Boro vs Saints - Saturday 12.30pm - 1st leg

[ChristopheVAFC]

Hello everyone, I hope you’re all well?

Today marks the first leg of the play-offs, and I wish you every success on the pitch.

It’s not an easy match, but even less so with this whole business…

Was this a one-off act by this person? Was it at the club’s request? You’d have to be mad to drive 10 hours there and back to take such a risk just hours before a big match.

I don’t think it was really necessary to take such risks and get into trouble for nothing, because as far as I’m concerned, Boro could very well change their tactics even in the final hours before the match.

Here are my thoughts:

- I think the video analysts must have access to all 46 of Boro’s matches this season so they can work on their strengths and weaknesses...

- Given that SFC are on a run of 19 consecutive matches without defeat, why do this? Do we not have confidence in our players to win the match on the pitch?

- With so much at stake, why didn’t Boro hold their training sessions this week behind closed doors and in locations hidden from prying eyes?

- With the first leg being played away, isn’t it a significant advantage to play the return leg at Saint Mary’s?

The timing is really poor and I don’t think it was the right moment at all...

We’ll need to be strong today because this match will be played in a hostile atmosphere where Boro will be even more determined to win.

Have a good match, friend!

Force to you from France, from Valenciennes.

COYR !

[Convict Colony]

6 hours ago, danjosaint said:

I wonder if it was to see purely if Hackney was fit for the game

I think he did train but will be on the bench

[Matthew Le God]

6 hours ago, CanadaSaint said:

Spying is NOT illegal, other than in the 72 hours before a game, so what we apparently did would have been fine if we’d done it the previous day; it can’t suddenly become a capital offence with the tick of the clock.

I'd guess the 72 hour thing is due to clubs using those last training sessions for set piece routines and other tactical work that generally doesn't happen earlier in the build up to a game.

[SaintStinger]

I think this will be a big distraction and we'll fail to get promoted. Then we'll lose our manager and half the squad, the good half. Well done for all involved in this, well done.

[kwsaint]

3 minutes ago, SaintStinger said:

I think this will be a big distraction and we'll fail to get promoted. Then we'll lose our manager and half the squad, the good half. Well done for all involved in this, well done.

Nah I’m of the opposite view. We’ll get promoted and be laughing about this in 3 months.

[lambtiss]

20 minutes ago, SaintStinger said:

I think this will be a big distraction and we'll fail to get promoted. Then we'll lose our manager and half the squad, the good half. Well done for all involved in this, well done.

That's the spirit 

[Harry_SFC]

42 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

I'd guess the 72 hour thing is due to clubs using those last training sessions for set piece routines and other tactical work that generally doesn't happen earlier in the build up to a game.

Which is fair enough. However it's clearly not the serious offence many are making out. The fact you can do it, just not within 72 hours before shows that. 

[Harry_SFC]

Also having a laugh at a lot of people saying how embarrassed they are to be Saints fans.

Fucking get a grip and man up. 

[bangkoksaint]

We’ve been spying for months, you don’t get caught the first time. Maybe our finish in the league was a false position and TE isn’t as good as we thought? Whether this is the case or not it casts a shadow over everything, fans are throwing a lot of time and money following this club and personally I think deserve better

[hypochondriac]

8 minutes ago, bangkoksaint said:

We’ve been spying for months, you don’t get caught the first time. Maybe our finish in the league was a false position and TE isn’t as good as we thought? Whether this is the case or not it casts a shadow over everything, fans are throwing a lot of time and money following this club and personally I think deserve better

I hardly think that seeing how the opposition line up is going to be the reason why we've won so many games. I doubt we spied on arsenal for example.

[Football Special]

13 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Also having a laugh at a lot of people saying how embarrassed they are to be Saints fans.

Fucking get a grip and man up. 

They just refused to serve me in kings Cross M&S, we're social outcasts 

[Football Special]

4 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I hardly think that seeing how the opposition line up is going to be the reason why we've won so many games. I doubt we spied on arsenal for example.

Exactly, its virtually impossible to get near most clubs training pitches, Middlesbrough having such as easy access is different if you can watch from a golf course 

[obelisk]

He could at least have just wandered around in loud and colourful golfing attire shouting into his phone and everyone would have thought it normal.

[Convict Colony]

If we beat Boro over 2 legs the guys deserve a break and id suggest a nice couple of days golf at Rockliffe Hall.

Also for the attention of Saints coaching staff - DJI Mavic 3 Pro flys above 400ft which is the height drones cannot be heard and are very hard to see (i would paint it sky blue to make it invisible) and films no issue in 4k and can fly for 50mins.

Its better to pay the fine for flying in restricted airspace as a "analyst" than being caught by an opposition football club.

I'm more disgusted we got caught, absolute amateur hour.

 

Edited 4 minutes ago by Convict Colony