Saint86

I agree with the Millwall fan here. Boro have no leg to stand on re deserving that slot in the final on sporting merit.

He has always been an inept cretin. It's been obvious for years and few of us have said it. Sadly he appears to have now completely ruined the club. Hard to see a way back from this. I fear a few miserable few seasons sliding to ignominy, financial plight, and relegation.

As much as I don't want it to be, I think Eckert's position is likely terminal. Parker, rohl, Ralph, challinor, skubala are the most obvious names to link to it. Wonder if we could get Frank... Something like that might settle the dressing room at least. Think we're probably screwed regardless tonight.

This could get a hell of a lot worse still... This "punishment" is quite possibly an example of yet another club killer dished out by the authorities against the smaller clubs. Would imagine the entire playing squad had 40% wage increase clauses in their contracts as a minimum for promotion. They can probably take legal action against the club for some of that. Likewise anyone good in dressing room will want out now, and other clubs will know we can't really negotiate from a position of strength. Scienza, THB, Charles, Jander as a minimum gone this summer, for less than should have been the case. No chance we sign Peretz. Fans have understandably turned against the board, so the atmosphere will be toxic terminally I suspect. Attendances will be down. Sponsorship deals will be reduced due to the club's reduced attractiveness as a brand. Squad morale will be through the floor and need an entirely new rebuild. Club attractiveness to new signings will be very uncompetitive. Likely we give in to calls to sack Eckert and spors, or they'll be suspended, or they'll leave off their own backs... So a new manager and new director of football, we will be rudderless going into the summer whilst trying to rebuild. £15M drop in earnings this season coming, a £45M drop in earnings if we fail to get promoted next year. And we made losses in the prem before we even got relegated. Not sure fans have really clocked how bad this can get.

Sell them? Mate, they'll likely get their contracts torn up.

I would keep tonda and spors. This is an almighty fuck up, but parsons is responsible for not having a suitable supervision for league compliance in place and for killing any legal defence the club could mount... Tonda is a 32year foreign manager in his first full season. As for spors, he's done an excellent job on the recruitment front and we cannot afford another DoF and another season and transfer window of upheaval and changing directions. Next year we lose £15M in parachute payments, the season after that we lose £45M. The club has been punished more than enough - let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Parsons should be the 2nd one out the door, after salt.

Wonder if the club can be found to have somehow breached their contracts. This punishment could be a real club killer.

Who needs evidence when your fucking CEO walks in and admits everything off hand and thinks announcing you'll pay a fine to the efl will placate the wronged party. I said years ago he needed booting out with rasmus. Mortal damage done now. Let alone sacking an analyst from a rival team with seemingly no NDA.

I'd suggest Taylor will be looking over his shoulder for a very long time.

Parsons in a nutshell 😅

No way convict, not for me. If (and I am prepared to accept it's an if) that story is true, then he is naive and stupid beyond measure, and he's likely ruined the club for the next decade or so. Sometimes you need to know when to shut up and lawyer up. And Wtf is the point of doing that in the press (and letting the club be dragged through the mud), if we've gone behind closed doors and given those out to ruin us everything they need. His job was to defend the club first and foremost, regardless of any "shit sandwich" he was dealt. Not give the hangman the noose and put our head in it to boot. The club needs capable people at the top now more than ever, and he's never done anything to suggest he is.

The "spying" rule only exists because derby complained about Leeds. Other leagues do not have "spying", and the EFL didn't have it before that. It's just scouting your next opposition.

So no proof? Given this reported story about parsons admitting everything to Boro / EFL, it sounds like he's taken the same approach in the hearing. Madness.

That was years ago.