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https://maps.app.goo.gl/gDm1DSAn1hBacMTG6?g_st=ac Now I'm not saying anyone should do this... but there does happen to be plenty of bushes and a convenient hill to the immediate north west corner of their training ground, right by what looks like the main pitch 👀 Equally though, if a team were prepared to pay fines (ala Leeds), they could just offer a fair wedge to one of the overlooking home owners instead, and then set up a professional recording studio in a bedroom etc that overlooks the pitch? As far as I'm aware, the training ground staff wouldn't be able to break into a property to challenge any covert operatives... These teams really do need to start thinking about security 🤷🕵️‍

I think we need to be at it from the start in this one, the crowd should be bang up for this and the team needs to use that and set the tone early on. Get Scienza and Azaz on the ball as much as we can in advanced areas and get at them. If anything, my slight worry is we get too hyped up and someone (probably Downes) does something silly! I have a feeling this game may need strong but sensible refereeing, so let's hope that's what we get...

Do they? what have the rules of the football league set out about what we did? Apart from that it’s against the rules.

Don't rules of a competition usually set out what the punishment is beforehand?

Leeds weren’t ‘found guilty’ of anything. At the time they got caught of their spying, there wasn’t an official rule in the football league that actually forbade it. After that the football league introduced that rule. so, Leeds were caught being a bit sly. Then a rule was enforced. Then, it seems, we broke that rule. That is why Leeds aren’t a precedent.

This entirely, the club arguably are now being more professional than the reaction (from Boro) on the actual event.

We seem to be starting games slowly and feeling our way in. This was challenged by a high press from Boro in 1st leg, aided by Saints being fixated on trying to play out from the back which didn’t work well and when it was launched long, Larin was left isolated. Get these things right and we’ll be ok.

Seen a story that it was an intern working for Saints but that his actions were entirely his own initiative to try to impress. Sounds feasible.

I see it more as the club retaining a measured response as and when appropriate to do so rather than adding more speculation to the hysteria being whipped up by Boro and their supporting media

Ah come on, it'll be a right party when we win. If we win. We might win. It's possible we won't win. Actually we probably won't win. We definitely won't win. To be honest I'm not even sure why I'm going to SMS to watch us lose. Loser bastards. Anyone want my ticket? 🤪 Seriously though I am nervous because of what the stake is. Not the final or even the Prem really, but to keep our best players, and Tonda, and get the chance to see what they can do in the Prem with some more Spors additions. Lose tomorrow (or at Wembley) and it'll be sad seeing our better players move on over the summer and go back to rebuilding. I'd hate to see Martin get us promoted via the play-offs and Tonda fail. That just feels dirty. We can only trust in @Turkish that we will in fact remain unbeaten. But whatever the result I will be enjoying it and getting behind the lads.

I do see that and that’s why I said I find it the biggest sign of their guilt. Thanks for reading.

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I think his season is done now

And maybe they are content with the narrative, maybe they’re content that there is sufficient evidence against them and the best thing to do now for the club AND THE TEAM is not to rock the boat further. Maybe the best way forward is to take the punishment and shut up, the less you say the less engagement with the media. Hardly rocket science. Honestly find it baffling how you don’t see that, and would rather have a social media/tabloid rampage on the eve of the biggest game of the season. The only people talking about it today are Boro fans. National media has moved on. You don’t add fuel to a fire that is slowly going out.

To be fair you assume they haven't pushed back against Blackmore but he went hard on them and now has gone completely silent. That seems to me like they HAVE pushed back.

No just a training session seen video.

Come on now. It’s not the only thing that matters and isn’t tabloid gossip. It’s a very serious charge. And unless they have been drafted onto spying duties I don’t think the media/pr team are otherwise engaged on prepping the team for tomorrow’s match. What I would expect them to do is what they always do and put out messages unofficially via the local media, if of course they had a message to be put out. Given they haven’t, and in fact they have seemingly let Blackmore especially go quite hard on them without pushing back, I can only assume they are reasonably content with the narrative and some of the details being put out there, which suggests it’s not all bullshit.

Can anyone tell me why the punishment given to Leeds isn't a precedent? They were found guilty having done the same thing we have, so why is the punishment not the precedent to follow for us? Bringing in a new law doesn't change that in my opinion, as the offence was already punishable when Leeds were caught.

Hahahaha back in your box Millwall 😆

Hopefully someone reminds the groundsmen that the pitch doesn't need to resemble an ice rink

Stephens won't start even if fit. He hasn't played for weeks and it would be crazy to risk throwing him in because he may be physically fit but he won't be match fit. Stick him on the bench maybe.

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What do you want them to do? There’s a game tomorrow; and you want to engage with tabloid gossip which could hinder rather than help. I would say today the media frenzy has changed direction, why add fuel to the fire? I’s rather the club shut up than engage in slanging matches through the media.

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