Boro 0-0 Saints - Match Thread

[RedArmy]

5 minutes ago, Badger said:

The search before the game won’t  be for bottles of booze, or offensive weapons but to see if anyone is ‘wired up’ with transmitters etc

They’ll put a big screen in front of the away end at half time so nobody films the subs warming up. 

[LGTL]

Gets more farcical as the day goes on. How many times has their story changed now? Like dealing with fucking toddlers 😂

[revolution saint]

3 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Gets more farcical as the day goes on. How many times has their story changed now? Like dealing with fucking toddlers 😂

If they like dealing with fucking toddlers then I think their crimes are worse than ours.

[Matthew Le God]

27 minutes ago, trousers said:

Anyone else thinking what I'm thinking....? Haven't seen @Matthew Le God on the forum for a while.... A coincidence....? I think not.... #spygate

 

I've been rumbled!

[LGTL]

I also like how they’re discussing punishments including us forfeiting the first leg 3-0, excluded from the play offs entirely, 12 point deductions next season, playing the home leg with no fans etc etc. 

I never imagined coming across a fan base as fucking thick and mythical as Pompey, but crikey I think we’re close. 

[Matthew Le God]

5 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Gets more farcical as the day goes on. How many times has their story changed now? Like dealing with fucking toddlers 😂

What in their story has changed?

[trousers]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

I've been rumbled!

 

[bpsaint]

1 minute ago, LGTL said:

I also like how they’re discussing punishments including us forfeiting the first leg 3-0, excluded from the play offs entirely, 12 point deductions next season, playing the home leg with no fans etc etc. 

I never imagined coming across a fan base as fucking thick and mythical as Pompey, but crikey I think we’re close. 

Proper weird bunch. Been fun mugging off some of their fans online that tried slating our numbers this season. Got Pompey level of delusions some of them cunts.

I guess they’re the Bournemouth of the north. Newcastle and Sunderland have got each other and they’re the little noddy cousin.

[LGTL]

1 minute ago, bpsaint said:

Proper weird bunch. Been fun mugging off some of their fans online that tried slating our numbers this season. Got Pompey level of delusions some of them cunts.

I guess they’re the Bournemouth of the north. Newcastle and Sunderland have got each other and they’re the little noddy cousin.

A couple have mentioned the police. Yes, the police 😂😂

Fantastic stuff. 

[Mattio]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

 

It's a mark of your age if you know what he's saying

[Lighthouse]

1 minute ago, Mattio said:

It's a mark of your age if you know what he's saying

I swear it’s one of those Mandela Effect moments like, "Luke, I am your father," in Star Wars.

[Zorba]

BREAKING NEWS.. The spy has been identified..

It’s Jack Ryan.

 

[Willo of Whiteley]

The new series of CSI: Boro is going to be the most hilarious, uninspiring, ever-changing and short lived series ever 😂

[saintant]

1 hour ago, Appy said:

 

Sounds like someone is back tracking.

[trousers]

How tinpot a fanbase do you have to be to not be psyched up for a play-off semi-final without some kind of 'scandal' occuring beforehand...?

#noddy

 

[Zorba]

The name’s Bond..

[trousers]

2 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

The new series of CSI: Boro is going to be the most hilarious, uninspiring, ever-changing and short lived series ever 😂

😂 That's worthy of an AI meme... Over to you @SNSUN... 

[Midfield_General]

Hi, apoplectic* Boro lurkers 👋

Can I just say that if the reaction of your fanbase to this joke of a story is representative of the way people from Middlesbrough cope with the tribulations of life in general then it’s no wonder that your city and indeed entire region is in such a state of irreversible decline 

Enjoy the game x

(* That means ‘angry’) 

[EssEffCee]

Some of them lot talking about the police is fucking hilarious 😅

Also the mush who's saying their owner should take legal action against us even if they beat us.

This is gonna run well beyond these two games I reckon.

[trousers]

Somewhat unusually, Alfie House and Adam Blackmore haven't tweeted anything today... Assume they've been briefed and sworn to secrecy...?

#makeofthatwhatyouwill

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, RedArmy said:

Thats nothing. 
 

One of their resident dinlos was talking about how the police can still access the deleted videos and photos as evidence because it’s stored on the backend 

 

The police! 

Civil Offence at worst.

[EssEffCee]

Quote

Southampton officials can be called to EFL headquarters and be told to give evidence should they deny the charge. It’s not infeasible that the entire senior management and coaching staff are asked to go to London on Monday and Tuesday, thus throwing their preparation for Tuesday night int chaos

Honestly what world are they living in when they think the above might actually happen?

