The EFL have released a damning assessment of Southampton's tactics during the Spygate controversy , with Saints manager Tonda Eckert ruled to have authorised a "contrived and determined plan" to break league rules and gain an unfair advantage ahead of the clubs' play-off clash. The Independent Disciplinary Commission that ruled over Southampton's breaches of EFL rules has released its full written reasons behind the decision to boot the Saints out of the play-offs after their "deplorable"