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If he's been promised a job for life at Boro, he wouldn't need to look for another job. He probably knows too much for them to risk letting him go anyway.

Yes, like the Middlesbrough connections on the independent commission, purely coincidental, of course,.

if a young analyst were sent from Middlesbrough to spy on Southampton for a couple of months, then returned to Middlesbrough with information he'd gathered to be used against Southampton, and then told to delete his linked-in profile on the day some of that information was made public, that would be OK, wouldn't it? Purely hypothetical, of course, because nobody could get away with it, could they? Anyway, even if it was possible, it couldn't have been Taylor as, according to online profiles, he was never at Southampton: Jason Taylor - Manager profile | Transfermarkt

You'd hate Sir Alex Ferguson then. He could be mean and nasty with youngsters. As for Brian Clough, he would often humiliate them. What you need is a warm, cuddly manager like Russell Martin.

Leeds United and Marcelo Bielsa win Fair Play prize at FIFA Football awards for role in Aston Villa game despite 'spygate' row | talkSPORT But, to be fair, Leeds are a bigger club than us, so they can do what they like. If they'd been in our position now, there's no way they'd have been thrown out of the play-off final. Instead of an ex-Boro player on the independent commission, there'd have been an ex-Leeds one.

Bielsa was given the FIFA Fair Play Award at the end of his spygate season, followed by the Championship Manager of the Year award the next season, when his Leeds team won the Championship. Yes, there is anew rule now, but all this moralising...

Hi Steve. It's Neil here. Everything going according to plan. So who do you want on this Independent Commission?

They had representation in both presenting the evidence with Neil Bausor on the EFL Board and in judging it. This would not be permitted in any other legal case.

Bielsa won the Championship with Leeds the following season, and was named Championship Manager of the Year: Derby training ground 'spy': Le:eds boss Marcelo Bielsa takes responsibility - BBC Sport Bielsa wins Championship LMA award | Football News | Sky Sports Even with the new 72-hour rule, the moralising and double standards are ridiculous.

Not really. Neil Bausor, Middlesbrough's Chief Executive, employed by Steve Gibson, represents the Championship on the EFL board.

Exactly. We've been punished enough as it is. The last thing we want to do is punish ourselves even more by getting rid of such a good manager. That would be stupid.

Will all of these members of the EFL Board be involved in the prosecuting case or only the EFL Championship representatives? EFL Board - The English Football League Anyway, no final decisions are going to be made until they've all had their lunch.

The first Southampton team to win the FA Vase since Sholing in 2014. https://x.com/i/status/2056007270056571218

They are trying to break the rules of an independent inquiry. That's like a player trying to get an opponent sent off, only on a much larger scale. They should be punished for it.

Hopefully, Hull will complain to the EFL that they've prepared to play Southampton, whereas Middlesbrough have prepared to play Hull, which puts them at an unfair advantage - more advantage than you'd get from some kid with an i-phone half a mile from a training pitch.