Regarding the clubs response to one of or former players...


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Why, what would this achieve?

It reassures the support that the club have reacted in the correct way imho. I fully believe that he's told the club he's innocent and this is as much a surprise to them as it is to us, but there are those that won't without proof, and it's no skin off their nose to provide that proof.
 
I think they'll all go close season, regardless of what division we're in. If there's no improvement after that we can then look at other factors. At the moment they're the only common denominator on the playing side.

Larrson and Cattermole (after a poor season) I can see but I don't think he will offload O'Shea. Cattermole might be hard to shift as he would surely want his deal matching (length and wage), same with O'Shea as I'm sure he has 2 more years after this one. We should have takers for Larsson

Mind I would keep all 3 depending on what league we are in and who we sign
 
Why should they justify what was spent in his contract? It's not done with other players. They appear to be in as much of a state of shock as the rest of us.

It's similar to the Mutu situation to my mind - he appears to have willingly misled the club in order to avoid being sacked until the last possible moment. Why should he profit from deception?
 
It reassures the support that the club have reacted in the correct way imho. I fully believe that he's told the club he's innocent and this is as much a surprise to them as it is to us, but there are those that won't without proof, and it's no skin off their nose to provide that proof.

Disagree with this mind, he has changed his plea and because of this has been sacked. I think the statement from the club is enough
 
Are there any new members though mate? If not I don't think you can call it the core anymore, especially since Brown will be leaving in a few months. You'll only be left with Larsson, O'Shea and Cattermole
I think Larsson is a different kettle of fish altogether. Past his best, but not part of that clique.
 
What's the point of the club saying anything else on the matter? From the clubs perspective it's dealt with,finished.
To make any further comments would only give the gutter press the opportunity to read between the lines of anything said.
The club has nothing to gain from a further statement.
 
Adam who? Hes gone, good riddance.

Club have said and done enough, lets concentrate on staying up which is the important thing now
 
I don't want any further statement, they've said what they needed to say, he's no longer the clubs responsibility or problem.
To make further comment would encourage further media debate, whatever they say has the potential to be misconstrued.
So let's just focus on what the club remain responsible for, our premier league status


Excellently put @janey.
 
Disagree with this mind, he has changed his plea and because of this has been sacked. I think the statement from the club is enough

All it does for me is get it all out in the open so nobody can cast any doubt upon the club's actions. People tend to fill silence with their own ideas according to their agendas, unfortunately.
 
It's similar to the Mutu situation to my mind - he appears to have willingly misled the club in order to avoid being sacked until the last possible moment. Why should he profit from deception?
It would appear that way, but the club are very unlikely to discuss it until later.
 
All it does for me is get it all out in the open so nobody can cast any doubt upon the club's actions. People tend to fill silence with their own ideas according to their agendas, unfortunately.
But people also believe what they want to believe and no matter what the club say it will prove nothing and won't make any difference to those that have already made up their minds one way or the other. A can of worms best left unopened for me
 
It reassures the support that the club have reacted in the correct way imho. I fully believe that he's told the club he's innocent and this is as much a surprise to them as it is to us, but there are those that won't without proof, and it's no skin off their nose to provide that proof.
You're just twisting for no reason. I don't care who doesn't believe that. Why do you always look for negatives in everything?
 
But it wouldn't prove it, those that don't want to believe it would just say "I don't believe them, they are just saying it" the club can't prove anything one way or the other, which is why whatever they say will be open to criticism, the perfect damned if they do, damned if they don't scenario, and that's why they should just say no more on the matter.
It's a personal preference, I'd like to see something official but agree that others would chose to interpret any further info from the club in whichever way they want to. I suppose I'm just looking for something to latch on to cos I feel after reading the transcripts today that I cant be arsed with the footy any more.
 
He has been sacked, not coming back, he has lied to us all to make £2. 5 million quid, he has mugged the club and fans, feel pretty sick about all this, really hope the players are well up for the game tomorrow, we need a result, just for this been a shit week for the club as a whole !
 
It reassures the support that the club have reacted in the correct way imho. I fully believe that he's told the club he's innocent and this is as much a surprise to them as it is to us, but there are those that won't without proof, and it's no skin off their nose to provide that proof.
How do they prove it though, unless they are going to release taped recorded conversations or written and signed statements they can't prove what was said between player and club.

It's a personal preference, I'd like to see something official but agree that others would chose to interpret any further info from the club in whichever way they want to. I suppose I'm just looking for something to latch on to cos I feel after reading the transcripts today that I cant be arsed with the footy any more.
Well there's no way the actions of one stupid man are going to stop me supporting the team I've followed for 40 odd years, anything but.
 
But people also believe what they want to believe and no matter what the club say it will prove nothing and won't make any difference to those that have already made up their minds one way or the other. A can of worms best left unopened for me

It's about being seen to do the right thing for me. Another similarity is the fella involved in the Glasgow crash a couple of Christmases ago - he knew he wasn't fit to drive but lied to his employers about it. The evidence we're seeing won't have just appeared yesterday, he'll have known he was bang to rights very early on in the process. He's then told the club he's completely innocent. If he'd told the truth he'd have been sacked the day he was charged.

You're just twisting for no reason. I don't care who doesn't believe that. Why do you always look for negatives in everything?

How is this looking for negatives? I firmly believe the club have been exemplary here. What I don't want is any grey area.
 
I think they just want to wash their hands of the whole situation. They have stuck with an employee as he entered a NG plea to all charges but have then sacked him when he changed his plea, no other club would have done anything different

I understand people saying he has earned from the club despite knowing his guilt but I can't see the club pursuing anything legal to do with that, I think they just want a clean break from the player being linked to the club
 
It's about being seen to do the right thing for me. Another similarity is the fella involved in the Glasgow crash a couple of Christmases ago - he knew he wasn't fit to drive but lied to his employers about it. The evidence we're seeing won't have just appeared yesterday, he'll have known he was bang to rights very early on in the process. He's then told the club he's completely innocent. If he'd told the truth he'd have been sacked the day he was charged.
But there was medical evidence to support the situation with the Glasgow Driver, what evidence will the club have. All Johnson needs to say is he was planning on going not guilty until the day the trial started and he saw full CPS disclosure and took advice from his barrister.
He may well have known he was guilty all the way through but for as long as he thought he might get away with it he clearly wasn't going to admit that.

I think they just want to wash their hands of the whole situation. They have stuck with an employee as he entered a NG plea to all charges but have then sacked him when he changed his plea, no other club would have done anything different

I understand people saying he has earned from the club despite knowing his guilt but I can't see the club pursuing anything legal to do with that, I think they just want a clean break from the player being linked to the club
Absolutely, the last thing the club will want or for that matter need is another messy court case.
 
It's been handled by the book.

I don't understand how they could have handled it any "better"
 
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