Mark Plummer
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Mark Plummer
@isplumm
Looking for an amazing holiday in the Loire Valley - view our newly renovated gite near Saumur - 3 beds, 2 baths - supports Southampton FC and #hs2
Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK Katılım Mayıs 2009
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Bowen isn't leaving. He turns 30 this year and has just been dropped from England. He's won a trophy, married into the fanbase, and has the prospect of seeing out a 7 year contract and then a lifetime as a well-liked club captain who stayed when others left.
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@TorchWaver Can I just say that there are a lot of saint fans who think exactly the same as Martin. So why pick on Martin? His is an excellent channel.
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#saintsfc i have been told that allegedly football Martin went on a boro podcast and said ‘kick us out’ can anyone confirm?
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Good morning
Today for me everything that’s happened this week at Southampton FC is hitting home
The #SaintsFc fanbase and all associated should be buzzing and on the way to Wembley for a huge day - gutted 😞
Would be nice if the club actually said or did something and gave those amazing fans some hope ?
Where is the leadership?!?
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@IanRidley1 Or maybe they have tried and he has appealed? Or lawyers have told them to say nothing?
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So the #EFLPlayOffFinal kicks off and still Southampton not sacked Tonda Eckert . Can only think that:
1. Cynically, the hierarchy trying to hold on to him because of his results.
2. Even worse, they knew about what was going on.
Either way, about time they did the right thing.
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@FootballMartin_ @saintsworldfc Martin. Totally agree with you. He has been classed a cheat and needs to go. I’m
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The man who cost us the chance to play in one of the biggest games in world football has to go. No debate he should never set foot inside St Mary’s again. The arrogance shown has made my blood boil #SaintsFC
Stocksandsaints@stocksandsants
Best man for the job next season #saintsfc fans
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GIF
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@AdamBlackmore @roski316 I should be sitting in the White Swan eating my full English before heading to Parkway for the 10.15am train.
Instead of that I'm laying on the sofa in my pants (not a pretty sight) watching TV thinking what the hell is my club going to do to gain my trust back
#SaintsFC
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@AdamBlackmore @SaintNick89 Adam. Exactly my thoughts. Apart from a non descript statement on Wednesday nothing has been said from the club. Radio silence. My guess is that this is down to legal advice
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Shame you signed a four year deal with the option of another then isn't it Casper.
You signed up to a two year project fella #SaintsFC
SaintsExtra@SaintsExtra
🚨 Southampton midfielder Caspar Jander (23) wants to leave the club this summer following the failure to achieve Premier League promotion #saintsfc @BILD
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We are probably the most embarrassing club to support in the country. So many embarrassing moments but what is the most embarrassing moment or part of our club? #saintsfc
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@FootballMartin_ @Bullmeistersfc Hey Martin. Loved your show last night. New manager how about pep? He is available. 🤣🤣🤣
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Only when the owner Dragan Solak addresses a fans’ forum, takes fans’ questions, and also address widespread external criticism can any trust or respect begin to return
Will this happen because it absolutely should ? #SaintsFC
Henry Winter@henrywinter
Southampton have to go into full Mea Culpa mode. Written reasons into Spygate are so damning. “Junior members of staff were put under pressure to carry out activities which they felt were, at the least, morally wrong.” Shameful. No more arrogance, no more passive-aggressive statements. Just front up. Club rightly and widely vilified for the conduct of some within over Spygate and for the inept handling of the fall-out. Only when Tonda Eckert goes can the rebuilding of a damaged reputation begin. Only when the owner Dragan Solak addresses a fans’ forum, takes fans’ questions, and also address widespread external criticism can any trust or respect begin to return. Club cannot put CEO Phil Parsons up for interview following his misguided statement on the day of the appeal. He’s damaged. Solak has to talk: to restore some faith amongst shocked staff; to persuade those fans thinking of not renewing season tickets or memberships to give them another chance; to give angry fans hope that their club has someone competent at the helm of a listing ship; and perhaps to dissuade some players from jumping ship. Also, from a commercial perspective, Solak has to reassure sponsors: 19 partners, including a bank, law company and GPS-tracking company and 13 regional partners who may, understandably, worry about the damage to the club and to themselves by association. It's a long road back for Saints and it has to start with Solak leading the way. #SaintsFC
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@Saints_Mike7167 Don’t see how that would work. No guarantee we would have beaten hull. We lost to them already this season
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Good luck proving we'd have beaten Hull at Wembley
Nothing to see here.
