The amount of saints fans buzzing we got beat for "crying" to the fa, none of this was our fault. You and your cheating club caused it all. I cant wait to watch your whole club crumble after cheated against every other club in the league
When you think Southampton couldn’t sink any lower; it seems a load of their fans have spent the last few hours claiming some sort of moral victory over Middlesbrough. Yet again proving they are the most arrogant, delusional fanbase in the land. No class, no humility, no way back
Southampton fans might enjoy a cheap laugh tonight but at least my football club isn’t rotten to the core. Can’t have any complaints about the result, we were toothless. Last time we lost a playoff final we were straight up next year, come on Gibson, back Kim and smash the league
"Middlesbrough deserve to be in the final, and they've just got to get their head around that right now" 🗣️
@T_Deeney and Nigel Reo-Coker weigh in after Boro received an unexpected lifeline back to the Championship playoff final 👀
If a team cheats in a knock out game, such as Swindon in January (which was basically an admin error), then they get expelled and the other team is reinstated. Happens regularly. I genuinely don't understand why there are claims that Saints' punishment was too harsh. Their offences are way more serious, and prolonged, than Swindon's was.
@Paul_Newman66 Absolutely no-one to blame but themselves. Given they've admitted to at least two other instances of cheating - and I suspect there were more - they were lucky they didn't get relegated too. They knew the rules but thought they were above them.
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Southampton have admitted to spying on Oxford and Ipswich as well as Middlesbrough and have now been KICKED OUT of the Championship play-off final.
Anyone looking to downplay Southampton’s actions here are simply condoning cheating.
A man, with recording equipment, travelled hundreds of miles less than 72hrs before kick off to film an opponent, when the rules state you can’t.
Banged to rights. #Boro
@NorthamSaints Doesn’t matter if he was stood there with a notebook and pen though does it he shouldn’t have been there at all he was breaking the rules 😆