Dman

A tactic that might have worked had they not squinned to the press on a hour by hour basis. I don't see how that is feasible now. If we approach them, that is effectively us admiting guilt.

It'd be funny if Saints took the approach of "nope, thats not the bloke. Just looks like him... prove it". eerrr well we have these credit card statements.

If found guilty, it almost certainly would be (Not boro, but the hotel also owned by Steve Gibson). i believe the club are aware, so I have no doubt the lawyers will be having a look. If there is a case to answer, they'll persue it no doubt.

What on earth are the EFL doing disclosing that info to them? if true of course.

Absolutely nothing points to that other than what a few jurnos who are being fed PR by boro are saying.

Other than mid-week, its not. Its not just wembley who'd have to agree, the police etc would as well. will not be moved.

Moving it will not happen. There isn't a feasible slot, unless they decided to play it midweek which would cost millions in lost revenue.

Nah - Its just them trying to stop their fans from spamming their ticket office. Due course will be by the weekend 👍

Oh, expects tickets to be on sale by sunday at the very latest.

For what its worth, i'm told that the club do not expect expulsion to be on the cards. Playing for a fine, expecting a (suspended) points deduction. Reliable source - been tighted lipped and sheepish from pretty much the minute the news broke until now. Club have clearly been incredibly tight on no info getting out. Things could obviously change as decision hasn't been made yet. No idea of timing on this. Told to ignore the noise in the media. Not much to go on there, not much more than we already know, but hopefully gives an insight into how the club are playing this.

Boro wouldn't have to pay anything. The breach is from the golf club / hotel. But they're all owned by Steve Gibson, so to hurt him personally would be sweet enough. I'd go as far as saying that any GDPR breach is significantly more significant as you're then touching on the law.

Once our (minor) punishment is confirmed, the ultimate shithousery would be to knock out a few saints branded ghillie suits and packs of tissues.

It certainly looks like its worth asking the lawyers if there's something here. Will Salt could walk out of this with an absolute wedge if he sue's for potential leak of personal information to a news paper without his knoweldge or good reason resulting in potential loss of future earnings due to damaged reputation which could impact his career. As a side point, in reality, is anyone going to care that he doen this? Its a rule only applied to the EFL - Had he worked for a PL side, it wouldn't be considered a rule breach.

Middlesbrough football clubs leaks like a sieve. Seemingly anyone who cares to listen have inside info from that club.

Honestly, I 100% agree in 99.99% of cases, but in this one, fuck them. They absolutely deserve it after the way they have behaved. Take anyone related to that football club to the cleaners where possible.

Again, no identifiable information from that other than "oh, that looks like the same guy". Its possible that they found him onlinked in i suppose.

which in itself is dodgy ground. However, I would be asking - how did they get his name in the first place? There is no way anyone knew his name just from a photo or CCT. As far as I'm aware he wasn't on the clubs offical site. I'd be amazed if they (middlesbrough) haven't used his card details to positively identify him.

The thing I find strange about all of this is that if that was a PL fixture, its not against the rules and we therefore aren't considered 'cheats'. That surely has to have some impact in the mitigation.

Does it matter though? it would still be a rule breach (much like only using an iphone is). I guess it helps our arguement for mitigation.

Not really SR - but we certainly seem to have gained a bit of 'edge / housery' about us since Parsons arrived. I like it.

Maybe saints tainted glasses here, but I think there is a world where the EFL want this cleared up ASAP so they might have said to saints... If you agree to an expedited process, we will remove explusion from the table. Keeps everyone happy in that case.

"Kim Hellberg, we all watched you cry"

My thoughts; 1. We have released them knowing that expulsion is off the cards and got a bit of a slap on the wrist from the EFL, who want to look as if it is for now. 2. We've done it to try and apply pressure to the EFL (as boro have been doing). Although I don't really think that achieves anything and just makes us look a little silly.

In the unlikley event of them replacing us in the PO final, please round up as many people as possible and spend the week 'spying on thier training sessions' Extra points if you can get some footage and leak it online (or send to Hull). As a member of the public filming in a public place, there is nothing they can do about it 😃

Yep. Ignore the leaks, they're clearly nonsense.