The Spygate Saga

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

1 hour ago, Whitey Grandad said:

The  "punishment" was undefined.  Until Gibson defined it for the EFL.

It kind of is still undefined still. Although there is a precedent now.

But the EFL needs to codified all sorts od misdemeanours so that there is no ambiguity or doubt left as to what punishment happens in situations x / y and z.

Edited 31 minutes ago by JohnnyShearer2.0

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Yeah but if you think about it he’s right. What we’ve done is NOTHING compared to what Hitler did. Or Pollpot or even Peter Sutcliffe or Harold Shipman. Did they ever get kicked out of the play offs? 

And definitely not Huw Edwards or anyone who does similar things, as @sadoldgit specifically pointed those out as not being a crime of the century.

[EssEffCee]

1 hour ago, sadoldgit said:

You mentioned cup competitions. You were not specific.

I didn't think I needed to be when we were specifically discussing the EFL and your assertion they'd dug a hole for themselves. I thought it was pretty obvious I was discussing sanctions the EFL would implement in their competitions.

Why would I dispute a point about the EFL by talking about a competition they don't run?

[EssEffCee]

2 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

It doesn’t matter if the training is tactical or not. The rule is about observing training within 72 hours. They brought the rule in because of what Bielsa did and had to be seen to be doing something.

I know it doesn't. My point is Arsenal publicising a single training session doesn't mean they'd be happy for the world to see all of their training sessions.

Yes they brought it in after Biesla as EFL clubs thought it was a big enough issue to have its own. If they didn't it wouldn't have come in.