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So based on absolutely nothing at all do we think the club had decided to use this long Bank Holiday weekend to gauge opinions on Tonda after the initial anger had subsided? Or have they had to get their ducks in a row legally in order to sack him without having to pay him off due to gross misconduct? Or are they just bloody incompetent and don’t give a stuff about the fan base?

FFS Southampton, if you are sacking him or keeping him issue a bloody statement either way......the silence since last Wednesday night is deafening. I assume there have been no sighting of the lesser spotted Tonda in the past few days. Possibly gone back to Germany for a while, dont know if hes married and has kids but if so might be best to get them out the way for a few weeks.

Well you can be sure it wasn’t Tonda who signed off his expenses claims……

get out of the sun man ffs, its frying your brain. There isnt a chance in hell he comes here.

Sacked or not, I don't know, lets face it he isnt trying this again whatever happens and if the players want to play for him.... I think he'll be banned by the FA yes, but I dont think it'll be a long ban. If SFC did NOT make him aware of this 72 hour rule they are as much cupable. If this rule was in place worldwide then its a different story, and who knows, as a result of this it may well be going forward. I do kind of like the siege mentality angle, its something Fergie spent years on at United after all.

I think we are getting into the realms of fantasy here tbh

This Winnie guy probably didn’t show any bias, just like the woman who’s company had represented Boro in their case against ex Saint Gary Monk BUT surely to Christ they could have picked 3 people who had no links to them or Southampton whatsoever couldn’t they? FFS.

That’s bullshit. Had we played and won the final tomorrow then got chucked out fair enough but there’s no guarantee we would have beaten Hull.

Can they not keep their fkin noses out now please !!!

I’m afraid that report is pretty damming, no way he stays.

I take issue with his “every single game” assumption. Unless he’s aware of the set up of every teams training facilities many would not be visible to anyone to spy.

Yes but this is back to that ridiculous gray area where you can do it 73 hours before a game but not 71 hours before. Absolutely crazy

I think Larin will be here. What was the agreed price? 3-4 million? He’s Championship standard, I think the club will want to keep him.

He'll go on and become a great manager. This is all very raw at the moment, and its raw to us. I would think a German 1st Division club for example wont give two hoots. If there is a ban can the FA impose one outside of their jurisdiction? He may get a 6 month ban over here, doubtful he will in Europe.

The only thing Southampton have done correctly is they have kept this lad Salt's name out of the public glare. The fact his picture and name are out there is 100% down to Middleborough and their forwarding the evidence to every media outlet they could possible think of. His name and likeness should only have been for the ears and eyes of the disiplinary panel. I keep reading about this duty of care stuff. Boro dont give a flying fuck about that. I hope they get sanctioned for that alone.

Yes,very true.

I hear what you are saying but we still don’t know the full facts. If the rumours out there are true then yes he has to go…..but what if they aren’t or it’s not the whole story? As with most of this we just don’t know 100%

I guess everyone who will face FA charges needs to be sacked before it gets to that then the club have been seen to act. Whatever charges those involved face can be for their next employer to suck up…..unless as I suspect they move to a European club etc

I can sleep easy knowing that then 🤣

I don’t want Adam fkin Lallana thank you very much

Oh Sky Bet are shithouses. I had a great winning streak for about 3 months, nothing huge only £30-40 a week on the horses and football but when they’d had enough all their boosts and free bets were removed and I had a limit of about 2.30 betting on a horse.

I would still love to know what he wanted to say but couldn’t last week. I guess we’ll never know.

I think Tonda needs to go back to Germany and keep his head down for a while. I’ve no doubt he’ll get a job somewhere in Europe again and he’ll do well having learned the lesson of his life from this mess. Unfortunately that won’t be any consolation for Saints or us. Worst thing is I honestly believe he’s a very talented manager and this was totally unnecessary

Agree 100%. I don’t just want my Wembley money refunded, I want last Tuesdays and all those who went to Middlesbrough should get their tickets and travel costs. They need to start making their peace with supporters NOW !

Whatever the rights and wrongs of their argument you can’t deny it was always going to happen (bar LD of course who questioned what it had to do with them). With a £200 million windfall at stake they would be crazy not to get their lawyers looking into it, especially given spying during the league season has been put on the table.