Lord Duckhunter

If his lie was based on Tonda, and/or staff lying to him, surely they have to go as well.

Imagine how many staff who have been sacked, or have grievances with clubs since the Leeds story. Yet not one has come forward and sold their story to the press, not one has contacted us or the EFL to drop the sides they have a grievance with in it. I’ve not read one report of EFL sides suspecting anyone other than us spying, and we’ve not read one report of Premier league clubs spying on other clubs. Since the Leeds story, there was nothing, not even an hint of it, until we got caught. Yet “everyone is at it”.

Nobody I spoke to mentioned him. The town we stayed in was younger visitors and population , not many over 50’s….

If the FA agree with the panel, he won’t. Says the Canadian incident is more relevant than the Leeds one, their manager revived a ban. But even more damning was this bit. "FIFA has speculated, not without basis, that it would have imposed a higher sanction in the Bielsa case",

Shit, we should have had you on the legal team, we’d have pissed it. All charges dropped…

Who told him this. If Tonda lied to him, his position is untenable as well.

Neither does Parsons. The bit about the initial response is pretty damning. Stating the CEO had made urgent enquires which included Tonda and it “remains a mystery” how these answers were given incorrectly. Remains a mystery is basically a polite way of saying “fucking lied”. It went in to add because of that there was no mitigation on the Boro offence. They say they were “unimpressed “ with some witness’ claiming they didn’t know it was illegal, specifically mentioning Tonda. Again “unimpressed “ is a polite, “they’re bullshitting”. Whilst we may want to keep Tonda, they stated that FIFA thought the Leeds punishment too lenient. That’s a big Indicator that the FA will ban him imo…

went last June. Fantastic place. Stayed in Ksamil which is 20 mins from Sarande. Stunning beaches, lovely people, food was great and fantastic value. I believe they’re building an airport nearby, so I’d go before it gets too touristy. It’s going to be the next Croatia when the big hotel chains move in. Everything is cheap, sun beds, beer (the local stuff is decent as well), food, incredible value. It has a bit of a Greek island with a bit of Puglia thrown in vibe. The only pain is the Lek is a controlled currency but everywhere you go the card machines are “broken”, signs up everywhere “visa/mastercard welcome”, but come to pay and machine is “broken”. We even paid for the hotel in cash, although they will take Sterling or Euros. Cash is definitely king, but you don’t want to be left with too much Lek as it’s worthless outside of Albania. We went last week in June and was perfect crowd wise, but locals were telling us July/Aug very crowded. Go via Corfu, then ferry. The ferry is a bit ropey, and the border force blokes look like gangsters, but other than that pretty simple, just get a taxi from Corfu airport the port isn’t far. We booked the ferry a couple of days before, from uk

I wouldn’t call slogging through 46 games, less protection from referees, trips to the likes of Stoke, Millwall & Lincoln, a more physical game “fun”. Give me Europe, Australia, USA or Saudi any day.

The IOC didn’t think it was a “stupid rule” when they docked the Canadians 6 points at the Paris olympics. The Canadian FA didn’t think it was a “stupid rule” when they banned the coach. I don’t recall too many people asking why the EFL imposed this “stupid rule” after Leeds got caught. Most supporters from other sides I’ve met, think we were treated harshly, but not one has called it a “stupid rule” and thinks teams should be able to spy on one another at will. It only seems to have become a “stupid rule” since we were caught breaking it. Had it been Portsmouth, I’m pretty sure there wouldn’t be many calling it a “stupid rule” on here. The punishment is a debatable point, whether it’s a “stupid rule” isn’t. There has to be some sort of regulation, teams must be able to surprise opponents with formations, innovative set pieces and line ups.

It would be, as it was when Leeds did it. Do you really believe Arsenal could fly a drone over their premier league opponents training sessions, stream it back to Areta, and not face any sanction. Dear God. Think man…..

FFS.. …Bielsa gave a press conference explaining what he did, why he did it and the advantages he hoped he’d get from it. One of you is spouting pony is it, you, a radish who posts on a forum, or Bielsa a well respected manager of many years who was acknowledged as an innovative manger in his time. I know which one I think is probably right, what about you, do you think know more than Bielsa…..

What a load of old pony….

My issue is what the “apology” given to Gibson was based upon. Because to me it appeared the club thought this was a one off half arsed lone wolf mission, when the reality was totally different. He should have got ahead of the issue from the day it broke and he didn’t appear to. Was he lied to by people in the club, did he not ask the right questions, or did he think this was the best way to fight the fire.

According to Alfie House club are trying to renegotiate. I imagine they’re trying to give him a longer contract on less money. That way he gets a bit of security but he can’t walk away for nothing if he stays fit all season.