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Southampton spying compendium thread

FatDrummer said:
The EFL are running rapidly out of time. They cannot please every club.
But a decision HAS to be made and ANY decision that changes the date of the play-off final is a direct slap in the face to the Hull fans.
No doubt some Southampton fans will have laid out substantial amounts of money based on the game taking place as originally planned and while their club appears to be guilty, they as supporters are not.
Same thing happened with Swindon, but they at least had the day in the sun before it was all taken from them.

Boro have little argument in my eyes.
They were beaten over the two legs. That is 210 minutes of football. Are they REALLY saying that the ‘spying’ before the first leg affected both legs and the extra-time at Southampton?
Naaah….that is a feeble argument at best.

Punish Southampton for their indiscretions, but the final must take place on the correct date, just as our play-off final v Swindon did.
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Boro's claim for me became frivolous when they decided to play the games against Southampton and essentially legitimised them. You can't cry wolf afterwards. You either feel unjust and refuse to play until it's resolved or you suck it up.
 

Danny999 said:
Boro's claim for me became frivolous when they decided to play the games against Southampton and essentially legitimised them. You can't cry wolf afterwards. You either feel unjust and refuse to play until it's resolved or you suck it up.
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It would have been resolved immediately, by their expulsion I'd imagine.
JL1985 said:
The more I read, the more I believe the final will between Hull and Soton.
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What've you read?
 
sponge said:
Eh ? I haven’t even mentioned boro. You said if Southampton go up they need a suspended points deduction for when they get relegated, I said they can’t possibly let them up to begin with.
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I know, but Boro are involved as the supposed ‘victim’.

The only other option is to hand the promotion to Hull without a final being played.
Can you really see the EFL chucking away the “richest match in the world”?

No, sorry….but to me the only fair way forward is to play the final at the weekend as planned and punish Southampton afterwards.

If you don’t agree, we’ll just have to agree to differ.
The correct outcome to this would be for Hull to beat Southampton in the final and get promoted to the Premier….and Saints to get a big fine and a huge points deduction at the beginning of the 26/27 Championship season.
 
Danny999 said:
Boro's claim for me became frivolous when they decided to play the games against Southampton and essentially legitimised them. You can't cry wolf afterwards. You either feel unjust and refuse to play until it's resolved or you suck it up.
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Well they have history of being punished for refusing to play a fixture with the food poisioning i think against blackburn. You cant blame Boro for playing when theyve been punished for not playing in the past
 
Banks said:
Well they have history of being punished for refusing to play a fixture with the food poisioning i think against blackburn. You cant blame Boro for playing when theyve been punished for not playing in the past
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Wouldn't they have stayed up if they had played that game I can’t recall how many points they were docked
But seem to remember if they’d played theydve stayed up
 
woodlebert said:
I don’t really see how this is relevant. The rule is against observing the opposition, not how useful you found it
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I explained a bit further in a later post.
The issue is how much it impacted on their knowledge of boro not the fact that they broke a law so the question is about how much boro will gain from the punishment to Southampton.
Southampton will and should be punished, no doubt about that.
But should boro benefit from it? That is the question.
 
For all we know they may even have approached the EFL about postponing/cancelling the Soton game in which case I could see them getting fobbed off with a 'let's sort it out afterwards' response.
EFL really need a dosier of other clubs hard evidence of the Soton Spy Ring which I doubt they will have. Telling the EFL you think Soton spied on them earlier in the season doesn't really cut it.
 
FatDrummer said:
I know, but Boro are involved as the supposed ‘victim’.

The only other option is to hand the promotion to Hull without a final being played.
Can you really see the EFL chucking away the “richest match in the world”?

No, sorry….but to me the only fair way forward is to play the final at the weekend as planned and punish Southampton afterwards.

If you don’t agree, we’ll just have to agree to differ.
The correct outcome to this would be for Hull to beat Southampton in the final and get promoted to the Premier….and Saints to get a big fine and a huge points deduction at the beginning of the 26/27 Championship season.
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That’s like literally what I’ve said the entire thread.
 
Easiest way is let Southampton play and totally fuck them with the refereeing under orders . VAR is that shit this season no one could say its unusual . Maintains the revenue of the fixture , lets the EFL of the litigation hook and theyre then free to dock them massive points for all the bother they've caused .
Few would raise a hue and cry about Southampton getting mugged off on the day
 
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Horley Chorley said:
I think they may well come to the conclusion, that over two legs (and especially in the first leg play off game) Boro had (and squandered) more than enough chances to have won the tie, therefore, Southampton's transgression, didn't unduly impact the outcome of the tie.
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Dear me.
im not roland rat said:
One this that hasn't been mentioned throughout this is the welfare of the young lad who was 'the spy'. Southampton and the FA have a duty of care to make sure this kid is OK and doesn't do anything silly. He was clearly acting under instruction so the people who have instructed him to go up to Boro cant be throwing him under the bus. The amount of pressure this kid must be under will be awful. Im not condoning what Southampton have done and i think they should be kicked out of the Play Off for cheating but this young lad MUST be looked after and not made a scapegoat. He must have been acting under instruction so for this young lads sake I hope those that sent him are big enough to stand up and take the wrap for it.
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He could have said "no".
 
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hank williams said:
Wouldn't they have stayed up if they had played that game I can’t recall how many points they were docked
But seem to remember if they’d played theydve stayed up
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Just checked the statcat as I thought it was the same season as our 40 point relegation. They went down on 39 points, had they won the fixture, Coventry would have went down instead. They cheated that day as well (Coventry)as their KO was delayed by about 15 minutes to allow their supporters to get in.
 
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