Lord Duckhunter

Who, the independent panel sitting in judgement? I imagine the logistics of the final won’t play any part of their decision. They’re independent for a reason, and this is one of the reasons. We would actually been better off with the EFL sitting in judgement imo, I’m sure that would have played a part with them.

It’s the same thing. Do you really think the tribunal are going to judge that Boro would have been reinstated, but because they caught him, they’re not going to be. I imagine any ruling based on impact will be made on the basis of what advantages we would have gained if he hadn’t been caught.

Once and for all, for the hard of thinking. There was no fucking rule against it when Leeds were caught. FFS….

What a load of old pony. The referee decides what is and isn’t cheating, there is absolutely no comparison between what happened here with anything that happens on the pitch. These ridiculous posts make our supporters look a right bunch of numpties…

Reading the last couple of pages, I seem to be. Fucking hell,some of the excuses are ridiculous, we’ve got as many, if not more chumps than Boro. Fucking hell, the bloke was going for a pint and just popped down to the training ground, it was all a cunning plan by Middlesbrough, it was a double agent. Dear God, the simplest explanation is the correct one 99% of the time. We sent someone to spy on them, (I don’t know why, probably to see if their star man featured in their shape drills). Looks like we sent a bit of a half wit, and the said half wit got caught. At least Bielsa had the balls to say what he’d done, how many times he did it, and what he hoped to gain from it. I prey to god that some of our legal team aren’t posters on here, because we’re fucked if they are….Wake up and smell the coffee.

The breached that when they put Baz in nets & got Will Still managing them. Nearly ruined entire careers.

Why do people keep pushing this pony. Teams work on their shape and formation for the upcoming games in the last 3 days before the game. There’s absolutely no point in “spying” on a team outside of this window as it won’t help you. FFS, 72 hours isn’t some figure plucked out of thin air. Basically it is against the rules to watch a team prepare for a fixture you’re involved in. There is no “grey area”.

It’s unusual because……. We’re in an unusual situation. People can read what they like into it, but anyone who reads anything into it, is a plank…

Dear god. Here’s an idea. They picked the officials who could officiate Southampton V Hull or Boro V Hull. I’d imagine, it’s not that difficult to pick them on that basis.

Yep, trying to claim he acted alone would be laughed out of the hearing. I think the best case for us is the head of his team sent him up there, without the knowledge of Tonda or his staff. And that Tonda and his staff are totally separate from that team. When they got the reports, they would act on it without knowing the specifics as to how it was obtained. Thinking this didn’t come from the very top of the that department is for the fairies. Yes

No it wasn’t. The only thing dodgy about that was the Lino flagging when the bloke was yards onside.

He’s right though. Some of the pony on here is ridiculous. I’ll bet my life when the verdict is back, future recommendations won’t include Boro building a wall or not training where they can be overlooked.

What a load of pony. It’s got nothing to do with Wrexham or Millwall. If we’re kicked out it will because the independent body thought Middlesbrough weren’t knocked out “fair and square”. What makes is so difficult for people to understand. If we’re kicked out, Boro will play Hull, it’s as simple as that…

The question should be has anyone been charged with it in respect of a knock out game. The Canadian birds were docked 6 points and the coach banned for a year, but it was in the group stages. Had it been a league game, we couldn’t be chucked out, but in a knock out game, what is the sporting sanction. People keep going on about the lack of advantage we gained, but surely that’s irrelevant. To make that mitigation, you’re punishing Middlesbrough for catching us early. The decision makers are hardly going to say, “had you managed to watch the whole day & analyse the data you would have had an advantage and we would have chucked you out. However, because Middlesbrough were able to stop you, we won’t”.

Don’t be ridiculous, the information the keepers use is based of data collected legally. From watching matches where penalty takers took penalties. This is totally different.