Scott Atko…….

@badasskachii It’s not sustainable at all. If they were both to walk away from Wrexham then it would all fall over. The sponsorship would dry up and the deal would. Infact if they don’t get into the okay offs or better next season it might start then. No UK club is sustainable

Two Hollywood actors in Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney walked into British football, built a global brand, secured back to back promotions, and created a sustainable community project at Wrexham. Meanwhile these class of pundits pumped millions into Salford City, fired a manager every 6 months, and have been completely stuck in League Two.

@Leesydarts It doesnt matter that the tie went ahead. There’s precedent for this and that’s what they used. It’s happened before this season and the same thing happened. The team that lost went through

@scott_tof If the tie didn't go ahead, sure. But it did and they lost.

The EFL have handled it terribly. Semi shouldn't have gone ahead but it did and Boro lost. Therefore the final shouldn't be happening. But they've handled it well? Shut it.

@stevebrookstein Of course it fits the crime. Team cheated in knockout competition and were thrown out. The team they took there place to play in the next round. The fact it’s the final is irrelevant….

I feel sick for Southampton fans. Can’t imagine how awful they feel. I don’t think the punishment fits the crime. Manager banned. Club fined. But this is a travesty.

@Leesydarts Well of course they did. That’s how it works, that was the only option…

@scott_tof Replaced them with the team that lost over 210 minutes of competitive football

@MCFCDamo @Leesydarts Corrupt ? A team in a knockout competition was caught cheating, admitted it and was then thrown out of the competition (as has happened before). The team they played took there place in the next round…

@Leesydarts It's one of the most corrupt legal decisions I've seen in football and I support a club that's been roundly fucked by legal chancers for nigh on 20 years now

@AdamAzor Haha shut up you fanny

Hull every #SaintsFc fan will be supporting you today. Best outcome the Tigers get promoted, we rebuild & absolutely smash Middlesbrough home & away next season. Never has a team deserved less & got so much. Oh & git rid of every single one of the cheats including Tonda ASAP.

@secondtierpod @mattdeanbbc Against the EFL ? The EFL haven’t done anything wrong. They might go for Southampton but again they weren’t guaranteed to win against Saints so proving the loss of earnings is due to them playing a different team won’t be easy

Acun Ilicali has confirmed that Hull will take legal action should they not win the Play-off final 😬 (Via: @mattdeanbbc)

@mattdeanbbc @RadioHumberside @BBCSounds Highly paid legal team encourage owner to spend lots of money with them. He hasn’t a chance, could possibly claim against Southampton but even then….

Acun Ilicali confirms to me that he’s been advised by his legal team to take action should #hcafc not get promoted today. Full interview on @RadioHumberside & @BBCSounds shortly

@MartinCald77022 @DPJHodges It’s more than that and you know, they will have been at it all season… they broke the rules. They were thrown out of a knockout competition following breaking the rules as is standard practice. The rules were changed after Leeds got caught a few years ago so they aren’t new

@scott_tof @DPJHodges I don’t think a club should be thrown out of a competition for sending someone to film an opponent on their phone. This kind of thing has long gone on in football. It was never considered a big deal and there were never previously any rules against it. Why now?

So how far will the furthest Southampton fan who turns up at Wembley in total ignorance of what's happened have travelled. I'm saying Singapore.

@MartinCald77022 @DPJHodges You can’t believe a team has been thrown out of a competition for breaking the rules…. ??? Really ???

@DPJHodges I still can’t believe a club has been disqualified for “spying”. It’s long gone on. Bertie Vogts sneaked into a Scotland training session at Mexico 1986 dressed as a soft drinks peddler. At the time, people just found the story funny. When did football become so po-faced?

