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bangkoksaint

bangkoksaint

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Just now, LegalEagle said:

Lord Pannick KC. Fucking wow. We have gone right to the very top, I’m buoyed by that. He is the best of the best. 

Yep……..but a bit like getting Lester Piggot to ride your horse after the race is over. Should have been instructed at the off. Total incompetence 

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Saint86

Saint86

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1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Anyone really believe who ever is hearing this out is going to say their colleagues got it drastically wrong 24 hours ago?

not going to happen. At best a few points back, probably as as a suspended sanction 

There is a less than 1% chance we get reinstated in this appeal. Not for shit. They might arrange a Boro vs Millwall one off game at a neutral venue to mitigate legal threats from Boro and delay the final. I do not know how they placate hull in the event they fail to win promotion as evidently Hull should be promoted.

Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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4 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

If the timing is true that alone suggests it isn't being overturned. If they knew we were being reinstated, they wouldn't hold back the info and allow Boro tickets to continue being sold for the next 2+ hours.

What if the hearing and decision etc isn't being made until say 9.30pm? 

Stud mark of doom

Stud mark of doom

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8 minutes ago, SambaMaverick said:

Playing devil's advocate, can anyone see a scenario where we get to play on Saturday, win, but get something like a -10 for next season in the Premier League - making it effectively a dead rubber season but saving the club's skin financially?

That would be a truly nightmarish scenario, I think I'd rather take our medicine in the Championship even if it's worse in the long term

That seems preferable to the likely “kicked out of the play offs” scenario and how that is might play out. . 

Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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1 minute ago, Baird of the land said:

Amateurish, surely you bring in that top lawyer for the initial hearing, not after the horse has bolted 

Classic Parsons. Totally out of his depth. 

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Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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Just now, Harry_SFC said:

What if the hearing and decision etc isn't being made until say 9.30pm? 

Well then fair enough but everything we've heard so far has said the hearing started at 6, so is likely done by now.

Miltonaggro

Miltonaggro

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Just now, sockeye said:

Do we get a bus parade this season? Except instead of the players riding it's the board and we all pelt them with tomatoes.

It's a specially commissioned donkey cart with the population of Southampton chanting 'shame, shame' as it rumbles past dragging an effigy of Phil Parsons...

bpsaint

bpsaint

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Just now, Baird of the land said:

Amateurish, surely you bring in that top lawyer for the initial hearing, not after the horse has bolted 

Indeed. Can only assume, aside from gross incompetence, that the club were assuming the initial hearing was going to go a lot less harsh than it did.

This guy charges £5k an hour apparently. Wouldn’t get out of bed for that personally.

Appy

Appy

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Listened to Nick Illingsworth briefly on Solent tonight. 
 

Fair play, didn’t think someone could have that many unhinged views on the situation, 

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sfc4prem

sfc4prem

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5 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

If the timing is true that alone suggests it isn't being overturned. If they knew we were being reinstated, they wouldn't hold back the info and allow Boro tickets to continue being sold for the next 2+ hours.

Same could be said for allowing us to buy tickets knowing full well the tribunal were likely to opt for expulsion.

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LegalEagle

LegalEagle

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3 minutes ago, bangkoksaint said:

Yep……..but a bit like getting Lester Piggot to ride your horse after the race is over. Should have been instructed at the off. Total incompetence 

He was once described as having a brain the size of a planet. And not Uranus before some wise crack chips in. 

James

James

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Lord Pannick is the best of the best. He managed to get City a reprieve from their European ban, if it’s possible then we have the right man for the job. Those saying why not do it earlier, it’s clear Parsons thought he’d effectively pled this down to a misdemeanour. 

Miltonaggro

Miltonaggro

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1 minute ago, Appy said:

Listened to Nick Illingsworth briefly on Solent tonight. 
 

Fair play, didn’t think someone could have that many unhinged views on the situation, 

Have you been following this thread? ;)

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Mattio

Mattio

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Just now, James said:

Lord Pannick is the best of the best. He managed to get City a reprieve from their European ban, if it’s possible then we have the right man for the job. Those saying why not do it earlier, it’s clear Parsons thought he’d effectively pled this down to a misdemeanour. 

If that’s the case why didn’t we just use him for the main hearing? 

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Turkish

Turkish

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1 minute ago, Appy said:

Listened to Nick Illingsworth briefly on Solent tonight. 
 

Fair play, didn’t think someone could have that many unhinged views on the situation, 

what did he have to say? He seems to have become a bit odd, after the play off semi final second leg most of hi match report was slagging off how crap the fans were.

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James

James

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2 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Same could be said for allowing us to buy tickets knowing full well the tribunal were likely to opt for expulsion.

Exactly. The timing of who is selling tickets to who is literally irrelevant at this point. 

James

James

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Just now, Mattio said:

If that’s the case why didn’t we just use him for the main hearing? 

See the last sentence of my first post. 

TwoPints

TwoPints

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17 minutes ago, sockeye said:

Why did we not do this earlier?

I suspect he's been on board for a while.  Not the sort of bloke to just rock up unprepared IMHO.  If he's involved it seems we might have a case.  I'm sure he wouldn't want to be associated with a no hope case. 

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SNSUN

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2 minutes ago, James said:

Lord Pannick is the best of the best. He managed to get City a reprieve from their European ban, if it’s possible then we have the right man for the job. Those saying why not do it earlier, it’s clear Parsons thought he’d effectively pled this down to a misdemeanour. 

Well if anyone can ruin his reputation, I bet Saints can.

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Appy

Appy

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1 minute ago, Turkish said:

what did he have to say? He seems to have become a bit odd, after the play off semi final second leg most of hi match report was slagging off how crap the fans were.

Basically said we shouldn’t sack Tonda because we backed Bruce Grobbelaar in the nineties. 

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Saint NL

Saint NL

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Just now, Cuddles said:
2 minutes ago, Mattio said:

If that’s the case why didn’t we just use him for the main hearing? 

He costs £200m per hour

Rather spunk that £200m up a wall than give it to Gibbo

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James

James

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1 minute ago, TwoPints said:

I suspect he's been on board for a while.  Not the sort of bloke to just rock up unprepared IMHO.  If he's involved it seems we might have a case.  I'm sure he wouldn't want to be associated with a no hope case. 

Yep. He’s not the kind of guy that usually takes cases he thinks he’s going to lose. Whether the “win” is reinstatement though, I think that’s doubtful. My guess is we won’t have heard the last of this no matter what happens tonight. 

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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Just now, James said:

Yep. He’s not the kind of guy that usually takes cases he thinks he’s going to lose. Whether the “win” is reinstatement though, I think that’s doubtful. My guess is we won’t have heard the last of this no matter what happens tonight. 

Good point, maybe he's been brought on for the inevitable civil suit that follows our expulsion.

benjii

benjii

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For some reason, these references to "Let's bring in Lord Pannick" makes me think of "Shall I fetch Kenneth?".

 

It's like a leg of lamb!!!

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Miltonaggro

Miltonaggro

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3 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

It's been so long since Miltonaggro's post, i've forgotten whether this was all part of his ingenious litigation plan?

Part of it appears to have fallen foul of the less ingenious Phil Parsons, but we will still have our day in court, likely many in the next 18 months.

James

James

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1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

I'm trying buy a Lord Pannick costume to wear in the stands on Saturday. Does anyone know what colour the lining of his gown is usually?

I’m trying to get Pannick printed on the back of my shirt but the Shop told me they’ve run out of the letter n…

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