Apart from the forum contrarians, of course, (although most of the 'Russball Fan Club' seem to have gone a tad quiet of late...), can we all now agree that we (just about) got promoted in spite of him, not because of him...?
Everything in Saints' favour...
- Tonda on the touchline
- Players and fans bouyed by the FA outcome
- Squad more or less fully fit
- immensely better squad than PCFC's on paper
- PCFC dealing with an injury crisis
- home advantage
- Mars lined up with Uranus
So it's all set up nicely for a typical "Saintsy" outcome...
A scrawny 2-1 victory to the inbred charity, trophy and tax thieves....
Curiousity question...
Is there any reason why the "expulsion was obviously the only sporting sanction available to the EFL" brigade weren't out in force on this thread saying as such BEFORE the EFL's panel announced their decision?
Unless my memory's deceiving me, hardly anyone on here was predicting an expulsion outcome in the lead up to the EFL verdict, were they...? Which is bizarre, given how "obvious" an outcome it's now being portrayed as...
Fair enough. The point I'm trying to make is that there was more than one possible sporting sanction available. The fact that the EFL chose to only go with one of the options is missing my point, as some people seem to be suggesting they didn't have a choice in the first place... Anyway, will leave it there 👍🏻