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The panel are a completely different body, chaired by a KC The whole point of having it done by them is that the EFL is full of conflicts of interest

About 4 days ago?

You begin to see why Rob Edwards thought he'd be happier at a club facing almost certain relegation.

About 40 minutes ago...

Behaving in good faith?

At what point does trying unduly influence the outcome of an independent panel become an offence in its own right?

My worry is that the panel is not actually independent. Neil Bausor of Boro is on the EFL board. While he is not on the panel, his close working colleagues are.

Can someone with more brains and pull than me organise a huge tifo depicting Middlesbrough as a bunch of cry babies. I’d love to see our end unveil that at Wembley.

Silly drips. Yet again - TWENTY ONE shot attempts and 0 scored - https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/401871354/southampton-middlesbrough - buy some players who can score. Train your team to have more match stamina. Bye.

Very different offences though. You can’t just put players in the pitch who aren’t officially part of the club. It is a huge stretch to say that the relative offences are remotely comparable.

When we talk about precedents we need to evaluate like for like circumstances Swindon fielding not one but two ineligible players doesn’t equate to watching a training session The only two precedents there have been are Leeds and Canada women, and as such Id expect similar outcomes

Not really apples with apples is it - fielding ineligible players vs. standing in a bush on public land with an iphone

There’s absolutely no precedent for changing the outcome of a match for any reason that doesn’t occur during the match in question.

You probably shouldn't, there isn't going to be a game at SMS for weeks. Do the security guards know you're there? Are you a spy?

Catching up on this thread is a full-time job - so many posts... For all those who just want a summary of today: Boro are a bunch of bed wetters; nothing else of note has happened.

But the outcome has not been decided yet.

Swindon played a player who was banned, and then replaced him later in the game with a bloke who wasn't even down on the teamsheet! Amazing stuff

It's worked, I fucking hate them and will do so for a long time. Hope MLG adds the rivalry for the next FM Database...

If the boot was on the other foot and this statement was made from our club about them, I would be ashamed of them. If we are found to have broken the rules then there should be consequences, but they have to be proportional.

Not to get political, but it's some Trumpian shit - waaah waaah waaaah I should be allowed to do whatever I like and everyone should be forced to let me

“The club regrets that outcome, given we are directly affected by the matters under consideration and hold relevant factual evidence as to the events inquestion and their competitive impact.” The main competitive impact was that despite having 17 chances to put the tie to bed in the first half they couldn’t fkin score !!!!! Thats your competitive impact right there you fkin morons !!!!!

I'm considering selling them the "hope" of a seat and then snatching it away at the last second.

There is a precedent to a point which should be a worry Swindon fielded ineligible players in the EFL trophy earlier this year, the independent committee threw them out and gave a bye to Luton this is a clearly very different but they have previous form

One last roll of the dice and attempt to sway the court of public opinion (brought to you by Talksport and the Middlesbrough Gazette) because they've tried everything else and are realising that the panel aren't having their bullshit and it's not going to go their way.

I would say fine. Southampton don’t deserve to be in the final. But neither do Middlesbrough then, because you lost over 210 minutes of football fair and square. Riles up the media on their side. Players on their side. Fans on their side. And still lost. There is no integrity from that lot now. I hope we have a panel of lawyers waiting to let rip back at them for after this comes to a close.