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"irrelevent club, in Timbuktoo, to most hated club, on portsea island and teeside (OK, if everyone ignores the previous charity robbers and taxpayer cheats...)"

I'd like to see results and performances improve first. Hopefully we see that with the FA distraction out of the way.

James Beattie calling for him to get a new contract now. Give it a few months and I’m sure it’ll be getting considered.

Just listened to the Football Daily from last night (Adam Blackmore and Jodie McAnuff). I actually thought AB articulated Saints case very well. Also brought up points from within the documents about how Tonda has behaved during proceedings and how he didn’t intentionally send people out to spy (certainly on Ipswich) but was offered the chance to view some footage. Naturally this doesn’t fit in with the narrative that some people feel, like JM, and no doubt there will be others out there that feel the same. I admire the BBC impartiality to bring a Middlesbrough fan on for the last three minutes - who isn’t bitter towards Saints, apparently - but also thinks Tonda has got away with it. AB came off very well and the other two just came off as sounding “it’s not fair”. The only thing I’d love AB to have done is say “What more punishment do you want? How is it of benefit to anyone? What do you gain out of it personally seeing someone else fail for a mistake? How would you feel if it was your own manager?”

Winnie played for them once on loan. They lost 4 nil, he was dropped from the squad, and sent back to his club. I'm not sure that's a history which will make him want to help Boro. That said, he'd have been impartial - not a great career move to be anything but. The Bannerjee connection is a wee bit more relevant. She advised them once and I think she should have declared that and recused herself. That said, I think she only advised them once, which suggests to me that it wasn't a commercial relationship which went terribly well. In short, sure there were brief historical connections and common sense says they shouldn't have been there to avoid this kind of discussion. To be fair to the club, they opposed their involvement. That all said, our biggest issue wasn't the panel composition, but our representation and approach. We didn't co-operate, we ponied up the kid to give evidence (he didn't show up at the FA hearing, fortunately) which didn't help, we used non sports specialist counsel (who was binned for the appeal - we got it very right this time) and most significantly, we approached it seeking a fine when a sporting sanction was bloody obvious (this time we were realistic). The only sporting sanction on the table was expulsion from the play offs, so I'm not sure what choice any panel had - it was literally that or nothing that would have hurt us.

Is it just Dungeness he has to appeal for or would another part of Kent suffice ??

Tony Pulis recently came out and said he did it, we know Bielsa did it. It's common over Europe and probably the rest of the world. The main rule is not in place if you observe another team outside of 72 hours before the game. It's not as big a deal as he's making out at all.

Football Journalism and its quest to be seen as “proper” is fucking so contrived. it is like they demand Tonda like to do a national press conference and plead for forgiveness , whilst being pelted with rotten fruit, in order to demonstrate the desired levels of “contrition”

Indefinitely

The panel made a sensible decision. I'd take the suspended ban. Hopefully now the he and the squad can concentrate on the football, starting Sunday. Not surprised that the FA wanted to ban him outright, what a joke.

Just looked him up, lovely impartial comment from a Skate. All these comments like 'most hated club' are what people like him wish. I've met fans of so many other clubs when I've travelled the UK with work and they might have a bit of a joke about Spygate but none of them 'hate us' or even actually care, most think we've actually been treated badly.

Good result really .. if he carries on the level he’s been at so far we would be lucky to even have him in 2028. can’t believe so many people wanted him out really sports republic have made some shit decisions in their time, but this seems a real step in the right direction from solak to put the results and football first .. Dragon has gone way up in my opinion

The decisions may encourage managers to take risks at the expense of their clubs. If no one discovers, he enjoys the benefits. If discovered, the club will be severely punished, and he may get sacked, suspended sentence, and then he can find another job. I believe that Tonda is ignorant about the rule, but how about the club? Should they be familiar with all the rules and have some measures to avoid breaching the rules by any staff? I am afraid there could be some internal management problems within the club.

Fuck me. I even got the fine bit right 😉

I've just listened to his interview from this evening. Adam mentions that it's common knowledge this happens. Jobi refutes it. He refuses to acknowledge that it happens because it doesn't fit within his ideology. He prevaricates a bit but doesn't acknowledge it. Grandstanding doesn't make the problem go away. I strongly disagree with cheating, dishonesty and poor sportsmanship and wish it didn't happen.

You'd think, having been in the game, he'd be fully aware this stuff was going on and has always gone on at most other clubs. It's common knowledge within the game so time he stopped denying it.

Jobi McAnuff is a miserable sod isn’t he.

Whistling

Joe M ... another tedious twat. Get in the bin with the ball bag from the Sun.

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We've got one of the best crests in football. Baffling anyone would want to think about changing it.

That’s because someone of your ilk brings it up every 6 months. fuckin tedious.

MLT such a wally isn’t he 😂

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We were 3-1 up and he got an assist for the 4th? I’ve watched him twice for the 21s in the break. Crap in both. He’s not good enough, and I worry we’re one Larin injury away from a problem.