What Should Happen To Tonda Eckert Now?

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Tonda's future at the club

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Can’t see a scenario where he is here next season. Think he likely gets a ban in England for a time which allows us to get rid of him for nothing (assuming we can’t anyway, this might constitute gross misconduct in his contract)

I also think all of the back room staff might go as well as they all must’ve known. How deep that goes in terms of people like Lallana I don’t know.

But yeah I think this summer we’ll be looking for

New manager
New DoF
10-15 new players to replace first teamers

Might make a thread
 
Anyone in contact/working for the first team has to go, in my opinion. There is a stain on our club, that needs to be cleansed and show the public that the Club are not cheaters, but the staff we hired were, and now they are gone.
 
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Brizzletiss said:
The club will keep him on. Can’t go screaming to the EFL that it’s unfair to have these sanctions & then go and sack the manager unfairly too!
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It was reported yesterday that any bans/fines to individuals will come later. With his admission to doing it I can see some sort of ban coming his way. Would be very Saints to keep him on and then he gets banned beginning of August so we have no manger to start the season
 
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Saintmagic said:
It was reported yesterday that any bans/fines to individuals will come later. With his admission to doing it I can see some sort of ban coming his way. Would be very Saints to keep him on and then he gets banned beginning of August so we have no manger to start the season
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That’s exactly what will happen <doh> <laugh>
 
Don't really know until I hear more. First instinct is to fire him but if I think more about it I think the crime committed isn't as bad as it's made out to be. The punishment is though. Would everyone be calling for his head if the punishment was a fine? The crime hasn't made his position untenable but the punishment may have
 
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thebronze14 said:
Don't really know until I hear more. First instinct is to fire him but if I think more about it I think the crime committed isn't as bad as it's made out to be. The punishment is though. Would everyone be calling for his head if the punishment was a fine? The crime hasn't made his position untenable but the punishment may have
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He cheated, the rules are quite clear.

And he has done something that has removed us from the playoff final.

I’d be amazed if it weren’t gross misconduct, and whoever else knew about it too.
 
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Mostlymadeofwater said:
It is absolutely commonplace on the continent. For a coach of Tonda’s age, there is no reason to expect him to know of Leeds uniteds precedent and therefore the specific rule. To sanction him as a result seems as spectacularly unfair as the punishment itself.
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Even if it were the case that he wasn't aware of the rule and the Leeds precedent, those around him could, and should have made him aware.
 
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Mostlymadeofwater said:
It is absolutely commonplace on the continent. For a coach of Tonda’s age, there is no reason to expect him to know of Leeds uniteds precedent and therefore the specific rule. To sanction him as a result seems as spectacularly unfair as the punishment itself.
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It's all about his ethics and character for me, we don't like to see our players diving and the same should go for the coaching staff's activities. Whether or not it is accepted on the continent doesn't matter to me, there are lots of things I wouldn't want in British football from over there.
 
Mostlymadeofwater said:
It is absolutely commonplace on the continent. For a coach of Tonda’s age, there is no reason to expect him to know of Leeds uniteds precedent and therefore the specific rule. To sanction him as a result seems as spectacularly unfair as the punishment itself.
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I find the idea he didn't know mental tbh. It's not like he's completely new to English football.
 
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Saints_Alive said:
It's all about his ethics and character for me, we don't like to see our players diving and the same should go for the coaching staff's activities. Whether or not it is accepted on the continent doesn't matter to me, there are lots of things I wouldn't want in British football from over there.
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While I definitely agree with you on the diving and I do want our club to be ethical, the practise is normal in Germany, Spain and Italy, so it's not unethical there and not a lack of character. And after the spying incidents at major tournaments recently that have resulted in bans, I think the coaches and analysts should have been aware and you'd think someone would have known, but I wouldn't count on it.
 
If any players stay, Tonda will have to go. If all the players go, and there's a way of keeping Tonda, that might work. But I think the club have to make a clean break, and distance themselves properly from this, so I think (information pending on his involvement) he has to go. And I'm sad about that, because I think he's a compete competitor with full laser focus on winning - something we haven't had for a long time. The fact that it's at any cost is where he's come unstuck, but I love his approach and his refusal to lose, which is part of what made him try to gain an edge like this in the first place.
 
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