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Reply | Worst Southampton V Portsmouth Game You Have Been To
at 11:27 5 Oct 2026
We had Bazunu to thank for not losing at home last season. The outfield players were a disorganised, unmotivated mess that Will Still had created. The fans were feeling disillusioned too. [Post edited 5 Oct 11:29]
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Reply | Best Southampton V Pompey Game You Have Been Too
at 10:59 5 Oct 2026
Away. 1966 in the Fratton End with Dougal's mob when we won 5-2.
1972 Beating them 7-0 in a fitting testimonial for their goalkeeper, John Milkins.
Nick's match report is here for those of you who weren't fortunate enough to be there that day:
https://tui.fansnetwork.co.uk/
Home. 1996. The 3-0 FA Cup win was so easy and so humiliating for Pompey's little group of fans in their away section at the end of the East Stand, who were mainly middle class season ticket holders. The Pompey players, especially the ones who had to play on the wing, looked terrified that day and just wanted to get out of there. Probably the most dominant home atmosphere I've seen in a south coast derby.
A repeat of that on Sunday would be good. [Post edited 5 Oct 11:03]
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Reply | UAE Man City threat
at 13:44 3 Oct 2026
If they'd asked for David Winnie to be replaced on the disciplinary panel by someone with no Middlesbrough affiliation, I doubt we'd have been thrown out of the play-off final and we certainly wouldn't be talking about the possibility of a long ban for Tonda now. It all blew up because that partiality was allowed to continue unchallenged.
Saints' legal team, naively, also agreed to let the decision be rushed through inside the normal time limit permitted, which was done, of course, purely to get Middlesbrough into the play-off final. [Post edited 3 Oct 17:27]
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Reply | 8 Days & Counting
at 12:13 3 Oct 2026
Harsh punishments are very popular with fans of other clubs nowadays, if not the recipient. So, the disciplinary panel members will pander to popular taste and dish out the harshest penalties they can, regardless of the merits of the case.
Logically, of course, the only relevant precedent in Tonda's case, is Bielsa, as the FA rule on bringing the game into disrepute was exactly the same then. Bielsa received no punishment whatsoever and was even awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award at the end of that season. The EFL rule has already been dealt with by the EFL so that should no longer be a consideration.
If these cases were determined in true legal fashion, the legal precedent would be the most important consideration. But, quite honestly, these disciplinary panels from Sport Resolutions seem to do whatever they feel like doing and are heavily influenced by the media and popular opinion. |
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Reply | UAE Man City threat
at 10:14 3 Oct 2026
It's all about money. These disciplinary panel members from Sport Resolutions are all in it for the money too. They're not doing it for their love of fair play.
Having a disciplinary panel provided by Sport Resolutions making a decision for the EFL followed by a panel from Sport Resolutions making a decision on the same case for the FA clearly raises questions about independence and impartiality. These jobs Sport Resolutions provide them with are very well paid so they don't want to upset the apple cart by appearing to differ in any way on the severity of punishment to be meted out.
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Reply | UAE Man City threat
at 10:07 3 Oct 2026
Reports vary but it could cost the country anything between £7billion and £30 billion.
The easiest way for the UAE to get what they want would be to investigate the provider of all the so-called "impartial" panel members for the FA and EFL, Sport Resolutions, and get their verdicts declared null and void.
In our case, the ex-Middlesbrough player, David Winnie would have proposed replacing Saints with Boro in the playoff final and Lydia Banerjee, who'd advised Middlesbrough in the past, would have gone along with it, as he was the man with the football knowledge. The panel Sport Resolutions provided for the FA would then feel obliged to provide an equally draconian punishment.
How Sport Resolutions and Middlesbrough managed to get away with it, Gibbo only knows.
The "impartiality" of the people making these decisions needs to be thoroughly examined and, hopefully, Man City's legal team will do that, but it will be too late to help us. [Post edited 3 Oct 10:32]
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Reply | 8 Days & Counting
at 09:45 2 Oct 2026
It's a good sign: we've got the Pompey game coming up. |
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Reply | Manchester City Punishment
at 17:56 1 Oct 2026
They're now saying on Sky Sports that it will be difficult to punish Man City and that negotiations will have to take place. A scapegoat has to be weak and not put up a fight. Man City are too powerful and aggressive. We remain the scapegoat. |
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Reply | City Punishment
at 22:15 30 Sep 2026
It is one possible way the Emiratis could punish the Premier League; by destroying it. If they can get the Qataris, Saudis and owners of the big clubs of Europe on board.
