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That's exactly what it seemed like to me also. You could hear him realising he was going on too long and that's why he kind of blurted it out at the end.

Of course there wasn't, he wouldn't want to tell an outright lie incase it comes up in future. No fan of half term Phil but the politician style answer was all he could really do there. You'd have to be seriously thick to think those were the only 3 games we did it.

Blackmore did his usual thing of talking too much but thought last night was a tad more interesting than previous editions. Weird thing is he was asking questions which he'd normally ask in a pre match presser like "Tonda how ready are we for Colchester" which is a complete waste of time. Can't believe some melt actually asked if we'd spied on more than 3 occasions as if we're going to admit that and open ourselves up to more points deductions. Absolute whopper. The stripes question was funny too. Especially the length of time it took to actually ask it.

A stadium expansion isn't needed but any development of the waterside would be great for the city.

I'm convinced we'll get multiple questions on it. As you and others allude to though it's not like we'll learn anything from them. The only question which might be interesting around it is how long of a ban would be needed for Tonda to be sacked but I reckon they'd swerve it anyway.

Be interesting to see how many are left for Lincoln today if anyone is buying in 20 window?

Surely the investigation part is done now he's been charged? They should have already done all of that looking into other instances.

We got very lucky that it didn't piss it down last time given ths time of year. Can bet we won't this time round.

How would the pub know who is and isn't a Saints fan? By the time it's obvious they're not gonna be able to kick everyone out. The old bill clocking onto it is the point, divert resources away from the ground. But then they won't be able to sell everyone hot drinks and food... Anyway the timing thing is all about getting people to the ground early so the buses are driving past less people.

I don't think there's any real chance of them overturning the decision this time round. But if fans make it more difficult it might make it less worthwhile for them to do it in future.

The amount blocked out is a joke. Must be close to a quarter of the allocation.

The only way a boycott would work is if people bought then didn't go, otherwise other people would just buy the seats. Lots of people travelling down to watch it in pubs down there is the better option. Seems little more than a club lackey these days sadly.

100% up this. Advertise it very publicly on social media etc beforehand and it'll force the OB to spread resources around the city rather than just focus on the ground and bus routes.

It's a complete pisstake. I'd love to see a large boycott of it but we're not that organised and not enough people would be willing to lose the £50ish.

Reckon it'll probably make general sale. It's a shit midweek trip and in the same month as Lincoln and Wrexham which lots of people will prioritise. Will be interesting to see how low Lincoln goes. Annoying that there's more midweek games this season. None of the away ones look massively appealing either. Also typical that the one season we get Bristol City on a Saturday there's a good chance it'll get moved due to being on 4th round weekend.

Yes but the FA can only legislate for England and Wales and would have no authority over a pre season match abroad. Unless working with us still counts. All guesswork anyway and we'll know early next week I reckon.

Not a friendly which is nothing to do with the FA it wouldn't.

The fact they've publicly said he will be suggests to me that either they expect news (maybe already know?) early next week or he's requested a hearing which is scheduled after that.

So we didn't admit everything as soon as we were reported to the EFL then. Glad we cleared that one up.

Can't imagine we'll be appointing an interim in the event of a long ban. Makes no sense on multiple levels. We'll almost certainly sack Tonda if he's banned for months.

No we didn't. We lied in our initial response to the EFL and later had to backtrack on it.

Much more than 3 went to all season ticket holders in Prem season. Pretty sure most did towards the end of the season. Leicester was on general sale for over a week and the last tickets (of a reduced allocation due to lack of interest) only went after the West Ham game.

Said it before but imo the new EFL rule is still relevant to the FA side because breaking a known rule is a 'worse' case of misconduct than doing something which isn't against any explicit rules but is culturally frowned upon.

Pretty sure Biesla wasn't charged.

Yeah I think they've done a temporary extension of sorts to allow them to split the away end and give the minimum instead of what they gave last season. Means some of the away tickets are in a temporary stand. Speaking of away allocations and Millwall will be smaller this season as they're splitting that end with home fans now.