@SargetheSaint No chance. I will back them to fight against that punishment.
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SaintFord
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@forder_tom
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Southampton, England Katılım Aralık 2021
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Just looking at this from a different perspective, if and a big IF we are to be expelled from the play offs.
Are #SaintsFC fans going to turn against the club?
Because the ones suffering here are us the fans and the players.
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@LouSirr101 You would have to prove that we gained an unfair advantage in the 1st leg. No chance as you were statistically the better side in that game. We didn’t even register a shot in the first half. Booting out would be disproportionate to the crime. No chance
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It's not even enough for breaking a rule throughout the season.
A fine or points deduction for them means basically we get punished for Southampton breaking a rule.
That's an insanely twisted logic.
talkSPORT@talkSPORT
Gabby Agbonlahor says Southampton expulsion from play-offs is 'too much' as two more clubs make spying claim #Echobox=1778710306" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">talksport.com/football/42539…
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@Tomoneill84 In all of this noise the one team that hasn’t leaked any information to the press and kept their cards very close to their chest is Southampton. All we have heard is what boro have leaked to the press. Be interesting when we do finally release our side of the story
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The EFL and the independent panel have an absolute horror show on their hands. IF they don’t remove Southampton, they’re basically saying it’s open season for all teams to record opposition training sessions. That’s the reality of it all.
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@KristianjWalker @SaintsExtra @TheAthleticFC No moral high ground. If you want to play by the rules, which you have explicitly shouted from the roof tops the last week, then stop trying to bend them when it suits you? You can’t be judge jury and executioner just because you got peeped on
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@forder_tom @SaintsExtra @TheAthleticFC As the cheaters you don’t have a leg to stand on, don’t be trying to get on any moral high ground
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🚨 Middlesbrough have asked the panel if they can participate in the Spygate hearing — ordinarily, an interested party can only make written submissions — if granted, it would be highly unusual & could create more tension with Southampton #saintsfc @TheAthleticFC
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@Jackdavie3 @SaintsExtra @TheAthleticFC If they beat us we would have got a fine. They want their cake and eat it. They lost fair and square on the pitch. They a making an absolute meal out of it because they feared playing us in the playoffs for a while. All the noise affected them more than us.
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Maddest thing about all of this is Roy Keane is his father in law. Few awkward conversations pending…
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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@Rory_Talks_Ball A fine to arsenal wouldn’t touch the sides. A fine to Southampton will hurt us due to FFP
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When will these lot understand that if the punishment for breaking a rule is a fine that is a virtually infinitesimal fraction of the reward for benefiting from said rule breach then the rule may as well not exist?
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@jasonferraby @BobbiHuyton @5liveSport Bingo. That’s why boro should sue us for damages and the EFL fine us for spying. Kicking us out will set of a legal atom bomb which will affect all teams involved. We have admitted liability. The punishment has to be proportional. Heavy fine and points is the best option
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@BobbiHuyton @5liveSport If Southampton are kicked out of play-offs, they can appeal andpossible further legal challenges just to spite whoever wins out of Hull & Boro' dragging the outcome well into the summer and mess up both teams prep for next season as different depending on what league they are in.
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On @5liveSport shortly after 7pm to chat about the mess that is the Championship Play-Off Final 2026.
Trying to make sure I don’t have a generational head-loss but I am absolutely fuming at the moment.
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@forder_tom Using a capital suggests something different to what you intended.
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Fast become a very unlikeable club, Southampton.
From Russell Martin incident with Mati Sarkic to this current situation.
They’re high on the hate list.
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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@thehoist6 The whole football world attacking our club. What do you expect we do? Roll over and take it. Not the fans fault not the players fault and certainly isn’t in our DNA. This is isolated and will be delt with internally. But we will defend it tribally. As would any other fan
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Since spygate began I never had any involvement with Saints fans, but recently I have never seen a bunch of fans so deluded and blaming everyone but themselves in this whole saga. Hellberg said he felt sorry for the fans and I agreed, not anymore
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@JazzH3121 What’s your problem mate? This doesn’t concern you? Why you so active in others business? You should be buzzing but here you are getting balls deep into Southampton news? Sad
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Southampton really are the scummiest of the scum, that’s disgusting, disrespectful. I hope they get done or I hope Hull absolutely smash them. Their manager, most punchable face.
Second Tier podcast@secondtierpod
Okay, it will be really funny if Southampton do get kicked out of the play-offs after this 😂
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@rob_fletcher_ And Kim hellberg and Steve Gibson ride into the stadium on a magic unicorn 🦄
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Starting to think Saints won’t be thrown out of the playoffs.
But first leg will be a 3-0 win to Boro.
Boro win the tie on aggregate.
Spygate reduced to impact in one game only.
Stops other clubs coming forward as that could end up being endless.
Final venue moved North.
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🚨 Saints have launched an internal review into the alleged spying incident, with the club understood to be treating the situation seriously
Salt returned to Staplewood on Wednesday after previously being given several days away following the charges being issued
[Athletic]
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In the same game he was accused of mocking a disability, and was lucky that Luke Ayling rose above it and decided against pursuing it.
Remember the pre-match statement from the Southampton CEO about the character he sees every day at the club...
Classy.
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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@CBAwithThisApp @TeleFootball @LukeEdwardsTele They have cleverly rephrased the statement to create more click bait articles.
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@TeleFootball @LukeEdwardsTele Is this legitimate or something new that you're inventing out of thin air?
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🚨 The English Football League is considering postponing the Championship play-off final as it could need more time to review whether Southampton should be removed from it
@LukeEdwardsTele has the latest ⤵️
telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…
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If only Southampton had conducted themselves in a dignified manner, within the rules, and just beat us on the pitch, without trying to cheat beforehand, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
Why not just utilise all the tools and data at their disposal, why feel the need to cheat?
EFL Communications@EFL_Comms
EFL Statement: Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Final 📘 efl.com/news/2026/may/…
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2019.....what changed Henry?
Henry Winter@henrywinter
Calls for a touchline ban for Bielsa or points deduction for Leeds United over Spygate are far too extreme. Just needs a warning from the FA, for the EFL to tighten its rules, LMA to have a quiet word about respect between its members and everybody advised to plant more trees...
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