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How is Fatty Corden feeling I wonder. Sanctimonious tw@t.

The punishment meted out by the heavyhanded EFL has turned this into a 'let's all hate Eckert' feeding frenzy. Let's be honest the punishment in no sense fitted the crime. So let's be critical of him because he was stupid but we shouln't multiply our criticism just because the EFL decided to play to the crowd and bow to the demands of a bunch of blood thirsty journos and pundits.

You don't know that.

The whole thing was a shambles. We don't emerge with much credit but nor did we deserve such a stringent penalty. I'm not Karen Brady's biggest fan but her article in the Sun is worth a read for a measured reaction from a neutral with no skin in the game. The EFL took a sledgehammer to crack a nut. They played to the gallery and we were their christian to throw to the lions.

If the players are happy then let him carry on. This will have taught him a huge lesson and he'll know he's cost the club big time. The noise will subside in time. The press and pundits have had more than their pound of flesh. So keep him if at all possible, circle the wagons and work doubly hard next season. Tonda has all the motivation he needs. I get this may be all too simplistic and may not be possible. However, he's a young manager and we can allow him this mistake albeit is a big one. Let's not cut off our nose to spite our face if there is an alternative. People including Saints fans can forgive and forget.

I think you also have to factor in whether his relationship with the players is damaged. He's let them down as well as everyone else.

Maybe the silence is because they are expecting more accusations of spying on other clubs to surface. Whole thing is a complete mess caused by something that gained us little or no advantage and we should never have broken the rules because the outcome has been a nightmare.

Clearly they can do pretty much what they like 🙂

Time to ditch the rule and do the same as the PL and everyone else. Then, if clubs don't want training watched it is up to them to make everything secure so it can't happen. Stops all the nonsense we've just been through. Stupid rule anyway.

If this latest debacle doesn't make the penny drop then I fear nothing ever will.

Let's go for the 3 in the Uber Eats advert - Pullis, Big Sam and Pardew. They've obviously got nothing better to do 🙂

I suspect the SR management team are well aware of their extreme limitations and probably don't want to bring in too many people who know a lot more than they do as they might end up doing themselves out of a cushy well paid job.

Looking forward to another season without VAR and not being beaten most weeks. It's not all bad.

Not according to Turkish.

Is that a subliminal message? Does it mean we're back on to play Hull?