

You’ve consistently demonstrated that you’re totally unable to accept the severity of the ‘crime’ and what we’ve done. You don’t spy on another team’s training sessions so you can steal 10 yards at a throw in. You do it to completely subvert their game plan, formation, set pieces and starting XI. You do it to win a game, not a penalty. If you win and get caught, you don’t get to then say, "ah well all the cheating we did didn’t really affect the outcome of the match." Formula 1 drivers get a five second penalty for speeding in the pit lane. In 2007 McLaren were disqualified from the entire championship for spying on Ferrari technical data. That’s how it is, you don’t get to keep your winnings and just pay a token fine.

Guys, if you do know any Boro fans, please don’t send them this video. It’s incredibly cringeworthy and they won’t like it.

Just a quick reminder that Hull only scraped into the playoffs on the final day because Wrexham couldn’t win their final game …. Against Boro.

I’m in the garden under the pergola… or gazebo, I’m not sure what the difference is. WiFi signal keeps dropping in and out, so I gave up, is the game any good?

Yep and Tonda has just cost every single player an absolute f**k tonne of it. How on earth are they going to be in any way ‘fine’ with that?

Knowing we were going to cheat is not entrapment. If we had an email inviting some of our back room staff up too Teeside for tea, biscuits and a guided tour of their facilities, where we were invited to watch them train and take photos if we liked, with everything else that subsequently happened, then we’d have an argument.

Makes you wonder why the best clubs in the world have £100m training facilities really. Why not just save the money, buy all the lads a PureGym membership and get them to turn up with their boots on a match day. You can try and tell them that as they celebrate promotion back to the PL if you like.