Clive Peedell

@Lorcan1888 @GaryLineker Look at Celtic player shoulder pushing arm of Motherwell player up. Look at the mechanics. Having said that, I see why it was given. Harsh, but probably acceptable

This might be the worst VAR decision I’ve seen (and there’s a lot of competition). Extraordinary given the significance.

@ObscureThing77 You got pwned there, mate

sky still banging on about us being kicked out of the playoffs. how is that even a possibility??? leeds were fined £200k. not being allowed to play the final would cost us a potential £200m... it's not gonna happen

@TMccartnry @bobsnow19755137 @henrywinter I can answer it - understanding formations, penalty kicks, throw ins, corners. Haven’t you seen managers congratulate their coaches when corners and free kicks end in goals. It’s tactical.

@bobsnow19755137 @henrywinter Can you not answer a simple question, the answer is yes or no

Southampton have always been a club that did things the right way. Attractive football, long history, loyal and vocal support, important community department, good atmosphere at the Dell and St Mary’s, develop talent, even a great cat at the training ground. A sound club. A touch of class. So as they head to Wembley, and deservedly so as they were better than Boro on the night, perhaps those who run the club and run the football side consider how to restore the club’s reputation.  Because a club who many neutrals had a soft spot for risk becoming hard to like. Some Southampton fans will not worry about what others think of them. But they should. They are currently associated with cheating - Spygate - and for allegations of discriminatory language on the pitch (which have yet to be proven). That’s not what Southampton are about.  Their head coach, Tonda Eckert, rightly earned plenty of praise for his inspirational work this season but risks coming across as charmless at times. Interesting that Boro’s coach, Kim Hellberg, in his Sky Sports interview, congratulated Southampton players and supporters but not their coach. Southampton have gained a shot at the Premier League - any Spygate sanctions permitting - but lost some respect. Saints’ board and Eckert now have to work out how to restore that good reputation. And pray that the independent disciplinary commission does not punish them severely and swiftly for Spygate. As many people want them to. #SaintsFC #SOUMID

@TMccartnry @LewMills84 @henrywinter Why on earth would they risk everything if they had nothing to gain? It’s small margins in these games - the Dave Brailsford school of thinking

@LewMills84 @henrywinter That is not the question I asked, the question is did they gain an advantage?

@JCapps_ Because the rules changed after the Leeds scandal

Seems like a huge deal is being made of the spying by Southampton compared to when Leeds did it at Derby? They go fined and move on? Why is it all of a sudden has it became any different?

@henrywinter I agree about last night, but there were 2 legs. You seriously think Southampton were better over the two legs? The stats are heavily against you. Huge legal issues over the #Spygate. It’s a £100m promotion issue. Serious local economic issues. Do better with your journalism!

Breaking: Reform has suspended new Sheffield councillor Nathaniel Menday, after further social media posts were uncovered by my colleague @finnsmithjourno for the @SheffieldStar which included a huge photo of a Nazi flag with a swastika on it and a photo of Hitler's Mein Kamf.

@Happyfletch Play off final winner worth £100m Southampton should pay 50% of that as Boro had roughly 50/50 chance of getting to Premier League

@cpeedell The likely punishment is a huge fine for Southampton to be paid to Middlesbrough. It would be outrageous to kick them out of the playoff final as the matches have already been played, and any other team in the final would be there without merit.

If #Southampton are guilty of spying, then the only fair punishment is a forfeit and for Boro to go through as they are the only team affected. Why should a whole of a league (Premier or Championship) benefit from a Soton points deduction next year? Boro are the victim #Spygate

@Pt2537 Leeds actions literally & legally led to the creation a *new* rule, which Southampton have allegedly broken. Your point therefore doesn’t stand on the terms of the new rules. Hence, there is no precedent, because this is the first potential breech since the new rule.

@cpeedell I have. Point remains a good one.

@GolacDelmary There are huge legal ramifications. Cheating in a game can be assessed by a referee who is always under scrutiny and subject to disciplinary action. Cheating outside of a game is a totally different issue.

@cpeedell It’s hardly crime of the century. Won’t be more than a fine and possibly a suspended points deduction. Deliberately diving for penalties and falsely trying to get opposition sent off is more impactful - and is also rule breaking. #SaintsFC

@Pt2537 Nope. Leeds scandal caused a new change in the rules. Look it up

@cpeedell Nonsense. There is precedent with Leeds. A fine and 3 points is sufficient.

