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The major sponsors now getting worried apparently

This falls into two main areas. Theoretical changes to a game, and material changes to the conditions the game is played under. The second has far more affect on the game, and should therefore be more heavily punished.

Says the resident fruit picker

Part of Spain was ‘invaded’ sorry it was not Spain “proper” or what ever that is.

And? You were talking about team selection as well. Out of interest, how did we get on with this additional tactical information in the games? Was there a material improvement in our performance do you think?

Perhaps their owners are having to tighten their purse strings esp as the US & Israel / Iran war of attrition carries on . Their plans for a new stadium etc seem to have stalled and with financial rules they are selling off their top players , welcome to Saints world !

Indeed. If a spot of scouting opponents were such a grievous offence that it requires sackcloth, ashes, beating with sticks and even a few weeks in a pillory then why is it specifically allowed one day and not the next. And why does no other league have such a daft rule?

All the tactical work is done in those final 3 days before a game. That is standard practice in the sport and why those 72 hours of training are viewed as more important. In the time before those 72 hours it is recovery sessions for the previous games and general training drills.

What is this £630 tax rise? I've not seen that.

Personnel shouldn't, as you can have plans for with and without personnel. Don't forget you can also view up to 72 hours before anyway, so a lot of that info will be available then. There is also no guarantee that someone wouldn't become available the morning of the game. It's all very wishy-washy, compared to someone being sent off for cheating, or diving for a penalty.

Knowing how your opponent intends to play in different match situations like set pieces and the personnel they have availsble and altering your tactical and team selection to counter it affects games.

It was posted by our regular "X" dunce, Alex, what do you expect? This is what happens when pot-washers are allowed social media.

Genuinely, still can't believe this is such a big deal. I really hope we see points deductions and long bans for diving and playacting - things that genuinely affect games.

That is such a ridiculous article - is that written by some Trump fan boy? It gives the impression it's Spain proper and that Spain has changed it's law to invite illegal immigrants. In truth it's Ceuta, not Spain proper, and the legal change is just not to to turn back people intercepted at sea. Everyone else, ie all this lot, can and will be turned back like they were in 2021. Unaccompanied kids only will need to be provided for by Spain, the rest will get turned back. This highlights 3 things. Stupid reporting People's feeds soaking up stupid reporting, and not reading below the surface Why the feck do Spain still have 2 northern outposts in Africa. Mental.

All of those women and children desperately fleeing war torn Morocco…. They made their bed unfortunately when they handed over resident status to half a million undocumented migrants, the invasion will just carry on now. Yet the Spanish seem more concerned about overtourism 🤷🏻‍♂️

Na, everyone is talking about the World Cup and England Boycotting it. If they announce now they can batter us and nobody will speak about it

Except in this analogy we are the burglars feeling hard done by that we have been caught and punished for burglary even though we know burglary is illegal.

Really? I thought they would only announce after the start of the season to see how well we are playing.

Yes. £20m.

Has Lankshear signed for the cry-babies yet?

I'm not sure we have the same definition of that idiom, or what exactly I'm supposed to get a grip of (other than pearls, obviously). I'm not the least bit shocked or outraged that we got kicked out of the playoffs or that Tonda may get banned. Probably the most surprising thing for me in this whole saga was that we didn't sack Tonda.

Scouting.

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