The Football.....

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Well well well, Saints sinners booted out of the playoffs and fined 4 points

Good, about time administrators grew a pair and actually hit trangressors with a proper punishment!

 

[PaulSB]

So how are Middlesbrough and their fans going to make arrangements for the final in four short days time?! Can those tickets be printed and distributed and can those many coaches be organised for the journey down to Wembley?🤔

Wembley uses e-ticketing, anyone wanting a paper ticket has to print it at home. As for transport? Anyone's guess. If I was a coach company in Middlesbrough I wouldn't have been holding on to coaches on the off-chance of this outcome.

My guess is Boro will be calling coaches from all over the country and perhaps even subsidising them.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Surely some if not all the Middlesbrough players will be abroad on their holidays, thinking the season ended for them two weeks ago. Getting back from say Dubai, as they won't be in the likes of Scarborough, then getting match fit before Saturday is almost impossible!

I suspect the players were all told to stay put with the hearing looming. If they were allowed to disappear, someone at Boro has some explaining to do 😂

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Can we put whoever made this decision at the EFL in charge of the Man City case? 😂

 

[Webbo2]

Surely some if not all the Middlesbrough players will be abroad on their holidays, thinking the season ended for them two weeks ago. Getting back from say Dubai, as they won't be in the likes of Scarborough, then getting match fit before Saturday is almost impossible!

I would have thought that Middlesborough might have believed they had a chance of this happening and put holidays on hold for a couple of weeks.

 

[wakemalcolm]

They will all be on standby, it will look the Normandy landings.🤣🤣🤣🤣

Maybe the Normanby landings if they can dock at South Bank.

The players were prevented from going on holiday in expectation of this outcome.

 

[Alex321]

Surely some if not all the Middlesbrough players will be abroad on their holidays, thinking the season ended for them two weeks ago. Getting back from say Dubai, as they won't be in the likes of Scarborough, then getting match fit before Saturday is almost impossible!

No they won't.

They always knew this was a possible outcome, and would have been hoping for it, and prepared for it, even if it wasn't expected.

 

[Beebo]

Arsenal win the league

 

[Beebo]

Spurs look set to take it to the final game.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Well, its the hope that kills and we've still got hope.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Well, its the hope that kills and we've still got hope.

I'll be there on Sunday hoping we can get a result and Everton turn up at Tottenham. .

 

[Seevio]

Well, its the hope that kills and we've still got hope.

Never lose hope but always remember that it is just hope. Don't feel let down when results don't go your way.

But...

It could happen. Last time Bristol Rovers were in the national league, on the last day of the season, they needed to get a better result or win by 5 more goals by the team above them for automatic promotion. You never go into a match expecting to score at least 5, you just hope. On the day, Northampton won 3-1 but with 5 minutes to go, Rovers made it 7-0 and the rest is history.

 

[T4tomo]

Surely some if not all the Middlesbrough players will be abroad on their holidays, thinking the season ended for them two weeks ago. Getting back from say Dubai, as they won't be in the likes of Scarborough, then getting match fit before Saturday is almost impossible!

I do worry about you Accy.
1) The enquiry / hearing has been known about since before the 2nd leg of the Semi so this was always a likely outcome, so training has continued
2) Who the heck is holidaying in Dubai at the moment? Scarbados is much safer

The scramble to sell tickets and mobilise the Teesside migration south for the weekend could be quite a task though....The Hull lads will have got all the best hotels booked.

 

[Mike_P]

And Southampton have to the cheek to appeal. Given they admitted spying on a number of clubs including Middlesbrough no chance and more likely outcome a greater points reduction.

 

[Alex321]

And Southampton have to the cheek to appeal. Given they admitted spying on a number of clubs including Middlesbrough no chance and more likely outcome a greater points reduction.

No chance of getting the verdict overturned, but possibly the punishment, given precedent - the only previous case resulted in just a fine.

When they bring in new rules (as happened after that revious case), shouldn't they also specify the range of punishments?