Right now, the people who run the Premier League will be feeling very nervous. [Post edited 30 Sep 22:20]
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Reply | City Punishment
at 21:27 30 Sep 2026
The Emiratis have enormous political and economic influence. Dubai is seen as the de facto capital of the Islamic World. If Britain upsets them, there will be consequences. If the other Arab nations back the Emiratis, those consequences will be even greater. You'd expect FIFA to back the Arab nations against the English Premier League every time.
Perhaps that's why the BBC has been taking a largely pro-Man City line in their reports. [Post edited 30 Sep 21:30]
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Reply | Manchester City Punishment
at 20:50 30 Sep 2026
The Emiratis going after the Premier League now: threatening them with legal action. What sort of punishment do you think the Premier League will get? It's certainly a battle of heavyweights: The UAE vs the Premier League.
They're complaining about leaks and damaging reporting in the media. Now, where have we seen that before? They're also saying the tribunal was not impartial and fair. It was a bit fairer than ours. There wasn't an ex-Man United player on it.
Have you noticed that nobody from Man City is saying sorry? I doubt they ever will as they'll never admit they did anything wrong. They want the Premier League to apologise to them.
Right now, they'll be thinking about what punishment they can dish out to the Premier League and anyone who supports their case against Man City. [Post edited 30 Sep 21:13]
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Reply | City Punishment
at 14:57 30 Sep 2026
Ironically, North American sports have sorted it out with their squad wage caps and draft recruitment system to create a level playing field for teams.
Although we can't have a college draft system here, we could do something similar and squad wage caps to be agreed by a majority of teams in a league would be possible. What it means in America is that teams have to share the best players fairly equally. [Post edited 30 Sep 15:00]
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Reply | Spygate 1 versus Spygate 2
at 14:46 30 Sep 2026
I posted this on another thread, but it seems pertinent here.
England had to change their flight plans to Mexico because if they didn't get there in time to make their final training session open to the public, they'd have been breaking the FIFA rule, which is the exact opposite of the EFL rule. So, is having a secret training session cheating? Having rules in the game which totally contradict each other shows how arbitrary and ridiculous this case is.
In the World Cup and Champions League, teams making their final training sessions open to the public is the norm. Meanwhile, the EFL has gone off in completely the opposite direction from all other football authorities and leagues. Sport should be fair and open; nothing should be done secretively. The FA should rein them in.
FIFA is a much higher authority than the EFL so perhaps their rule should be considered more important by the FA. FIFA gave Bielsa their Fair Play Award at the end of his 'spygate' season. [Post edited 30 Sep 17:47]
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Reply | The Wait Goes On
at 14:38 30 Sep 2026
Ironically, England had to change their flight plans to Mexico as if they didn't get there in time to make their final training session open to the public, they'd have been breaking the FIFA rule, which is the exact opposite of the EFL rule. So, would you call having a secret training session cheating? Having rules in the game which totally contradict each other shows how arbitrary and ridiculous this case is.
FIFA is a much greater authority than the EFL so perhaps their rule should be considered more important by the FA. FIFA gave Bielsea their Fair Play Award at the end of his 'spygate' season.
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Reply | City Punishment
at 11:54 30 Sep 2026
You underestimate the lengths the legal profession will go to in order to drag out a lucrative case like this. The end may still be far away.
City have a very long history of financial cheating. Their first major trophy was won with it. After their punishment, it was 25 years before they won another one.
"in 1904 , after allegations of illegal payments, that year's FA Cup winners Manchester City had a former chairman, the secretary, two directors and 17 players suspended and fined."
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Reply | The Wait Goes On
at 11:47 30 Sep 2026
Yes, if we can make it through to the Pompey game with Tonda still in charge, that won't be such a bad thing at all. Long may we wait!
I really don't see Lallana as managerial material and I guess he would be the temporary replacement. [Post edited 30 Sep 11:50]
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Reply | City found guilty.
at 17:35 29 Sep 2026
City will continue fighting these charges, possibly for years to come. Eventually, the offences will seem less significant as they recede further into the past. |
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