Tamesaint

No THB in the Villa team....or subs. Is he injured???

Lol. I nearly wrote "the big 4 plus Spurs." 😀

I don't disagree with any of the comments that point out that staying in the Championship playing like we do is not sustainable in the long term. Isn't this a damning indictment of the sport that we follow? Whilst there has always been a football hierarchy, has it ever been this large? If Man City were to be hammered by the football authorities would this change? Or would the Big 6 just become the Big 5 and still dominate the League? Is there anything that a football regulator could do??

I enjoyed the football we played last season after Still was sacked and Tonda took over. The only problem was if we went up we would have had to play in the PL with all the bollocks that goes with that league. Somehow we managed to find a way to get another season in the Championship. I have already been richly entertained by some of the football that we have played. Long may it continue. Much better than struggling to stay afloat in the PL.

The FA would not have suspended Tonda's ban if by some chance we had been promoted via the play off final. We would now be sitting in the (bottom half?) PL trying to sort out a Lallana / Garner leadership or a new manager.

Is it just Dungeness he has to appeal for or would another part of Kent suffice ??

Joined in 2016. Didn't post until last year. Hmmmmm

What is the Saintsweb definition of a "saga"? Pompey Takeover had one as does Spygate but not Defectors or Injuries. It would help my appreciation of this forum if I knew the difference between a thread and a saga.😀

Very true and it is ridiculous but remember Man City's lawyers kicked their can down the road for several years.

Easy. Our learned friends are now involved.

True .... but how can it be improper if there is no rule against it and it is permissible for all the clubs under the FA's umbrella except for the 72 clubs in the EFL? I appreciate that I am arguing over semantics but that after all is how many of our "learned friends" earn their living. I guess that is why there is currently a delay.

Why is everyone so convinced that Tonda will get a ban from the FA? The FA have no rule prohibiting spying so how can he be punished by them if he has not broken an FA rule? The EFL has a rule but we have already been punished by them for that transgression. The delay in any sort of announcement could well be because the FA cannot punish us for breaking a rule that doesn't exist.

Now that the stone has been lifted , what other horrible creepy crawlies will emerge? How are Citeh's offences different from Chelsea's for which Chelsea only received a slap on the wrist? Chelsea's case may have involved cooperative new owners but a few years ago that didn't save Luton from a draconian penalty. I hope that we are not also found underneath a similar stone. Gao's proposed LD sponsorship a few years ago sounds similar to what Citeh were up to with their owners. Did we ever benefit from it?

WBA last season were docked points when spend on charities was treated differently from previous seasons.

After being so cross, less than a year ago, that we had appointed Tonda as manager (" typical SR . Trying to be too clever. Doing it on the cheap. etc ") I think that I will wait before judging any new manager.