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I suppose that they can do this through the courts.

You're completely right that this isn't about Middlesbrough. The top priority for the panel will be to preserve the integrity of the competition (the championship playoffs).

https://ibb.co/ZRsfjyFG ChatGPT even put a prem badge on the sleeve, must be a sign! Gave it Saints jersey history as a prompt and asked it to create a new one. Decent attempt.

I think that it is very different in the fact that the game had been played but in our case the EFL should have suspended the second leg if not the first leg if they wanted to sling us out.

this is Gibson we're talking about. Any compensation given would be seen as an admittance that they should have been involved and they will simply ask for more.

Their feelings are irrelevant. It is between Saints and the EFL and ruled on by the independent commission. There is no obligation to give Middlesbrough anything.

No but I don't blame him for going out to bat for his club and indeed all that he has done for Middlesbrough.

I'm convinced that they would absolutely love that, based on the bollocks they've released in the last week. Doesn't matter though as the rules are written to preclude that from being a priority.

I think MLG makes a good point below in terms of suspensions. I still feel that so much is at stake that Boro have to feel some form of content with the ruling....

Well, this what a points deduction is. Every other team in the league benefits. But since this case happened during a knockout competition, a points deduction obviously isn't relevant. It's much more similar to the case of Swindon in the EFL trophy this year.

Are your initials an alias for Steve Gibson?

Apologies, I assumed you were agreeing that to do what is potentially best for the country would require a new mandate to be voted in by the electorate.

Yes I get that but do you not think that Boro who potentially have been cheated of place in the final have to feel they have something out of any ruling?

Well that will kind of depend on how successful Gibbo and his hotshit lawyer get on when they come gunning for us for compo.

I wasn't arguing that.

I think they have been very successful and changed the narrative from being a bit of a joke to one where it is would not be unreasonable to throw us out. Take the smug Henry Winter who, when Bielsa was caught in 2019 and subsequently admitted that he spied regularly, seemed to imply that it was effectively part of the game. Yet when we did it, feigned outrage and seemed to indicate that we should be slung out.

Any idea how many Hull have sold? For games like this where it probably won't sell out fully and theres little chance of either team buying in each other's end they should wizz through the priority windows then get them on general sale

Double sending off. The fella that looks like Downes must have learned how to fight from a book

Flynn Downes was retrospectively red carded vs Swansea. The 3 match ban did not benefit Swansea. Resolution with the wronged party was not a factor in that, nor is it in Spygate.

But the point of Brexit was to give UK plc the freedom to choose what is best for UK plc. Why shouldn't that include deals with the EU if that is better than the current situation?

In fairness there's nothing stopping the panel from handing down a punishment which benefits Boro. But they absolutely do not 'have' to.

The same league rules that allow them to make a complaint are the same rules that say that they cannot be involved in the proceedings.

Only if you read the rags and believe them. Their involvement ends at the complaint.

Did you enjoy being chased by the fat boys?

Wrong. Nothing has changed from a week ago. Just people’s perceptions.