Match Day Thread Play Off Final. Hull City v Boro

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Nikica Jellyfish said:
Last thing that should happen is Boro take their place, they lost two legs of football and any team they spied on could make a case against them. Play the match or promote us. Only two options.
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If Boro play us in the Final and Boro win, there would be no doubt that there would be further legal implications and Acun would fight tooth and nail
 
tigermaul said:
Apologies if this has already been posted as haven’t been keeping up the last few hours, but I found this fascinating. A legal view from sports lawyers on why Southampton should be expelled from the play offs, looking at previous precedents and dissecting the language in the 25/26 Swindon case, which is probably the closest parallel. https://www.stewartslaw.com/news/sp...-v-middlesbrough-play-off-spying-allegations/
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Yep. As I've been saying all along. It can't be any other way. They have to be expelled from the play offs. Anything less is a cop out.
 
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kirkellatiger said:
If Boro play us in the Final and Boro win, there would be no doubt that there would be further legal implications and Acun would fight tooth and nail
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I don't think there would be and I don't think he would.
Theres a logic and a sense of fairness to Boro being reinstated.....but.....on the flip side, it seems clear that it's not just Boro that have been cheated by Southampton and the EFL can't repair that damage to those other clubs....so the only practical outcome is expulsion + further penalties for Southampton and us promoted.
It's as clear as day to my mind, but I still think the EFL will bottle it.
 
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Gone For A Walk said:
I don't think there would be and I don't think he would.
Theres a logic and a sense of fairness to Boro being reinstated.....but.....on the flip side, it seems clear that it's not just Boro that have been cheated by Southampton and the EFL can't repair that damage to those other clubs....so the only practical outcome is expulsion + further penalties for Southampton and us promoted.
It's as clear as day to my mind, but I still think the EFL will bottle it.
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Boro lost the second leg that wasn't spied on. How do they deserve to be in the final?
 
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I suspect the EFL might be being lily-livered as they were for the two Boro-Soton legs. They were obviously hoping for a Boro win which didn’t materialise. I wonder if the process won’t be completed before the 23rd. The EFL therefore let the final go ahead. If we win, immediate problem solved cleanly. If they win, then lose their appeal (which is pretty certain based on that legal opinion) we would then be promoted by default.
 
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SydneyTiger14 said:
Boro lost the second leg that wasn't spied on. How do they deserve to be in the final?
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Exactly and if Boro had of put a couple of their chances in the back of the net in the 1st leg at home this spying charge would have been kicked into the long grass and probably forgotten about. So someone spied on another team?? Is it such a big deal? Would it even have been a problem if Boro had won? Fine them, warn them and move on FFS.
 
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