markr27

Hearts as a replacement for Shankland perhaps?

Does this topic represent an appeal to the original thread's poll results? 🤔

Good to see Tyler Dibling get a run out. Oh wait. What a waste of a season.

Sam Matterface and Talksport's CHIEF football correspondent Alex Crook.

Southampton fucked it with spygate. Boro fucked it by drifting out of automatics. ....still be 100% Southampton's fault mind that Boro lost.

The Club have not handled it very well - it has not even sent out a token mass-spam email about what does/doesn't/could/will happen now after the appeal was rejected. Sack the PR department.

Yep, and they are each being watched around the clock, and their respective phones tapped to ensure this is followed. Apparently.

They showed two players arriving, one of which had to double check he'd locked his car.* *It cannot be confirmed if a voice from a bush was heard, directly prompting him to make this move.

The Sky Sports News' reporter is still holding a vigil beside the gate involved in the saga at Boro's training ground. He's reporting that the players are back in training for a game they don't know they could be playing.... really gripping stuff.

Sky Sports was tentatively promoting the Hull - Southampton game today in an ad break during Sky Sports News.... just a bog standard title screen and voice over job.

Sky Sports was tentatively promoting the game today in an ad break during Sky Sports News.... just a bog standard title screen and voice over job.

After the shambles of the FA Cup semi final - got through and booking complete within 2 minutes, 2 hours last time to get two seats together.....

Points deduction and a sizable minimum compensation to be paid to Middlesbrough regardless of outcome of the final. If Saints get promoted the compensation will be increased. Maybe?!

Hmmm. Believe this was because Matty T wouldn't accept the spare ball that the "ballboy" (or whomever it was from the Academy) took from one of the tees dotted around the touchline. He demanded he go and fetch the original ball that had rolled some distance away, which is why the subs got involved.

I can't see how they could throw the Saints out of the final.... If they had top secret info, it was obviously put to god use based on their performances in both games during the 1st half when the team was being ripped to pieces. Southampton's team beat theirs over the two legs, due to better fitness and performance. I can't see how they can legally back-date a 3-0 deficit either meaning a 2-4 win on aggregate for Boro either. Had the game finished at 90 mins last night maybe that would give a thread of creditability to this scenario, but nowhere near enough. This doesn't detract from any offence that may or may not have been committed.... if it is proven then sufficient punishment should be handed out.