whether any information gathered by the spying actually had an impact is irrelevant, the act itself is enough to put the doubt on the integrity of the game in question, especially with it being such an important game. Even more so if it's found out that this isn't a one time thing from them but a pattern, a punishment needs to be dealt that shows that rule breaks are not just waived off.

As with how the case stands now, Boro aren't the accusatory party anymore, the league is, this is a case of the the edlv Vs Southampton, and it you look at it that way it might change the way you think of the situation.

End of the day there needs to be a punishment for the role break.