The Spygate Saga

[hypochondriac]

1 hour ago, egg said:

That's tempting, but the uncertainty over him wouldn't have helped us this season, and do we really want more of it. 

There wouldn't be much uncertainty I wouldn't have thought. If the ban is draconian then we will know we have no chance on an appeal so we can use those two weeks to put a contingency in place.

[Miltonaggro]

1 hour ago, benjii said:

Still, good news on the 1!

That was 'setting fire to his majesty's dockyard' so only a 50/50 chance it would stick.

[egg]

41 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

There wouldn't be much uncertainty I wouldn't have thought. If the ban is draconian then we will know we have no chance on an appeal so we can use those two weeks to put a contingency in place.

He couldn't realistically carry on pending an appeal if he and the players know he'll be going anyway. Our contingency will be Lallana joining the rest of the first team coaching team. 

[bpsaint]

2 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

So if that is right we could appeal in a fortnight once it's announced and then it could be another three weeks after that. Potentially another five weeks?

The question to that is when they find him guilty and he gets the ban, is he able to carry on coaching us until the appeal is heard or is he out of the picture with immediate effect?

Hypothetically could the FA wait till the Friday prior to the skate match to announce the verdict and ban, and we have to make do with Garner and Nivea for the match?

[Cuddles]

1 hour ago, Mboto Gorge said:

No surely it isn’t? Listen to any expert pundit and they’ll tell you what we’ve done is the worst thing anyone has ever done in football. A kid on an iPhone standing behind a tree 24 hours later than he’s allowed to, is way worse than a global flouting of 114 rules for 8 years while winning relentless silverware in the process. We deserve everything we get….

Yeah true. When you hear it like that you can only really see Tonda getting a 10 year ban and Salty forced to downgrade to an iPhone SE.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Simon Jordan, the normally not so voice of reason, saying what the sanction is will speak volumes given Southampton were kicked out the most lucrative game.

How do you punish a team in the most lucrative league?

We all know they’ll get a fine and a points deduction but they’ll still be a Premier League team going forward.

They aren’t being kicked out.

Personally I think they should get 115 point deduction spread over a number of years, maybe every year implicated.

[hypochondriac]

26 minutes ago, egg said:

He couldn't realistically carry on pending an appeal if he and the players know he'll be going anyway. Our contingency will be Lallana joining the rest of the first team coaching team. 

Why not? Man city will be appealing even though they know they have very little chance of success and we would be the same. We will still appeal though because there's still a small chance we might be able to overturn things.

[Pilchards]

Actually the more I listen to the radio plus read about the City charges the more I feel they are fucked.

Can see them dropping a couple of divisions with a 5 year transfer ban.

I was wrong earlier saying they will get off scotch free after fighting it.

 

[OttawaSaint]

I'm late to the party.

Any updates on Tonda?