Saint86

4.30 tomorrow would be fitting...

Workshopping, but If the nuclear option were to be taken - and we were kicked out. It would likely mean Boro got to the final Vs hull, who would be favourites to beat them anyway (clear prep time / injuries etc). Presumably that would actually mean Boro would struggle to sue us for a meaningful amount, and we would also then likely have grounds for a legal challenge against the EFL? I really don't think I can see the EFL taking that upon themselves?

What's mental is that he's a paid subscriber / sleeper agent... And I thought we were the espionage kings. Adds further weight to the whole thing being some kind of elaborate Boro entrapment plan.

Do you reckon we could pull of a body switch - and get Tonda to stay on as a newly rehired Selles?

One thing we do know for sure though, the new Muse song did get released today after the past few days of leaks 😍

I wonder at what point Hull will kick off... We are being given a huge advantage by the uncertainty imo. I'd be pretty livid if i were them and it went on much longer. We knew last week who we were playing. Hull are in a degree of limbo by Boro's continued media antics and the uncertainty its causing.

Crook doing his best SaintsExtra impression here.

Probably a SaintsExtra post at 6pm to announce that the enquiry took place today, no decision has been made, and a decision is expected tomorrow. Insightful stuff.

Stewart and Shankland are the best 2 in that line up tbh. Boro fans are spitting. Boro fans are not happy that Conway got injured vs saints and then replaced by a southampton player. Not very impartial or respectful of sporting intergrity.

Nice pay day for him. Very unlikely to see Christmas at the helm, let alone next summer.

Hold on, i'd rather wait until saturday evening for it to end myself. I dont want us kicked out 😄

The laws are the deterrent - not the punishment. Punishments must fit the crime. Which in this case is a stand alone and fairly inconsequential and amateurish attempt, and a far cry from Bielsa's leeds having a detailed dossier prepared on each of their opponents that season.

I agree with others that say it will be a fine. Obviously we don't know the details of this case, but i am expecting circa £500k-£1M. If there is a to be a sporting sanction, i am expecting 2-3points. Leeds got £200k for spying for an entire season and having a dossier on every side... that is a far bigger impact over the course of the season on final league position and impacts every other side (and particularly those that competed with leeds at the top end). This is a stand alone case relating to spying before the 1st leg of the semi final. We're not charged here for spying since January or anything like that. People need to step outside of the boro incited media witch hunt (and all its associated hyperbole). This is a stand alone offence that we are accused of... it completely blew up in our faces, and clearly it actually worked in boro's favour in that 1st leg. Plus, how meaningful do we seriously think it could have been, it was a young lad on his mobile at the other end of the training ground, and saints travelled the next day and would not have been able to do much analysis with it, or devise counter drills etc. Similarly, as numerous experts have said, both saints and boro basically set up as standard for the game. Or is someone going to die on a hill that the reason Boro didn't win that game wasn't because they're strikers are not very good?

They can't just "make an example" of us. We would appeal, blow up the entire playoff schedule, and potentially sue them for a significant amount of money.