@dkaustin87 Give it up mate, your embarrassing yourself now. You lot were caught cheating, admitted to cheating and were punished correctly…

@lecternleader Pipe down you silly cunt

On a serious note, I am writing up my complaint against the DOJ and submitting it this week. Maybe I'll fly to DC and deliver it personally. My situation is different than most. The infamy gained from this photo will be in history books. What they did to me will have a generational effect on my family and their livelihoods. I was mocked and called a thief by Jimmy Kimmel, John Krasinski, and Jim Carey. My face and the accusation of being a thief was shared globally... for years. It still persists today harming my chances to win my local election or lead a normal life. Public school teachers told my children and their friends that their dad was a terrorist. My wife's reputation was dragged through the mud. Death threats caused her work to have to hire private security. USF denied my reentry into college. I had to fight to get my guns rights back. My children and myself were subjected to additional screenings by the TSA. My federal probation officer tried to stop me from speaking out on @Timcast warning that more death threats might come if I choose to talk. My attorney fees were 100k, I was fined 5k and I lost five years of my life to date fighting the lies they told about me. We spent an additional 150k in publicity trying to clear my name and restore my reputation. The DOJ could've chosen to release the evidence clearing my name but withheld it. They maliciously charged me with felony theft. We lost things that can never be restored but if they choose to do the right thing and restore the J6ers, we can finally finish setting things right.

@KingsMillsReds @BBCSportWales All they played against I would imagine… issue is proving it though

@scott_tof @BBCSportWales The turn around since Eckert was appointed was fantastic but how many clubs were actually spied on??

Wrexham forward Josh Windass has questioned why the Championship play-offs are not being restarted following the Southampton spygate scandal 🤔 Do you think the play-offs should be restarted with Wrexham taking Southampton’s place? 👀 #BBCFootball

@IamBalhamMatt Your embarrassing yourself now. It wasn’t fair and square. Your team cheated, they may have not gotten an advantage from it but still cheated. By your logic we might as well do away with attempted murder as well. You can try but if you don’t kill anyone then it’s fine….

You lost 2-1 on the pitch in a match which took place fair and square, and are the sole beneficiary of Southampton’s punishment. The timing of the evidence presented was calculated to ensure Boro were reinstated rather than Hull City, and you’ve been awarded your place in the final not on sporting merit, but on the stroke of a lawyers pen. Fine, by all means try and get to the Premier League by hook or by crook, but footballers who spent their lives on the pitch are bound to dislike that. #HullCity #SaintsFC

@DavidComlay Embarrassing post

Conspiracy alert,So on the panel of three independent adjudicators, one of them was an ex-Boro player and another one was an ex-Boro lawyer. And one of the guys on the board at the EFL is also a Boro director.decision made,exactly what Boro put out in a statement prior.#SaintsFC

@Mrjamieohara1 What a load of shite. A team was disqualified from a knockout competition for cheating and the team they cheated against take there place in the next round… fairly standard… yes it’s wank on Hull but only 1 team to blame for this

Hull should just be promoted to the premier league it’s an absolute farce, boro lost simple as that you can’t then be put into a final, you lost because you couldn’t score, if hull lose the final they should sue the EFL. Absolute shambles

@GrumpyOldRick It’s only a farce because Southampton are cheating cunts, have been caught and have been appropriately punished as per other knockout tournaments….

What a farce the Championship play off final (which I won't be watching) has become. Whoever wins will never really know if they would have beaten Southampton. Maybe Middlesborough & the Saints should have played their home & away ties again & Southampton pay a whopping fine .

@KingsMillsReds @BBCSportWales The play offs are a seperate mini tournament. It just wasn’t possible with the time frame and everything to do what Windass said… now if it comes out that there proof of more cheating in the league it would mean more points off and you lot could potentially sue them

@scott_tof @BBCSportWales The four Championship points from Southampton are deducted next season. The fact is if Southampton had been thrown out of the playoffs before they started Wrexham being in 7th place would automatically replace them.

@KingsMillsReds @BBCSportWales They are deducted for next season because this season had finished. They got a points deduction for the 2 games in the league. If that had been applied this season before the playoffs started then they still would have been above Wrexham