Match Day Thread Play Off Final. Hull City v Boro
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But they are pleading guilty! I guess they could appeal the punishment but not the decision
They should change the rules and allow spying.
It would create new, high quality, spying jobs, help travel companies and hotels etc, and create knock on jobs such as Sports Spying courses, drone manufacturing, false nose/glasses production, and spy proof construction for building companies.
Also the very best sports spies could be made available for military contracts as needed.
Short sighted to ban it really.
I fundamentally disagree. No Governing body/Organisation can allow cheats to prosper, which Southampton will do if they win the playoff final. In my mind they MUST be disqualified from the playoffs. What happens next is then up to the EFL. Lets see if they have the balls?
I somewhat doubt it.
We are playing the Saints. We would still win have faith man.
How do you deter a team from trying something like this again?
If the outcome is "let them play and have a chance at getting promoted" or "massive fine, move on" then it sends the message that there's no downside to doing this if your owner can take the financial hit.
The answer is they need to throw the book at them, the punishment should be enough that it acts as a deterrent to anybody else. Cheating in sport should not be allowed to slide because of who did it or how it happened.
They gained an unfair advantage over their opposition, won the two legged tie and if the end result gives them any chance at being promoted, then it's pointless having any discussion when this inevitably happens again.
If the outcome is "let them play and have a chance at getting promoted" or "massive fine, move on" then it sends the message that there's no downside to doing this if your owner can take the financial hit.
The answer is they need to throw the book at them, the punishment should be enough that it acts as a deterrent to anybody else. Cheating in sport should not be allowed to slide because of who did it or how it happened.
They gained an unfair advantage over their opposition, won the two legged tie and if the end result gives them any chance at being promoted, then it's pointless having any discussion when this inevitably happens again.
If boro haven’t already put that forward to them their expensive top sports lawyers are a load of ****e.
If Southampton are expelled, Middlesbrough are reinstated and we play Boro in the middle of next week, that is the very worst outcome for Hull City and Hull City fans. That’s all I’m bothered about now. Justice can wait.
Er, you wouldn't need false nose/glasses if spying was allowed Dennis.
This outcome would not surprise me in the slightest. Efl gets its huge money maker at wembley and we either go up as winners on the day or go up at a later date after Southampton’s punishment is declared
I rest my case your honor -City to the Premier League.
The game will be going ahead on Saturday 100%. The EFL will not want to risk getting the email I will be sending them if not.
Rover, it looks like you're in the 47% bracket, could be worse, I'm in the .01% bracket which you certainly don't wanna be in.
The views expressed in this post are 67% recycled.
This is the important bit...
4s of 2026, wealth distribution among retirees is heavily skewed by property and private pension values.
A lot of pensioners don’t have private pensions. The value of a house is meaningless as regards spending power. A young adult on minimum wage living at home has more disposable income than someone with only a basic state pension no matter what their house is worth. You think all pensioners living in Hull are rolling in it?
If we’re thrown out , which I expect , you should get straight through to the final .
You can’t tell me that by doing what we did gave us such an advantage ( if any ) , that it enabled us to beat Boro over two legs , I don’t believe that for one second .