Michael Slug

@TippettCooper @slbsn This. You can't have the nuclear punishment for something that is OK if done 24 hours earlier.

@slbsn Best take I’ve seen to date (& I’ve seen a lot!). I think EFL tangled themselves up as rules implicitly permit spying pre72 hrs of KO. Inherent seriousness of conduct is undermined as a result - so fine and pts deduction. They’ll need to amend rule & inc sanctions guidance

🚨🤓 Southampton Spygate personal view: 1. Expect the breaches will be straightforward to establish (ie liability) and almost certainly admitted to try and get some sanction credit/discount 2. Expect aggravating factors such as other examples of Soton spying this year to be raised 3. Fundamental question of how serious a breach of rule 127 and good faith is will be key. We know good faith alone was £200k in the Leeds case. The new rule makes it worse and spying obviously seeks a sporting advantage - why else do it? So that does point to sporting sanction of some sort 4. Being thrown out of the Play Offs appears excessive especially given Southampton finished 7 points clear of 6th and 9 clear of 7th 5. A 3-0 in the first leg would have been an option again excessive retrospectively unless 2nd leg re-playable (not feasible) 6. More likely sanction is points deduction next season in the Championship as much as that won't help Middlesboro 7. Unlikely that the PL will take a points deduction recommendation from the EFL (no fixed rule) - doubt EFL will push for it, so would apply in first season back in Championship (when and if) 8. My best guess is SIX EFL points in first season in EFL and £500k-£1m fine 9. Boro compensation claim can be dealt with separately subject to any claim brought by Boro - difficult claim to establish due to causation issues

@slbsn I feel if there were additional charges added to the original one then the news would've leaked out at some point. And Southampton would be asking for extra time to respond.

@SlugMichael I'm sure they have

@WG_RumblePants Bloke at my club still uses a GN scoop, it would be nearing 40 years old and still pings beautifully.

We all know they were cool.

@Dr_Tad "Controlled" by paying people not to work, thus fuelling demand while restricting production and causing much of our current inflation issues.

“Cost of living” issues have been corrosive to political classes everywhere, in a way that no band-aids have fixed. Claims inflation is due to “external” factors beyond their control won’t help leaders whose only recent period of high authority was when they briefly ran on the illusion they’d controlled a respiratory pandemic.

@ThatsSoVillage x.com/i/status/20494…

What's the most village thing that happened in your match at the weekend? 🏏

Back to Wembley. Backed by history.

@L1minus10 And that should've been a red

In order to get a booking in that game, one of the Arsenal players had to shove the referee. #saintsfc

@MrBoldOne @EmiratesFACup Enjoy your quadruple, pal.

We had too much for an injury-plagued Arsenal 😉

@MarchMadnessMBB @jloose128 @redditCBB The Alaska map has been wild this year.

#MarchMadness Map 🗺 Each county is assigned to the closest team in the bracket! (via @jloose128, @redditCBB)

@ClarkeMicah They are seeing it through the prism of their social activities, which predominantly are between work/school finish time and sunset. That period has an extra hour of daylight when the clocks are moved forward. They are perfectly aware this is offset by less daylight before work.

.@slugmichael. I am not strawmanning anybody. These people keep referring to an 'extra hour of daylight'. What else is this supposed to mean, other than that they believe this?

@ClarkeMicah There are many good arguments against daylight saving time. Strawmanning your opponents as if they believe changing the clocks actually increases the number of daylight hours is not one of them.

My reply to the people who honestly think you can create extra daylight by falsifying your clocks.

@ClarkeMicah @richardparke15 How does one pass this test? By refusing to change their clocks, which you admit would put them impossibly out of sync with everyday life?

.@richardparke15. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. This is why I call this event a National Annual Intelligence Test. So many fail.

Just realized the best part of having an autobid is that we don’t need a relative going on tv to explain why we deserve to be in over a 30-win @MiamiRedHawks

@ClarkeMicah @HousewifePolish *except not for Reform, even if they were the best chance of beating Labour in a seat.

No, .@housewifepolish I encouraged them to vote against Labour

We want nine, we want nine. Put a DVD of that out, you bellends 😆😆😆😆 #SaintsFC

@ClarkeMicah @McFaul Have they not got their way? Through this war the US have weakened Russia economically, sold a load of arms and manoeuvred US companies into getting a huge piece of the money that will inevitably be spent to rebuild Ukraine. All while zero US troops have been risked.

. @mcfaul, Quite so, but mind you, the people who hoped for ages that Putin would be stupid enough to invade, and goaded him ceaselessly, haven’t got their way either.

If you like thinking, and appreciate researched facts, this is a great read. Otherwise you won't like it. 'How Decades of Folly Led to War in Ukraine' compactmag.com/article/how-de…