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It's because my daughter is exactly the same age in fact only 1 month older and the idea of that happening to her makes me fucking boil

We aren't covering ourselves in glory by making puerile jokes about it to be fair. Just to be clear, we are talking about an abused child here, she was 1 month past 14

Magjuria

There are few teams as benevolent as we are when a club or player needs to end a bad run. Hazard will score as well

Classic paranoia from RTG 'The club have done nothing wrong. Im sure the magedia are subtly getting digs in playing to their muppet audience but fcuk the lot of them'

He would have known he was always going to be found out but clearly he couldn't contain his sick urges. This sort of thing is extremely high profile ever since Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris, amongst others were outed. In fact there's probably never been a worse time to be a paedophile but that's his hard luck. 'never been a worse time to be a paedophile ' That's a phrase I never thought I'd hear :lol:

that is a fair point

no because the full trial isn't over and he hasn't been sentenced yet for all 4 charges, then they can take action I think The point is that he isn't going to be found not guilty on the charges he has admitted which in themselves are grounds for dismissal. the right thing is to sack him now

Get onto RTG and ask why he hasn't been sacked. Let's see how long you last asking a reasonable question

What the hell are they waiting for? Anyone can see he is finished so sacking him immediately gives them a modicum of decency but to not do it suggests the door is still open for him depending on the verdict on the rest of the charges. Classy as you like

What Shelvey always does is play a positive pass, always for the man to run on to. For so long we have had midfield players who pass to the man and it makes our build up play so pedestrian. The difference is clear to me, he is essential if we want to counter attack teams

Nah even they would not play him after a guilty plea. They may not have covered themselves in glory so far but he can't play.

There is no way they will play him at the weekend or ever again. Absolutely no chance

Sunderland AFC = The Catholic Church

Puts to bed, if you'll pardon the expression of any notion of them being a classy club They suspend him, then un-suspend him, presumably on the assurances that he was innocent. He has now admitted guilt and we're expected to believe that in all the preceding time no-one at the club knew he was pleading guilty.

RTG has the 'thread deleting' wand out

The sad thing is that the club may have been hoping this was 'settled out of court' to allow him to continue playing

In fairness he only pleaded guilty himself at the last minute. It mightn't have been cut and dry. The club must have asked him about his plea before today. He may have decided at the last minute but it's unlikely I would have thought. He has been lying to Sunderland throughout. Their response will be telling, I bet their comms and PR people are in meltdown

The question to ask is 'How much did the club know and when did they find out he was pleading guilty?'

From RTG - Effing hell Haven't read the entire thread but I hope the club sack him as soon as humanly possible. It sickens me that he has played for our club and been defended by our fans when all along he knew what he had done. I'm at work now, but am resisting the urge to drive home and pull down the picture my son has on his wall of him and Johnson after the West Ham game

The evidence must be pretty overwhelming and pleading guilty can lessen the sentence

I'm not having it that Sunderland, his employer, knew nothing of this either. They will have had behind closed door conversations and this will not be a surprise to them. Disgraceful

He's also eligible for the over 50's

That's largely because the ball is nowhere near his feet when he is running 'with the ball' apart from when he is tapping it off the defenders legs like a Sunday afternoon amateur

Without ever seeing him kick a ball, but having him rape me on FIFA 2012/13 many-a-time, I'd describe him as a 'pace whore.' Is that you Pards?