@TheSimonGilbert Have to agree, Simon. Always thought they were similar to us.
It's not just the spying/cheating, it's the attitude and victim blaming that has really left a bad taste.
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I used to really like Southampton.
Very similar club to us. Punched above its weight over the years.
But this kind of behaviour is properly insufferable isn’t it?
Surely this would be considered an aggravating factor in the investigation if found guilty?
#PUSB
Sky Sports@SkySports
Southampton captain Taylor Harwood-Bellis appeared to mock a Middlesbrough player with a binoculars celebration amid allegations that Saints were spying on Boro training before their play-off clash 😬
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@RhysTheSaint Doesn't matter whether they bottled it or failed to beat you over two games. you cheated. You spied on another team to gain a sporting and competitive advantage.
Most crucially you did it in a KNOCK OUT game, not a league game. You could very well face expulsion and rightly so
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Fair enough for them to just come out and say it i guess...
Lets not forget though you should have gone up automatically but bottled 2nd and finished 5th.
And then in the Semi Final First Leg you should have been 3/4 nil up after dominating the first half...
THEN in the Semi Final Second Leg, you went 1-0 UP only to lose 2-1 on the night.
If anything you's should be blaming yourselves for being a bunch of bottle jobs... but that's just me #SaintsFC
Middlesbrough FC@Boro
A statement from the club.
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@Puel_Out @JohnSpe63900244 As they cheated before a KNOCK OUT game and not a league game then I think expulsion is a real possibility.
Whether Southampton play a week today or not, we can be pretty sure that Eckert and his coaches will get a long football ban. Rightly so.
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@JohnSpe63900244 Never said we shouldn’t be punished for breaking the rules.
If public opinion doesn’t matter, why is “Gibbos” tactic to feed media and push narrative every 8-12 hours?
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@upthesaints Laughable. You sent an analyst on a 560 mile round trip to gain an advantage. Something that is explictly against EFL rules. You'll be punished for it.
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@cj_garrett Says who? What "public opinion"?
You're fooling yourself. 99% of football fans will hate Southampton now because of their cheating.
You'll be tarnished for years because of your cheating.
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@NorthamSaints Haha. Southampton fans victim blaming again.
Can't wait until the cheating cunts are thrown out of the play offs.
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@tomholland28 Who are Southampton to send an analyst on a 14 hour, 500+ mile journey to spy on an opponent 48 hours before a KNOCK-OUT game?
Amazed how many are defending cheating.
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They’re losing the moral high ground now. This is just pathetic. Who are they to attempt to dictate what the sporting sanction should be?
SaintsExtra@SaintsExtra
🚨 Middlesbrough FC statement #saintsfc
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I cannot wait for the Middlesbrough meltdown when the independent panel don’t remove us from the Playoff final. It’s gonna be epic. #saintsfc
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@charliewring1 So fucking what? You cheated. What's he going to do to change that fact?
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Dragan beat his own countries president in a legal battle, let that sink in. #SaintsFC
SaintsExtra@SaintsExtra
🚨 Any decision to expel Southampton from the Championship play-offs would result in a legal challenge from the club’s owners Sport Republic #saintsfc @CrossyDailyStar
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Is this not just a bit ridiculous now? Surely it’s just a fine like Leeds.
Sky Sports News@SkySportsNews
BREAKING: Middlesbrough say Southampton should not take part in Championship play-off final after being charged with spying ahead of semi-final first leg between clubs.
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@FBLowdown It does fit the crime. This wasn't a league match. This was a knock out match. They were spied on 48 hours before their biggest game of the season.
What happens when a club cheats to gain a sporting advantage in a knock out competition? They get expelled. Rightly so.
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Middlesbrough feel rightly aggrieved but let’s be honest, kicking Southampton out of the play-offs is a punishment which doesn’t really fit the crime. They didn’t lose that tie because somebody filmed them doing rondos.
#UTB #SaintsFC
Middlesbrough FC@Boro
A statement from the club.
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@MillwallDan85 Not true. I'm a neutral and I think Southampton should be properly punished for their cheating.
Every other club should too. Just think if this was YOUR club Southampton were spying on.
They need to be punished to stop them and other teams taking the risk and doing it again.
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@southampton_fc "iphone"
"it was a public road"
"GDPR!"
"lone wolf"
"Boro are embarassing"
Southampton victim blaming. Can't wait until they get thrown out. Cunts.
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You caught a kid on an iPhone chill out lads.
Get better at football.
Middlesbrough FC@Boro
A statement from the club.
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@jamiehuds94 It does make sense. You spied on your opponents 48 hours before a knock-out game, not a league game. A points deduction would have been appropriate if the game had been played outside the POs, but Southampton chose to cheat in the biggest game of the season. Thick fuckers.
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Yes we spied yes we will be punished but what they are asking for doesn’t make sense
Leeds 200,000 fine 2019
Canada woman’s team 2024 6pts deduction
Southampton thrown out of a 200million plus game of football seems crazy
6-8pts3-5million fine should be outcome #saintsfc
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@jamiehuds94 Didn't you miss out the bit where the Canadian manager got a 12 month ban? You're dead eyed manager is finished in the UK. Like your club, forever tarnished as cheats.
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You can victim blame, spout whataboutery all your like. There is one simple fact. You cheated. Southampton sent an analyst 260 miles to spy, to record, to gain a sporting advantage.
You. Are. Fucked.
stewartslaw.com/news/spy-games…
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@BelvoirRam What is more shocking: a penalty for Celtic or a penalty for Ipswich?
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Shocked, I tell you…. penalty to Celtic for ‘handball’. God knows where you are supposed to put your hand these days when challenging or sliding in. Handball needs to be redefined as ‘deliberate’!
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@Dabs06721990971 Keep crying losers. You're staying in the championship.
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You shouldn't have played the first leg. Could have asked the efl to reschedule but you didn't. You played it. You dominated the first half, you failed to score from your three clear cut chances. We won the second leg fair and square. Stop crying and prepare for next season.
Middlesbrough FC@Boro
A statement from the club.
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