The Spygate Saga

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, CB Fry said:

I have heard that he has been banned and the club are contesting it

I've heard it was announced a few weeks ago but we all missed it.

[hypochondriac]

Just now, Turkish said:

I've heard it was announced a few weeks ago but we all missed it.

FFS who wasn't paying attention?

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

FFS who wasn't paying attention?

I dont think anyone bothered announcing it. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

We all missed it?

Shit. We better try harder next time, eh 😂

[LordHester]

How about we get Will Salt to hide behind a tree outside FA headquarters, see what he can find out?

[Miltonaggro]

On 04/10/2026 at 12:38, Cuddles said:

Why's everyone being so negative? It will be fine. Probably a suspended ban or something.

Rumour around Soho Square today that Tonda has been exonerated and the FA has performed a reverse takeover on the minus four, so we are currently third. 

[saintant]

The silence is deafening.

[Patrick Bateman]

4 minutes ago, saintant said:

The silence is deafening.

It's gone beyond both silly and boring now.

[Mr X]

17 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

FFS, it is just football. Who on earth deserves death threats over a game played by over paid prima donnas? People have done far worse and got a lot less grief. 

I'm not suggested he deserves any of that of course not! but at the same time the poster made out he was a victim in all of this.... He isn't 

[Suhari]

8 minutes ago, saintant said:

The silence is deafening.

"No news is good news"....?

[hypochondriac]

18 minutes ago, Mr X said:

I'm not suggested he deserves any of that of course not! but at the same time the poster made out he was a victim in all of this.... He isn't 

You coukd have brought stuff on yourself by your own mistakes and simultaneously also be a victim when you're receiving death threats and have to be careful with your security. He's both.

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

Wednesday. 1/100 odds

[DT]

I've heard that Tonda will be forced to manage Man City

[bugenhagen]

32 minutes ago, saintant said:

The silence is deafening.

 

24 minutes ago, Suhari said:

"No news is good news"....?

Silence is golden 😉

[badgerx16]

41 minutes ago, saintant said:

The silence is deafening.

Can you hear the lambs ?

Edited 4 hours ago by badgerx16

[hypochondriac]

Anyone else care much less about this than they did even three weeks ago? Tired by it all now.

[Window Cleaner]

26 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Anyone else care much less about this than they did even three weeks ago? Tired by it all now.

That would be me then. Ridiculous situation. He'll have probably left for a bigger job before the sanctions are announced. 

[Turkish]

56 minutes ago, bugenhagen said:

 

Silence is golden 😉

 

[AlexLaw76]

Just heard that we will probably know more by the Pompey press conference 

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Just heard that we will probably know more by the Pompey press conference 

Just been told it's highly unlikely we wont here before that. Make of that what you will

[RedArmy]

8 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Just heard that we will probably know more by the Pompey press conference 

Is that when Rob Edwards is being announced? 

[saintant]

23 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Is that when Rob Edwards is being announced? 

Haven't we been punished enough?

[AlexLaw76]

25 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Is that when Rob Edwards is being announced? 

Only if Eddie Howe turns us down.

 

[saintant]

Remind me again, who is Tonda Eckert and what's he been charged with?

[Turkish]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Only if Eddie Howe turns us down.

 

Hearing we're being linked with Thomas Frank

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, saintant said:

Remind me again, who is Tonda Eckert and what's he been charged with?

He is our U21 manager. Has Hungry Eyes apparently. 

[RedArmy]

19 minutes ago, saintant said:

Haven't we been punished enough?

To be fair knowing MB, Rob Edwards isn’t going to be our manager until 2028. 

[Tom & Gerry]

We've lost good Managers before and loads of great players and yet we've survived and never plumbed the depths of other South Coast clubs, so what is there to be pessimistic about?

[saintant]

I've heard Gibbo has asked for a bit more time to make his decision.

[sadoldgit]

2 hours ago, Mr X said:

I'm not suggested he deserves any of that of course not! but at the same time the poster made out he was a victim in all of this.... He isn't 

I think, if someone threatens to kill you, that does kind of make you a victim doesn’t it? There are some proper nutters out there and you never know just how far they will take it. It is bad enough having to carry the weight of the current consequences and possibly still end up losing his job without having to deal with death threats too. Let’s not forget what actually happened to cause this and how it has been blown up out of all proportion!

[Miltonaggro]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Hearing we're being linked with Thomas Frank

More likely Tommy Tank.

[bugenhagen]

This is so predictable:
Tonda will be hit with a massive ban (6-12 months).
SR will be caught completely off guard as they did not see this coming.
During the appeal-process, Tonda will not be allowed on the touchline, and we will stumble along with some sort of a Gardner/Lallana combo.
Then the appeal gets dissmissed, and SR (who can not believe their appeal did not go trough) will start from scratch with the search for a new manager.
Then they will appoint someone who is very different from Tonda in style and setup.

It migh not happen exactly like that, it is mostly set up to illustrate my faith in SR and those in charge 😄

[musesaint]

300 pages of this drama coming up! Will it pass 400? 

[NewYorkSaint]

FA has been dreadful through this process. It can't be in anyone's interest to take this long.  But it HAS to be coming to an end now.  Pretty sure we'll know by the end of the week.  Oh, and the immortal Bob Marley has a prediction for us all...       

 

[CB Fry]

Yeah, but the thing is Bielsa never got punished at all

[Saint Pete]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Hearing we're being linked with Thomas Frank

My sources tell me we are now being linked with Frank Sidebottom. Might be bobbins though.

[Willo of Whiteley]

31 minutes ago, bugenhagen said:

This is so predictable:
Tonda will be hit with a massive ban (6-12 months).
SR will be caught completely off guard as they did not see this coming.
During the appeal-process, Tonda will not be allowed on the touchline, and we will stumble along with some sort of a Gardner/Lallana combo.
Then the appeal gets dissmissed, and SR (who can not believe their appeal did not go trough) will start from scratch with the search for a new manager.
Then they will appoint someone who is very different from Tonda in style and setup.

It migh not happen exactly like that, it is mostly set up to illustrate my faith in SR and those in charge 😄

Sadly this seems the most likely.

Then watch Tonda finish the season in the Bundesliga and being a European club manager at the end of next season. 

[bugenhagen]

14 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Sadly this seems the most likely.

Then watch Tonda finish the season in the Bundesliga and being a European club manager at the end of next season. 

Very good point - I forgot about that 

[West Dean FC Legend]

50 minutes ago, bugenhagen said:

Then they will appoint someone who is very different from Tonda in style and setup.

This is the bit that sounds true and depressing above all of the other problems, whoever it is will probbably try and get players who don't like playing in positions and styles to play in those positions and styles.....it seems very, very, likely.

I'm not laughing.