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Will Salt face masks on every Saints seat at Wembley... Make it so!

I was just thinking that Middlesbrough have done something than no man, extra terrestrial being or supernatural force has ever been able to achieve... And that's to unite the disparate factions within Saintsweb! We've even had people agreeing with Soggy FFS... Bravo, Middlesbrough, bravo 👏🏼👏🏼 😂

Fair enough 👍🏻

Hmm, fair point, but why have the EFL charged us under both rules then if the 72 hour rule trumps the other rule?

Bree - Stephens - THB - Manning Edit: bollocks... Beaten to it! Well played chaps!

Even if he wasn't aware of the 72 hour rule, observing another team's training is still in breach of the lesser "acting in good faith" rule, hence he was always going to be acting a tad cagey....

Not a fan then?

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One theory is, we "haven't been caught before" because other clubs do it and there's been some kind of gentleman's agreement between clubs to turn a blind eye (especially outside of the 72 hour embargo period)... And that we only got "caught" this time because Gibson / Middlesbrough decided to break ranks in an attempt to unsettle us in the playoffs. As I say, just a theory....

Nah... We were told time and time again during our poor run in the first part of the season that we had a squad full of mediocre championship players, at best, that no manager on planet Earth... "Not even Pep"... Could get a tune out of...

Because there's a chance they might do 'spying' themselves too...?

Yep, that's probably it in a nutshell. I definitely reckon there'll be other clubs thinking "shit, we could get caught up in this next", especially if it goes to appeal and/or the scope of investigation broadens

Henry Winter just being interviewed on BBC News... Starts off by saying that we were caught spying "on Middlesbrough's private training ground".... Technically, yes, but he gave the impression it wasn't 'publicly accessible'... Cheers Henry 👍🏻

Indeed... It's nowhere near our self inflicted points penalties at the start of this season... 🙂