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There are different levels of cheating therefore it follows that there should be different levels of sanctions. This idea that “cheating” is the be all and end all is completely flawed. As for the skates or anybody else, if they had done what we did my view would be no different. It really wasn’t a big deal, no matter how much you like to pretend it was.

We will have to agree to disagree about the proportionality of the EFL’s sanctions.

For me, the bottom line in all of this sorry saga is that the independent panel applied common sense and proportionality to the situation we put ourselves in and it is a great shame that the EFL didn’t do the same.

Perhaps Alanis ought to rewrite her lyrics to include something about this? He would have to be incredibly stupid to do it again. I think we can safely assume that it is finally done and dusted. Good to see some common sense finally applied to what has been three molehills turned into Mount Everest by the EFL and Middlesbrough FC.

Bearsy was worth the price of admission alone. He didn’t need any football acumen or ITK credentials, he was just bloody funny.

Didn’t they bring him in as u21 manager to potentially eventually take over the first team?

I think, if someone threatens to kill you, that does kind of make you a victim doesn’t it? There are some proper nutters out there and you never know just how far they will take it. It is bad enough having to carry the weight of the current consequences and possibly still end up losing his job without having to deal with death threats too. Let’s not forget what actually happened to cause this and how it has been blown up out of all proportion!

FFS, it is just football. Who on earth deserves death threats over a game played by over paid prima donnas? People have done far worse and got a lot less grief.

Archer scored two yesterday in a 4-3 win in a friendly.

I think I read somewhere that the FA said that they would be taking a look. Nothing to look at properly until the appeal process has concluded, which could take years of course.

Let’s be honest, you don’t have to be Mystic Meg to claim with a level of certainty that something will either happen, or will not happen today (depending on any given set of circumstances). Little wonder that people become cynical.

Probably best not to have mentioned that his granny was a member of the IDF though.

I thought that he had accepted guilt and the hearing was all about what he did and why he didn’t think that he had done anything wrong - mitigation.

If more people had the courage of their convictions and stood up for them perhaps Trump would no longer be in office. Too many people duck below the parapet and hope it will all go away. The more people who come out in support the better. South Africa were hammered from all quarters. Netanyahu’s Israel should face the same level of international shaming.

Other than make a case for proportionality, which clearly didn’t happen with the EFL punishment.