The Spygate Saga

[Tommy Mulgrew]

2 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Mr Benn is ready with an outfit to takeover on the touchline for the Pompey match should it be needed

Nah; it’ll be Bill.
 

 

[hypochondriac]

I'm sorry but this is now a farce. The FA announced they were investigating this on the 21st of May. 134 days ago. 

They charged Tonda on the 22nd of July 72 days ago and he was given until the 28th of July to respond (66 days ago) 

It has now been over ten weeks since he was charged with something that he has accepted the charges of. How can it possibly take this long to resolve?

[DellBlockH]

4 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I'm sorry but this is now a farce. The FA announced they were investigating this on the 21st of May. 134 days ago. 

They charged Tonda on the 22nd of July 72 days ago and he was given until the 28th of July to respond (66 days ago) 

It has now been over ten weeks since he was charged with something that he has accepted the charges of. How can it possibly take this long to resolve?

It's gone to VAR.

[Tamesaint]

4 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I'm sorry but this is now a farce. The FA announced they were investigating this on the 21st of May. 134 days ago. 

They charged Tonda on the 22nd of July 72 days ago and he was given until the 28th of July to respond (66 days ago) 

It has now been over ten weeks since he was charged with something that he has accepted the charges of. How can it possibly take this long to resolve?

Easy. Our learned friends are now involved. 

[Ted Bates Statue]

3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I'm sorry but this is now a farce. 

If your threshold has only just passed, you're a lot more patient than most of us.

My ITK source (voice in my head) tells me he's getting banned after we get promotion. So if he bombs the rest of the season with us then we're lumbered with him (and our current away form) indefinitely.

 

[Willo of Whiteley]

11 minutes ago, DellBlockH said:

It's gone to VAR.

Good chance of being overturned then

[Midfield_General]

What’s the latest @MB - what are you hearing? 

[johnnyboy]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Look closer and make of it what you will

Thanks for the pm , things will definitely be clearer wit THAT information, 

[bugenhagen]

9 minutes ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

If your threshold has only just passed, you're a lot more patient than most of us.

My ITK source (voice in my head) tells me he's getting banned after we get promotion. So if he bombs the rest of the season with us then we're lumbered with him (and our current away form) indefinitely.

 

Yeah, my first thought too: NOW it has just turned into a farse? 😄

My IKT source tells me he is (or will be) banned for a year. Just relax and come to terms with it: The Tonda experiment is over, and our promotion push probably as well.

[hypochondriac]

15 minutes ago, Tamesaint said:

Easy. Our learned friends are now involved. 

Even if that is true, it still took them a ridiculous amount of time to even get to this point. Particularly when you consider that the EFL case was done and dusted in a week (I'm aware they had time pressures.)

[obelisk]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

here's a clue

And maybe we got lost in translation
Maybe I asked for too much
But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up
Running scared, I was there
I remember it all too well

And you call me up again just to break me like a promise
So casually cruel in the name of being honest
I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here
'Cause I remember it all, all, all
Too well

What sort of clue is that? 

 

[trousers]

11 minutes ago, bugenhagen said:

My IKT source

Internet Kitten Tracker...?

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, obelisk said:

What sort of clue is that? 

 

 

[Tamesaint]

10 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Even if that is true, it still took them a ridiculous amount of time to even get to this point. Particularly when you consider that the EFL case was done and dusted in a week (I'm aware they had time pressures.)

Very true and it is ridiculous but remember Man City's lawyers kicked their can down the road for several years.

[egg]

6 minutes ago, obelisk said:

What sort of clue is that? 

 

I think it's Turkish crying for help to sort out his musical taste.

[LegalEagle]

6 minutes ago, egg said:

I think it's Turkish crying for help to sort out his musical taste.

All too Well

[Turkish]

34 minutes ago, obelisk said:

What sort of clue is that? 

 

If you can’t see it ask yourself why that is. It’s not my fault you can’t see what’s so obvious 

[Midfield_General]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

here's a clue

And maybe we got lost in translation
Maybe I asked for too much
But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up
Running scared, I was there
I remember it all too well

And you call me up again just to break me like a promise
So casually cruel in the name of being honest
I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here
'Cause I remember it all, all, all
Too well

That does line up with AB’s DM from the other night.

Still find it surprising, and it’s gutting to hear, but makes sense really. 

Cheers mate 👍

[qwertyell]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

I'm sorry but this is now a farce. The FA announced they were investigating this on the 21st of May. 134 days ago. 

They charged Tonda on the 22nd of July 72 days ago and he was given until the 28th of July to respond (66 days ago) 

It has now been over ten weeks since he was charged with something that he has accepted the charges of. How can it possibly take this long to resolve?

Not to go into bat for the FA, but they govern over 40000 clubs across more than 600 leagues. That's a lot of games and a lot of disciplinary cases raised, heard, and appealed since May - and no doubt a backlog of cases being processed from before May.

Here are September's just released adjudications, with charges dating back to February. https://www.thefa.com/news/2026/oct/02/fa-charges---september-2026-0201026

We're not being treated differently to anyone else. The system as it currently stands moves slowly.

[LiberalCommunist]

Same with Cormac taking six months to fix a bit of road, and then screwing up the fix. They are busy, there's a lot of roads. Be patient. 

[bugenhagen]

57 minutes ago, trousers said:

Internet Kitten Tracker...?

I work with a company called IKT Consulting (might explain the mix-up) and I will get back to you as soon as I have got the latest info and snippets from them!

[for_heaven's_Saint]

1 hour ago, Tamesaint said:

Very true and it is ridiculous but remember Man City's lawyers kicked their can down the road for several years.

If we can delay it for a couple of years he probably won’t be our manager anymore anyway.