Ffs 😂

 

 

[Appy]

1 minute ago, EssEffCee said:

Some of them lot talking about the police is fucking hilarious 😅

Also the mush who's saying their owner should take legal action against us even if they beat us.

This is gonna run well beyond these two games I reckon.

“Gibbo isn’t one to let this go” 

 

Acting like he’s Tony Soprano or something. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

11 minutes ago, trousers said:

How tinpot a fanbase do you have to be to not be psyched up for a play-off semi-final without some kind of 'scandal' occuring beforehand...?

#noddy

 

Boro’s main account admin having a mare 😉🤣

[trousers]

3 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

Honestly what world are they living in when they think the above might actually happen?

Ffs 😂

 

 

Northerners in 'thick as mince' shocker....

[die Mannyschaft]

Its a new rule since leeds spy drone at Derby that teams can watch an opposition within 72 hours of a match.

Looks like a in good faith type agreement for clubs to abide by.

Cant see any point for ang coach to watch a team unless they want to asses a player to put a transfer bid in. All games are available on YouTube or EFL highlights. 

We already know the Boro players, who can do what, thier tactics and how tgey play from the 2 leaque games. 

Saints could have just sent someone to watch Ipswich, Millwall,  Hull and Boro in thier last 2 home or away games to spy official by buying a match ticket 

[Whitey Grandad]

4 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

Honestly what world are they living in when they think the above might actually happen?

Ffs 😂

 

 

14 days to respond,  isn't it?

 

[Badger]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

Somewhat unusually, Alfie House and Adam Blackmore haven't tweeted anything today... Assume they've been briefed and sworn to secrecy...?

#makeofthatwhatyouwill

Or in confinement at orders of the Saints Stasi to keep them quiet. 
 

Perhaps interviews with Tonda and players will now have to be voiced by actors so as not to infringe club policy in this new Cold War with Middlesbrough era 

[Hussar Saint]

1 hour ago, RedArmy said:

If our players don’t enter the pitch to fuckin’ in the bushes on Tuesday night I don’t want to support this club any more. 

"We sent up our intern you bastards" 🤣

[EssEffCee]

I hope we're a bit more inventive with our songs than just we spy when we want.

This could end up one of the best away days ever if we win.

[EssEffCee]

2 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

14 days to respond,  isn't it?

 

EFL probably have the discretion to change that if they want, but the idea that that they're going to summon our entire senior management and coaching staff up to London on Monday and Tuesday is Portsmyth levels of delusion.

[Whitey Grandad]

This is from the Daily Mail:

"Southampton sent a junior intern to allegedly spy on Middlesbrough’s training session ahead of their Championship play-off semi-final.

Daily Mail Sport has learnt the identity of the employee in his early 20s who was caught in the bushes at Boro’s Rockliffe Park training ground this week.

The individual at the centre of the ‘spygate’ storm has worked for Saints for nearly a year and is listed as a first-team analyst. He has worked at other Premier League clubs.

His current job description includes the word ‘intern’, raising serious questions over why Southampton would instruct a junior member of staff to break EFL rules, if that was the case.

The club have not commented, 24 hours on from Daily Mail Sport breaking the story of the sensational spying furore.

The EFL are investigating and, if Boro’s allegations are proven, a substantial fine will likely be served as a minimum punishment. The sanction could yet be more severe, given clubs were clearly instructed not to spy on opposition training following the Leeds United spygate saga of 2019. The League introduced a new rule after Leeds were fined £200,000 when boss Marcelo Bielsa admitted to sending a colleague to snoop on Derby County’s training."

There's a revealing slip in there,

'He has worked at other Premier League clubs.'

 

 

[Saint NL]

6 minutes ago, Hussar Saint said:

"We sent up our intern you bastards" 🤣

We've obviously sent our top spies to millwalls training ground for the final.

Boro fans are just jealous they are only worthy of the intern

Edited yesterday at 15:48 by Saint NL

[EssEffCee]

Christ this just gets better and better. There's an apparent lawyer on there comparing us to those lads who cut that tree down in Northumberland 

[Whitey Grandad]

2 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

EFL probably have the discretion to change that if they want, but the idea that that they're going to summon our entire senior management and coaching staff up to London on Monday and Tuesday is Portsmyth levels of delusion.

I doubt they have that much discretion.  If it's in their regulations it would take something extraordinary to overturn it.  Otherwise it would have been a shorter period from the start.

[Sheaf Saint]

5 minutes ago, Badger said:

Or in confinement at orders of the Saints Stasi to keep them quiet. 
 

Perhaps interviews with Tonda and players will now have to be voiced by actors so as not to infringe club policy in this new Cold War with Middlesbrough era 

Done in a comedy German accent, Allo Allo style.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

5 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

This is from the Daily Mail:

"Southampton sent a junior intern to allegedly spy on Middlesbrough’s training session ahead of their Championship play-off semi-final.

Daily Mail Sport has learnt the identity of the employee in his early 20s who was caught in the bushes at Boro’s Rockliffe Park training ground this week.

The individual at the centre of the ‘spygate’ storm has worked for Saints for nearly a year and is listed as a first-team analyst. He has worked at other Premier League clubs.

His current job description includes the word ‘intern’, raising serious questions over why Southampton would instruct a junior member of staff to break EFL rules, if that was the case.

The club have not commented, 24 hours on from Daily Mail Sport breaking the story of the sensational spying furore.

The EFL are investigating and, if Boro’s allegations are proven, a substantial fine will likely be served as a minimum punishment. The sanction could yet be more severe, given clubs were clearly instructed not to spy on opposition training following the Leeds United spygate saga of 2019. The League introduced a new rule after Leeds were fined £200,000 when boss Marcelo Bielsa admitted to sending a colleague to snoop on Derby County’s training."

There's a revealing slip in there,

'He has worked at other Premier League clubs.'

 

 

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas.

[kwsaint]

Was meant to be Benali…

[beatlesaint]

17 minutes ago, trousers said:

Somewhat unusually, Alfie House and Adam Blackmore haven't tweeted anything today... Assume they've been briefed and sworn to secrecy...?

#makeofthatwhatyouwill

I wondered about that, all Alfie has tweeted is about the Bournemouth full back who likes young girls…..allegedly 

[Badger]

5 minutes ago, Appy said:

“Gibbo isn’t one to let this go” 

 

Acting like he’s Tony Soprano or something. 

Wonder who’s got the best lawyers on speed dial, local big wig on Teeside, Gibson, or the likes of Dragan, Kat Liebherr ?

Seem to recall the name of a Magic Circle firm being mentioned re KL at one point, fancy your chances ?? 
 

[Badger]

8 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

Christ this just gets better and better. There's an apparent lawyer on there comparing us to those lads who cut that tree down in Northumberland 

Christ it gets even more suspicious. He was found in the bushes with a chainsaw ? 

[saintant]

39 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

What in their story has changed?

The accused went from a club analyst who Boro staff identified from his photo on our official website to a junior intern who, of course, wouldn't have his photo on the official site. That's quite a stretch.

[Patrick Bateman]

10 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

This is from the Daily Mail:

...

'He has worked at other Premier League clubs.'

 

 

Obtained promotion without playing 'Boro, ideal. Although I'd rather experience the wins ... 

[VectisSaint]

40 minutes ago, LGTL said:

A couple have mentioned the police. Yes, the police 😂😂

Fantastic stuff. 

Sting was born in Wallsend, more of a Geordie really.

[Miltonaggro]

24 minutes ago, Appy said:

“Gibbo isn’t one to let this go” 

 

Acting like he’s Tony Soprano or something. 

Known locally as Gibbo the gobbler, the cottaging King. 

He never lets one go once his false teeth are out according to the Teeside constabulary. 

Filthy northern oiks!

[Whitey Grandad]

5 minutes ago, saintant said:

The accused went from a club analyst who Boro staff identified from his photo on our official website to a junior intern who, of course, wouldn't have his photo on the official site. That's quite a stretch.

And is also a shape- shifter.

[RedArmy]

To be fair it must be fucking awful to be a Boro fan. 
 

The manager you got rid of is currently 3rd in the Premier League and might get the job full time at one of the biggest clubs in the world. 

His replacement decided a guaranteed relegation from the Premier League was more interesting than carrying on at Boro. 

Then you finish 5th in a 2 horse race.
 

All in less than 12 months. 
 

 

[Oldandtired]

I really don't know what you are all going on about. If it's in the daily mail then it's the gods honest, 100% gospel truth. We all know that.

[Whitey Grandad]

2 minutes ago, Oldandtired said:

I really don't know what you are all going on about. If it's in the daily mail then it's the gods honest, 100% gospel truth. We all know that.

Agreed. I must admit I was highly sceptical until I saw the source. 

[Toussaint]

6 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Slightly surprised there has been no statement from the club. Even if its simply to deny all knowledge of this. Would love it if we accused boro of playing silly bollocks.

I’m not, by reacting they are not only giving these muppets credibility, thereby engaging in Middlesbrough’s silly game. By not reacting hastily we are seizing back control. Fuck ‘em.