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[Willo of Whiteley]

Let’s be brutally honest, every club up and down the country does it. It’s just the fact we got caught doing it.

He’ll get a six game ban, Middlesbrough will complain that justice still hasn’t been served and we’ll laugh and still finish ahead of them in the league.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

This will all be about the perceived nature of the bullying that was allegedly involved. The FA will want to be seen as making a stand against individuals who are supposed to be carrying out this behaviour. If they believe he has bullied club employees into spying on opponents then I think they will look to make an example of him. 

[badgerx16]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/13/spygate-saga-continues-to-haunt-southampton-as-case-drags-on

[CB Fry]

5 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Let’s be brutally honest, every club up and down the country does it. It’s just the fact we got caught doing it.

He’ll get a six game ban, Middlesbrough will complain that justice still hasn’t been served and we’ll laugh and still finish ahead of them in the league.

All correct apart from the Middlesbrough bit.

They won't say anything like that. They got the  punishment they wanted and for them it's over.

 

[saintant]

3 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

This will all be about the perceived nature of the bullying that was allegedly involved. The FA will want to be seen as making a stand against individuals who are supposed to be carrying out this behaviour. If they believe he has bullied club employees into spying on opponents then I think they will look to make an example of him. 

Where is the evidence of bullying? Isn't Salt still working for the club? Don't see bullying being an issue.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

2 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

This will all be about the perceived nature of the bullying that was allegedly involved. The FA will want to be seen as making a stand against individuals who are supposed to be carrying out this behaviour. If they believe he has bullied club employees into spying on opponents then I think they will look to make an example of him. 

Different division but Mourinho was cleared by the FA for his treatment of Eva Carneiro, despite a subsequent legal settlement. 

[Mboto Gorge]

20 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

All correct apart from the Middlesbrough bit.

They won't say anything like that. They got the  punishment they wanted and for them it's over.

 

Never known a more odious, butter wouldn’t melt fanbase than those cunts 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

25 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/13/spygate-saga-continues-to-haunt-southampton-as-case-drags-on

"The incident left a deep stain on Southampton’s reputation, one that will take time to fade and will leave an indelible mark on their history."

When did Henry Winter and Troy Deeny start writing for The Guardian?!

[badgerx16]

Just now, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

"The incident left a deep stain on Southampton’s reputation, one that will take time to fade and will leave an indelible mark on their history."

When did Henry Winter and Troy Deeny start writing for The Guardian?!

Can Troy Deeny write ?

Edited 51 minutes ago by badgerx16

[whelk]

14 hours ago, Dman said:

Hasn't he just had a child? 6 months at home, getting paid, with your newborn might seem appealing... 

fuck me have you got kids? 

[Football Special]

21 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Never known a more odious, butter wouldn’t melt fanbase than those cunts 

Almost every post about Saints on social media , up pops Boro fans , they were whipped up into a frenzy back in May and some of them just can't move on from it , build up to our game with them in November will be nauseous, crying Kim no doubt reiterating he's "forgiven us" 

[Mboto Gorge]

5 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Almost every post about Saints on social media , up pops Boro fans , they were whipped up into a frenzy back in May and some of them just can't move on from it , build up to our game with them in November will be nauseous, crying Kim no doubt reiterating he's "forgiven us" 

Funny thing is no-one else cares, just them, even Pompey fans aren’t that fussed about it. They’re an embarrassment 

[The Wyvern]

Also worth bearing in mind we haven’t actually felt the -4 punishment yet. Not until the end of the season will we actually know what the-4 punishment actually is. We finish 3rd, missing 2nd by a couple of points for example, it’s a completely different punishment to a team that finishes mid table this year. 
 

Or we miss out on the play off due to -4, that’s two years on the trot the punishment would have kicked us out of the playoffs, whole thing incredibly disproportionate the more I think about it. 

[DellBlockH]

13 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

why would he be getting paid?

Why wouldn't he? According to the EFL, the spying was authorised from the top. He'd have a case against the club if they stopped paying him for doing something they authorised. And, besides, we'd want him back at the end of any ban. And, in my opinion, given the EFL punishment, any ban would be disproportionate to the offence. A warning about future conduct would be fair, possibly with a suspended 3-match ban if they really feel they have to do something.

[AlexLaw76]

2 minutes ago, DellBlockH said:

Why wouldn't he? According to the EFL, the spying was authorised from the top. He'd have a case against the club if they stopped paying him for doing something they authorised. And, besides, we'd want him back at the end of any ban. And, in my opinion, given the EFL punishment, any ban would be disproportionate to the offence. A warning about future conduct would be fair, possibly with a suspended 3-match ban if they really feel they have to do something.

He has admitted guilt and previously offered to resign.

If he, personally, gets banned I can't imagine a scenario where he sits at home for 6 months on full pay

[sfc4prem]

43 minutes ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

"The incident left a deep stain on Southampton’s reputation, one that will take time to fade and will leave an indelible mark on their history."

When did Henry Winter and Troy Deeny start writing for The Guardian?!

The levels of sanctimony continue to baffle me. A stain? Indelible? Fuck off, no one gives a shit any more.