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Reiver
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Barry Dunne was a convicted thief when we signed him, always like the lad tbh.
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Barry Dunne was a convicted thief when we signed him, always like the lad tbh.
All about opinions, to you it's relevant, to me its irrelevant as he was found not guilty and that's an important factor to me.
SAFC_Jack
Striker
Who?
jackynutmeg
Striker
He played the weekend mate
Actions can speak louder than words.
The Muffin Man
Striker
Why? He said he wouldnt play for the club again?
Onlyfoolsrushin
Striker
Its no from me. Wouldn't want him at the club.
jackynutmeg
Striker
Someone ask Donald on twitter if there is any truth in it
PRViiS
Midfield
Yes and we had a week and half between games. Plenty of time to bring someone in before letting him go
Mammy must be very proud of you.
PRViiS
Midfield
Why? Genuinely why not?
L1lyBrown
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What a jolly fellow you really are.
The Muffin Man
Striker
So not only did he spend time in jail for something he didnt do he should be punished again by us not giving him a job because of something he didnt do.
Some crackpots in this place mind.
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Reiver
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That's one way to get a stiffy I suppose.
Grumpy Old Man
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gretzky
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This.
Some disgraceful comments on this thread.
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Grasshopper
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Blade in peace here - He's a character people like to talk about and no mistake, he brings out all the bar room lawyers, I should know we've had 100's of pages of the same arguments as you're having cluttering up our forums for the past 5 years and more. I'll make a couple of points or so and leave you to your squabbles -
1. The season he got banged up he was exceptional for us in League 1 he got 30 odd goals and he looked a class above the division, if the court case hadn't been hanging over him we'd have lost him to vultures from above no question.
2. He's thick even by footballer standards, he's probably older and wiser now but at the time he had wide bright eyes but no-one was at home. This was relevant to the court case cos there was no evidence available to the police when they brought him in for questioning. She couldn't remember what happened, it was days past the event and no DNA evidence was available and the 2 people in the room who did remember it both said it was consensual, for what that's worth. If he'd just said, you know what copper I was that pissed I can't remember what happened, there would have been no case, it only got investigated because both the footballers admitted to having sex with her. Now to me that's the most convincing part of his story because he genuinely had no worry that what he was admitting might be rape. (granted, he was thick). He was also really poor at expressing himself verbally, it shouldn't have a bearing on a court case but it does, I can imagine his lawyer would have been pulling his hair out. He paid for the room because he wanted his mate to come with him for a piss up, Evans was staying with his family. His mate McDonald was a pal from his academy days at Man City and he never really made much of a splash as a footballer so he hadn't got the money Evans had, I really can't see there was any conspiracy going on with that element of the affair.
3. Since he's come back he's not the player he was, having said that though he'll still score goals in L1 as he's shown. 5 years not training, not playing, taken out of the middle of a career is a massive thing to make up particularly these days when players are athletes. From watching him he still shows signs of the raw ability but his body isn't what it was. It was a punt when we re-signed him and it hasn't worked out, I very much doubt he'll ever play for us again.
Whether you sign him or not I wish you well, used to go to Roker regularly back in the day when I lived in the NE with some pals. Having looked nailed on for promotion all season when Evans was with us he got convicted 3 games before the end of the season, we screwed up and ended up in the playoffs where we lost on penalties 10-9 I think to Huddersfield. It took us another 5 hellish years to get back up.
1. The season he got banged up he was exceptional for us in League 1 he got 30 odd goals and he looked a class above the division, if the court case hadn't been hanging over him we'd have lost him to vultures from above no question.
2. He's thick even by footballer standards, he's probably older and wiser now but at the time he had wide bright eyes but no-one was at home. This was relevant to the court case cos there was no evidence available to the police when they brought him in for questioning. She couldn't remember what happened, it was days past the event and no DNA evidence was available and the 2 people in the room who did remember it both said it was consensual, for what that's worth. If he'd just said, you know what copper I was that pissed I can't remember what happened, there would have been no case, it only got investigated because both the footballers admitted to having sex with her. Now to me that's the most convincing part of his story because he genuinely had no worry that what he was admitting might be rape. (granted, he was thick). He was also really poor at expressing himself verbally, it shouldn't have a bearing on a court case but it does, I can imagine his lawyer would have been pulling his hair out. He paid for the room because he wanted his mate to come with him for a piss up, Evans was staying with his family. His mate McDonald was a pal from his academy days at Man City and he never really made much of a splash as a footballer so he hadn't got the money Evans had, I really can't see there was any conspiracy going on with that element of the affair.
3. Since he's come back he's not the player he was, having said that though he'll still score goals in L1 as he's shown. 5 years not training, not playing, taken out of the middle of a career is a massive thing to make up particularly these days when players are athletes. From watching him he still shows signs of the raw ability but his body isn't what it was. It was a punt when we re-signed him and it hasn't worked out, I very much doubt he'll ever play for us again.
Whether you sign him or not I wish you well, used to go to Roker regularly back in the day when I lived in the NE with some pals. Having looked nailed on for promotion all season when Evans was with us he got convicted 3 games before the end of the season, we screwed up and ended up in the playoffs where we lost on penalties 10-9 I think to Huddersfield. It took us another 5 hellish years to get back up.
Just adding some perspective before the self righteous brigade jump aboard their high horse.
jackynutmeg
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TBF he has a point
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