Definitely takes an edge off the day for sure. Previously you could feel something in the air almost when out around the city even hours before KO, the calm before the storm almost.
That's completely gone now.
I said at the time they probably should have delayed the second leg to give themselves time to have that as an option. Couldn't really happen after it had been played in my view.
I do wonder though if they consider a two legged tie as a single entity but that's just speculation on my part and not necessarily my opinion.
Also worth pointing out that the reason the punishment was losing out on the richest game in club football was because we cheated in an attempt to give us an advantage in reaching said game.
I really don't understand why people point out it's not a rule elsewhere as it's completely irrelevant. People act as if the EFL unilaterally introduced this rule and most football clubs didn't agree with/want it which is demonstrably untrue.
To be fair that applies to lots of things where there's a hard line for a limit.
Agree though that if they deem it such a serious issue there should be discussions about making it a total ban.
I'd find it mental if we hadn't sounded out any managers to be honest. We quite obviously should be just in case so we're not starting entirely from scratch if he gets a long ban
Then again this is Sport Republic we're talking about so probably not that surprising if we haven't.