| Something's wrong 10:17 - May 18 with 1826 views | kingslandstand1 |
Can't see any mention of our impending doom and castigation of the footballing world, or obviously of the deserved prison sentence for Tonda and Will Salt, in the paper this morning! |  |
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| Something's wrong on 10:41 - May 18 with 1715 views | dirk_doone |
Maybe, Gibson feels it's too late to further influence the outcome.
I've noticed Hull fans are now taking over from Boro fans with the cheat insults on Saints social media pages. |  |
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| Something's wrong on 10:41 - May 18 with 1714 views | Jellybaby |
Can't see it anywhere on the BBC website- that's definitely a positive sign. As more and more time passes and tickets get sold, the less likely it is to be stopped, surely..... |  |
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| Something's wrong on 10:44 - May 18 with 1688 views | SonicBoom |
Just a thought, but as a saints fan, with no connections or employment with the club, I could go to the boro training ground, stand in that road by that wire fence, film their training on my phone and post it on twitter.
And there would be absolutely nothing they could do about it, right? |  | | |
| Something's wrong on 10:47 - May 18 with 1668 views | dirk_doone |
| Something's wrong on 10:44 - May 18 by SonicBoom |
Just a thought, but as a saints fan, with no connections or employment with the club, I could go to the boro training ground, stand in that road by that wire fence, film their training on my phone and post it on twitter.
And there would be absolutely nothing they could do about it, right? |
True. There is a Saints fan who lives next to the Boro training ground and he's done that already and posted a load of pictures on Saintsweb, pointing out that Will Salt was half a mile away from the pitch where the first team train and that he should have been on a footpath on the opposite side from the one with the infamous tree if he wanted to see them
train.
"SaintJackoInHurworth
I haven't been on SaintsWeb for ages, but felt it might be time for me to weigh in due to my particular insight into this story...
You see, as my username will tell you, I live in the village of Hurworth-on-Tees... which is significant because the Rockliffe training ground is not in Middlesbrough, but is actually in Hurworth-on-Tees. I live right opposite the Rockliffe grounds including Hotel, Golf Club, training ground, cricket club and woods.
I can tell you that there is a lot of rubbish being shared about the story and some of the pictures. Here is my take:
1. The Middlesbrough FC First Team training pitch is on the opposite side of the MFC training centre from the Rockliffe Hotel and golf club.
2. The picture of a boy stood behind a tree filming does not, as far as I can see, tally with anywhere around the first team training pitch.
3. The other picture of a tree beside a gate with training pitches in the background DOES appear to be taken from the gate near to the Rockliffe Golf clubhouse.
4. However, the pitches in the background of that picture are supplementary training pitches and, as stated above, that is not the First Team Training pitch. Those pitches are mainly used by the academy sides and women's sides for their training. However, it is possible that some training could have taken place there, but I'm not convinced any spy would have been able to see significant tactical input in that area.
5. If I were to spy on MFC's first team training, instead of trying to get to the first team training pitch from the golf course, I would walk along the public footpath around the perimeter of Rockliffe and slip through the woods where it is possible to spy on the training pitch. From there you could also stay out of sight of CCTV cameras.
6. I have downloaded an aerial view of Rockliffe using Google and based on my local knowledge I have edited the image to show:
Where a lot of the rumours about the spying seem to be suggesting the spy was caught
Where the first team training pitch is
Where the other training and exhibition pitches are
The footpaths around the training ground.
The location of the clubhouse and training centre.
The rough area where I think any decent spy would have positioned themselves to film training"
The original post and photos are here: https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/to
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| Something's wrong on 10:52 - May 18 with 1623 views | SonicBoom |
If I were a boro fan I would be more bothered that my team train in full view of the public.
So next season a fan of any club can do it and boro won't be able to stop them.
Id understand if we had used fake id to get in, or removed fence panels or even scaled a wall but for the life of me I cannot take it seriously when u can just stand outside the boundary and see it all. | | | |
| Something's wrong on 11:03 - May 18 with 1593 views | SaintNick |
Teesside live are more regular than the trains with their almost two hourly demand for Boro to be reinstated and Saints to be kicked out |  |
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| Something's wrong on 11:18 - May 18 with 1539 views | SonicBoom |
There is going to be an absolute meltdown tomorrow when we get a fine and a points deduction. Nothing other than expulsion will satisfy them.
I am looking forward to hearing what club have to say though. I assume they have a defence of some sort. | | | |
| Something's wrong on 11:28 - May 18 with 1500 views | dirk_doone |
| Something's wrong on 11:03 - May 18 by SaintNick |
Teesside live are more regular than the trains with their almost two hourly demand for Boro to be reinstated and Saints to be kicked out |
Yes, when you click NewsNow Southampton, instead of the usual Saints news, you just get a stream of Teesside Live posts demanding Saints be thrown out. | |
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| Something's wrong on 11:35 - May 18 with 1465 views | SaintNick |
| Something's wrong on 11:28 - May 18 by dirk_doone |
Yes, when you click NewsNow Southampton, instead of the usual Saints news, you just get a stream of Teesside Live posts demanding Saints be thrown out. |
Trouble is Dirk no one is talking about Saturday's game until they know the verdict | |
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| Something's wrong on 13:36 - May 18 with 1195 views | SonicBoom |
Could be the perfect scenario, we could have a good season, get inn the playoffs, win the final at Wembley, then not have to get promoted to the premier league! | | | |
| Something's wrong on 13:40 - May 18 with 1182 views | Butty101 |
| Something's wrong on 11:18 - May 18 by SonicBoom |
There is going to be an absolute meltdown tomorrow when we get a fine and a points deduction. Nothing other than expulsion will satisfy them.
I am looking forward to hearing what club have to say though. I assume they have a defence of some sort. |
Lets hope our defence will be a bit more secure than when we have Baz in goal |  |
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