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Aren't all debates on a football forum pointless?

Ah, but we were only caught in the act once, right?

My favourite analogy for it that I've seen is that we've had both our hands chopped off for being caught once in the act of petty theft.

It's either that or a complete reset, which could go horribly wrong.

We need to adopt the classic 'us versus them' mentality... If we don't, we're in danger of self-flagellation and loathing to the point of collapse.

Hellberg can suck my throbbing dick. Bloke is a sanctimonious prick and I don't want him to step foot anywhere near my club. I'll make that abundantly clear if he is still in charge of Boro at our home game next season.

That's where the multi-club model comes in! Send him to our French friends over the channel in Valenciennes until the ban is over. Knew there were some positives to the SR group.

I almost want to keep him as a 'fuck you' to the EFL, media and other cunts that have crucified the club for a misdemeanor of fairly average levels, in context. We've been embarrassed and hanged, drawn and quartered for our offence, when the last club to do it got a fine. Those culpable for the systemic spying should face the penalty from the FA, but banning him would be rather ridiculous given Bielsa wasn't (there were acting in good faith rules back then) and had given a whole fucking presentation on it to the world's media. No one likes us? We don't care. I'm all for it.

Agreed. This trial by media, if I'm honest, has fucking exhausted me. It reminds me of how woeful humanity can be, really.

It's because humans fucking love rules. Love them. That new little rule from the EFL now makes it rule-breaking and thus cheating. British hate cheats, queue jumpers, etcetera. Nowt as strange as folk.

Did Bielsa get banned? Sacked? Similar offence, similar ethics involved. A new arbitrary rule from the EFL changes little in my mind. The whole thing is embarrassing, silly and tinpot. Heads should roll. However, in a dream land, if we could keep Tonda and players still respect him (i wonder if they buy into the demonisation the media and some fans have lapped up and regurgitated?), why not? We've already been dragged through the mud. Why not stay dirty for a bit longer?

Frustrating, isn't it. We don't get to have nice things.

That's an impressive list. It feels like groundhog day. We've said this before, right? The fish rots from the head. Tenure - Jan 2022 - date (May 2026). 4 years. - 9th in PL to Championship playoff expulsion. - 8 managers. - 4 Directors of Football. - Over £200m spent on players. - Reputation tarnished.

Less needs to be made of the offence itself. We've checked up on some training sessions. The biggest shame, the thing that really twists rhe fucking knife of being expelled from the final, is that we'll lose some bloody decent players (and humans) to other clubs now. Nae chance we'll keep hold of some of them. Big rebuild task. The EFL came down on us like a tonne of fucking bricks. Feels unjust. We've been -10 in League One, though. We can go again... hopefully without SR.

At least the players can piss off - we're stuck with Sports Republic. What have we fucking done in previous lives to warrant this!? The whole situation is overkill. The sanctimonious moral self-flagellation is too much. Let's be clear, we haven't exactly stolen from charities or shafted creditors to the tune of billions. They've spied on training sessions since Tonda, and should hang their heads on the way out. No need for the guillotine. Tonda, Spors and his analysts fucked up big time. SR will continue to throw shit at a wall. And here we are, the fans.