#SaintsFC
SaintsExtra@SaintsExtra
🚨 Caspar Jander’s former club FC Nürnberg are planning to take Southampton to court over a €1m bonus that would have been paid to the German side upon Premier League promotion #saintsfc @BILD
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@alex_crook Do you not think this is with lawyers now? It is not easy to fire people. Especially those with big contracts
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Been tied up on England duty so only just seen the full report from the 'Spygate' commission. So #SaintsFC gave misleading info to the EFL originally and Eckert pressurised Will Salt onto doing it? Yet still nobody has been fired. The lack of contrition continues to astound.
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@willsaints13 @Steve_Crossman Will. What do you expect to say while the appeal was on? The fact that nothing has been said suggests to me that it is in the hands of lawyers.
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@Steve_Crossman I blame Phil parsons, bloke is a disgrace! And that statement yesterday, what a twat
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Forget spying for a sec, it’s the treatment of interns that stands out here, by far the most serious offence. A top down system of pressurising young people, deemed ‘deplorable’ by the commission. Also the intern who was at MFC spoke to the commission, must have been through hell
EFL Communications@EFL_Comms
The Independent Disciplinary Commission’s written reasons in respect of Southampton FC have now been published. Yesterday (Wednesday 20 May) a League Arbitration Panel dismissed Southampton’s appeal against the Independent Disciplinary Commission’s sanction. The League Arbitration Panel’s written reasons will be published in due course. Read more: efl.com/news/2026/may/…
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@L1minus10 @TotalSaintsPod Glen. Every single person who was involved in this fiasco needs to go. If parsons lied to the commission saying it was a one off event then he needs to go. The club cannot begin to heal until that happens. Some #saintsfc fans think fans suggesting the above are destroying club.
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Get Eckert gone.
Get the first team coaches gone
Get Spors gone.
Start the rebuild.
#saintsfc
Alfie House@AlfieHouseEcho
🚨 Head coach Tonda Eckert authorised spying, which led to Saints being kicked out of the Championship play-off final. Operations were delegated to a junior member of staff, an intern, who told hearing that he felt pressured to carry them out. #SaintsFC dailyecho.co.uk/sport/26129740…
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@AdamBlackmore @saintsworldfc Where is the statement from saints? Literally nothing. The report is damning yet nothing from saints.
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My rant on the EFL findings #SaintsFc
Usually I write “please enjoy”
but tonight I will write please endure the embarrassment you may feel as a Saints fan listening to it
I’m still flabbergasted tbh 😞
BBC Radio Solent Sport@solentsport
Our #SaintsFC commentator @AdamBlackmore has the latest on the EFL statement citing Tonda Eckert at the centre of Spygate The operation was branded 'a contrived and determined plan from the top down' Adam spoke to @robsills_ on @BBCSounds 🔊⬇️ bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0n…
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@AdamBlackmore Adam. Where is the club in this tonight? Not a word. How is tonda still at the club. Who are the senior figures in the club who did this and why are still here?
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@isplumm @L1minus10 @mattletiss7 Good young manager made a mistake. Keep and move on. Everyone is shit not just him #saintsfc
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It’s over. We now move on and focus on restoring our reputation. A lot of work to be done.
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@AlfieHouseEcho So the next question is why is tonda still here? His position is untenable
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Tonda Eckert is mentioned by name and accepted he authorised it. Johannes Spors not named. Whole club reprimanded over putting junior staff in position they felt was morally wrong. Panel unimpressed by some Saints witnesses who claimed they did not know the rules.
#SaintsFC
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🚨 Written reasons for EFL's independent disciplinary commission state that evidence supported that spying, contrived and determined to gain advantage, was authorised at senior level and delegated to an intern. Intern gave evidence and said he felt under pressure.
#SaintsFC
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A great bit of shithousery, I found it hilarious at the time.
It's was nearly as good as Ryan Bertrands shithousery of a few years ago.
Regardless of the Disciplinary panel decision, the game needs more moments like that, imho
#SaintsFC
SaintsExtra@SaintsExtra
#SaintsFC defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis on his binoculars celebration: "I’d like to put on record that, had I known the severity of the situation, I would never have done what I did on the pitch. In the moment, it was meant as a bit of fun in a situation that we as players were not informed about."
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@SargetheSaint Callum. No one outside the club knows who did what and who knew. It’s all rumours. So the club need to say what happened and sack anyone involved
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I’m really concerned by this.
Are they saying that the club still value the SAME PERSON who has just lost us the opportunity to be back in the PL? The same person who stopped his players going to Wembley, the fans, Dragan?
Seems the club value him over us #SaintsFC fans… 🤦♂️
SaintsExtra@SaintsExtra
🚨 Southampton are considering 'whether it is appropriate' to sack Tonda Eckert, as the FA launch an investigation into the club over Spygate #saintsfc @JacobsBen
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