@pjcboro @Tom38076114971 Hull who are also under a Transfer Embargo. Interesting 🤷🏼♂️
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@Tom38076114971 I don’t agree.
We should play the final against Hull and see who is the best, honest team in the playoffs.
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To all the Saints fans saying Boro aren’t good enough to go up, have a little read. Don’t cry.
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@jefftiny99 @PhoenixrisingJC @martynziegler Didnt have anything to do with them beating you but still consciously cheating. Sounds familiar! Not trying to justify anything Saints did but its been blown way out of proportion.
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@babarussi @PhoenixrisingJC @martynziegler Actually to be fair I think you were obviously talking about Hull, so I apologize. I believe so but that had nothing to do with Hull beating us. They were the better team on the day. Good luck to them.
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Southampton manager could face long ban over spy case - FA will consider action once EFL hearing is completed. thetimes.com/sport/football…
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@jefftiny99 @PhoenixrisingJC @martynziegler Didnt they? Sure they are under a transfer embargo 🤷🏼♂️
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@PhoenixrisingJC @martynziegler You really wanna go there cheater boy! We finished third, above you. Despite all your parachute money. Took four points off you as well. Hull beat us fair and square and deserved it. And guess what! They didn’t cheat. Idiot.
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@martincole1 @robbojv @GraemeBandeira @Puel_Out Very much this,
Saints should be punished, but Boro fans need to stop pretending they care about sporting integrity, just want another bite at the cherry and sour b/c they lost. Stupid and poor from Saints, but kicking them out is ridiculous, worse punishment than FFP Breach.
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@robbojv @GraemeBandeira @Puel_Out Let the EFL deal with it then, the facts are it had no bearing on the club bottling promotion which was down to Gibson just like the last 20 years of failure and now he is using a clown in a bush to cover up his failings……Embarrassing
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This has all been very convenient for Gibson and Hellberg. Completely distracting from their complete bottling of automatic promotion and then bottling the play offs. There should have been serious questions asked, but they’ve played a PR blinder and Boro fans falling for it 😂
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@nama_rupa @Dabs06721990971 @hasfabulous You said continue cheating and cheat a little more you din 😂😂 thanks for answering though I guessed you had nothing else
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@babarussi @Dabs06721990971 @hasfabulous “Yeah but outside of the cheating, what cheating have we actually done?” 🤡🤡
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If Middlesbrough felt so strong that spygate affected Saturday game,why didnt they request the EFL for postponement or cancellation until investigation was complete.
They bottled top 2 by losing to relegation fodder and now thinks its given right to be in final. #saintsfc
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@smoggyparmo 😂😂
Not that its relevant to the cheating, but you were better as a result, couldnt handle you in the first half. If you could finish your dinner yiu would have been out of sight!
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1/ Days before the semi-final Southampton were caught spying on Boro training.
Had they not been caught, Boro would have continued oblivious. But once they were caught, Hellberg had to change setup the day before the game.
Boro then played a shape they’d never used before...
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@nama_rupa @Dabs06721990971 @hasfabulous Outside of the Spying, enlighten me on any more cheating Southampton have done? Ta
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@Dabs06721990971 @hasfabulous Southampton’s playbook seems to be cheat, continue cheating, cheat a little more, get caught, pretend it’s everyone else’s fault and attempt to gaslight everyone that actually nothing bad happened at all.
It would be so good for the game to see cheaters dealt with very harshly.
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Saints fans on Tuesday ,
“We’ll do what we want
We’ll do what we want
We’re Southampton
We’ll do what we want”
Have to say stood in the away end I thought thats gonna come back and bite you.
#Boro #UTB
EFL Communications@EFL_Comms
EFL Statement: Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Final 📘 efl.com/news/2026/may/…
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@LeeHall1977 Precedent has also been set by prior points deductions issued this season. Can't do it now, its too late, they try and boot them from the playoffs there will be a big court case coming the EFLs way. If they dont get booted, probably a case coming Southamptons way from Boro
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A 6 point deduction (if/when they next play in Championship) and a fine the fraction of the prize money if they go up. For knowingly cheating? Hardly a deterrent moving forward is it?
#utb #boro
slbsn@slbsn
🚨🤓 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
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@teessidestephen @henrywinter 😂😂😂😂😂
Expulsion from the Championship
Give your head a wobble boy! 🙈
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@henrywinter Southampton allegedly breached EFL rules by repeatedly spying on EFL teams training 72hrs before games for a £200m financial gain
If proven beyond reasonable doubt, expulsion from the Championship is the only sanction that is fair, proportionate and protects the integrity of EFL
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@slbsn Sensible view, however, I think point 2, if proven, coujd / should significantly impact the sanction administered, & point 8, sadly I think you’re right but it’s hardly a punishment, the fine is pocket change if they get promoted and point deduction should be at least 12.
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🚨🤓 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
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@chazaustin10 @playnimbusapp Dont even need to watch it to see what hes going to say. Twist the knife on your former employers because you had a paddy and were too much of a fat bastard to run in Ralph's system 😬.
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Saints fans can come at me all they want… but nobody can defend this behaviour.
I said exactly what I think on the latest episode 👇
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@UKjamxtian @boro_alex2 😂😂😂😂😂
So youre saying this is worse than Leicester/WBA who knowingly cheated FFP rules? In the worst case, they've gained a little bit of extra knowledge against 90% of teams that we should have been beating anyway. It's not that deep pal.
Give your head a wobble 😂😂
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@boro_alex2 If it’s systemic then the harshest possible punishment needs to happen. Not just sporting sanctions but financial too. As well as compensation to every club and even more so to Middlesbrough. Not only that, but our fans need full refunds of season tickets etc.
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If it’s proven to be systemic and has been happening over a period of months then getting kicked out of the play offs should honestly be the lightest punishment
Out of Context Football Manager@nocontextfm1
The general consensus is that the right punishment is for Southampton to be kicked out, right?
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Bored Southampton fans just blaming everyone but own club! It’s your coaching staff etc. Need look at. Cheating! Feel sorry for the Hull fans who can’t plan a dream trip to Wembley.
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@Dabs06721990971 @bigreegs85 You couldnt give less of a shit about anyone not doing it again, behave 😂😂😂
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@bigreegs85 We’re not, we’re pushing for Southampton to be punished, and that the punishment should be strong enough to deter anyone from doing it again
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@HoulstonKeith @WinterJeff Put money on first time you saw that was tonight! Bandwagoonnnnn
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@WinterJeff That’s the team captain as well - stamped on a fallen player’s hand a few weeks back - totally classless and fits in so well at that club
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Just when you thought you couldn’t dislike them even more 😇😇
Jacob Raw@JacobRaw_MFC
No surprise to see this from Harwood-Bellis here…
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@gfoley21 @TheSaintCentre He didnt walk past it, he threw it away. Time wasting from the second they scored, as embarrassing on the pitch as we have been off it 🙈
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@TheSaintCentre Clever editing by sky, cropped him walking past a ball that was there, to waste time, to show the ball boy not giving the ball. The cones are there to prevent this happening, he had a ball, second, he should have got a ball off a cone
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• Matt Targett walked past a ball to get one further away, as Middlesbrough had done all game
Some incredible narratives being pushed by the media 🥱
#saintsfc
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