Boro vs Saints - Saturday 12.30pm - 1st leg

[benjii]

So standing in a field outside the training ground that overlooks the training ground, with a mobile phone.

Can that really be sanctioned?

[Convict Colony]

3 minutes ago, benjii said:

So standing in a field outside the training ground that overlooks the training ground, with a mobile phone.

Can that really be sanctioned?

I don't think so, he was in plain site not on the training grounds and left when asked.

Will be some not in the spirit bollox but he wasn't hiding and was on a different property.

Edited 12 hours ago by Convict Colony

[Convict Colony]

even better I like that we do this shit cos I'm sure everyone else does 

[sfc4prem]

The best end for this is a fucking convincing win over the two legs with no mention at all from any one of our players or staff about this ridiculous affair.

[Osvaldorama]

Jesus their fans are absolute weapons 😂

 

”This sounded quite funny at first but turning quite serious. Their form suddenly getting unbelievablely better when the manager took over is probably not a coincidence. Absolute cheating cunts”

“joking aside if this was a title decider in the EPL, involving pep,arteta,Liam, etc etc this game wouldn't be going ahead tomorrow ,absolutely no chance”

 

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[hypochondriac]

You know it's bad when MLG is spamming every twitter post related to this saga with damage control.

[warsash saint]

MLT loves a conspiracy ... come on Matt, this is why you were brought back to the blub - this is your time!!!

[Willo of Whiteley]

19 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

This is really bad. 

Based on?

[SNSUN]

So, is Flynn Downes doing the Boro catering tonight? Seems like we have infiltrated them in other areas...

[RedArmy]

2 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Jesus their fans are absolute weapons 😂

 

”This sounded quite funny at first but turning quite serious. Their form suddenly getting unbelievablely better when the manager took over is probably not a coincidence. Absolute cheating cunts”

“joking aside if this was a title decider in the EPL, involving pep,arteta,Liam, etc etc this game wouldn't be going ahead tomorrow ,absolutely no chance”

 

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Some are calling for them to get some dodgy ref decisions. Oh so now you don’t mind a bit of cheating? 

[sfc4prem]

Just now, SNSUN said:

So, is Flynn Downes doing the Boro catering tonight? Seems like we have infiltrated them in other areas...

All that's needed now is for us to set off fireworks near all of their players' homes.

[SNSUN]

1 minute ago, sfc4prem said:

All that's needed now is for us to set off fireworks near all of their players' homes.

Can we send Bonnie Blue into their pre-match breakfast meeting? Get their eyes off the game.

[Whitey Grandad]

42 minutes ago, Doctoroncall said:

They left off this bit:

Middlesbrough have since been told by whistleblowers that this is not the first time a member of Southampton’s analyst team has been sent to record opposition training sessions this season.

Nothing wrong with that if it's outside 72 hours before the match.

The relevant information is how many other clubs do it.

Edited 12 hours ago by Whitey Grandad

[BarberSaint]

18 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

The other game is kicking off now. Let's see who we need to spy on for the final

Can't watch it: might be spying.

 

Go and do the gardening and don't listen to the radio until July.

[ChrisPY]

Middlesbrough are a bunch of hypocrites moaning about us potentially breaking a minor rule, yet no comments on the EFL allowing them to sign a new keeper outside the transfer window?

[revolution saint]

Imagine a club statement will be imminent now. Blackmore and Alfie House have broke cover. They won’t want to send Tonda out to answer for them

[Verbal]

42 minutes ago, Divergent said:

Blackmore and House just been on Solent saying they believe the story is true. 

I'd prefer it if the two of them could say they've done some journalism so that they can tell us whether it's actually true. It wouldn't totally surprise me, but on the other hand it's in the Telegraph.

[sfc4prem]

Just now, revolution saint said:

Imagine a club statement will be imminent now. Blackmore and Alfie House have broke cover. They won’t want to send Tonda out to answer for them

Nah, keep quiet and let the storm in a teacup pass.

[Saint NL]

 

 

[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, Verbal said:

I'd prefer it if the two of them could say they've done some journalism so that they can tell us whether it's actually true. It wouldn't totally surprise me, but on the other hand it's in the Telegraph.

They essentially told us it was true without saying it explicitly. Adam has obviously spoken to the club.

[hypochondriac]

OK I was saying this was stupid last night but some of the Boro fans really have gone head mental.

[Patrick Bateman]

2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

 

 

Well known Member, Dave, that post did make me chuckle 

Edited 12 hours ago by Patrick Bateman

[Winnersaint]

This is the funniest pre game story since the one in the 70s when there was a threat that someone was going to release a snake on the terraces at the Dell at a Saints v Pompey game.

[SNSUN]

"A brief physical confrontation ensued when a member of Middlesbrough’s media team challenged the man, who refused to identify himself and then ran off."

 

Ran off! Middlesbrough media team: "Get him lads!"

Saints proving even the analysts are fitter under Tonda.

[Football Special]

Just seen the weather forecast, its going to be called off waterlogged pitch now isn't it 

[SNSUN]

15 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Can we send Bonnie Blue into their pre-match breakfast meeting? Get their eyes off the game.

Turns out she's already infiltrated the spies. My bad.

[RedArmy]

1 minute ago, Football Special said:

Just seen the weather forecast, its going to be called off waterlogged pitch now isn't it 

Maybe that’s why we’ve been overwatering our pitch the last few games. 
 

