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Wouldn't wish that punishment on anybody FFs!could they not just watch tapes of the 40+ games they've played live on TV this season ?
AllegedlyThey didn't think that was sufficient, so they went spying
Always! amended to protect me from messageboard spiesAllegedly![]()
I'm sure I've heard Boro mention using a new corner routine that Southampton seemed to be all over, or maybe it was a formation they didn't use at all during the seasonTrying to see if they have any new set piece routines could be one reason.
Do people seriously think teams just do the exact same things every game and don't change stuff depending on who they're playing?
The same folk who think you just play your best XI every single week and that the opposition shouldn't influence it.Do people seriously think teams just do the exact same things every game and don't change stuff depending on who they're playing?
They don’t get £200m in their bank account on promotion (the quoted figure is spread over three years through PL TV money and associated parachutes if relegated) and yes it would. If you know that you’ll get penalised with a points deduction it makes staying up next to impossible so why bother? Yes the finances, but if you stay up then that £200m turns into at least £350m with the extra season in the league and a third year of parachutes.Giving them a points deduction in the Premier League along with 200 million pounds in their bank is hardly a deterrent
A points deduction would relegate them. No club in future is going to risk a points deduction. They’d not award Boro a 3-0 win if it had been a normal league game.Why can't they? They could potentially earn hundreds of millions from cheating that has sporting consequences, allowing them to only have a points deduction after that seems worthwhile for the club
PL probably won't want to enforce EFL decisions.Give them a points deduction whatever league they’re in next season. That’s deterrent enough. If this was a league game, there’s no way Boro would have been awarded a 3-0 walkover. Boro had 210 minutes to win the tie. They couldn’t.
They won’t do it because a team starting the season on minus points basically ruins the relegation battle and devalues the product.PL probably won't want to enforce EFL decisions.
Give them a points deduction. Teams aren’t going to do it if they know even if they get promoted they’ll start next season on minus points, making survival virtually impossible. Boro still had 210 minutes to win the tie and there’s no way anyone would be asking for a 3-0 forfeit in a league game.Why not? They cheated ahead of a play off game, got to get the book thrown at them to deter other clubs in the future. Imagine the free-for-all in the future if they get a slap on the wrist.
A bit unfair if Hull were promoted in their place when it was Boro they got the advantage over through cheating. It's going to get awkward though as they haven't been found guilty of anything yet, only charged, so the play off final really has to go ahead. If they win the final then are found guilty it would be canny unfair Hull getting promoted when it was Boro they beat though spying on them and cheating.
It's a nightmare situation for the efl to sort out.
This all day. Absolutely baffled.Do people seriously think teams just do the exact same things every game and don't change stuff depending on who they're playing?
The funny thing is that before last season's play-offs Coventry and Sheffield United clearly didn't do any homework on us at all.
Even today they still think that we lost our last five fixtures simply because we were crap. I don't think that they ever caught on to the fact that the Club had taken the Lads to Portugal for a week before our final fixture with Oxford.