Is the outrage over Spygate understandable? An act of crass stupidity, I’ll grant you. But this is less Philby and Burgess and more Laurel and Hardy. Some hapless intern is sent to film from 400M on his smart phone the Middlesbrough team kicking footballs. What searing insights would the Southampton side have got? ‘Ok boss they’re kicking the ball with both their left and right feet. Sometimes they’re heading it.’ It’s all so silly. Southampton look like a right bunch of Charlies. But in the pantheon of great sporting scandals, this is pimple sized
“And standing in the eye of the storm - staring into space like a lizard trapped in the body of a P.E. teacher - has been Southampton’s manager, Tonda Eckert.” Love it.
Some immediate thoughts on the fallout from spygate.
Why I believe Southampton's comeuppance is a moment to savour in a modern footballing landscape governed by cynicism and individualism.
Read here: https://t.co/ovNgpLtmAv
Can we just remember this is Boro. We’ll almost certainly lose in the final and become the first team to ever be knocked out of the play-offs twice in one season 😂 #boro#typicalboro
@DanW2Capital@Jordann_Hattonn@MSymonds10 “We havent done anything wrong, it’s all your fault, so accept this compensation package we’re paying you for doing nothing wrong and it being your fault”
@GazetteBoro@PhilSpenc23 Great article @PhilSpenc23 - sums it up perfectly for almost every Boro fan without a platform. I do hope Kim reads it and knows we’re all with him.
@HungryEyes1966@swinnybottom@DHucks6 Weird response. You asked what difference it would have made, someone told you what difference it made, you responded with a gif. Sterling work 👏🏼
@Project_Boro No point building it up and then taking the disappointment into the play offs. Let’s use this to build momentum, and if the highly unlikely happens and it all falls our way then we can celebrate afterwards.