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For those driving there, I found booking a place at the carpark by the stadium (the Jobserve Community carpark) for £7.50 really easy. Never been there before but it seems a large car park though they recommend booking early.

You must have missed the fact that the club accepted that they had done wrong

This time, they need to do more than acknowledge receipt of the charges. SFC needs to go on the offensive. The company needs to make it clear that it is still considering legal action for the potential loss of £200 million in revenue and for the damage to the name of the club and owner. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I think we have been royally f**ked and are not doing anything about it.

There's a law that says you mustn't do 50 in a 30 zone and penalties for doing so are laid out. The FA just have a catch-all rule that says you mustn't drive "improperly" and if they deem that you were doing something improperly in their view that they can punish you or not in any way that the blazers seem fit. Probably depends whether they consider the case before or after a long lunch.

I’m not claiming precedent. It’s about fairness and consistency.

I’m not sure they have sorted their ownership and not convinced their squad is that good, aside from an obvious couple of stand outs. But my point is the idea they just turn everything around into a winning team and ‘walk it’ seems a long way away to me. Maybe they will, but not many do straight away after relegation do they? Recently anyway. Not without exceptional managers who go on to some of the biggest jobs in the world and Nuno isn’t that. They haven’t spent that money yet either. And yes, if they win games everything will be rosey but if they don’t then I think it turns quickly. We’ll see I guess.

Not being charged isn't a precedent. A precedent is what's done after charge, and for something comparable. If I get caught doing 50 in a 30, but get waved off, it doesn't mean that others will get away with similar.

We've potentially missed out on a few targets that the media haven't clocked onto yet because of this and the uncertainty of the manager's position at the club, so alongside being kicked out of the play-offs and points deductions, we're also going through a time of uncertainty and instability that the FA won't consider.

Err, ok mate. One bloke getting away without a charge doesn't create a precedent for people not to be charged in the future.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Premier League giants, no one wants to upset them ffs

So when do we get the verdict on Man City ?

Of course you look at precedent when deciding on punishments. Bielsa clearly broke the exact same rule that Tonda has done but got nothing more than a warning whilst Tonda has been charged.

Interesting to see how they do. They’ve lost Hackney and Fry so two pretty big holes to fill. Shame we didn’t get Lankshear, he may well prove his worth but it’s a big gamble at that price tag.

Good job Gibbo is such a tough negotiator 🤣

If we take legal action, that is exactly the kind of argument we can make 😅

Yeah but, everyone loved Bielsa The FA are waiting to see who comes up with the best suggestion for the punishment in the media

What do you think is a suitable punishment for somebody who ruined for so many young supporters a day they would have always remembered and possibly caused long term damage to SFC if we do not get promoted this year. I personally can not understand why he put at jeopardy our return to the PL when at the end of the season we were clearly the best team in the Championship with some of the best players.

Bielsa wasn't charged by the FA. We aren't going to rock up at FA towers and say "you didn't charge Bielsa, so nothing to see here" so I'm not sure why people keep bringing up Bielsa.

I think the FA are bringing the game into disrepute by leaving it soooooo long. Disgusting. If Tonda is banned then this is a farce!

I’d imagine the main consideration is whether they tar and feather him first or just crack straight onto the execution.

OK so why three charges for Tonda and none for Bielsa who seemingly did it even more? Surely he broke the same FA rule?

Touchline feels very unlikely for an offence which happened away from the pitch.

Has the relevant FA rule changed then, since when Bielsa was not charged but merely warned as to his conduct?

I’m not really sure why the FA need to have brought in a new rule off the back of Bielsa? Especially when the EFL rule is not universal across football in England. Bringing the game into disrepute is a cover-all rule and does the job just fine from their point of view.

There's bans and bans. He might be banned for a number of matches or a number of weeks/months. And very importantly, he might be banned from all football activities making it impossible to be manager - or it might just be a touchline ban meaning he could still manage and watch/coach from the stands.