Economic shocks cause political turmoil. Political turmoil causes economic shocks. #Brexit caused an economic shock and political turmoil. #Starmer #Labour #Chaos #Bondmarkets

@lukephilip94 @tom_breedon @Project_Boro “Footballing advantage”. Playoffs are notoriously close with potentially hundreds of millions at stake. Hence the Dave Brailsford approach for small gains making a big difference. That’s why Southampton did it! Benefit small, but could make all the difference to a binary outcome

@tom_breedon @Project_Boro I hear you mate, we’ve been there. And I agree if any wrong doing is proven, we should be punished. But there’s levels, and suggestions we should be kicked out of the play offs are not proportionate to the level of any footballing advantage gained in this heavily guessed case.

Just a thought here on spygate. The so called spy was caught, footage was apparently deleted. So no advantage was gained? Based on that claim, we may have intended to gain an advantage, but didn’t? So how can the argument be that we actually cheated/gained advantage? #saintsfc

@lukephilip94 @Gibson_Is_King Even with your defenseless argument, he still saw the training session because he was filming it! He would still have potentially very relevant information. I support Boro’, but don’t want to see them go through by Southampton being withdrawn. However, it’s the fairest punishment

@Gibson_Is_King Agree, but punishment for attempting something vs doing it is very different. And in the grand scheme of football, this has not resulted in a significant (if any) footballing advantage or disadvantage.

@lukephilip94 I went into a bank, held up the cashier, took the money, but then got caught by the police. I gave the money back and didn’t spend it, so I didn’t commit the crime! 🤣🤣🤣 Thick as mince

@gtconway3d Agree George. Been following you for many years from UK. No one has done more to oppose Trump than you. If I could vote for you then I would! Happy to retweet your stuff to amplify in any small way I can

"Conway, Luttig says, 'is the only person in America who has been willing to take on Donald Trump every day for the past almost 10 years. … The president of the United States is scared to death of George Conway. The president of the United States is not scared of any other Democrat in this country, that’s for sure.'" WaPo free/gift link: wapo.st/42KXB1X Apple News link: apple.news/AJjUg1R84Q8qHy…

"'George is like the equivalent of bringing in the Navy SEALs of politics, in that this is not a normal operating time,' said Rachel Lavine, a Democratic State Committee member for the 66th Assembly District who met Conway through her wife, Robbie Kaplan, the attorney for [E. Jean] Carroll." WaPo free/gift link: wapo.st/42KXB1X Apple News link: apple.news/AJjUg1R84Q8qHy…

@PhillipsPOBrien @gtconway3d Trump gave all his cards to Zelensky 🤣

The ceasefire story is fascinating. Turns out that Trump seems to have pleaded with Zelensky on Putin’s behalf. The Ukrainians said that they agreed on the condition that prisoners are returned and the ceasefire covers only the parade area. kyivindependent.com/breaking-trump…

@DrDiGiorgio @ViktorShvets @megbasham No do inflation linked graphs and cost of living crisis

@cpeedell @ViktorShvets @megbasham Americans have been getting consistently wealthier over time. Billionaires and the poor. The wealthy don’t take from the poor.

This is the ultimate midwit healthcare take. No, 32 countries have not “figured out” universal healthcare. The UK has “free” healthcare, and roughly 1 in 3 cancer patients in England still fail to start treatment within 62 days of urgent referral. Canada has “free” healthcare, and the median wait for neurosurgical treatment is around a year. Australia has “free” healthcare, and over half the country still buys private insurance despite paying for a public universal system with their taxes. Switzerland has universal coverage, because residents are required to buy private insurance. There is no government system where benevolent bureaucrats tuck you in at night with a warm blanket and an MRI appointment. The actual lesson from other wealthy countries is not “they figured it out.” America’s system has huge problems. Our prices are insane, insurance markets are distorted, and hospital systems are cartelized. Our regulations make care more expensive than it needs to be. Yet we still guarantee access to even the 8% who don’t have coverage. We give easy routes to qualify for medicaid for those with disabilities. Pretending the rest of the world solved healthcare because they slapped the word “universal” on a rationing scheme is not analysis. It is bumper sticker policy for people who think access means having a card in your wallet while you wait a year to see the doctor you need.

@DrDiGiorgio @ViktorShvets @megbasham You mean the history of crash after crash has been rewritten? The maths is wrong? Billionaires don’t make compound interest on their wealth?

@cpeedell @ViktorShvets @megbasham Piketty’s work has been largely debunked. I read it and even I could see the errors in his thinking. Everything he predicted failed to come true.