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Adam Johnson Trial Verdict

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prehab26 said:
It is his fault. Absolutely. However, and it is a big one, which I am not comfortable with is the handling of the case at club level. Poor morals, massive incompetence or negligence. Sorry, I don't find it acceptable and feel this will run and run, that is due to the statement that the club produced and it's lacks of definitive denial of allegations put to them.
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Agree with this. The statement released doesn't fully cover all of the allegations and it looks like the club will get hammered in the press until they address the questions being asked. Meanwhile the fans can look forward to lots of jovial banter from opposition supporters.
 

Reiver said:
I didn't say it did.

Fact is that it's juicy stories, like this, that make people buy the Sun, not pressing human rights issues ........ you know it and so do I.
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I think we're getting away from the point at hand. It's wrong, regardless of how some react to it.
 
The reason this is taking off so much is that a large portion of the board have wanted Byrne out (myself included) for ages due to handling of footballing matters and this would be a rather convenient reason to do so if she was aware of what occured.
 
10 Gary Rowells said:
It's been exceptionally tough for the club as well. He and his legal team clearly suggested that they were pleading not guilty and expected to succeed with this. Having suspended him the club lifted the ban after consulting with the PFA and Johnson's legal team. We don't know how and why Johnson told the club he expected to get off with it but that's what they are saying. Johnson then played sporadically picking up £3M on the way. He then on the eve of the case decided to plead guilty and was sacked.

To me it appears that Johnson and his legal team always knew he was going to plead guilty but hid that from everyone so he could maximise his income knowing that ultimately he was being sent down. In hindsight it would have been great for the club to sack him straight away with whatever knowledge they had but that would be very difficult as he already entered not guilty pleas. As an aside why on earth does it take 18 months to get to court, it is quite ludicrous.
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There you go everyone....perfectly explained
 
rocky said:
Of course they can and could have probably handled this better however the witch hunt by some is unbelievable. The club are getting more stick than the vile bastard who put us in this position.
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The offender is no longer a Sunderland player and therefore no longer on their list of targets.

The club, and Byrne in particular, are now firmly in the line of fire for the internet warriors.

Simple as that.
 
:lol:That judge is a laugh. Telling a convicted Paedo
say goodbye to your daughter.:-O
 
pedro_1879 said:
Agree with this. The statement released doesn't fully cover all of the allegations and it looks like the club will get hammered in the press until they address the questions being asked. Meanwhile the fans can look forward to lots of jovial banter from opposition supporters.
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I bet you it doesn't go on and on. We are just the shitstained flavour of the week.

As soon as the next scandal hits the journos will be on it like barnacles.

All that will be left are the likes of @draper and Fatty Brian the Deep Sea Diver to act morally incensed, "not just because it's Sunderland leek".
 
petitions popping up left right and centre to get us deducted points i see mate
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Not sure if its been mentioned in the previous 104 pages, but the Echo Live Blog coverage of the trial was great... we're quick to kick the shit out of the Echo but they reported the trail well i thought.
 
Gideon Gungeon said:
petitions popping up left right and centre to get us deducted points i see mate
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24 signatures... irrelevant.... not going to happen.

These knackers shouldn't detract from the issue at hand - that SAFC have monumentally fucked this up, or so it appears
 
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