Rodders Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Sacked him now. Once he pled guilty was fairly inevitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanwesty88 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Adam Johnson sacked by Sunderland http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35546894 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Small heath lining up an offer already no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 They fairly held off for as long as they possibly could didn't they? Either what he did was worthy of the club's derision, or it wasn't. 'He told us all along he was not guilty. We are shocked by his guilty plea'. Bollocks. Sunderland don't care what he did. They just wanted to play him for as long as possible until the heat from sponsors outweighed the benefits to the team, with relegation looming. The plea yesterday tipped the scales, possibly after some pressure was put on by the Premier League who were concerned about their brand. It's all just a bit transparent really. Sunderland come out of it looking weak and not at all consistent in their supposed outrage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 the word scumbag would be too nice for him. Absolute disgrace and Sunderland should be ashamed of themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Pretty crazy that he scored against Liverpool in a PL match less than a week ago and is now probably done in professional football for good. I was surprised that Sunderland even let him back in the first place while the whole thing was ongoing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 4 hours ago, YLN said: They fairly held off for as long as they possibly could didn't they? Either what he did was worthy of the club's derision, or it wasn't. 'He told us all along he was not guilty. We are shocked by his guilty plea'. Bollocks. Sunderland don't care what he did. They just wanted to play him for as long as possible until the heat from sponsors outweighed the benefits to the team, with relegation looming. The plea yesterday tipped the scales, possibly after some pressure was put on by the Premier League who were concerned about their brand. It's all just a bit transparent really. Sunderland come out of it looking weak and not at all consistent in their supposed outrage. Why would you assume Sunderland knew he was guilty? I recon he would not be admitting it to anyone except his lawyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 5 hours ago, YLN said: They fairly held off for as long as they possibly could didn't they? Either what he did was worthy of the club's derision, or it wasn't. 'He told us all along he was not guilty. We are shocked by his guilty plea'. Bollocks. Sunderland don't care what he did. They just wanted to play him for as long as possible until the heat from sponsors outweighed the benefits to the team, with relegation looming. The plea yesterday tipped the scales, possibly after some pressure was put on by the Premier League who were concerned about their brand. It's all just a bit transparent really. Sunderland come out of it looking weak and not at all consistent in their supposed outrage. Alternatively perhaps they thought "let's see if he's guilty - if he's guilty, we'll sack him". I suspect if they'd sacked him and he was subsequently found innocent, they may have opened themselves up for an unfair dismissal claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 but they initially suspended him when the story first broke only to backtrack when they realised he was probably their best player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 4 hours ago, Zatman said: but they initially suspended him when the story first broke only to backtrack when they realised he was probably their best player ...or the company lawyers said that if he was planning to plead innocent then they could be in trouble if he is found innocent and they've not been playing him for 6 months (damage to reputation / career etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted February 12, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) Can't blame Sunderland for playing him. Innocent til prioven guilty and all that. Just a shame it took so long for the trial really... Edited February 12, 2016 by PieFacE 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 46 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Can't blame Sunderland for playing him. Innocent til prioven guilty and all that. Just a shame it took so long for the trial really... This. You can't just suspend a player because he has a court case looming. Sunderland would have had to keep paying him his wages so you might as well make him work for his money. If he worked in a bank he couldn't have been sacked until he plead guilty so why would a football club be any different. Hopefully he'll be given a proper sentence ... but he won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 On 10/02/2016 at 18:57, ChrisVillan said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 1 hour ago, PieFacE said: Can't blame Sunderland for playing him. Innocent til prioven guilty and all that. Just a shame it took so long for the trial really... Also helps when he's one of their best players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Yep. Their squad is so devoid of quality, he's one of the few they had (even though he's still shit). Without him, nobody's bending that free kick on target like that and helping win a point at Anfield. From a purely footballing perspective, this is good news for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 6 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Yep. Their squad is so devoid of quality, he's one of the few they had (even though he's still shit). Without him, nobody's bending that free kick on target like that and helping win a point at Anfield. From a purely footballing perspective, this is good news for us. *Searches for a GIF of that M'Villa free kick v us.* Thinking about it, Sunderland really need to come down with us. Who on earth can they sell for decent money to rebuild in the championship? Have many players over 30 aswell looking at their squad who I doubt will fancy a 46 game season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Forgot about that, but yeah he's one of the few . They are well and truly ***** either way. People talk about our transfer policy being bad, there's has been horrible for years now. They're still stuck with old overpaid players from the Bruce "buy 13 unwanted PL players per window" era as well as Di Canio's poor man's 2013 Paul Lambert (does it get any poorer?) impression. At least we had/have players that we sold or can sell for large sums of money and have some real gems among some of the shit as well as the added bonus that they're all relatively young. We have the luxury of being able to pick and choose which players we keep sell (for the most part) if we go down, unfortunately for them they don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Just looking at their squad now people like O'Shea and Wes Brown will retire I imagine. Someone in the prem will want Defoe but he'll be 34 next season so no one's paying decent money for him. Their most saleable assests look like people like Younes Kaboul, M'Vila and Jermaine Lens. Borini also cost what 10m and he's hardly played for them. They'll do well to get even 10m for those four. Must say the thing I was most amazed about looking at their squad list is Cattermole is only 27! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 How would you feel if he gets off and he is remi gardes first signing in the summer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Why would he get off when he has pleaded guilty? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts