Adam Johnson court case

[Boycey]

Is it right that that sort of twitter blog should be available to anyone on the Internet?

He's a journalist from The Guardian reporting pretty much what'll be in the papers tomorrow. Only difference is that with twitter news is now instant

[general_lee]

Dont know if any of you lads are seeing the live tweets from the trial but so far seems very clear cut and shocking that his girfiend is even sticking by him at the moment..

The green talks, she obviously loves the mula.

Father of her child also.

Might be father of her child but with recent events surely you would want your child and yourself away from him to start afresh..

True. But you can't really judge these situations properly until you are in them yourself. Plus I'm sure the money would help.

[brokencrossbar1]

The Prosecution are laying out the facts as they see them at this stage of proceedings.  These are refutable and only one side of the story.  I'm not saying he didn't do it but it is only the opening arguments.

Pity the dirt ball wasn't sacked last week before the Liverpool game

[Orior]

Surely that would be more reason to ditch the peado?

She was 15 going on 19.

[No wides]

Surely that would be more reason to ditch the peado?

She was 15 going on 19.

Brilliant so that makes it ok?  She looks old enough!  She was underage ffs.

[Longshanks]

Surely that would be more reason to ditch the peado?

She was 15 going on 19.

Brilliant so that makes it ok?  She looks old enough!  She was underage ffs.

At the end of the day he was adult and as such should know better and know the consequences. Doesn't come into it whether she looked older than she was or acted older. FFS he knew what year she was in school!!

[general_lee]

The Prosecution are laying out the facts as they see them at this stage of proceedings.  These are refutable and only one side of the story.  I'm not saying he didn't do it but it is only the opening arguments.

Pity the dirt ball wasn't sacked last week before the Liverpool game

I hear he is particularly upset that he won't get to play v Man Utd this week after hearing they have players Young and Keane...

Already have my coat..

[Main Street]

Is it right that that sort of twitter blog should be available to anyone on the Internet?

He's a journalist from The Guardian reporting pretty much what'll be in the papers tomorrow. Only difference is that with twitter news is now instant

His article was online at 1pm and a much better read than being drip fed little tweets.

[Tony Baloney]

Whilst illegal I don't think there are many towns in the land where there isn't a lad in his 20s tackling an underage girl.

John son's woman will disappear now the income stream has come to an end.

[Syferus]

If he was a player in any major US sport he'd have been fired and erased from his team's history the moment the state filed charges. That Sunderland kept him and played him as recently as last weekend speaks volumes about how blinkered they and football in general is to how this plays to everyone else looking in. Looks disgusting to be frank.

He was an average at best player which makes it more ridiculous that he wasn't gone the moment this stuff came to light, they didn't even have a functional reason to keep him nevermind a moral one.

[Norf Tyrone]

If he was a player in any major US sport he'd have been fired and erased from his team's history the moment the state filed charges. That Sunderland kept him and played him as recently as last weekend speaks volumes about how blinkered they and football in general is to how this plays to everyone else looking in. Looks disgusting to be frank.

He was an average at best player which makes it more ridiculous that he wasn't gone the moment this stuff came to light, they didn't even have a functional reason to keep him nevermind a moral one.

How could they sack him? Sure he was not guilty of anything til yesterday. Suspended him maybe.

[macdanger2]

If he was a player in any major US sport he'd have been fired and erased from his team's history the moment the state filed charges. That Sunderland kept him and played him as recently as last weekend speaks volumes about how blinkered they and football in general is to how this plays to everyone else looking in. Looks disgusting to be frank.

He was an average at best player which makes it more ridiculous that he wasn't gone the moment this stuff came to light, they didn't even have a functional reason to keep him nevermind a moral one.

How could they sack him? Sure he was not guilty of anything til yesterday. Suspended him maybe.

Has he been found guilty yet?

He should have been suspended the minute charges were being pressed by the police. And sacked if he's found guilty, reinstated if he's not

[Tony Baloney]

He was sacked when he admitted the charge of grooming the girl.

[Syferus]

If he was a player in any major US sport he'd have been fired and erased from his team's history the moment the state filed charges. That Sunderland kept him and played him as recently as last weekend speaks volumes about how blinkered they and football in general is to how this plays to everyone else looking in. Looks disgusting to be frank.

He was an average at best player which makes it more ridiculous that he wasn't gone the moment this stuff came to light, they didn't even have a functional reason to keep him nevermind a moral one.

How could they sack him? Sure he was not guilty of anything til yesterday. Suspended him maybe.

There's plenty of clauses in most professional contracts that dictate how their employee can behave. Getting charged with grooming a 15 year-old girl falls very comfortably under bringing your club into disrepute. I don't doubt his contract with Sunderland had behaviourial clauses they could have exercised if they so wished. An employer doesn't need someone to be proven guilty of a crime for them to be fired or suspended, it's all governed by their contract.

At worst he should have been suspended. For the love of Christ even Ken Barlow had to stop working when he was nicked for similar charges.

[rodney trotter]

He was suspended for a while last season when the case was first brought up. Sunderland terminated his contract yesterday.