Saints expelled from Play Offs by EFL
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Honestly we should hold our hands up and plead guilty at this point. The EFL clearly want this matter dealt with promptly. Obviously a heavy fine is coming, just a question of what else. If a points deduction were to be imposed it would have to be for a future season. I don't think a points deduction imposed by the EFL can be transferred to the PL in the event we go up.
People will always question it, but if an intern with a mobile phone leads to a 19 match unbeaten run in the Championship, we won't be the last to do it.
It's too late to do anything about the play offs given we could appeal, doubt they'd go that nuclear anyway.
The Leeds one is slightly different as a specific rule wasn't in place then but was implemented afterwards.
It would be very difficult to expel us from the play offs. It would open a huge can of worms. Boro would have to be given a bye to the final and then Millwall and Hull would kick off.
A bit difficult to be kicked out with all the tickets sold but I think that should have been the punishment. It will be a fine but it needs to be commensurate with the infringement. Whoever sanctioned this also needs to be banned from football.
It does not matter that he had a bloke on the hill with binoculars. It is the principle that matters.
Here we go….
“Southampton have been removed from the playoffs. They will be replaced by the 7th placed team in the league who were …. *checks notes* …. Wrexham”
We all know the script
“Southampton have been removed from the playoffs. They will be replaced by the 7th placed team in the league who were …. *checks notes* …. Wrexham”
We all know the script
Not a chance. There's no time to arrange the games, sell tickets etc for a start.
Bad form from us either way. If we don't go up, even I'll feel like a bit of karma had come about there (even if I do suspect it happens a lot more than we realise).
I think regardless of how the play offs go we should be kicked out of the league and play national league next season 
Do we have any reference for a possible points deduction? Seems like an extremely severe punishment when there is already precedent for a financial punishment (I know they have changed the rules since, but feels off to hand different punishments for the same offence).
You always think your club is above the rest, but that's clearly not true. I'm not sure how someone filming training (from public land by the BBCs account of it) has as much of an affect on the game as a player who blatantly dives to get a penalty or someone sent off tomorrow. It doesn't make it acceptable, but it's funny how some will view certain "spirit of the game" violations.
But technically it's not the same offence. We're being charged with the same offence as well as a new one.
In that sense there is no precedent.