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We can do that? Why did we hire him in the first place? Silly us.

THE PROCESS: Step 1: Show up at the right stadium. CHECK Good start lads.

Science for Pardew, the supernatural for McClaren. There's just no winning.

I've heard Gary Megson might be available.

Only 4 points shy of our '08-'09 pace. Heck, that's not too bad.

I'm having trouble finding the "Who gives a fuck?" choice.

So predictable.

Baseball starts soon.

I liked our second kit when we were in the championship. Maybe we'll get another good one. I won't buy it, of course.

Room meets Spotlight

Questions would surely be asked.

Immigrant children or real British?

I don't remember any testimony about cunnilingus.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I know that's what I've been hoping for all along.

To be fair like, I don't see what other intentions or motivations she can have other than greed and money. Sexual offences against a child are probably the lowest of the low, there is no justification for staying with and supporting someone who is guilty of it. Especially with the information coming out of the trial about his intentions and the way he conducted himself through it all. It's more what he's said in court for me that makes it bizarre. "You wanted sexual activity with her?" 'Yes.' Why would she stay with him after revelations like that (even if the girl was 27)? Just.. strange. I get what you're both saying, and maybe you're right or at least maybe that's part of it. You look at things like battered person syndrome and it's easy to think "he's beating the fuck out of you on the daily, get the fuck out," but it's just not that easy. This is a different situation, but it does make me think that it might be a bit trickier than it appears.

A bit extreme to get on his wife about any of this. She's not at fault and it's pretty presumptuous to assume to know how she feels or what her intentions and motivations are.

It's not every day a PL club does the ol' stand by your nonce routine.

This is more along the lines of how you'd want to see something like this play out: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14832536/mlb-puts-jose-reyes-colorado-rockies-paid-leave-case-over. Not touting baseball as a blueprint or without fault, or anything.

You just don't get more reliable and trustworthy than a teenage boy.

Dick.

We don't really know what his contract with the club says. Presumably there's some provision permitting the club to terminate for conviction of a felony or tarnishing the club's reputation, but it may not have clearly addressed being charged with a crime but not yet convicted and arguably he doesn't bring the club into disrepute unless and until what he's done is public. It's cynical, but one approach says don't risk a constructive discharge or breach of contract suit (and help try to avoid relegation) by letting him play--the duties of his job don't really involve alone time with minors, what he does off duty is beyond our control, and the cops are already aware, so we're not keeping anything secret. Then if he pleads guilty or is otherwise convicted we terminate him. Not what I'd want to be seen doing, but I don't see much risk for the club unless he does something while on the job, which the club should be in a good position to make sure doesn't happen.

This is what I've been asking for days. Suppose the jury must just decide who to side with in all these paedophile cases where the only witness is the victim... I honestly don't know. The jury, as finder of fact, is tasked with the role of determining the credibility of testimony and what weight to give it and all of the other evidence presented.

Yeah, I guess otherwise there's nothing to counter her testimony, and you can't really just rely on the prosecution not having proven its case. But man, the feeling leading up to him getting on the stand could not have been a great one.