Tonda Eckert

[sfc4prem]

2 minutes ago, Verbal said:

One thing I can not quite get my head around: if spying is such an offence that it's considered reasonable to penalise a club for potentially £100m+, and damage the career of manager, why isn't the practice simply outlawed?

What makes it a gargantuan crime to spy within the last three days before a game, but completely fine and dandy on the fourth day before a game?

They're making it up as they go along. Without the pressure from Boro and their journalists, it would've been us in the final I'm sure.

[trousers]

In today's training footage, Tonda's not looking like a man with the cloud of a lengthy ban hanging over him... That said, looks can obviously be deceptive...

 

[Verbal]

20 minutes ago, trousers said:

In today's training footage, Tonda's not looking like a man with the cloud of a lengthy ban hanging over him... That said, looks can obviously be deceptive...

 

I think you're underestimating Tonda's ability to switch from spliff-happy to Stygian gloom in about 0.00001 of a second. 

[Sheaf Saint]

15 minutes ago, Verbal said:

I think you're underestimating Tonda's ability to switch from spliff-happy to Stygian gloom in about 0.00001 of a second. 

 

 

[Verbal]

That's the one

[sfc4prem]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

In today's training footage, Tonda's not looking like a man with the cloud of a lengthy ban hanging over him... That said, looks can obviously be deceptive...

 

If Cyle looked at me, I'd react like that too.

[Saints4Prem]

3 hours ago, egg said:

And even then, completely different facts. Bielsa isn't a comparable. The Canada case is.

I appreciate like the Canadian we broke a rule but I am not sure that it is really that comparable? We had a chap on a public path, a few hundred metres away with an iPhone, compared to the Canadians using a drone?

[mss636]

20 hours ago, Charlie Wayman said:

If Eckert must sit it out for a few weeks don't you think Adam Lallana is the more likely stand -in? He and Garner should be able to keep things together 

With Lallana as 1st team coach Tonda had one win in 9 games. As soon as he was moved to the U21s we went unbeaten for the rest of the season. The poor 1st team form seemed to be where he was?

[egg]

25 minutes ago, Saints4Prem said:

I appreciate like the Canadian we broke a rule but I am not sure that it is really that comparable? We had a chap on a public path, a few hundred metres away with an iPhone, compared to the Canadians using a drone?

You've highlighted the similarities.

Both involved spying when it wasn't allowed, filming via a device that wasn't meant to be seen, and with the intention of getting a sporting advantage. 

I'm not sure why people struggle with this. 

[Football Special]

30 minutes ago, egg said:

You've highlighted the similarities.

Both involved spying when it wasn't allowed, filming via a device that wasn't meant to be seen, and with the intention of getting a sporting advantage. 

I'm not sure why people struggle with this. 

🤣  "wasn't meant to be seen" 

Lol I know you enjoy trying to build the case against Tonda / Saints at every opportunity on here but have a day off. It was a bloke stood outside the training ground fence with a mobile phone, not a sophisticated covert operation.