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I really don’t know Sheba, but if they go for something crazy they face an appeal which they will probably lose given the circumstances (not only was he only equipped with an iPhone, it seems as though he was a good 200m to 400m from any action, so probably the most inept and ineffectual recon mission ever). Also, if it is true that they are all at it, the EFL won’t want to stir up a hornets nest by imposing some massive, disproportionate penalty. What penalties do the EPL and EFL currently have that are so punitive that the have stopped clubs from transgressing?

It has to be proportionate to the offence.

There are plenty of precedents set that haven’t prevented clubs from breaking the rules. The FA Cup Final was contested by two of them. The penalty has to be proportionate to the offence. The days of people being hung for stealing handkerchiefs are long gone.

Exactly this. There is no deterrent, only punishment.

Did Hull take this?

Perhaps a decision had been made but it has been referred to VAR?

Rockliffe Hall Golf Club?

Is that Will in the hiviz vest?

Another view of Millwall’s training ground. You can see a public road and houses plus a fence that all and sundry can look through.

Did you read FootballMattin’s post?

Accepting the charges was a holding statement. Also it was not an admission of guilt. They made two holding statements which basically said we have received the charges, are looking in to it and will respond accordingly when we have established the facts. Leaking stuff to the media is just as bad as publishing it yourself, in fact it is worse because it is trying to influence the hearing covertly. It could be construed as “cheating.” If you are facing a charge of cheating, what better way to deal with it than being entirely up front and playing by the rules?

Like everyone on this site I have absolutely no idea what happened here so it is all just conjecture. Isn’t possible though that Eckert had no idea about the alleged spying mission? He could have asked the head of analysis for some recent footage of Boro’s free kick routines and let them get on with it. It is also entirely possible that he specifically asked for the latest so do it on Thursday but the fact is we have no idea just what the level his involvement was, so why assume that it is all down to him when we just don’t know at present?

You are not supposed to comment once an inquiry is under way and quite rightly so. Something we have adhered to but Middlesbrough have not. They are more leaky than Donald Trump’s diaper.

Update - apparently Millwall are still using the site near Bromley for 1st team training. Will Salt would have his pick of hundreds of trees to hide behind.

Banned? If there is any banning it will be for a short period and from the touchline I imagine. Proportionality, remember? This really isn’t a major crime.