I just think the whole thing is a bit strange.
- timing just before our first leg play off
- allegedly all clubs do it
- ex Boro/saints analyst
- the actual picture of Will Salt
- not sure if there are any more junior roles than an intern role
- the feeding of info to journalists
- the expectation that they would get a seat at the hearing where they can produce further evidence in regard to us doing this all the time.
etc etc
other than it being a bit shabby of us it really doesn’t smell right.
Look I’m the first to have a go at Mannings defensive capabilities but he has been excellent recently. No need to change that as it’s working - Wellington will get another chance when the time is right but for me, Manning starts.
As this seems to be a common phrase on here - this boils my piss. We have not been charged with breaking a regulation about gaining an advantage - we have been charged with breaking a regulation about observing another clubs 1st team training within the 72 hour period. We may or may not have gained an advantage but that is very much open to interpretation the observation within 72 hours is not it’s very yes or no.