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Hasn't he admitted to not realising that he was cheating...? #subtledifference

Get a ticket for the circus?

Reading that, it's only just hit me that we haven't been fined at all. (If you don't count the potential loss of premier league revenue as a fine, per se). Isn't that a tad odd? It's almost as if the punishments have been contrived to match the EFL's desired outcome....

Indeed. Several of us have been highlighting that this whole whistleblower thing could have been a long time in the making trap, but it wouldn't surprise me if our crack defence team haven't joined up the dots yet....

Indeed... At least Cortese would've given Gibson a run for his money! (FFS Trousers... Don't open that floodgate you tart!)

I suspect Hull will be much happier to be playing Middlesbrough than us, despite the short notice, given how much better we are (on current form).

Have Ipswich and Oxford thanked us yet for highlighting security vulnerabilities in their training facilities...?

Indeed. There's an infinite number of rules that don't exist, ergo you can't expect someone who doesn't know about a given rule to ask if it exists...

As I'd hoped.... doesn't alter how livid I am about it all, but that's "less bad" than if he'd done it whilst knowing the rules.

Didn't someone post on here recently that we haven't had a 'Compliance Officer' in post since at least the start of the year, and that this is technically in breach of corporate regulations? And that it would have been the responsibility of the said Compliance Officer to ensure all departments and personnel were following the EFL regulations to the letter? Could this be the reason Tonda was seemingly blissfully unaware of the 72 hour rule?

Which makes the whole damn thing utterly pointless. You could perhaps understand the temptation to spy if the rewards far outstripped the risks, but there was almost nothing to be gained and everything to lose by engaging in such activities. Not that it exonerates the club, or changes the outcome, but I'm still hoping that whoever sanctioned this was blissfully ignorant of the rules, because it's unforgivable if it was carried out in willful floutation of the rules.

Why? Because they're also rule breakers and we therefore have something in common...?

This calls for one man.... He'd bring some respect back to the club....

To not even put out a holding one-liner along the lines of: "We acknowledge the EFL ruling and the angst of our fans. We will of course provide a full update after the appeal process has reached a conclusion" is rubbing salt into the wounds (pun intended).