Not only do we spy on their training, we control the weather and have been preparing for this for weeks. 
 

Game set and match. 

[EssEffCee]

11 minutes ago, revolution saint said:

Imagine a club statement will be imminent now. Blackmore and Alfie House have broke cover. They won’t want to send Tonda out to answer for them

No chance we say anything publicly until at least after tuesday night.

[DellBlockH]

I can foresee a club statement along these lines:

As part of our normal logistical preparations for an away game, a junior member of Saints staff was sent to Middlesbrough. He walked near to the Middlesbrough training ground on land open to the general public but, at no time, entered it. This was on his own initiative and he was not instructed by the club to make any recordings of training. The club has not seen any of the videos that it is alleged he recorded. Southampton FC is aware that this incident has caused controversy and apologises to Middlesbrough FC for any distress caused. The staff member has been given words of advice.

[Gloucester Saint]

6 minutes ago, Winnersaint said:

This is the funniest pre game story since the one in the 70s when there was a threat that someone was going to release a snake on the terraces at the Dell at a Saints v Pompey game.

Didn’t happen until the Carling Cup game and Westwood took a slash on the seats.

[hypochondriac]

Just now, Gloucester Saint said:

Didn’t happen until the Carling Cup game and Westwood took a slash on the seats.

No one is describing that nubbin as a snake.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

No one is describing that nubbin as a snake.

He can’t even see it these days, even when occasionally sober.

[Saint NL]

Not bad

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

7 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Just seen the weather forecast, its going to be called off waterlogged pitch now isn't it 

Problem solved. Spying wouldn't have been within 72 hours...

[ChrisPY]

4 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Didn’t happen until the Carling Cup game and Westwood took a slash on the seats.

‘The world's smallest snake, averaging just 10cm (4 inches) and as thin as a spaghetti noodle’

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7537932.stm 

[bolo]

Ok spygate has got me out of retirement. 

So walking around in a public area on a different property to the training ground, with an iPhone in hand, making a phone call constitutes spying. Wtf. This story is just put out the to garner sympathy and wip up the Boro fans into a frenzy....

[Saint NL]

Half time in the other game, 0-0

[Saint_lambden]

Sigh.

[EssEffCee]

Aside from the actual match I can see it being pretty dodgy around the ground post game, especially if we get a result.

[wild-saint]

16 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

"A brief physical confrontation ensued when a member of Middlesbrough’s media team challenged the man, who refused to identify himself and then ran off."

 

Ran off! Middlesbrough media team: "Get him lads!"

Saints proving even the analysts are fitter under Tonda.

Exactly. They didn’t even catch him when he popped into the golf club to recover his hidden hold-all, take a shit, change clothes, put on a wig, stupid glasses and a fake moustache before making his escape in his car.

[Willo of Whiteley]

@Maggie May on here keeps saying how bad it is (the consequences) but then not offering any further context or suggestion of what it could be. 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[SaintLondon]

I have a bad feeling about the outcome of this. 

[EBS1980]

When Leeds got in trouble for it the rule setters (EFL / FA?) didn’t change the rules to ban what Leeds did, they just introduced a time frame you couldn’t do it. Within 72hrs of a game.

it must happen a lot tbh, especially with technology these days.

 

[miltonroad]

1 hour ago, 23rdSaint said:

Eeesh, pretty damning from Adam Blackmore and Alfie House: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nk63zn

Nauseating chat from them. Who’s the bloke in the back who’s now asking “how long have they been cheating”. Tessem aside, hardly in our corner. Their excitement over the “scandal” is bizarre. 

[benjii]

18 minutes ago, DellBlockH said:

I can foresee a club statement along these lines:

As part of our normal logistical preparations for an away game, a junior member of Saints staff was sent to Middlesbrough. He walked near to the Middlesbrough training ground on land open to the general public but, at no time, entered it. This was on his own initiative and he was not instructed by the club to make any recordings of training. The club has not seen any of the videos that it is alleged he recorded. Southampton FC is aware that this incident has caused controversy and apologises to Middlesbrough FC for any distress caused. The staff member has been given words of advice.

P.s. your corner routines are shit.

[kraftwerk26]

Its a unwanted distraction this...might give the boro lads a boost

[Give it to Ron]

Funny that on Tuesday a fellow fan and I were talking about going up he actually said…if we could win at Wembley then get a points deduction to stay down. He loves winning in the championship 
 

Edited 12 hours ago by Give it to Ron

[SNSUN]

6 minutes ago, SaintLondon said:

I have a bad feeling about the outcome of this. 

It is what it is, nobody really knows what happened exactly, what the club will do and what any punishment would be. No point stressing over it as a fan. The play-offs will go ahead, the players will remain focused and it's business as usual for now.

Besides our Serbian Warlord can make things disappear. You don't mess with the Dragan.

[Willo of Whiteley]

10 minutes ago, SaintLondon said:

I have a bad feeling about the outcome of this. 

They aren’t going to kick Southampton out of the play offs because some fuckwit took a trip up north with a mobile phone.

There are so many cracks in the story now it’s bordering on bullshit.

[saintant]

2 hours ago, johnnyboy said:

The bbc are stating that the analyst who most believe to be the intern Will Salt whom Boro staff recognised from the picture on the official Southampton website , I’ve not looked but would we have a picture of an intern on the website so that can be proved ?

This is a complete lie which puts the whole complaint in doubt. Maybe they should be asked to point to the picture of Will Salt on our official website.