Championship 2025/26 Season

[Dan]

That's an absolute joke IMO. I think the stupidity of doing it for what could only be a marginal gain at best deserves something. But that is completely over the top.

 

Sporting integrity eh. This season never stops giving. This gives Cov a better chance of survival as well.

[Bert]

Just now, Greg2607 said:

For the integrity of the competition, they should have just promoted Hull.   it doesn't feel right that Middlesbrough get a stab at the final.  They will have had a disproportionate amount of time to prepare against a known opposition. Something Hull won't have had the benefit of.   

You know Hull and Middlesbrough have played each other twice this season?

[jammie82uk]

This is so messy, teams could change again for Saturday depending on appeal, kick off time of 16:30 has also been removed, if Southampton remain kicked out then Middlesbrough have 48 hours to make arrangements for Saturday’s game 

 

Southampton has a right to appeal the Commission’s decision in accordance with EFL Regulations and the parties are working to try and resolve any appeal on Wednesday 20 May. Subject to the outcome, it could result in a further change to Saturday’s fixture.

The EFL is now in discussion with all three Clubs regarding the implications of today’s decision and will make a further announcement in due course.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

I mean, no one is ever spying again so maybe in that regard it's needed?

[StanSP]

9 minutes ago, winteriscoming said:

Didn’t even need to spy on us. 
But did against Oxford. 
Says it all really. 
We really are that shit. 

Not everything is about us

 

[AKCJ]

 

Get it right up you Harwood-Bellis you divvy  

[JimJams]

Just now, ramboacdc said:

Why? Even if the points were deducted now they still wouldnt make the top 6. No precident set that if a team gets booted out it drops to p7. If anything it should have been boro get a Bye

Well Boro have got a bye.

And I was thinking that the punishment is ejection from the playoffs FOLLOWED by a subsequent 4 point deduction next season.  So their ejection from the playoffs if enforced before the playoff would have seen Wrexham get in.  I'm not saying Wrexham have a case, just they'd be going mad.

I think Millwall have a case to go mad too.  Boro get a bye because Saints cheated.  If it's a 3 team playoff the 3rd placed side should probably be prioritised to go to the final.  Except of course they had their chance and lost.  But so did Boro.

[Md9]

All we need now is Oxford and West Brom to be found quality of something get a 6 point deduction we stay up job done 😂 

[Durnerz]

Should have got DJ Audits with his drone to do it free of charge, amateurs.

[Raj]

 Blimey they've hit hem hard for that.

Good job Man City ain't in the EPL for what they've been doing over the years!!

Edited 19 May by Raj

[Danizen]

I didn't expect them to have the bollocks to do this, if I'm honest. 

 

Adding the points deduction is a clever move because when Southampton inevitably appeal, they can just reduce/remove the points deduction, leaving the main punishment in place. 

[21st Century Fox]

I grew up on the south coast, everyone at school supported Saints, half my family support them, this is my Christmas.

[-sodapop]

2 minutes ago, Greg2607 said:

For the integrity of the competition, they should have just promoted Hull.   it doesn't feel right that Middlesbrough get a stab at the final.  They will have had a disproportionate amount of time to prepare against a known opposition. Something Hull won't have had the benefit of.   

No chance that the sponsors and broadcasters would accept their biggest game of the season not being played. Harsh on Hull but there was zero chance that they were cancelling the game altogether. 

[Kitchandro]

In the context of Celtic keeping their title after stopping a match being completed and refereeing decisions that were objectively wrong, and Man City keeping titles after buying world class players with money they shouldn’t have been allowed to spend - this is an absolutely crazy decision.

 

Sorry but you can’t defend the rules in a connected football pyramid when there is such a failure to impose consistent and proportionate punishments.

Edited 19 May by Kitchandro

[Greg2607]

1 minute ago, Bert said:

You know Hull and Middlesbrough have played each other twice this season?

Sure.... But Hull WILL have been preparing for a game against Southampton.  Training drills will have been built around their known patterns of play and strengths / weaknesses....

 

Now they have to pivot to Middlesbrough at short notice. 

 

Middlesbrough will have had all this time to train and drill against Hulls patterns.  It's an advantage without a doubt. 

[Adster]

2 minutes ago, Dan said:

That's an absolute joke IMO. I think the stupidity of doing it for what could only be a marginal gain at best deserves something. But that is completely over the top.

 

Sporting integrity eh. This season never stops giving. This gives Cov a better chance of survival as well.

Its not a joke though is it? You have absolutely no idea what advantage they could've gained and what was seen and even if they didn't gain much its incredibly poor professionalism and needs making an example of. 

 

Just dont do it? Its not difficult. 

[MPH]

It’s hard to believe how the final can go ahead on Saturday, pending appeal..

[Greg2607]

1 minute ago, -sodapop said:

No chance that the sponsors and broadcasters would accept their biggest game of the season not being played. Harsh on Hull but there was zero chance that they were cancelling the game altogether. 

I agree.  But that isn't what I was saying. 

[AKCJ]

Watch Southampton lead a full scale inquiry into what happened and sack who was responsible while Aiyawatt and Rudkin parade the Premier League trophy around to 38 fans and 5,292 Thai influencers at the 5000/1 reunion next week.

Edited 19 May by AKCJ

[Vacamion]

13 minutes ago, winteriscoming said:

Didn’t even need to spy on us. 
But did against Oxford. 
Says it all really. 
We really are that shit. 

 

You could see how to play against us blinfolded from The Moon.

 

No need to spy  

[MPH]

1 minute ago, Kitchandro said:

In the context of Celtic keeping their title after stopping a match being completed and refereeing decisions that were objectively wrong, and Man City keeping titles after buying world class players with money they shouldn’t have been allowed to spend - this is an absolutely crazy decision.

 

Sorry but you can’t defend the rules in a connected football pyramid when there is such a failure to impose consistent and proportionate punishments.

 

neither can you justify the wrong of what Southampton did based on the wrongs of others 

[The Year Of The Fox]

Wow

 

What a mess

[Dan]

1 minute ago, Adster said:

Its not a joke though is it? You have absolutely no idea what advantage they could've gained and what was seen and even if they didn't gain much its incredibly poor professionalism and needs making an example of. 

 

Just dont do it? Its not difficult. 

It's over the top, yes.

[Greg2607]

1 minute ago, MPH said:

It’s hard to believe how the final can go ahead on Saturday, pending appeal..

Monday 26th now isn't it??

[Nolucklcfc]

1 minute ago, MPH said:

It’s hard to believe how the final can go ahead on Saturday, pending appeal..

The appeal will probably only concern the points deduction in reality. They aren’t making a call like that and doing a U-turn regardless of whether it’s a different panel.