Saint86

Appreciate the share on that one 23rd! Simon Jordan has by and large spoke a lot of sense over the whole thing - i think more than perhaps anyone else - and he largely stepped outside of the orchestrate media campaign that was whipped up against saints.

One group of unsung heroes in all this are the Saints fans that came out in those first few days to stand by Tonda and to gradually shift fan opinion back to rationality in the face of an almighty media war and orchestrated gas-lighting campaign that even had the club's media calling for Eckert to be sacked and grovelling before all and sundry (Blackmore ). A silver lining within all this is that the whole thing has managed to unify the fanbase and bring the club together - which will hopefully see us promoted with something like the core group and momentum (dare i say curve) of the Adkins era side.

Makes you wonder if the club will pursue legal action after the fact. You would think Eckert in particular has grounds for compensation after having his image trashed.

I believe it is these 3?

Extremely telling that the FA Panel's considered findings don't resemble the EFLs in any way shape or form. Its almost like the 3 championship clubs on the EFL board (Who pushed for the sanction - Hull, Middlesbrough, and Portsmouth - All of which anted Middlesbrough in the final) and an evidently not impartial EFL panel (with 2 of the 3 members linked to Middlesbrough) stitched saints up royally in May. As a minimum this should never be forgotten by the club.

Love and light mate

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Anyone want to wager if this is the boro rat? Also, this is the only mention of bullying in the report - i wonder if this opens up an avenue of legal recourse as clearly those chargers were trumped up to hammer home the EFL sanction and try and justify the decision to give both boro and the EFL their "final".

Somewhen better check on Blackmore at this troubling time...

https://fmttmboro.com/index.php?threads/eckert’s-day-of-reckoning.85933/page-14

Hahahahaha, get in!!! Some serious Boro salt incoming. Now lets take the gloves off and fucking tear this league up and pay them back on the way!!!

FFS LeG... thats too beautiful an image to let go of now.

Some Boro fans trying to tell each other that they're over it and that it means nothing to them... on "Tonda Eckert" dedicated threads that are pages long 😄. Even saw one poster who thought that the club should get a further sanction rather than Eckert get a punishment. Absolutely delusional fanbase if they think this is the end of spygate and everyone just moves on from it - that game at St Mary's is going to be brutal for them.

But what does it mean for MBs ITK credentials if he gets off without a ban?

Craig vs MB. Lets go!

Always thought those two were pretty accurate, no?

My first thought was that he's an alt for Glasgow, NGL.

An "underachieving big club"... I know what you're thinking... but its not Spurs - Its the absolutely massive (for the championship) Southampton FC 👀

No Peretz, no Tonda, Larin a doubt... The skates won't get a better chance to win at St Mary's for quite some time.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/05/green-party-england-wales-zionism-racism-vote-europe-germany

That "motion" essentially calls for the dissolution of the state of Israel as an official green party policy, it's full "from the river to the sea" stuff from them. Polanski has at least said he disagreed with the wording over that part of the motion.

The legitimate ITKs post when they have stuff to share and their comments are always well received. The chancers and wind up merchants tend to get what they deserve (and likely want), subject to how they pitch it.

If you chose to speak publicly on political matters, you chose to open yourself up to public opinions. Which is the key difference between Azaz and Bazunu's actions. Azaz has kept his views private and limited to just his teammates and yet he is the one who has seen discussions over it potentially harming (or even being the end of) his international career.... funny given Bazunu doesn't really have an international future (outside of being in Kelleher's shadow).

Not sure i follow your point here fabrice - Bazunu has chosen to make a very public and political point about it all, and then taken the laughable measure of withdrawing from a game he was in no danger of playing in? And in fairness to him, top marks for virtue signalling there - finally found something he's good at... Meanwhile, Azaz has handled the whole affair within the squad / outside of the public eye, and has had to put up with targeted abuse simply for being part Israeli and for privately having a different opinion on boycotting the game. Of the two of them (or whole squad in fact), the only (part) Israeli guy in the squad (who has kept publicly quiet) shouldn't be getting flack 🤷‍♂️. Personally i think fair play to Azaz for how he's navigated it, as it won't have been easy.