Sergei Gotsmanov

and of course it was Liverpool. In this instance it is a very straight forward case of us cheating to gain an advantage in one game. What should have happened is we should have been docked a goal. That might have seemed harsh but nothing like as harsh as I fear it will be on Tuesday. I just cannot see how the Football league can get out of this one....

How on earth can you prove that we did not gain an advantage. We have been caught cheating.

The picture of our Intern does that.

I think you are comparing apples with pears.

I hope you are right but if I were Boro I would be arguing that we had gained an unfair advantage by breaking the rules. This has been proven. How can it be corrected other than throwing us out?

But how do Boro reimbursed for their supposed disadvantage? This is what they will be arguing for understandably. They have 'won' the free kick....

Of course it is because sadly we are seen to have gained an unfair advantage by breaking the rules.....

If a player is fouled however minor then the opposing team is awarded a free kick. The wrong is corrected. They were punished for not entering in the spirits of the game. That is different now.

How then should the FA right the wrong done to Boro?

The more I think about this the more the only option for the EFL is to throw us out. Any sanction imposed on us other than this will not have any value to the wronged club Middlesbrough. What is appalling is that the EFL created a rule that did not explain the punishment if that rule is broken. We would then have known that we were going to be thrown out.

I think you are right. What Salt says to the panel will determine our fate - that and if we do it every week.

In my opinion it will boil down to whether we have been doing it all season or it was a one off. Out of interest are Boro actually training? Might be worth popping down to their training ground.

If he was on official Southampton business would he not be using a Southampton FC bank card and not his own private one?

As an aside. I seem to recall many many years ago the Southampton Club secretary (was it Keith Honey) I think being on Bob's Full House or one of his game shows and when he mentioned Southampton FC Bob replied "do you know why they are called the Saints - because they get crucified most weeks"

I think it was one he scored when we drew 1-1....

Is it just us that referees play on and on into injury time?

I really like him. Yes he could have abetter shot on him but I like the fact that he gets takes the attack to the opposition.

I can remember Leeds doing it to us....i think that was the Championship though

A good guy and a loss for the dressing room. For all of the gloom merchants just remember the 23 goals in the promotion seasons.

Do you not think it would not lift the dressing room....

You seem to set a very high bar. A player that scored around 10 goals from midfield for us, is articulate and intelligent, a good guy to have around the club. Somebody who is a Southampton stalwart. Not succeeded in the premier league yet fetched £35m!

In Scotland the lowering of the limit was shown to have had no effect on road deaths but our government chooses to press on anyway and clobber the pubs. It is a basic human right to take drink with your community. It probably helps to keep thousand of people's mental health in balance doing so. Words fail me why they would not want to follow the path of common sense! As an aside my local's business rates have gone up from £21K to £55K. Add onto this the rise in minimum wage (tips don't count) and you can see why pubs are failing.

It will just put more pubs out of business. In Scotland it hit golf courses hardest.

I hope you are OK Old Nick and make a full recovery. Your eloquent post suggests that you are most of the way there.

I don't blame Sport Republic, they have spent the money. Who the hell is advising them?