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Southampton spying compendium thread


Danny999 said:
Add in the players doing an Adebayor sprint to the Boro fans to do the binoculars celebration. Please happen just for the comical aspect 😂.
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Whilst I almost agree they should stand a few players 10/15 yards in front of the Southampton bench and one of the other players sneakily looking through at them
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Southampton have admitted it but claimed he was working alone :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
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There's a further precedent from 2 years ago. Nicked from the Guardian.

"Should that commission find Southampton guilty, sanctions could be informed by two wildly differing precedents involving the former Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa and the former Canada Women head coach Bev Priestman.

In 2019 Leeds were fined £200,000 and reprimanded after a member of Bielsa’s staff was spotted watching Derby train before a Championship match against Frank Lampard’s then side. At that time the EFL had no specific anti-spying rule but still found Leeds had breached regulation 3.4.

After the incident it introduced regulation 127 and then, in 2024, Fifa faced a landmark spying case with potential ramifications for individual countries and ruling bodies.

Two years ago Priestman, previously the assistant manager of England women during Phil Neville’s tenure, and two other Canada women officials were banned from football for a year by Fifa after being found guilty of using drones to spy on opponents at the Paris Olympics. Canada, gold medallists at the previous Olympics in Tokyo, were also docked six Olympic group stage points.

Priestman, widely acknowledged as among the most talented coaches in the women’s game, was sacked by Canada and now works in New Zealand managing Wellington Phoenix A-League."

If they do anything (which surely they have to) I wonder if the EFL will go after and ban individuals rather than punish the club?
 
sponge said:
How isn’t knowing your opponents starting line up and tactics not blatant cheating 😂
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I think some people don't understand football on here.
ATS said:
They have to be kicked out of the play offs, I can't imagine for a second it's the only time they have done this. How many points have they unfairly gained to make it into the play offs? It's blatant cheating, they simply can't be promoted
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This.

This isn't just a marginal gain they have recieved. Blatant cheating and needs to be punished severely.
 
Be typical for Southampton to beat Boro and also win the final then be booted out. Reminds me of the Swindon scenario when they beat us in the final and were disqualified for financial irregularities. Presumably the other finalist would end up promoted if this offence is considered serious enough
 
Smiler said:
Whilst I almost agree they should stand a few players 10/15 yards in front of the Southampton bench and one of the other players sneakily looking through at them
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That would be very childish and absolutely something they should do.

If Boro do that and we run out with long wigs on, it would be a great day. 😂
 
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