Saints expelled from Play Offs by EFL

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Gregm1988 said:
I’m not sure we’ll take the punishment “whatever form it will be”. There is clearly a level of punishment that we would agree to and accept. And Boro want more than that
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I don't think the punishment can be anywhere near the level people are talking about - large fine and suspended points is the most likely and if that is the case I can't see the club fighting it at all as there is little reason to do so.

Any thing bigger is saying that one picture taken from behind a tree is of an equal level of dishonesty as breaking FFP rules or administration rules over a season or so and however you spin it that fact is that those are not the same level of action.

Any other form of wrangling the competitions results is just going to be a legal minefield that the EFL can't afford / won't want to walk into.

What any of the other hounding parties want is frankly irrelevant.
 
TL;DR for people with that EFL statement

- Playoff final will take place on Saturday, May 23
- Kickoff time is 4.30pm
- Ticket sales will begin shortly
- Southampton's hearing will be completed by end of Tuesday, May 19
- Expulsion from the final is a punishment that is on the table
- Supporters should read terms and conditions when purchasing tickets
 
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That statement is perfectly vague enough to allow this drama to go on over the weekend. ****ing brilliant I'm loving it.

Best saga since Wagatha Christie.

I for one hope definitely Will Salt doesn't do a Rebekah Vardy and launch his phone off of a booze cruise.
 
- Doing The Lambert Walk said:
TL;DR for people with that EFL statement

- Playoff final will take place on Saturday, May 23
- Kickoff time is 4.30pm
- Ticket sales will begin shortly
- Southampton's hearing will be completed by end of Tuesday, May 19
- Expulsion from the final is a punishment that is on the table
- Supporters should read terms and conditions when purchasing tickets
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Very interested to see if 'non-refundable' remains as one of the terms and conditions.
 
- Doing The Lambert Walk said:
TL;DR for people with that EFL statement

- Playoff final will take place on Saturday, May 23
- Kickoff time is 4.30pm
- Ticket sales will begin shortly
- Southampton's hearing will be completed by end of Tuesday, May 19
- Expulsion from the final is a punishment that is on the table
- Supporters should read terms and conditions when purchasing tickets
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I should also add that rearrangement of the final in order to follow due process on appeals is also one of the things the EFL statement highlights
 
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Gregm1988 said:
I’m coming round the idea that (partly aided by the media frenzy) we will be kicked out. It just seem like if that wasn’t an option then it would have been said by now and tickets for the final will have been released

I expect the main issue is going to be that there is evidence this isn’t an isolated incident. Even though this charges should just relate to this one in theory.

However, the idea of Boro being rewarded is hard to swallow. They don’t deserve it and that’s not how punishments should work. Especially as they’ve gone about this whole affair appalling. That’s extra reason that they shouldn’t be rewarded

I’m probably just overreacting
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It’s an option , anything’s an option as nobody’s been here before .
The EFL Introduced a law ( post Leeds ) , but were too stupid to set out the definitive punishments .

The panel will have to be VERY careful in whatever punishment they hand out , as they are setting a precedent .

Someone posted in far greater detail further back .
 
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Looks to me like this is more serious than just spying aganst Boro.

I do no think the hearing would be deferred until 19th if it was just a bloke with a mobile. It looks to me that the accusations will have come in from the other teams too. Not a one off incident in my opinion. I think it is far more serious and more widespread than we imagined. No way EFL will make thos statement if it is just one off. If this is the case, there no way we will be allowed into the final.
 
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